Wednesday, April 21, 2010



April 21, 2010 Coffee with the Directors

Pledge of Allegiance

From the Comment Box
Lot 384 asked if workers could pick up all the phone books left on the steps of owners who have left for the summer.
Lot 106 made a request to have another lot cut their Palm leaves and spray for clover in the common areas. President said no to the palm leaf cutting.
SC 70 said the Sand Dollar quilters wanted to thank Director Pelletier for his efforts to repaint the Arts and Crafts room.
Lot R praised the Hospitality Manager Julio for the Easter Feast. Owner said everything was great.
Lot 558 had a complaint about the commercial dump area.
Lot 119 had a complaint about the cable TV and Swing Bridge.
SC 51 was a repeat of LOT R

Board Comments
Director Gagan said he feels prices on materials are going up and suggested that the Board consider to lock in any Major improvement bids that have a materials cost involved.

Comments from the audience
Lot 288 asked since Easter was great, how about Thanksgiving. Our general manager said that's already being talked about. She also asked if the road repair was ever officially approved by the Board and if so, was the company doing the job the same one we had second thoughts about originally? Treas. Steffensen said 11/21/09 was the approval date and yes it is the same company. The GM said he investigated the work that this company previously did and found it was more than satisfactory.
Dir. Pelletier announced a fund raiser raffle for a golf cart to end the second week in Jan. 2011. Tickets (500) are $25 ea. or five for $100. All monies go towards the improvement of the golf course. He said to also remember the Memorial Garden as a great way to remember a loved one, pets not included.

WORKSHOP
Dir. Bergsma said by next week's meeting he will attempt to broadcast the meeting over the internet.
Dir. Guerra asked about last Sunday’s swing bridge problem and when the Marquee will be moved. The answers were nothing was reported and the move will be in June.
Dir. Pelletier said an outside washroom will be constructed at the Pro Shop where the ice machine is located. This is supposed to paid for out of the $22,000 set aside for our new maintenance office. There is a proposal for a chair lift for the Activity Center that will be paid for by a Village Owner.
VP Halbach said there was a $3384 profit in the first month for the restaurant.
P. Burke brought up her idea of having lawn weed control available to owners for a fee. I guess you can call it a weed fee. This subject went on for what seemed like thirty minutes and ending with the President saying we could just look at this weed problem as a By-Law nuisance and make all owners take care of their weeds.
Treas. Steffensen went through her wording changes she wish to have for rules/deposits in using the gazebo and owners lounge. An owner commented that the deposits dtdn't seem to do much if anything to keep the owners lounge clean. Treas. Steffensen also wanted some changes in the rental contracts like charging owners who change a current contract that makes the rental department having to move the renter to a new location. This discussion went on for another twenty minutes of mostly globally gook. An owner brought up her problems she had with the Rental Dept. like when her place was rented while they were staying in it and the renter walk right in on them. She also said the rental office was screwing her when they rented her place and didn't pay them. There was a different owner who confirmed such. The President wanted further info about this from the owner.
Short Recess
The new district manager for Aramark Dan Ackley was introduced.
The discussion of the rental contract continued for the next five minutes. This was just a bunch of back and forth with our Board President talking the most.
The Secretary said the new pool wrist bands are now a hot pink and yellow. This led to a twenty minute discussion from directors Guerra and Montalvo who expressed their concerns of what appears to be an extreme difference between wristband enforcement when only 100 wristbands were sold in winter as opposed to 3000 in the summer. This ended with different Directors blaming Security.
Jennie McBride, Sue Smith, and Karen Fritz were congratulated for their work in painting and cleaning the Pro Shop.
Lot 96-97 complained about her sprinkler wires and Armando said he would take care of it.

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, I'm glad someone finally said something about getting screwed by the rental office. Several of us have pulled our places for the very same reason. I certainly hope our new Mgr. can get us back on the right track.

Anonymous said...

Why in the world didn't you go to the rental office the minute it happened? Why did you have to wait for someone to bring it up at coffee?

Anonymous said...

I was at the meeting and this lady with a cane said her husband didn't like confrontation, so they just quit using the rental department.

Anonymous said...

re: broadcast the meeting over the internet

It's almost next week meeting, any word on on broadcasting and how to access it?

Anonymous said...

Raffle for golf cart? Here we go again with illegal gambling activities by LIV. Fisrt the unlicensed and illegal bingo game operation, now illegal raffles! Does anyone ever bother to check the legality of these things?

According to the Texas Attorney General web site:
"In order to conduct a raffle legally, a non-profit organization must have...an exemption from federal taxes under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code".

Last I knew, although LIV is a not-for-profit corporation, LIV is NOT a 501(c) Tax Exempt organization! In addition, the proceeds of this illegal raffle are NOT intended for a charitable cause as required, they are inuring to the benefit of all the owners of LIV to cover golf course expenses!

Just wondering said...

regrading "Dir. Pelletier said an outside washroom will be constructed at the Pro Shop"

Does this constitute a substantial addition or alteration to the common elements, which would require approval of 75% of the owners? After all, it is an item that will require ongoing maintenance, cleaning etc, which will add to the expenses of the association.

Tired of paying for other owners crap! said...

---if workers could pick up all the phone books left on the steps of owners who have left for the summer.

Why should maintenance, which all owners pay the the expense for, be paid to pick up after other owners lots? If absentee owners want their properties maintained, then they should put them in the rental pool. Otherwise, if their lot looks messy from no upkeep (or phone books laying around), then the association can fine the violators or clean up the property and CHARGE the violators for the service.

