JUNO
ISLES CIVIC ASSOCIATION
September
28, 2004
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of
Juno Isles Civic Association was held on Monday,
September 28, 2004, at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church on
¨
Roll Call and Call to Order:
President Pete Lashenka called the
meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. The following board
members were present: Pete Lashenka, Dave Mastran, Chris Cox, Trish Estabrook,
Blas Contreras, Tom Wajdowicz, Wayne Hatten, Jim Jackson, Glenn Levine,
Dominick Marino and Thomas Morris. Lucia Philipson was
not present but had contacted the Board before the meeting and was excused.
¨
Treasurer’s Report:
Glenn Levine brought the Board up to
date regarding the outstanding assessments.
Four homeowners have not paid currently: one was in the process of
clearing up the assessment, two people were going to send letters to the
attorney to make payments on the assessments, one was continuing to make
payments – this particular person was down to a total of $80 due. Dave Mastran mentioned an e-mail that was sent
from John Karembelas to the Board. Glenn
Levine stated that Mr. Karembelas was delinquent in
paying his dues for three years, had failed to respond to letters of request
for payment for three years from the Board, had failed to respond to multiple
requests for payment from the attorney and now that he’s been told that the
attorney is who he has to deal with Mr. Karembelas
has contacted each and every Board Member in an attempt to gain a sympathetic
ear to resolve it. Glenn again stated
that he had personally spent
an hour on the phone and via e-mails in the last three days and
that Mr. Karembelas understands that he needs to deal
with the attorney, It was Glenn’s
opinion to let the attorneys (Chantal and George Schwinn
at the law firm of St. John, Core & Lemme, P.A.,)
and Mr. Karembelas resolve the matter. Wayne Hatten stated that Mr. Karembelas had requested permission to have a conference
call during the Board Meeting. Dave
Mastran stated that the Board shouldn’t go there, once it’s in the hands of the
attorney it should remain with the attorney.
Wayne Hatten stated that the total debt was $2,544 and presently he was
due to pay it tomorrow. Chris Cox asked
what the process was regarding assessments.
Glenn Levine stated that two notices were provided,
then a certified letter, then if payment still isn’t received the attorney gets
a list of delinquencies and they send out a demand letter with an extra $100.00
fee attached. If the homeowner still
refuses to pay the debt, the attorney asks the Board if they’d like to file a
lien on the property, the attorney then sends out an Intent to File a Lien to
the homeowner, ($200 fees) if the homeowner still does not clear up the debt
the attorney files the Lien with the County Records. Wayne Hatten asked if this information could be placed on the web-site. Pete Lashenka said yes. Glenn Levine said it is put
out in the newsletters.
Architectural Review:
Wayne Hatten had two requests for
improvements: one was a 5’ high aluminum fence at the set back of the property
of 2065 Radnor Court, owned by the Kanez family- plans
were submitted and the Architectural Review Committee approved the fence. The second request was for a sunroom to be
built on Juno Isles Blvd. – Denied because the plans did not show the rear set
back, the Committee requested new site plans indicating the rear set backs,
however, since the hurricane, the homeowner no longer wants to build it.
Pete Lashenka brought up another
homeowner’s request for a fence. Wayne
Hatten stated that there was a fence at
Covenant’s Committee Report:
Blas Contreras submitted an article for
the newsletter regarding amendments to the covenants and asked if it was being sent to the attorneys. Jim Jackson stated that homeowners have a lot
on their plates right now and perhaps the project should be
tabled until next year. He
suggested that the Covenant amendments should be sent to the attorneys and let
them know that the Board would like their input. Wayne Hatten asked if one item could be attended to; the definition of the word “attached”. Dave Mastran suggested that the existing
covenants should be sent to the attorney along with the existing plans of the controversial
property in question and have the attorney sort out what is and what is not
legal. The Board could then review where the confusion
lies and make remedies.
Landscape Committee Report:
Crime Watch Committee Report:
Web-site Committee Report:
Secretary’s Report:
Old Business:
New Business:
The meeting adjourned at
Social Committee Report:
Respectfully submitted,
Kari Johnson-Slevinski