Minutes of Meeting held on March 18, 2014
The meeting of the LEA WOOD HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION was
called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Noland Whaley, President.
Present
Noland Whaley
Marie Hinds
Dick Jessup
Udie Bauer
Diane Rivo
Joe Harris
Greg Smith
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Dan Reese, Guest Landscaper
Carol Poole – Secretary/Assistant to President
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Guest Speaker – Dan Reese—Landscaper (brought by
Greg)
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In business for 30 years
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Runs 3 – 2 man crews
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60 plus commercial and residentials
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Does the work for New Hope College
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Does irrigation, cleans sprinkler heads
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Tree limbs back from units
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Gutter cleaning and pressure washing
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Fertilizer is included
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Mulch is extra
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Noland requested a quote on gutters cleaned for
November
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Dan said they do not use spray on weed killer,
they actually weed and rake the flower beds
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Noland recommends board look at New Hope College
grounds. To check walk through.
Minutes from last two meetings, January 21, 2014 and February 18, 2014— need to be reviewed, and approved
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January minutes approved, able to post
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February minutes- Noland was concerned about
posting any actual $ amounts, no questions—
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February minutes approved, able to post
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Financials—went over financials for February’s
meeting. Financials Approved
Budget meeting, needed before next meeting –
within next couple of weeks
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Noland requests financial planning – Rick Kerr
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Udie, Greg, and Joe volunteered to
prioritize/estimate
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Need for tree cutting
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Fencing
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Painting
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Need to talk to Eric, bookkeeper
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Some units 1307, 1365 came back as dry rot
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Udie will have Sebring contractor look at
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They have others that can come recommend for
financial management
Old Business
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Insurance: Scanned current insurance coverage, available
for Board to receive as a PDF
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Motion made to leave with Farmers –
approved
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Storage unit/Sprinkler Room Clean-up
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Replaced 1300 block video sign –
discussion during financials
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Privacy Fences: Repair/replace
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There is an estimate for the
fences: 2 estimates were given
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One for removing and replacing
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Other is for just staining them after
they are put up
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Estimate came in at $8300.00. They will match newer fences
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20 fences need to be removed and
replaced
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It is the Board’s responsibility to
pay for all of it.
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Noland would like to table the fences
for next meeting
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Udie recommended adding it to the
Budget Meeting.
New Business
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Tree inspection report – walk through
contractor
o 1359
huge tree, big problem
o Risk
management report
o High
cost of leaving trees vs the price of removing the tree
§ Need
prioritized list of trees to remove
§ Need
something realistic
§ Also
estimate for pruning the trees
§ Water/sewer
issue
§ Driveway
and sidewalk
§ Getting
rid of worse trees first, as budget entails
§ Dick
brought up the concrete needs to be replaced after the trees are removed
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Email new business requests 1 week
prior to meeting
o Request
if you have new business to email HOA gmail account a week before.
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Discuss new landscaper,
o Udie
submitted an email from Ron, Ron called the company.
o Inappropriate
email to Udie.
o Udie
would like to existing landscapers a chance.
o Greg
recommended that Udie, Noland, Greg and Dan Reese do another walk through.
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Diane noted that there is erosion by
the new concrete and it is causing issues with water.
o Ground
cover is brought up – Mulch, dirt/berms, back fill.
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Diane mentioned that there is an issue
with the mail box, people throwing trash and resident mail in the box by the
mail box.
Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned by Noland Whaley,
President, at 7:15 p.m.
The next general
meeting will be at 6:00 p.m. on April 15, 2014
Minutes submitted for Diane Rivo by:
Carol Poole
