JANUARY 20TH COFFEE W/ DIRECTORS
Pledge of Allegiance
Comments from the suggestion box-VP Halbach
Lot 428 brought up reflectors to indicate what lots are for sell or rent. Response was this was brought up before, but will review again.
Lot 796 brought up how great the game of washers and bolts is and suggested the making of four boxes. Owner also asked to reset the horseshoe pegs.
Lot 184 said lot 183 is trashy and something needs to be done.
SC 12 asked if Security would stop the practice of people parking their vehicles on the grass or sticking out in the street.
Lot 759 said there seems a need for the towels and cleaner to be replaced earlier in the morning for the exercise room.
Lot 229 brought up an incident two months ago that she thought it was terrible when she heard a Board member was walking an unleashed dog that chased a renter’s cat. The facts were the dog just got loose and the board member was trying to catch it. P.Burke gave a long speech on rules and stories of barking dogs and even gave her own impersonation a dog barking.
Comments from the Audience
Lot 638 asked LIV's Security Manager if he allowed any of his employees to watch TV. Mr. Salazar said they watch for training at the guard house, but are never allowed to watch TV during rush hours. P. Burke said she has no objections for Security to watch TV.
Lot 631 complained about the wild cats who serenade late at night. P. Burke gave her opinion along with the rules of the Park.
Lot 288 Co-chairperson of the Election Committee announced information about the three vacancies available in the upcoming election.
SC120 asked why the picture of the old Hospitality Manager was still in the current management/director showcase. P. Burke said she has been trying to get the new GM, Hospitality manager, Ramona, and Armando together at the same time to take their individual pictures before she can remove that picture. Julio was mention for the first time in a meeting as the new Hospitality Manager.
Lot 443 had a large complaint about the condition of lot 267. P. Burke said it is at the Attorney.
SC120 asked about the music being shut off on channel 18 and if maintenance had sprayed for weeds on the golf course. P. Burke tried to make a joke when saying Elvis was singing at 2am and Armando said maintenance sprayed last Saturday.
Lot 229 asked if the Board had noticed the cable going out a few days back.
Comments from the Directors
Dir. Gagan said he is considering on waiting for the key card initiative and mentioned the number of raccoons in the Village.
Dir. Guerra told everyone happy new year.
Dir. Bergsma said at the next board meeting he will have consultants from Houston to talk about the dredging engineering study our Park is going to contract. He said our Village has applied for an extension to our dredging permit and that John Freeland will share in dredging costs. Freeland has also agreed to take our dredging material which might save our Village millions of dollars. This is a hydraulic survey engineering firm that uses high tech side scanning and GPS for preparing bid specifications for dredging operators, and will oversee the final bids for accuracy. Dir. Bergsma went on to say we are looking to do this by summer because Freeland’s need for this dredging material will end then. There was a question from the audience about dredging for all lots on the intercoastal waterway and canal H, which by the way are not the Village's common ground. Dir. Bergsma replied that no one should object in doing those too.
Dir. White mentioned the Monday 1/25 a cocktail party with Debbie Moore, a sock hop party on Sat. 1/30, and the trash and treasure on Sat. 2/6. There is also going to be a quilt raffle with the winner drawn at the annual meeting.
P. Burke said pool wrist bands are required 365 days a year and you will be asked to leave for not wearing one. No posting of signs will be tolerated unless approved by the Board. P. Burke said a decision was made to shelter the homeless at our Rec. Hall if Port Isabel had thought necessary during this last cold spell. She then read a letter of thanks from the Mayor.
Owner from lot #172 was left to speak about asking to sponsor to him in the Girls and Boys club bike marathon.
Workshop
Dir. White wanted to talk about having different days for the early cocktail party events to spread the often overtime interruptions around.
Dir. Pelletier asked to move the Board meetings back into the A&C room. He talked about the three alterations for the Building Codes. Discussions were abounding that included the one on Dir. Bergsma request about enclosing his deck.
Treas. Steffensen talked on her major improvement lists and said there is funding now for a new truck and tractor. She talk about items that were put in their proper place. She touched on Water and Legal estimates.
Dir. Halbach talked on the earlier reflector request and it was decided to not do it. There was a rumor brought up about the line dancing instructor charging for her services. Rumor was found to be incorrect.
Dir. Gagan made a concern about way the Green Bikers were biking which brought out P. Burke’s speech on LIV’s road rules.
End
1/29 NOTE* IN THE "COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, SC120' RAMONA IN INCORRECT, IT SHOULD BE AURORA.
Pledge of Allegiance
Comments from the suggestion box-VP Halbach
Lot 428 brought up reflectors to indicate what lots are for sell or rent. Response was this was brought up before, but will review again.
Lot 796 brought up how great the game of washers and bolts is and suggested the making of four boxes. Owner also asked to reset the horseshoe pegs.
Lot 184 said lot 183 is trashy and something needs to be done.
SC 12 asked if Security would stop the practice of people parking their vehicles on the grass or sticking out in the street.
Lot 759 said there seems a need for the towels and cleaner to be replaced earlier in the morning for the exercise room.
Lot 229 brought up an incident two months ago that she thought it was terrible when she heard a Board member was walking an unleashed dog that chased a renter’s cat. The facts were the dog just got loose and the board member was trying to catch it. P.Burke gave a long speech on rules and stories of barking dogs and even gave her own impersonation a dog barking.
