WOODSIDE ASSOCIATION INC.
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
March 25, 2008
CALL The meeting was called to
order by President John Bird at 7:00pm
QUORUM A
quorum was established with Board Members John Bird, Lyn Efken,
Cyrus
Youssefi, Frank O’Connor, MJ Mitchell,
Allen Anderson, John Atkinson present.
Cindy Wickliffe represented
Management.
DISCLOSURE Discussed
in Executive Session were Legal, Owner Discipline and personnel matters.
OPEN DISCUSSION 1) Homeowner asked to put motorcycle issue on
the next ballot.
2) Isabel Ashkar expressed concern on how money
was spent on building.
3) Gisela Schulz has volunteered for the Water
Committee.
4) Gisela Schulz common area behind 709 has a
water leak.
5) Dorothy Wooldridge proposed hiring a
Landscape Architect to aid in PG&E Tree issues.
CONSENT CALENDAR MSC
(Efken/Anderson) to accept the Consent Calendar, which included accepting Board
Minutes for February 26 2008, changes to the Employee Handbook and ratification
of Woodside Committees.
MANAGEMENT REPORT
The laundry machines, (that were left as a
convenience for residents to use up their old laundry cards), are scheduled to
removed Thursday March 27. WEB will be
looking at programming the new machines so they will accept additional drying
time in 10-15 minute increments.
Management with the assistance of Maintenance has
completed the visual inspection of the property in regards to balconies,
walkways/landings, shed and shed roof replacements and carports. We are in the process of compiling the work
list for the next fiscal year.
Management is also looking into the possibility of a
tankless hot water system to relieve the boiler system currently in place. Current, rough estimates are in the $750,000
to $1,000,000 price range. The
budgeting process is in full swing.
MAINTENANCE
o Total Open Work Orders 100
o Work Orders Opened
February 16 – March 19 102
o Work Orders Closed
February 16 – March 19 109
o Decks (2294-13) 1
o Walkway Railing (2294) 1
o Shed Doors (2294-5, 871-1, 708-5, 728-3, 790-12) 5
o Rebuild Shed (708-5, 2294-5, 871-1, 2233-2) 4
o Shed Roofs (2294-5, 871-1, 708-5, 728-3) 4
o Expansion Boards Replaced (Sierra) 18
pieces
o Stucco Walls (2294-5, 2238-5) 2
o Sidewalks (728) 1
o Ceiling Painted (873-11) 1
o Light Fixtures Installed 8
o Timer Replacement @ Pond 1
o Motor Replacement East Road Fountain 1
o Paint Office – Divider Wall – Around Cash Add Value
Machines
SECURITY
In
the month of February there were no stolen cars, car break-ins, tows, acts of
vandalism or home break-ins reported.
o Cited Cars 103
o Denver Boots 3
o Expired Registrations 6
o Cars with Expired Registration 10
o Cars with no Current Parking Stickers 14
o Speeding Cars 5
o Cellular Calls
97
o Noise Complaints 15
o Suspicious Persons 20
o Violations Written 34
FINANCIAL REPORT
The
operating budget has shortfalls in the utility category, the largest in water
usage which is over budget $17,000.
There was an unanticipated 13% increase in rates on January 1, 2008 and
another 13% increase is anticipated January 1, 2009. Plumbing is also over budget, as hot water line breakages and
clogging of the sewer lines have required more repairs and maintenance than
anticipated. The overage is $12,000.
Management
continues to pay down the Line of Credit obtained for flood rebuilding purposes
at a rate of $10,000 per month. The
deadline requiring the loan balance to be paid down to $300,000 by March 31st
was met two (2) weeks early. The current balance on the Line of Credit is
$300,000 as of this date.
At
the end of February, there was approximately $379,788 in cash Reserves. An additional $100,000 was invested in a
Certificate of Deposit which will mature June 2008 for a total of $479,788 in
reserves. $49,235 was spent on Reserves
in February.
