JUNO ISLES CIVIC ASSOCIATION

December 6, 2004

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

 

The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of Juno Isles Civic Association was held on Monday, December 6, 2004, at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church on Ellison Wilson Road.

 

¨      Roll Call and Call to Order:

President Pete Lashenka called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The following board members were present: Trish Estabrook, Chris Cox, Wayne Hatten, Glenn Levine, Blas Contreras, Dave Mastran, Dominick Marino, Lucia Philipson, and Pete Lashenka. Tom Wajdowicz was unable to attend because he was ill and Jim Jackson had a conflict but had contacted the Board before the meeting and they were both excused.

 

Pete Lashenka introduced Rod Macon (Regional Manager) and Jack McNeil (Project Manager) of Florida Power & Light to discuss the future plans for the neighborhood substation.  We were told that the expanded substation was necessary due to an ever-increasing population that requires an increase in demand for more electricity and that service would be restored faster after hurricanes.  To date, two remote substations service the Juno Beach area and they are becoming ineffective with critical risks of overloads.  The proposed substation would be on FP&L’s northeast corner property on Universal Boulevard.   One of the graphics showed a 22’ elevated berm with landscaping and a fence to block the view.  The equipment would include: transformers, circuit breakers, transmission lines, voltage regulators to take 138,00 volts down to 23,000 volts and then to the 120/240 volts used in homes, aerial transformers or pad transformers all on the .8 acre site.   The Board members and a few homeowners voiced their concerns regarding the “ambient” levels of the electro- magnetic fields (EMF).  Wayne Hatten determined to do some background checking with the Association’s previous attorney and to gather whatever other documentation we had and to attend the Town Council meeting.  After fielding questions it was determined that Pete would e-mail Rod Macon with the following requests:

 

¨      FP&L to provide an EMF map of the site

¨      FP&L to schedule a field trip to a substation that this would be a “clone” of and bring along a meter to measure the electric and magnetic fields

¨      FP&L to provide the JICA Board of Directors a complete site plan of
their Juno Facility.

 

¨      Treasurer’s Report: No update.

 

¨      Covenant Changes: No update.

 

¨      Crime Watch: No report.

 

¨      Architectural Review Committee: It was determined that a follow up letter to the Stropps was required quoting the covenants and exacting compliance regarding the fence issue. Dave Mastran made a motion to write a follow up letter to the Stropps to resubmit plans indicating what was tentatively agreed upon.  Chris Cox seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

¨      Landscape Committee: No report.

 

¨      Web-Site: No report.

 

¨      Social Committee: Trish Estabrook set a tentative date for the annual picnic as March 12th.  March 26th could possibly be the date for the yard sale and  Dominick Marino and Pete Lashenka volunteered to judge the holiday decorations.

 

¨      Old Business: None.

 

¨      New Business: Dave Mastran made a motion to move the January Board Meeting back one week to January 10th.  Wayne Hatten seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

Chris Cox made a motion to adjourn.  Dominick Marino seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.  The meeting adjourned at 9:10.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Kari Johnson-Slevinski