Comments from the Audience
Lot 638 asked LIV's Security Manager if he allowed any of his employees to watch TV. Mr. Salazar said they watch for training at the guard house, but are never allowed to watch TV during rush hours. P. Burke said she has no objections for Security to watch TV.
Lot 631 complained about the wild cats who serenade late at night. P. Burke gave her opinion along with the rules of the Park.
Lot 288 Co-chairperson of the Election Committee announced information about the three vacancies available in the upcoming election.
SC120 asked why the picture of the old Hospitality Manager was still in the current management/director showcase. P. Burke said she has been trying to get the new GM, Hospitality manager, Ramona, and Armando together at the same time to take their individual pictures before she can remove that picture. Julio was mention for the first time in a meeting as the new Hospitality Manager.
Lot 443 had a large complaint about the condition of lot 267. P. Burke said it is at the Attorney.
SC120 asked about the music being shut off on channel 18 and if maintenance had sprayed for weeds on the golf course. P. Burke tried to make a joke when saying Elvis was singing at 2am and Armando said maintenance sprayed last Saturday.
Lot 229 asked if the Board had noticed the cable going out a few days back.
Comments from the Directors
Dir. Gagan said he is considering on waiting for the key card initiative and mentioned the number of raccoons in the Village.
Dir. Guerra told everyone happy new year.
Dir. Bergsma said at the next board meeting he will have consultants from Houston to talk about the dredging engineering study our Park is going to contract. He said our Village has applied for an extension to our dredging permit and that John Freeland will share in dredging costs. Freeland has also agreed to take our dredging material which might save our Village millions of dollars. This is a hydraulic survey engineering firm that uses high tech side scanning and GPS for preparing bid specifications for dredging operators, and will oversee the final bids for accuracy. Dir. Bergsma went on to say we are looking to do this by summer because Freeland’s need for this dredging material will end then. There was a question from the audience about dredging for all lots on the intercoastal waterway and canal H, which by the way are not the Village's common ground. Dir. Bergsma replied that no one should object in doing those too.
Dir. White mentioned the Monday 1/25 a cocktail party with Debbie Moore, a sock hop party on Sat. 1/30, and the trash and treasure on Sat. 2/6. There is also going to be a quilt raffle with the winner drawn at the annual meeting.
P. Burke said pool wrist bands are required 365 days a year and you will be asked to leave for not wearing one. No posting of signs will be tolerated unless approved by the Board. P. Burke said a decision was made to shelter the homeless at our Rec. Hall if Port Isabel had thought necessary during this last cold spell. She then read a letter of thanks from the Mayor.
Owner from lot #172 was left to speak about asking to sponsor to him in the Girls and Boys club bike marathon.
Workshop
Dir. White wanted to talk about having different days for the early cocktail party events to spread the often overtime interruptions around.
Dir. Pelletier asked to move the Board meetings back into the A&C room. He talked about the three alterations for the Building Codes. Discussions were abounding that included the one on Dir. Bergsma request about enclosing his deck.
Treas. Steffensen talked on her major improvement lists and said there is funding now for a new truck and tractor. She talk about items that were put in their proper place. She touched on Water and Legal estimates.
Dir. Halbach talked on the earlier reflector request and it was decided to not do it. There was a rumor brought up about the line dancing instructor charging for her services. Rumor was found to be incorrect.
Dir. Gagan made a concern about way the Green Bikers were biking which brought out P. Burke’s speech on LIV’s road rules.
End
1/29 NOTE* IN THE "COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, SC120' RAMONA IN INCORRECT, IT SHOULD BE AURORA.
7 comments:
slight error in your report on the coffee, the entire board agreed on the tv
"re: "because Freeland’s need for this dredging material will end then."
Oh, so he's willing to take our dredge spoils at no charge because he has a "need" for it? Perhaps he should pay for it, instead of taking it for free?
Once again it was the PB show. What would be the chances of getting her to take it on the road?
Yes, I know it would not play in Peoria.
BTW, the books have been cooking at least since the summer of '07. A number of people tried to get to the bottom of the "cook out" then but were ignored, shunned by their friends or worse. And I mean worse.
While any community, like ours, will have problems, we seem to have had so many very serious ones, such as lawsuits, since
March of 2006 when BP and MS hit
the BOD.
Signed: Puzzled in Port Isabel
Puzzled in Port Isabel, did you miss this post in another area? Just stop with false BS.
No one is "cooking the books" and if anyone(board member or otherwise) made that statement they are very uninformed. LIV is a not for profit organization meaning that we pay no income taxes on income associated on rental fees, but non rental amenities such as the golf course and restaurant are subject to income taxes if they show a profit. IRS guidelines allow allocation of expenses to all amenities and LIV is doing that in accordance with existing regulations.
RE: P. Burke said she has been trying to get the new GM, Hospitality manager, Ramona, and Armando together at the same time to take their individual pictures
Another slight error in your report on the coffee, I think you meant Aurora, our Finance Manager, and not Ramona. Ramona is our attorney.
A few years ago, PB and associates worked diligently to force Dick Stabler into resigning. Remember?
His picture was down the same day and replaced with Don Pelletiers's. So please PB, don't say pictures can't be changed out immediately.
Concern should be shown by the BOD about the number of people who attend the cocktail parties. Cars park every which way and make me wonder how emergency service personnel could get their vehicles into place at the party or even to get to other people who need them within the village.
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