PELICAN LANDING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Wednesday April 9, 2003

Call to Order. President Dave Hartman called the meeting to order at 9:06

Proof of Notice. All Board of Directors were notified and notices were posted throughout the complex.

Determine a Quorum. In addition to President Dave Hartman there was Vice president Chuck Mallek, Treasurer Bob Balderson, Dan Beaudoin, Art Bubar, and Carol Gombos. A quorum was present.

Disposal of March BOD Minutes. Dave Hartman mentioned on page two when talking about the asphalt sealer it should read that the eyewash solution has already been applied. Carol Gombos made a motion to accept the minutes with the correction. Bob Balderson seconded the motion and all voted in favor.

Committee Reports.

Satellite Committee. Tom Miller presented a proposal to the Board regarding the cost of Direct TV Satellite versus Comcast Cable. See attached proposal. A lengthy discussion followed. It was decided to table the discussion for now until the committee could talk with Community Associations that are using the satellite service. The committee was asked to develop a list of frequently asked questions and responses that could be presented to the Board. Dave mentioned before any contract could be considered it would have to be presented to the Association’s attorney for an opinion. Dave Hartman made a motion to table the discussion until more information can be brought to the Board regarding the satellite proposal. Chuck Mallek seconded the motion and all members voted in favor.

Boat Committee. Stan Gombos said the Boat Committee was making the following recommendations. (1) to enforce the sixth position on the boat dock to be left vacant for fishing: (2) no boat shall exceed 20’ in length as a larger boat makes it difficult to get boats in and out of the dock area; (3) a sixth boat transition-parking area to be used when a boat comes in and there is no slip available, the boat could be parked there for 48 hours. Stan said if you don’t use your boat for two weeks it should be removed so other people could use the slip. Chuck Mallek made a motion to accept the changes as presented. Bob Balderson seconded the motion and all members voted in favor. Stan went on to discuss the boat dock repairs. He has received a price of $16,125.00 from Charlotte Sea Wall Company to redo the whole dock. They would use a material made of plastic and wood. Stan said it would be cheaper if there was a building permit for the existing dock but he has not been able to find one. The Association must have a building permit for the existing dock before one can be pulled to reconfigure the dock for two additional slips. Leo Hughes raised the issue of doing the repairs with wood. It was recommended that to do the proposed work on the dock with wood it would cost roughly one half the price of the plastic and wood. Dave said he would like a price to redo the dock with wood. It was mentioned that to do the proposed work on the dock with wood it would cost roughly one half the price of the plastic and wood combination. Dave made a motion to table the discussion for now but repair the areas needing immediate attention with wood and galvanized nails. Bob Balderson seconded the motion. Voting for the motion was Hartman, Mallek, Balderson, Bubar and Gombos. Opposing the motion was Beaudoin. The motion carried. It was recommended that Fabian give to rental agencies the Rules and Regulations so they are aware of the boating policy. Owners are responsible for keeping the Rules and Regulations in their units so they are available for renters as well as for their own reference. Juergen Heim inquired about whom is liable when there is a boating accident. This will be looked into.

Appointment of Owners to Count Reserve Fund Votes. Appointed was Sylvia Prorok, Sharon. Hughes, and Natalie Newmerzhcky.

Counting of the Vote. The counters reported the vote was 50 in favor and one opposed. A simple majority of 42 owners was needed to pass. The Reserve Fund recommended changes of reducing the Driveway Reserve Fund from$45,000.00 to $15,000.00 with the $30,000.00 difference being re-allocated to Roofs and Painting. The unit owners also approved changing the useful life of the roofs from10 to 12 years. Both items passed.

Old Business. A date has been set for a mid July meeting to count the votes for the Documents changes. The changes and proxies along with a survey regarding the Annual meeting will be mailed out next week by April 17, 2003.

Chuck mentioned that there are files in the office for each unit dating back at least ten years. He said if any owner wants their file they could contact a Board member. A notice will be put on the web site asking owners if they want the information. After July the files will be looked at and only relevant material will be saved.

Dave mentioned that Ace Doors never showed up to look at the utility room doors. Fabian will contact them again.

New Business.

Summer Maintenance Projects. Dave mentioned having the pool deck painted. Fabian has a quote to repaint the pool deck from an outfit that does pool decks for a living at.60/foot. Dave recommended getting a quote from Aker Painting..

Juergen inquired about the financial end of year statements. Fabian said they received the reports from the accountant yesterday and they will go out along with the first quarterly report as soon as they are copied.

DanBeaudoin mentioned they are looking for the names of a couple of good handymen as Ben gets buried around Pelican Landing.

Tom Miller mentioned that he was an original member of the Restoration Committee and when the walkways were painted in the past a membrane was put down first to seal any cracks and then it was painted so you wouldn’t get the salt water going on the concrete. The Board will look into the matter.

Dave brought up the issue of Juergen Heim’s recent letter/email requesting his money back. Fabian said at the end of fiscal year 2002 the refunds were fully funded. Then reserves were proposed for fiscal 2003 and a couple of adjustments were made which the owners have just voted on. The adjustments that were made will save some money on some of the repair projects like the asphalt-resurfacing project. Juergen is maintaining that because the Board re-allocated monies the Association is actually running ahead in terms of the reserve schedule and he wants that excess money refunded to him as a unit owner. As of March 31, 2003 there is a surplus of $7095.25 after the reserves are funded with $11,192.50. Juergen went on to say he didn’t want the money back but was just pointing out that accounting has a debit and a credit and if something is changed in the future make sure the Board follow accounting procedures. Dave said he gave the copy of Juergen’s letter to the web site. He reviewed the remainder of Juergen’s letter saying that the documents have already been voted on so it is not an issue. Juergen was unhappy with the way his letter was presented on the web site. Juergen questioned if there were policies for the web site. Chuck Mallek replied that they were developing policies. Juergen said there should be a committee for the web site. Juergen indicated that the web site should be neutral. Juergen complained about the publishing of the Pelican Briefs as he sees the newsletter as not being a neutral contribution and wants the Board to install control over what is published on the web site. Juergen said he is not going to accept any unedited garbage coming from the Pelican Briefs. Chuck Mallek said the web site is evolving and currently there are no such things as Internet Law and he doesn’t want to hear threats from Juergen every three weeks about what is put on the website. Juergen said it is not a threat. Chuck read from Juergen ‘s letter dated March 18, 2003. "I will follow up with an inquiry soon if I do not receive an answer to my letter of March 18, 2003 from the Board. I will hold the Association responsible for the unedited posting of Pelican Briefs." Chuck said in his mind that was a threat. He went on to say that anything that is sent to the Board is out of Juergen’s control. Juergen said he did want his correspondence retyped by anyone.

Owner’s Comments. Dan Beaudoin a suggestion to relieve some of the work that Dave as President

deals with on a daily basis. He said besides Dave there are six other Board members and each member could take responsibility for a building rather than everyone calling Dave on every little minor problem. The responsibility for the buildings would be as follows:

Building A-Carol Gombos Building B-Dan Beaudoin

Building C-Art Bubar Building D-Bob Balderson

Building E-Chuck Mallek Building F-Jim Johnson

The list will be placed on the website. Serious problems should continue to be referred to Fabian.

 

Nancy Rodnick reminded people about the hot dog roast that would take place this weekend.

Adjournment. As there was no further business for the Board Chuck Mallek made a motion to adjourn. Dan Beaudoin seconded the motion and all members voted in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 10.28 A.M.