Anonymous said...

Re;Raffle for golf cart? Here we go again

Your concerns are noted but please review the Texas law you’ve mentioned and you will notice the following.
The Charitable Raffle Enabling Act, effective January 1, 1990, permits "qualified organizations" to hold up to two raffles per calendar year, with certain specified restrictions.

A nonprofit organization that has existed for at least three preceding years, during which it has had a governing body duly elected by its members and is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c), Internal Revenue Code; does not distribute any of its income to its members, officers or governing body; does not devote a substantial part of its activities to attempting to influence legislation; and does not participate in any political campaign.

It seems there has been no wrong doing but thanks for being concerned.

Anonymous said...

re "there has been no wrongdoing"

But you still quote 501c - did you not read the relevant sections of my note, or just conveniently ignore them?

LIV is not a 501(c) organization - LIV is definitely tax exempt under IRC 528, but claiming tax exempt status under 501c is a huge stretch of the imagination.

Furthermore, even if LIV somehow WAS considered exempt uner 501c, the proceeds of the raffle are not being used for "charitable causes", as required by law. Here it is since you missed it:
"Texas law allows only certain charitable and non-profit membership organizations to conduct raffles to support their charitable causes".

Try telling the Texas Attorney General that your golf course improvements are for charity! LOL!!

Anonymous said...

re "there has been no wrongdoing"

Well, that remains to be seen, but according to the GM Evaluation Form, it's the GM's job to make sure LIV complies with all legal and regulatory issues.

See number 16 of the Evaluation form here:
Performance Appraisal of the General Manager

16. Complies with legal. Tax, licensing, permitting governmental and other regulatory requirements.

Let's hope GM is complying with the raffle and bingo laws of Texas! If not, Aramark's got deep pockets!

Anonymous said...

Re; did you not read the relevant sections of my note, or just conveniently ignore them?

I guess I’m ignoring it. Look, if you are going to get all wound up because this raffle thing that’s not in accordance to a (class A Misdemeanor) Texas law, then why aren’t you all over the Board when they disregard our Declaration of Covenants by not fully enforcing the Rental Department’s exclusive right clause? The raffle helps our Park while the other does not. Wish to comment?

Anonymous said...

Re; Well, that remains to be seen,

I think you’re right when it comes to his own performance but this was implemented by the Board who have the powers stated in our By-Laws Section 10 (e) To contract for the management of the Condominium and to designate to such contractor all of the powers and duties of the Association, except those which may be required by the March 2005 restated Declaration to have the approval of the Board of Directors or the membership of the Association. It's a Board decision.

Anonymous said...

About the telephone books which are now littering our Village...

Who let the distributors in the Village in the first place? Why weren't the books put in the Activity Center for owners to pick up AS IN PAST YEARS? Someone on staff goofed and maintenance should go around and pick up the books.

Anonymous said...

Read where all raffle/lottery/prize winnings over $500 must be reported to the IRS by the group conducting the raffle. I assume our golf committee will obey the law.

Mr Concerned said...

re: "read where all the raffle winnings... I assume our golf committee will obey the law."

They're not obeying the law if they conduct this illegal raffle, why would you assume they'll obey the part that requires them to report it to the IRS?

Anonymous said...

Give it a rest.....our quilters raffle off quilts every year & I'm sure they make over $500. I've never heard you squawking about that. Our attorney said it was OK. As our attorney, maybe she knows something you don't know.

Mr Concerned said...

"Our attorney said it was OK"

Great! Now let's see what the DA's office thinks about it.

Anonymous said...

Golf committee you do a Great Job keep it up. Some people have to look hard to find something to bitch about.I will be buying a ticket to support this effort.

Pat

Anonymous said...

You people are missing the point about the golf cart raffle. Not saying it is illegal. Saying the person winning it must report the winnings and the group holding the raffle must report it, also. Just to keep everything above-board and to stay out of trouble.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad to see our board president supports the golf course and is going to purchase a raffle ticket. Or maybe she just is looking for a set of wheels safer than her Toyota.

Anonymous said...

Joey, you would not have this kind of NO SENSE DIATRIBE if you required a signature on comments. Bud

Anonymous said...

Well Bud, I'm sure it took a long time for you to find such an uncommon word to use. Unfortunately, it doesn't fit - wrong word! Back to the dictionary.

Anonymous said...

well joey,anonymous is wrong AGAIN go to en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diatribe and I noticed he/she didn't sign Bud

Anonymous said...

Pick out any word you like...but as long as we have hateful, retaliatory people here at LIV, I will stay anonymous.

Anonymous said...

re: pick


my point! those are the types of people that hang out here and make the remarks you describe but if they had to sign their comment they would think twice. Look up four comments, this hateful person assumes that Pat referred to in the sixth comment is Pat Burke, now this will make the rumor mongers jump with glee as they think it is true because they read it ON THE BLOG!!! Bud

Anonymous said...

So someone maybe wrongfully said our prez supports the golf course? Is that hateful? I hope we all support our golf course.
Who is Bud? It is the same as anon, at least to me.

Anonymous said...

Or you can be like me and pick a name out of the hat for your identification.

By-the-way, I don't appreciate being called hateful just because I read and comment on the blog, Bud.

Helga

Anonymous said...

If not actual names, it would be better that folks are required to register under a specific name and use it all the time. At least we would then know how many folks are actually contributing plus it would eliminate the ability of one or two posters making it appear that several are supporting the same position. Also eliminates those who talk to themselves.