Board Meeting Minutes from September 13, 2005

In Attendance

• Board members: Tiger King, Brian Stern
• Homeowners: Shari Clark (bookeeper), Steve Moller, Susan Moller, John Linn, Chris Rhoades, Darcy Rhoades, Bob Rousch, Rob Nichols (Gold Creek), Jim Garcia (Seattle Roof Brokers)

School Cleanup

• Rob from Gold Creek attended to talk about the landscape work he and his wife are coordinating at Totem Falls Elementary
• They have had 10 work parties at the school started in the spring
• The school district has 2landscapers, working across 10 schools. They do not do much landscaping and mow just every 8 weeks, all the budget allows for
• The HOA will get a landscaper bid to see the additional price of maintaining the beds between the parking lot and street, the the parking lot itself
• Brian will advertise the work that Rob is doing and the upcoming work party to the homeowners

Roofing Materials

• Jim Garcia from Seattle Roof Brokers attended the meeting and displayed various roofing options and answers homeowner questions

Waterfall

• The waterfall has been vandalized again, the drain is currently plugged, rocks have been thrown down, and the pond is full of broken glass
• Glenbrook Services will clear the waterfall while it is off
• Camera at waterfall was brought up for discussion again
• Bob will get a camera/security expert from Protection One to attend the annual meeting and discuss options
• Steve recommends Sonitrol for security but says they are expensive
• Signs and dummy cameras were discussed but the consensus was this is a legal liability

Landscaping

• The Totem Poll carver contacted Tiger and said the ETA for the new poll was end of September
• Glenbrook Services needs to take care of the issue with Thomas Creek running through South Park and flooding
• The walkway to Tucker Park is covered with blackberries - need to determine who owns the maintenance of this
• The asphalt path along Puget Park drive is in bad shape due to tree roots, a possible trip hazard
• Susan inquired about landscape improvements across from school, there is currently no significant landscaping there
• It was also stated that having more landscaping in the medians will likely slow traffic down

Dues

• We currently have $42k in reserve funds. Fence replacement is estimated at over $100k
• The potential for raising dues was discussed to augment landscaping and reserve fund for fence replacement
• Susan stated that the last time dues were raised was when she was on the board in 1996 and nobody complained