THE RIVERTREE OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING

May 27, 2006

The meeting was called to order by Steve Sijansky at 10:10 AM.  Greetings were given to all and homeowners introduced themselves.  All attending signed in.

Officers Present:

Steve Sijansky, Larry Goldman (interim vice president), Pat Brown and Ralph Silva

Quorum was established.  Larry Goldman spoke on the Index of Declaration which is on the website.  He clarified the process of voting on board members.  In the past, the association would elect members into the different positions, president, vice president etc.

The declaration states that the association votes on members, then the board of directors appoints the members to the different office positions.

Nomination and Voting on Board Members:

The positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Member were up for election.  The position of secretary which Ralph Silva holds has one more term.

Members were nominated. Those nominated were the following:

Larry Goldman, Jackie Thomas, Elizabeth Von Flatern, Mark Pendleton, Becky Doeppenschmidt, Steve Sijansky, Pat Brown and  Mark Tyler

The members then voted on those nominated.  The ballots were collected by board member Ralph Silva who over saw the counting of the ballots. Luisa Rapier and Roxanne Rutherford assisted in the counting of the ballots. 

The following were voted for by the homeowners association:

Larry Goldman, Elizabeth Von Flatern, Jackie Thomas and Mark Pendleton. 

Please note that the board members will be assigned to their positions at the 1:00 p.m. board of directors meeting.

Approval of Minutes for the February 11, 2006 Board of Directors meeting:

 Larry Goldman reviewed the minutes and the association approved the minutes.

 Discuss ACC committee activity:

 An excess of 20 projects were approved, everything from fences to fire pits and carports to new homes.  Thanks.  Our committee greatly appreciates your cooperation in submitting plans for approval, and we will try to get our responses back to you as soon as possible.  Once they are approved, if any changes are made to those plans, the changes also have to be submitted for approval.  We are experiencing some problems with people adding and/or taking away from their approved plans.  Your finalized plans must be completely approved before any building starts.  The ACC committee has a legal right to enter your property for inspections, as stated in the By Laws.

I would also like to clear up some misunderstandings concerning construction in River Tree;

 No one is allowed to leave a trailer or motor home on their lot “unoccupied”, with the exception of the lots outlined in Article II, Use Restrictions.  This is true even if you have a building under construction.  Article II Section 11 has caused much confusion.  This section was included to allow River Tree LTD., the original developers, to maintain a temporary sales office and construction trailers while they built River Tree.  This is no longer applicable. 

“Pier and Beam” is a term that has also caused some confusion.  Any storage building and residence must be “permanently attached to the ground” by means of concrete slab or pier and beam.  By pier and beam, we mean that posts are sunk into the ground, concreted, and floor joists secured to the piers.

 Any questions or concerns may be directed to any ACC committee member or through our website discussion thread on www.rivertreeestates.com. 

Review Income & Expense Report 04/01/05 thru 04/01/06:

Pat Brown reviewed the income report.  She completed a three year comparison report on Income, Expenses and Year end savings Balances.  The total available funds as of 04/30/06: $20,671.61

The discussion of having an outside firm look at the financials once a year was brought by a member.  The board will look into this matter.

Review Assessments:

Homeowners are sending in their assessment fees on a timely manner.  Please be sure to submit your assessment fees on time.

Discussion of 4^th Amendment and River Tree options on Rental Property:

 Steve reported that the board is still working on this matter. 

Fourth Amendment to amended and restated declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions of River Tree Subdivision was discussed and signatures are being collected from the homeowners to pass this 4^th amendment.

Update on Improvement projects, Cement repairs and Lombardy Park:

The front gate has new landscaping thanks to the efforts of some homeowners.  Good job goes out to Rick and Jackie Thomas and all involved in the beautification of the front gate area.

The pit area has also been worked on and the terrain is much smoother for the vehicles and trailers.

The Lombardy Park project has been completed.  Four new cement pads have been added to the park for homeowner use.

The discussion of purchasing tables or using the tables in the pavilion for the park was discussed.  Rick Thomas motioned to use the tables from the pavilion for the park.  Motion was accepted by the homeowners.

Other business, open floor to members for discussion:

 No other business was discussed and the meeting was adjourned at 11:55 a.m.