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 Ellison Wilson Road.

 

¨      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 2051 Ascott Circle, the homeowner removed it and put up another fence that does not meet with the standards of the covenants. Wayne told the homeowner to ask for a special variance since the Committee had not been given the chance to review the plans for the fence.  The way the lot is situated it’s two lots condensed to one lot.  Wayne asked the homeowner to bring in a site plan, the committee would then take the proposal to the surrounding neighbors for their opinions, however, one of the adjacent homeowners had already written an objection.   This particular request was tabled for one month.

 

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