JUNO ISLES CIVIC ASSOCIATION
February 2, 2004
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The
regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Juno Isles Civic Association was
held on Monday, February 2, 2004, at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church on Ellison
Wilson Road, Blas Contreras called the meeting to order at 7:10.
§
Roll
Call and Call To Order
Vice
President Blas Contreras called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. explaining
that the President Pete Lashenka was unable to attend.
The
following Directors were present:
Blas
Contreras, Trish Estabrook, Dave Mastran, Glenn Levine, Jim Jackson, Thomas
Morris, Lucia Philipson, Tom Wajdowicz and Wayne Hatten.
Jodi
McMannis was unable to attend; no one had heard from Dominick Marino. Blas Contreras suggested again that it is
the Board Member’s responsibility to inform someone if they are unable to
attend.
The
January 5, 2004 minutes were distributed for review. The following revisions
were supplied:
New
Business Modifications:
County
Commission Meeting (not a Town Hall meeting)
Corner
of Ellison Wilson and Donald Ross (not Ellison Wilson)
Treasurer’s
Report Modifications:
Replace
the second paragraph with: Pending last review with the attorney and one last
attempt to contact the owner.
Dave
Mastran made a motion of incorporating the homeowner’s name and address in the
minutes. Jim Jackson seconded the
motion. Glenn Levine abstained. The motion passed. The name of the delinquent homeowner is: John Karambelas and the
address is: 2058 Radnor Court.
Going
forward, last names of Board Members should be used through-out all minutes.
Glenn
Levine made a motion to accept the January 5th, 2004 minutes as
amended. Blas Contreras seconded. The
motion passed unanimously.
August
25, 2003 Minutes:
Glenn
Levine made a motion to accept the minutes as previously amended.
Lucia
Philipson seconded the motion. The
motion passed unanimously.
September
4, 2003 Minutes:
It
was suggested that Jim Jackson would get together with Kathy Greene to research
the attorney’s findings regarding the term “ballot” vs. the term
“questionnaire.”
Glenn
Levine made a motion to accept the minutes as amended with one line amended to
reflect the attorney’s findings that “It was suggested that the word ballot be
replaced with the word questionnaire”.
Lucia Philipson seconded the motion.
Blas Contreras, Trish Estabrook, Glenn Levine, Thomas Morris and Lucia
Philipson approved the motion. Dave
Mastran, Jim Jackson, Tom Wajdowicz and Wayne Hatten opposed. The motion
passed.
§ Organizational Issues
Glenn
Levine made a motion to add Bob Biddenbinder to the Community Improvement
Committee. Thomas Morris seconded the
motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Wayne
Hatten relinquished the task of putting up meeting notice signs. Lucia
Philipson volunteered to research options for the signs.
Secretary’s
Report to be discussed under Old Business
§
Treasurer’s
Report
As
of January 31, 2004 the net assets are $51,877.57 which includes cash accounts
and accounts receivables that are outstanding.
The 2004 Annual Report has been filed with the state to define the
officers. Glenn Levine made a motion to
authorize an expenditure of $200.00 to pay an accountant to prepare the taxes
for the Association. Wayne Hatten
seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously.
§
Committee
Reports
Architectural
Committee: Dave Mastran, Chairman, had nothing to report.
Covenants
Committee: Blas Contreras, Chairman, will put an article in the newsletter
asking homeowners to attend a feedback meeting, have a meeting addressing the
covenant compliance issues and then report back to the Board to ascertain
future action. Wayne Hatten made a
motion to add Kathy Greene to the Covenants Committee. Dave Mastran seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Wayne Hatten
made a motion to add Jack Topalean.
Dave Mastran seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
Crime
Watch Committee: Tom Wajdowicz, Chairman, gave the Sheriff’s report from
12/1-12/31-03: one house alarm, three 911 calls (no case numbers) and an
officer drove a bike through the neighborhood on 12/29/03.
Social
Committee: Trish Estabrook, Alternate Chairman, stated that the annual picnic
will be held on March 27, 2004 at Loggerhead Park, the catering contract and
permits are in place. Food and
beverages will be served from 12-4 although the park was booked for the entire
day. Wayne Hatten made a motion not to
exceed $3,000 for the picnic budget.
Dave Mastran seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
Discussion was opened for a community garage sale to be held on the last
Saturday in April or early May from 8 to 1 and run an advertisement in the
newsletter as well as sending out a reminder postcard. Trish Estabrook suggested that the Easter
Egg Hunt be on April 10th, the day before Easter. There is a line item of $200 for the Easter
Egg Hunt. Trish Estabrook offered to
research further the date and place.
July 4th is Sunday and it was decided to have the parade on
that morning.
Community
Improvements:
Glenn
Levine asked Bob Bittenbinder (member of the sub-committee) to give a report on
the lighting issue. The timeline
included February 1st for phase one (to establish dark spots and get
signed easements), April 1st for phase two (the interior). There were five minor changes made to the
initial plan concerning better lighting at the intersections. It was suggested to light the bridges on all
four corners. Glenn Levine asked for authorization from the Board and the
President for Bob Bittenbinder and the Community Improvements Committee to go
for quotes as to the installation and permitting of non customized lights
targeting 70-watt bulbs.
Discussion
was then opened regarding the front island landscaping and electrical lighting
including vandal resistant lights with timers and photo cells as well as a set
of four lockable plugs and a GFI outlet at the base of the flagpole.
Proposals
were in place for consideration. Dave
Mastran made the following recommendations for the Letters of Intent:
Contractor’s name, address and license number, the amount of the proposal, an
actual timeframe and schedule for completion, the job number, plan numbers and
title and before anyone starts any work the license, bond and insurance must be
in place. Lucia Philipson recommended
that the Architectural Firm take over the management of the schedule.
Glenn
Levine suggested asking for a special meeting to work out the details for both
the lighting and the landscaping issues.
Community
Agreement – Glenn Levine asked for any comments. Dave Mastran suggested having Karen Marcus write a Letter of
Intent. Glenn Levine concluded with
pushing for the Letter of Intent, talking to the landscaping and lighting
people again, having a meeting with the County and going forward from there.
Web
Site Committee:
Lucia
Philipson asked for any comments. There
is a nominal budget of $200.00 for the year.
She will bring some ideas and associated costs to the next meeting.
§
Old
Business:
Jim
Jackson asked the Board to provide content for the newsletter. It was suggested to encourage homeowners who’d
made improvements. Advertisements
historically were: $25.00 for business card size, $50.00 ¼ page, $100.00 ½ page
and $200.00 for a full page.
§
New
Business:
The
hearing for the modification of the plans with WCI was postponed to February 26th.
Jim
Jackson spoke about the North Palm Beach Community Improvements group and
stated that he spoke with Pete Lashenka regarding the submission of a resume.
Glenn
Levine asked that some background work be done to understand what the options
are concerning the annexation and merging of municipalities. If in fact Juno Isles would have a choice of
which community as opposed to the State telling us. Jim Jackson stated that Juno Isles is not populated enough to
become its own town, you’ve got to have a certain amount of miles and
density. Glenn Levine asked that the
Board think about the issue and at the next meeting address the options and
possibly form a committee.
The
meeting adjourned at 10:01
Respectfully
submitted,
Kari
Johnson-Slevinski
Administrative Assistant