The
Board of Directors for Hawthorn Park held the regular Monthly
Meeting on
February 23, 2006.
Here are the
topics
and
highlights of the meeting.
Please note:
These
are not the official
meeting minutes.
The official minutes are recorded by Patti Wasil, Property Manager,
and are archived at the offices of Harmony Management. Claudia
Quehl, Director - Assistant Secretary, also maintains a file of the
official minutes.
1. Call for
a quorum of directors --
7:00PM. Attending: Jeanine Balsis, Ray Dalto, Tom Falcone,
Claudia Quehl, Art Stadlin, Mike Theoret. Absent: Pat
Whitesel. Property Manager present: Patti Wasil
2. Reading of minutes of January 12, 2006 meeting
[P. Wasil] -- Accepted as read.
3. Review of Financial Statements [M. Theoret] -- Financials on track with plan.
4. Property Manager's Report [P. Wasil] -- Progress reported on Phase II fence
encroachment issue, commercial vehicle issue, fence painting issue, and
lawn issues.
5. Establishment of 2006 Committee Chairs
+ ARC -- Tom Falcone nominated and accepted.
+ Newsletter -- Kathy Lesjak
nominated, but not present.
+ Directory --
Jeannie Ladd nominated, but not present.
+ Welcome -- Kim
Stadlin nominated, but not present.
+ Garage Sales
-- George Sinclair nominated, but not present.
+ Web Site --
Art Stadlin nominated and accepted.
+ Emergency Maintenance -- Len Lesjak nominated and accepted.
+ Common Grounds/Beautification -- Claudia Quehl nominated and
accepted. Due to the wide scope of this assignment, Claudia was
encouraged to establish sub-Committees to spread out the work.
6.
Committee Reports
+ Activities Fund [M. Theoret] -- Balance of $1,571. Mike
Theoret will articulate spending guidelines for the Fund. Tom
Falcone will establish a committee to oversee social activities.
+ ARC [T. Falcone] -- About a half-dozen ARCs
submitted. All approved. Related to shrubs, trees, concrete
walks.
7. 2005 Carryover Business
+ Action Items Update [A. Stadlin] -- 6 open items carried forward from
2005. 4 new items opened this meeting. 1 items closed.
+ Beautification grant [C.
Quehl] -- 2005 Grant:
Claudia Quehl reported on the front entry work completed and the
remaining work to be done. Volunteers needed for a "Work Day" on
Sat. 3/11 at 8:30am. 2006 Grant: Claudia and Tom Falcone
attended the County's Grant preparation meeting. Deadline to
submit application is 5/3/06. Planning needed.
+ Grates [T. Falcone] -- Tom Falcone reviewed the plan and
estimate he and Len Lesjak have worked on, which was in line with
previous estimate from Patti Wasil. Motion to order and install
the grates was approved by the Board. Three new grates will be
installed behind homes on the east side of Phase II.
8. New Business
+ Pump / Irrigation Problems -- Mike Theoret reviewed the latest
problem with the sprinkler pump at the front area. Some work is
needed to get it working. Claudia Quehl also raised the need to
repair some sprinklers in the front area, as recommended by Jamie
McGiver, where some grass is browning. There was significant
discussion on details. The pump repairs will move forward, and
the sprinkler head repairs will follow.
+ Mediation Petition -- The Board is going to Mediation with
Nikitas Petrakoupolos. The Mediator has been assigned to the case
by the State of Florida. The Mediation will take about a half-day
and will be held sometime between Mon. 4/3/06 to Fri. 4/7/06.
+ March Garage Sale -- Still on for Sat. 3/18/06. It
appears at this time that there will be no hot dog stand.
+ Annual Picnic -- Peg Mazza has led the planning
efforts the past few years, but she will be unavailable this
year. The Board thanked Donna Falcone for volunteering to form
and lead the picnic planning committee.
9. Comments from residents -- Len Lesjak mentioned that Orban's
Nursery now gets their irrigation feed from the County reclaimed water
supply, and no longer uses the water from our front pond. It is
unknown what impact, if any, this may have on our financial
relationship with Pat Neal's Palma Sola Water Company.
10. Adjourn --
Approximately 9:10PM
