Four Lakes Landowners Association

Board of Directors

December 15^th,  2005

 

 

In attendance:                        Rod Case                        Terry Deschenes                        Tom Price                                                        Steve Scott                        Rick Ward

 

Not able to attend:                        Matt Jones                         Lee Koger                        Shawn Mulqueeney                             Kit Nau (was able to stop in after the meeting and receive a short summary)

 

Guests:                        Evan Lurton

 

Vice-President Terry Deschenes called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in his home.  The minutes from the previous meeting were discussed briefly.  A motion was made and seconded that the minutes be accepted as originally distributed.  The motion passed. 

 

Matt was not able to attend the meeting and therefore there was no Treasurer’s report. 

 

Committee Reports:

 

Roads:  Rod reported that the committee met earlier in the week.  They have reached consensus on a solution to the main intersection.  The proposal will include moving a portion of the Liebling fence back, putting in clearly marked crosswalks, and creating a gravel walking path along the Morris’s fence.  The committee will now formalize this proposal and talk to all affected parties.  The goal is to have a finished proposal with pictures ready to present to at the annual meeting. 

 

The committee also went over the list of maintenance work.  Some items will be addressed in the 2006 budget, others will remain on a “watch” list until it becomes clear action is needed on them. 

 

In an effort to form a committee with broader participation from throughout the community each present member will call 1 or 2 others to invite them to participate.  It is our goal to have a committee of at least 6 people from each major area of the Association. 

 

Water:  Evan discussed this years plan and recommended that it continue on for next year.  There are no major issues with our system although we will have to replace the roof on the storage reservoir soon.  He suggested that his committee investigate options for replacing the roof and have a formal plan developed during the year.   When this work is done it may be necessary to temporarily shut down the storage tank.  Alternatives for storage during that period need to be investigated.  Rod said he was aware of two large, about 10,000 gallons each, plastic water tanks that were surplused when a small business went bankrupt in Issaquah.  They are in the Rowley buildings across from the Metro Park-n-Ride lot.  He will see if he can find out more about the possibility of us acquiring them. 

 

Evan has decided that we definitely need to find another company to do our maintenance and pump work.  B & J Drilling is just no longer responsive.  After talking with a number of candidates Evan feels Lido Pump is the best qualified.  They seem to be very thorough in their approach and do things the right way.  Based on his initial interactions with them they also appear to be responsive and good people to work with.  Evan has shown them our system and some immediate maintenance work that needs to be done.  He will likely proceed on with that work in the near future.  

 

Community Property:  Rick reported that the major effort this year was removing the cottonwood trees.  The mowing schedule this year was OK but he would like to increase the frequency of mowings, especially in the heavy growing season. 

 

At some point in the future we may have to replace the roof on the gazebo.  They also want to add some gravel to the parking area and try to obtain some additional used telephone poles or fencing to keep cars off the lawn. 

 

Lakes:  No report.   

 

Entertainment: No report. 

 

 

 

Old Business:   

 

Ø      Board Member Responsibilities. 

Terry has received vision/goal statements from several Board members, if you haven’t provided one yet please do so quickly.  Over the next week or two Terry will combine the input he has received into a simple summary.  He will e-mail this to everyone and keep the ball rolling via e-mail communication for now. 

 

Ø      By-Laws/CC&Rs amendments. 

We haven’t heard from the lawyer in the last month.  Will contact him and ask for an update.  We need to have our proposal ready to present at the annual meeting in February.

 

Ø      Fourlakes Annual meeting. 

Tom has reserved the police station meeting room for Thursday February 16^th.    

 

 

 

New Business:   

 

Ø      Budgets.   
Evan (Water) and Rick (Community Property) both presented proposed budgets.  The detail of each was reviewed and suggested changes worked out.  These preliminary committee budgets were accepted for inclusion into the 2006 budget for the Association. 

 

 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 pm.  Next meeting is scheduled for January  12^th - site to be determined.    This is one week earlier than normal but will provide more time for us to work on getting ready for the annual meeting.