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Leatherwood Mountains Property Owner’s Association, Inc.
Board Meeting
June 24, 2006
The meeting was called to order at approximatly10:00 AM
by Chuck Mann, President. Other Board members attending
were David Beckett –Treasurer, Delaine Parker, Mike
Everett, Vance Stine, Rex Craig and Lelia Ivey. The
meeting was held at the Beckett residence , therefore,
Zela Beckett sat in to give only the entertainment
report in Diane Ertel’s absence.
Corrections/Additions to last meeting’s minutes
Under legal and insurance issues Vance Stine brought up
that the minutes should read that the Workman’s Comp.
insurance quote of $1180 is based on a $20,000 lawn
maintenance estimate. It follows that agreement(s) for a
greater amount would require a higher premium.
Vance, also stated that he remembered the Board
recommending going forward in regards to a fire
assessment. A motion was made by Delaine Parker,
seconded by Mike Everett and passed that we immediately
request the Forest Service to do a fire assessment in
Leatherwood. Rex Craig was given materials from the
Forest Service and will follow up.
Contracts and Agreements – Chuck Mann
We are waiting on Gary Gibson. It is difficult to get
good contractors to do such work, so we simply must be
patient in order to get the work done properly.
Mowing – it was stated that areas being mowed looked
very good.
Roads – Delaine Parker and Chuck Mann
Granny’s Ridge – Initial estimate do the work is
$30,000. There are drainage problems, trees in the way,
unusually placed power lines and various other issues
that are going to require more than just a simple patch
job. Chuck is waiting another estimate due the week 0f
6/26/06 to repave the entire street to take care of as
many of the problems as possible.
The position is that this untenable situation must be
fixed. Mike Everett suggested that we get competitive
bids and since he has Paving Contractors who have done
work in the past for him he offered to check into it.
Vance Stine suggested that since the roads are the
biggest ongoing expense and one that is expected to
increase as more areas are developed we should start an
auxiliary road fund. (No action taken by the Board)
Motion was made by Lelia Ivey and seconded by Vance
Stine to go into executive session at approximately
10:15 AM.
Motion by Lelia seconded by Mike Everett to come out of
executive session at approximately 10:45 AM.
Coming out of the executive session two motions made,
seconded and passed:
Moved by Mike Everett and seconded by Delaine Parker
that representatives from the Board contact an outside
attorney to represent the property owners of
Leatherwood. Mike Everett volunteered to accompany Chuck
Mann at first meeting.
Moved by David Beckett and seconded by Vance Stine that
the roads committee attempt to secure a road assessment
that had been done in the past.
Covenant Compliance Committee – David Beckett
Report included reading of some information taken from
the internet about Enforcement of Association Rules.
This subject is an extremely difficult one for the
reasons quoted here from this internet document:
For most Associations, rules enforcement can be painful
and never endingprocess whereby board members can be
subject to abusive treatment by dis-gruntled members and
members can be subject to unfair, biased decisionmaking
from board members. Understanding that getting
compliance with the covenants, since honestly there has
been little or no attempt to do so in the past, was
going to be a painful process, the Covenant Compliance
Committee (CCC) asked the board to assess their resolve
on this issue because it would not be fair to the
members of the CCC to spend time and effort on the
project if full compliance from all parties was not
going to be required. After concerns were expressed by
Vance Stine that “full compliance from all parties” may
be unrealistic, the Board unanimously agreed to reaffirm
their resolve and go forward since ignoring the rules is
going to create huge and ongoing problems as Leatherwood
continues to grow.
Board members were presented a rough first draft of the
position paper on which the CCC is working. There are
portions of the position paper that will eventually be
distributed in a modified fashion as a letter to the
entire membership that the CCC is working on (struggling
with) and they are:
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There are certain things that are not specifically
mentioned as restrictions, but come under the
category of nuisance and annoyance that the board
deems necessary to qualify when the new era of
Covenant Compliance comes into effect.
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Procedures to be followed in the event that property
owners and/or their guests are not
complying with “the rules”.
- A
list of penalties which is required by state law
that must be published supporting the severity of
the violation.
Additionally, in delivering the report it was made very
clear that the CCC is not a “police force”! Their main
purpose was to establish a platform or position from
which the Board can proceed to address the issue. And
the CCC maintains the hope that being good considerate
neighbors will dictate positive outcomes and procedures
will never have to be followed no penalties levied.
Entertainment – Zela Beckett reported in Diane
Ertel’s absence.
A survey of future events was sent to POA members asking
them to identify items that they are interested in
attending.
By all accounts Memorial Day picnic and program was an
unqualified success. It was held at the recreation area
near the pool. Again by all accounts this location was
deemed a great place to hold future events prompting
discussion, but no action taken on the idea of
constructing an activity center for the POA.
The Board recommended that representative(s) of the
entertainment committee meet with the activities
director for the enterprises outside the gate in
September to set calendar of events for the coming year.
Insurance/Legal -Vance Stine and Chuck Mann
Estimate for mowing is $40,000, therefore, the estimate
for Workman’s Comp. Insurance would be $2400. Motion was
made by Delaine Parker seconded by Chuck Mann and passed
that the expenditure be increased for Workman’s Comp. to
cover the contract amount.
Financials – Chuck Mann
A financial report outlining our position through June
21, 2006 was presented highlighting income and
expenditures to date for the year.
Laurelmor Development by Ginn – it was decided
that since we had not heard back any answers to any of
the questions the Board submitted to Phil Whitson two
and a half months ago that it would be in the best
interest of the Property Owners in Leatherwood that we
request a meeting directly with them that would be
limited strictly to Ginn’s sharing what plans are
currently in place that effect the Property Owners in
Leatherwood.
Security and Gate – Lelia Ivey
Progress on the new security gate is pretty much on hold
pending the sale to Ginn. Concern was expressed about
access to residential area since Ginn will control
things outside the current gate. Also, the revelation
recently made that the POA only has the west entrance
right of way and not both the east and west was
discussed. Issue will be resolved by the developer.
Misc.
Request was made to the Board through Chuck Mann by Ken
MacDonald to fix some erosion problems on property that
he purchased from the Robertsons off of Elk Ridge Road.
It is the Board’s position that the POA is not
responsible for fixing the problem.
Delaine Parker presented the latest Construction Review
Committee’s report. Nine projects submitted to the
current CRC and approved. One additional project had
approval prior to the CRC – report available upon
request.
Respectfully submitted by David Beckett, Treasurer in
Diane Ertel’s Absence
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