NEW BOARD and 'first' minutes

The following was passed along to me by our new ACA president, Keith Patton.  Please direct any questions you may have directly to one of the board members listed below.
 - Bob

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First board meeting minutes from Aug. 21

President:  Keith Patton
Vice President:  David Stiles
Secretary: Marilyn Herbert
Treasurer:  Jerry Tate

1st meeting actions:

1. Contract to be issued to Custom Paving for $6,200 worth of paving to be done.

2. The association will issue two (2) mailings per year.  One will be the dues assessment notice at the end of the calendar year; the second will be the notice for the upcoming annual homeowners' meeting next year.  All other information, board meeting minutes, notices for road work, winter road updates, etc. will be done through this blog.   applecreekacres.blogspot.com  (NOTE: there is no 'www.' prefix).

3.  A policy on obtaining competitive paving bids will be developed.

4.  A policy on defining road maintenance will be developed.

5.  The current board will have one (1) committee - Road Maintenance

6.  A total of $2,200 in unpaid dues are owed to the association.  Attempts will be made to collect those funds through liens and small claims court.

7.  The board requests that all property owners mow/trim their own property and maintain their driveway culverts. The board is also asking for volunteers to help with general weed-eating, leaf-blowing, etc. Estimates obtained from various paving companies assessing the overall needs in Apple Creek are: $70,000 to $80,000 over the next 3 years, for paving only; Culverts that will need to be replaced will run approximately $5,000 each.

BIG Kudos and Other 'Stuff'...

Yesterday I returned to ACA after a week of out of town work, and lo and behold it was only 68 degrees at 1:45pm!  I'm sorry I missed the coolest of days earlier, but I have had an unusually busy month and working out of town far more than I've been on the mountain. In large part that's why I've been a bit 'silent' with the blog, as little to no information has come my way.

Of the things I had to miss was the Annual Meeting two weeks ago.  As yet I've not heard anything directly about that meeting except that it lasted about an hour, the nominated board was elected in the voting, but the three proposed by-laws changes did not pass due to lack of enough proxies/votes.  Those are really important things, those proxies...even if you can't be present, I hope you would send in your vote to a person of your choosing.  They DO matter. I'm supposed to meet up with Keith Patton soon (member of the new board), so I'm sure I'll have more to share shortly.

From time to time individuals here take their own time and energy, and sometimes money, to do some upkeep in ACA.  In order for me to acknowledge those random acts of thoughtfulness, someone has to let me know, or I have to see it for my own eyes.  Too, I think it's important to express our gratitude for caring about this neat mountain community.

Today, I saw.  (Name withdrawn) did a SIGNIFICANT amount of weed-eating around the double hairpin curves, that sorely needed tending.  THANK YOU, (name withdrawn), for your efforts!  Plenty of roadside vegetation is awaiting the same fate if anyone else feels so led to do a little trimming.  Soon enough, cold temperatures will kill back a lot of it, but that is some time away.

And can I get an 'hooray' for a run of dry days and zero rainfall????!!!  Hard to believe Labor Day is less than a week away.  I'm still wondering where spring went, much less summer...

Bob

ANNUAL MEETING REMINDER

The meeting is upon us:

Tuesday, August 13, 2013
7pm @ Maple Grove Church Fellowship Hall
Turn RIGHT onto Russ Ave. from Mauney Cove RoadThe churchs is 0.3 mile on your LEFT 

I am out of town at work and will not be able to attend, unfortunately.  I'll be happy to post any news about the meeting in this blog, but someone will need to phone or email me with any information that should be shared with others who weren't able to attend.  May take a few days, naturally.

Bob