Minutes
The Orchards HOA Board Meeting
June 04, 2012
7:00 pm Meeting Opened by Corey Bennett
Present: Corey Bennett, Jessica Dempsey, Erika Klauss,
Janet Prendergast and Heather Woller. Guests
Mike Dempsey, Steve Smith, Tammy Anderson, Kelly Cullen, Travis Denton, Chad
and Amy Heer, Melinda Bennett, Keith Klauss and Officer Rick Bectel from the
City of Cheney Police Department.
Secretary’s Minutes:
The Secretary was asked to summarize the minutes of the May 07th
meeting. It was then moved and seconded
that the minutes be approved as read and unanimously approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Erika Klauss
·
Received $650 in
dues and deposited the $5,000 check from Road Repair Fund to checking.
·
Income/Expense
Report for May 1 to May 31, 2012. Balance on hand May 31th is $30,577.89.
Bills
to be paid:
* City of Cheney $ 98.52
*
Neighborhood Lawn
and Tree 592.42
* Dew Drop Sprinklers 197.34
* Dew Drop Sprinklers 83.43
* Moran Fence
2,853.48
Total $ 3,825.19
It
was moved and seconded that we pay these bill, the motion was unanimously
passed.
Status on dues – Erika
There
are currently three homeowners who are making dues payments as Erika bills
them.
Three homeowners have not
paid and were sent to Automated Accounts for collection. Erika has, however, had a call from Carlos
Perez-Leon (3306 Meadow Glen Lane) stating that he will be sending a check for
his dues. When the check is received she
will take him out of collection.
Old Business:
The new fence has been installed in
the common area at the end of Thistle Creek Lane. The sprinkler in the park has been moved off
of Mr. and Mrs. Bell’s property as requested.
Because of the request by Mr. Smith to speak to the Board, we will table
the To-Do List, the repairs to the two-rail fence at the RV/Guest parking
areas, and the paver that needs to be replaced in wall at Silverthorn entrance.
New Business
·
Send letter: Jessica.
Request to send a letter out to all residents regarding the illegal use
of guns in the neighborhood and City limits.
·
ARC
Applications: Two applications for
fences, one from Rhianna Witmer at 3407 Meadow Glen Lane, and one from Crystal
Jackson at 117 Greenbriar Lane.
·
Yard-of-the-Month: Tamra Jenkins’ property at 3101 Thistle Creek
Lane has been selected at this month’s YOTM.
7:30
pm Open Session – Steve Smith
Mr. Smith addressed the Board with
his concerns about the problems he has been dealing with since he moved into
the neighborhood. His issues are
trespassing, damage to his property, noise from parties, occupancy violations,
etc. Mr. Smith also told the Board
that the Bank of America who handles 3306 MGL has asked him to convey to the
Board there concerns about trespassing and damage to their property which is up
for sale.
The parents of all the children who
Mr. Smith has been complaining about were in attendance at this meeting to
discuss his concerns with him. He feels
that the children are still coming too near his property and being
disrespectful. All of the parents
assured him that their children have been told not to approach him or his
property. He said that they were still
playing in the woods behind his home; the parents told him that they were
playing farther down from his house with the permission of the residents of the
home owning that property. He complained
about two boys with air guns, and that issue will be addressed to all the
residents as noted under New Business.
Mr. Smith requested letters be sent out to the children, but since the
parents were all present the Board felt that that would be redundant.
He said that the children have been
throwing rocks in his yard. The parents
present reassured him that their children have been told not to go near his
property.
He mentioned the college parties
disturbing him and that he has been calling the police on them and also code
enforcement for violations of number of occupants in a home.
He is worried about the woods and
parties going on in them and the possibility of fires.
At 8:22 Corey Bennett, President of
the HOA, called and end to the meeting, but we were joined by Officer Rick
Bectel. Officer Bectel reiterated that
children can play in our streets; there is no law against it. Parking on the sidewalk cannot be enforced by
the police; the HOA has to address that.
The police department has been patrolling the Orchards twice a night and
issuing tickets to cars parked in the No Parking Fire Lanes.
The meeting was again adjourned at
8:50 pm.
There will be no Board meeting in
July.