Approximately
$271,065 has been collected for the $500 Special Assessment (Total amount
assessed was $362,000.) Payments 1
($175) and 2 ($175) are now due. The
final payment of $150.00 is due April 1st.
Delinquent
Assessments total approximately $63,039.
Twenty-one
(21) units are currently in collections.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
ARCHITECTURAL Kathy Klusman, chair, reported that
the County has decided to build a Disability access to Woodside East at the
pedestrian walkway off Northrup. The sidewalk will be relocated slightly and
an inward opening gate will be funded by the County. The Fire Department which requires outward swinging gates will
accept the deviation if the County provides a Statement.
MSC
(Bird/O’Connor) to accept the Pedestrian Access as proposed.
HUMAN
RESOURCES Pamela Williams,
chair, discussed the Committee’s procedures and purposes: Members are required to sign Confidentiality
Statements; the Board selects and appoints the Chair as opposed to other
Woodside Committees; members are to have experience in Human Resources,
Management, Supervision or Labor Law.
The Committee makes recommendations to Budget Committee and Management
on employee issues, pay, bonuses; conducts a Semi- Annual Review of Management
performance; and reviews the Employee Handbook. The Committee asks that the member number be capped at six. MSC (Efken/Mitchell) to accept the
recommendations.
MSC
(Efken/Anderson) to appoint Pam Williams as chair and ratify the following as
members:
Pam
Williams, Joan Haradon, John Bird, Robert Blasser, Shirley Meyers, Lyn Efken.
OWNER/RESIDENT
EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE Frank
O’Connor, chair, explained the purpose of the Committee to explore capping
tenants at 30 per cent to maintain the quality of the property and provide the
ability to obtain property loans at the lowest cost.
MSC
(O’Connor/Atkinson) to take a Survey through the Newsletter asking Owners how
they feel about capping rentals at 30%.
SAFETY Frank O’Connor, chair, reported that
the Committee would like to expand its role to include energy conservation and
environmental issues and to identify costs and savings. This may necessitate a
Committee name change. MSC
(O’Connor/Bird) to expand the role of the Safety Committee to include the
above.
TREE MSC (Efken/Bird) to accept the
recommendations of the Committee that redbud or flowering pear be used to
replace 2 cherry trees in Sierra that were up-rooted by the storm and removed.
MSC
(Bird/Youssefi) to accept the recommendation of the Tree Committee for removal
of damaged trees.
MSC
(Efken/Anderson) to accept the recommendation of the Tree Committee to remove
the 8 trees identified.
Oppose Youssefi
MSC
(Efken/Anderson) to remove Italian Cypress west of 898#1 and the unknown tree
west of 898#2. Oppose Youssefi
NEW BUSINESS
ARCHITECTURAL
COMMITTEE
MSC
(Bird/Anderson) to appoint Kathy Klusman, chair; members Patty Poswall and
Elaine DiFlorio.
NOMINATING
COMMITTEE
MSC
(Anderson/Atkinson) to appoint Nola Castle, chair; members Pat Nuezel and Renee
Soteropolus.
RATIFICATION
OF BANK SIGNERS
MSC
(Efken/Anderson) ratified with change: two signers, one of which must be a
Board Member.
PROPERTY
LIEN
MSC
(Bird/Anderson) to place a lien on property number:
294-0230-004-0029
POND
CLEANING
MSC
(Anderson/Youssefi) that the Pond is to be cleaned at a cost of $900. Abstain
O’Connor
FLOOD Moved (Bird/------------) to accept the
offer from US Flood Control for flood bladders now that legal jurisdiction is
Nevada (USA) moved from Alberta (Canada).
Motion
failed due to lack of Second.
FLOOD
APPEAL TO FEMA Management was asked
to contemplate offering services to make the appeal to FEMA
FEMA
contact will be handled by Youssefi, Efken, O’Connor at the local FEMA office.
ADJOURNMENT
The
meeting was adjourned at 9:35pm.
Respectfully
submitted
MJ
Mitchell, Secretary