February 18, 2010 Board Meeting

 

MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
BRITTANY LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC
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February 18, 2010

NOTICE
The regular Board of Directors meeting was held at the League City acmy-scaled, 1700 Brittany Bay Boulevard in League City, Texas 77573-5135 at 6:30 p.m. per Waiver of Notice.

PRESENT

Todd Edwards President
Greg Ellis Vice President/Treasurer
John Dunn Secretary
Tor Savidge Director at Large

ABSENT

Ron Wright Director at Large

ALSO PRESENT

Joanne Williams PCMI Project Manager
Residents Sign-In Sheet Filed with Minutes

QUORUM

Management announced a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m.

HOMEOWNER FORUM

Owners reported that the lights on the fountains at the big lake were now operating and thanked the board for the repairs.

MINUTES

The Board reviewed the minutes of the regular meetings held on Thursday, January 21, 2009. The Board waived the reading of the minutes and upon a motion made, seconded and carried, the Board RESOLVED to approve the minutes revised.

FINANCIAL REPORT

The Board discussed the financial statement for the period ending February 15, 2010 and reviewed the Delinquency Report for the period ending February 16, 2010, respectively.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Architectural – Director Todd had no report.

Beautification – Chairperson Lorch was not present.

Neighborhood Watch – Chairperson John Vance was not present.  Officers John Grunden and Robert Reynolds with the League City Police Department CAMSTAT Project reported on the increase in speed limit from 25 mph to 35 mph on Landing and noted that a study would be conducted using the High Star equipment to regulate speed to see the impact on the area to restate the goal for a possible stop sign for traffic control.  Officer Grunden reported there has been no vandalism in the park and facilities for some time and that there were 3 vehicle burglaries by breaking glass since the last report.  Officer Grunden announced the West Command Coordinator Reagan Pena was conducting a big educational campaign utilizing the Community Resource trailer announced on the City of League City website and that he would relay this information to John Vance to get information for the Brittany Lakes website.

Website – Chairperson Richard de Vries discussed the status of the information on the website and advised he would look into options to communicate and link residents to the site to increase usage. Options included use of FaceBook and addition of a bulletin board at the pool area.

Newsletter – Chairperson Jessica Holcomb-Pack was not present.

Lake Sub-Committee – Chairperson Tor Savidge reported he was collecting data from the City of League City Secretary and spoke with the City Engineer regarding lake standards and life expectancy.

NEW BUSINESS

2009 Annual Audit Bids – The Board reviewed the proposals submitted to conduct the annual audit and to file the 2009 tax returns for the Association and upon a motion made, seconded and carried the Board RESOLVED to approve the proposal submitted by Association Investor Management, Inc. 4809 Cole Avenue, Suite 335, Dallas, TX 75205 in the amount of $1350.00 to include the 2009 annual audit and both the Federal and State Income Tax returns subject to verification of references.

2010 Pool Contract Bids – The Board reviewed the proposals submitted for the 2010 pool season and upon a motion made, seconded and carried the Board RESOLVED to approve the bid from Gulf Coast Aquatics, Inc. in the amount of $31,861.75.  Management was directed to obtain the additional cost to extend pool hours each weekend for the remaining months in September 2010.

Common Area Signs – The Board discussed the enhanced common area signs and upon a motion made, seconded and carried the Board RESOLVED to approve the proposal to replace old and missing signs with the teal letters on the tan background with the final changes as submitted by Property Services in the amount of $1501.42.

Clinton Electric – The board discussed the electrical repairs and fixture replacements due to vandalism at the entry monument located on League City Parkway at Landing. Upon a motion made, seconded and carried the Board RESOLVED to approve the proposal in the amount of $1514.85 for repairs and replacement of the two light fixtures at the Landing monument.

Earthcare Management – The board discussed the recommendations stemming from the Beautification Committee on site meeting with PCMI to demo the old and dying plant material around the pool area and requested management obtain an additional bid on both projects from Lynn’s Landscaping.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

The Board discussed the fence mediation.

MEETING DATE

The Board meeting is scheduled to be held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at the League City acmy-scaled, 1700 Brittany Bay Boulevard in League City in the multi-purpose room.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

BRITTANY LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

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Greg Ellis, Secretary/Treasurer