BoD Meeting

Date: 09/13/2007

Time: 7:32 PM – ? PM

Place: Nazareth Church

Minutes

Russell Eubanks asked if we are going to be pursuing additional lighting and landscaping for the entrance. Lindsey answered yes.

Bob Handly made a point for discussion to amend the By-Laws that peoples names needed to appear on the deed in order to participate in the meetings. Lindsey responded about who was able to vote and who was not etc. Bob Handley asked that anyone whose name is not on the deed that they were not considered a member of the HoA and had no rights as such. Lindsey stated Article 3 from our By Laws.

Mike VanPatton asked if Joe is not allowed to ask questions then why was his name on the roster. Lindsey pointed out his name was not.

Joe Alexander made a point that he does not have to be a member of the association to be a board member.

Brian Comley mentioned that the reason that is not in the majority of HoA By-Laws was because they were mostly run by a management firm so that needed to be in place.

Joe Alexander asked about the minutes and about the retention ponds. Joe said that the rear retention pond was taken by the county because the taxes were not paid by the management firm. Lindsey mentioned that Russell Eubanks did research on the deeds.

Randall Mungo deferred to Russell Eubanks about the deeds and the retention ponds .

Russell Eubanks discussed his findings. His findings were the rear retention pond was owned by the country. Russell says the front pond was dedicated to DHEC.

Joe Alexander asked if we don't own the retention ponds why do we pay to clean them. Lindsey responded that the country does not clean the ponds nearly as often as the HoA would like. So rather then have them overgrown the board decided to clean them so they look decent more often.

Steven Roberts asked if our current landscape contractor cleans those ponds or was it a separate contractor. Lindsey answered it was a separate contractor.

Brian Lomastro made a point to say it seemed silly to worry about it.

Jim Muldoon asked if there was a way to clean/cut the property that is to the left of our entrance as it looks bad. Lindsey said we would take that under advisement for our next meetings.

Joe Axelander made an additional comment that we own the property to the left of our neighborhood.

Brian Comley asked when we might look at the empty lot again for development. Lindsey responded that he did not know. He asked what would be the appropriate method for starting that process again. Lindsey mentioned the previous attempts at developing the vacant and how those went. Brian asked about having somebody come in and present ideas.

George Semonick asked about speed bumps and the speeding issue. He asked if there was anything additional that could be done. He recalled the stats from the lexington county traffic survey. He mentioned the danger to the kids. Lindsey responded to his concerns.

Chad Keller mentioned that we have board meetings on the second Tuesday of each month and if anyone wanted to come to those meetings they could email the board and we would add them to the agenda. Lindsey discussed how our meetings were run and what was open.

Brock mentioned if the board could purchase some children playing signs it might be helpful. He also mentioned putting a dummy police car.

Jim Muldoon pointed out one of the pear trees on the left is dying or dead and could use replacement.

Stacy Snow made a general comment that you could make a citizen complaint about speeding. The more people that call and report the times of the speeding the better.

Chad Keller pointed out there was an EMS working that lives in our neighborhood and he mentioned he recently spoke to the police and they were planning on returning.

Jeff Eisenhower asked if we even knew if the speeders lived here.

A homeowner mentioned putting decals on vehicles for people that live here.

Patrick Hedgepath mentioned he was extremely opposed to putting decals on cars.

Brian Comley mentioned additional speed limit signs would be helpful. The vacant lot would be a good place to put this.

Micheal Coggins mentioned maintenance of the homeowners lots. Micheal asked if we had gone beyond letters for people with badly kept lots. Lindsey reviewed the procedure the board follows for these kinds of issues. Micheal asked if the BoD addressed the front and the rear of the property or only the front. Lindsey answered both. Micheal asked how would a homeowner know the situation was handled.

Brian Lomastro asked how far should people take unsightly yards. Lindsey mentioned the board follows up on all complaints.

Patrick Hedgepath mentioned the board does use their common sense in each complaint.

Chad Keller reviewed the procedures we take for each complaint. He mentioned we could add those to the web site.

Bob Handly commended the board for all their hard work and the very well run meeting.