Minutes Heather Knoll Board

May 13, 2009

Attendance:  Alice Tripp, Bill Malyszka, Heidi Wilson

Call to order 7:30pm

Approved minutes from March 11, March 28, and April 1; unanimous (?)

Treasurer report:  

• Profit and loss statement was distributed. Snow removal for the year totaled $1,957/budged $4000. So far for trees we have spent $815/budget $4,200
• Neighbor “A” has been paying $200 each month as agreed on the assessments 
• Neighbor “B” has been paying regularly, but is still behind by $800.
• Jim has not completed the audit according to Alice, but states he will do so

Maintenance/Landscaping:       

• Letter from Genesis landscaping wanting to know if we wanted to continue the same watering arrangement for this summer at $40/hour. Last year we spent $240, budged $750- all agreed that would be a good idea again this year.
• Bill will look into having the street light that is near Tripp’s home fixed
• Curb, parking spaces and numbers were repainted and a yellow line in the middle of the curve was added last week. All agreed it looked nice and thought that the traffic was a little slower near the curve so far. Cost of the project was $1,390. Alice will send them a check.
• Discussed replacing tree between 1225 and 1226 as required by Reston Association. Agreed to pay $463 for tree and planting.
• Will ask Oscar Cruz to power wash the entrance sign
• Trash: AAA has reduced their fee for fuel surcharge. Bill will contact American Disposal to see if their bid is competitive. Their rep has offered to attend our meetings in the future.

Social:                  

• Planning to have Annual picnic again in September the weekend after Labor Day
• Easter Egg Hunt was delightful even though it rained. 20-30 adults and about 15 kids enjoyed the event indoors at Lane’s home.
• Newsletter- Heidi will get articles together and give them to Mary Malyszka in time for the first edition to go out with the assessment bills June 1.

Old Business: none

New business:                 

• Judy had sent a proposal to all board members requesting a notice be sent to the cluster about rules violations as they related to dogs, trash and parked cars. Members present at the meeting did not share the same concerns and sited [cited] that the rules and regulations were on the web site.  They [We] did not think it was warranted to send a notice to the cluster.

Next meeting will be the Wednesday, July 22nd at 7:30pm.

Meeting adjourned 8:40pm

Addendum:

  Jim La Jeunesse resigned from the board May 22. Kurt Lane was appointed to fulfill his term.

Amendment:

 Judy Holmes would have the minutes reflect that she did not ask the board for a motion on the above New Business item, but rather had asked the members on May 11th for comments on a draft e-mail of the noted subjects.  She discussed them in terms of friendly reminders, not rules violations, and she had no knowledge of the board’s action before sending the e-mail on May 20th, having received no responses to her e-mail request and no briefing on the board meeting despite requesting same.

Respectfully submitted,

Heidi Wilson

412 716-0917