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:
  • 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.
  • 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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