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Board Meeting Minutes from October 12, 2004

The trees that drop leaves into the waterfall have been cut down.
The tree that is obscuring the totem pole by the waterfall needs to be cut down as well.
The totem polls are deteriorating in our winter weather and need to be power washed and re-stained. Cary is considering staining it himself to get through winter and having it professionally done next year.
Tiger will install a combination lock box near the waterfall so any number of people can shut it off in case of a problem (i.e. sudsing) without carrying keys.
Tiger will look into in-ground accent lighting for the waterfall.

The landscaper added irrigation to the waterfall area.
The south entrance area has been neglected by the landscaper. Cary will ask the landscaper to add some plantings to the area.
The weeds in the sidewalk in front of the school look terrible. The landscaper says the area belongs to the school. Shari will ask school if they can address it, or if they mind if or landscaper addresses it.

The association's electric bill (about $400) is about double the typical amount. Tiger will look into whether this is accurate.
The board voted unanimously to give Shari a $1 per hour raise, retroactive from two months ago.
In general, the 2005 budget proposal will be increased by 4% across the board.
The 2005 budget proposal will take about $5,000 from Fence Repair and add it to Landscape Improvement (for a total of about $10,000). Of the Landscape Improvement, $2,500 will be allocated exclusively to improvements to the north median (irrigation and plantings) and the remaining will be used across the neighborhood.

Based on some feedback, the board is pessimistic they can achieve a 75% vote on the CC&R amendments (to re-implement the Architectural Control Committe, add a fine schedule, etc.) so the full amendment effort is going to be dropped.
The association's lawyer informed Cary that a fine schedule can still be added without a vote based upon the Revised Code of Washington (RCW). The board will implement this but will first bring the issue up for discussion at the annual meeting.
One idea for fines is to send violators a letter giving them 30 days to comply or make arrangements, and after that a $100 per violation per week fine will be levied.
Only major fines (parked RVs, roofing and paint violations, etc) will likely be enforced. Existing violators may be "grandfathered" in.
Brian will attempt to locate a uniform fine schedule that was mentioned by the association's lawyer.

A segment of the common fence along Puget Park drive was damaged by a falling tree. This section needs to be replaced. Cary will have a fencing company inspect the entire common fence for any additional areas needing repairs.