RENAISSANCE RIDGE
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING
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Bob Usher – Vice
President
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Brent Pettersen –
Secretary
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Katherine Hall – At
Large
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Lynn Chappell
unavailable for meeting.
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Budget / Financial
Committee – Currently researching services and bids from alternative property
management companies. Currently prospecting 1, possibly 2 landscape companies
and drawing up a statement of work for bidding purposes. Continuing work on
2002 budget. Discussed why the special assessment was put in place from
previous meeting.
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Safety / Neighborhood
Watch Committee – Katherine Hall discussed the scheduling of the first
neighborhood watch “general meeting.” The meeting is scheduled to take place at
7p.m. on November 15th. This meeting will be held with a member of
the Sammamish Police Department. The meeting will be located in the Multi
purpose room of Discovery Elementary School.
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Rules and Regulations
Committee – Katherine Hall is working on setting up a meeting with the
committee volunteers.
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Local Government
Contact Committee – Elisa Watkins, Martin Dunn, and Robert Usher attended the
City of Sammamish’s Neighborhood Connections meeting that is held quarterly to
educate homeowners associations on a variety of local issues. Their next
meeting is scheduled for January 7, 2002. One topic of discussion was the trend
for many local associations to phase out wood roofing shingles as well as
possibly prohibiting fireworks within the city limits. Robert Usher attended a
meeting of the Sammamish Community Council, an organization of local homeowner
associations organized by Bob Brady. The focus of this meeting was a
presentation by the opposing City Council candidates and a discussion by King
County and City of Sammamish law enforcement representatives concerning the
ongoing development and current level of efficiency of local disaster response
plans. Local city services had no communication services after our recent
earthquake!
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Architectural Review
Committee – Vice President Bob Usher agreed to serve as Chairman of this
committee. Bob met with a group of volunteers on Wednesday the 24th
to discuss and define the guidelines of the Architectural Review
Committee. The committee will consist of
no less than (3) members and no more than (5) as required by Article XV of the
CC&R’s. The committee will meet again after the Board appoints a maximum of
(5) members from amongst the volunteers to this committee. Discussions
regarding satellite dishes (telecommunication act of 1996), and Article
XV-Section 2 of the covenants detailing architectural review requirements were
discussed. Information concerning retroactive reviews for all modifications
referenced in Article XV will be forthcoming.
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Report on Tract I
Easement – It was discussed that the area West of the Reserve to the property
line of Skyline High School is Renaissance Ridge Property. A 30’ easement for a
sewer pipe and access road went well past the easement. The board is currently
in contact with an Attorney to receive compensation from the Land Developer
and/or the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District. Our main objective is to
ensure that a suitable restoration plan is completed and that we are properly
compensated for the timber that was removed.
v Discussion of Warranty trailer replacing Construction trailer – The board and the community would like to see the removal of the construction trailer; Polygon would like the board to consider replacing the trailer with a warranty trailer. Polygon promotes that the warranty trailer would have on-site personnel, and would hopefully ensure and provide faster service for warranty issues. The board would encourage the community to e-mail opinions and suggestions to renaissance_ridge@yahoo.com. It was decided that the whole community should vote on this matter. Current plans call for the construction trailer to be removed at the end of December after all home construction is finished.
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Common Area Walk
Through Report – Some key notes were shared from the common area walk through
that took place on September 30th. The topics covered were: No locks
on the gates of retention ponds, irrigation concerns, the demise of landscaping
due to irrigation issues, and noting that the monument lights at the main
entrance were back on and functioning but not at the rear entrance.
G. Date
of Next Meeting – We have scheduled the next board meeting for Thursday,
November 29, 2001 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at Skyline High
School in room 628. Community members are welcome to participate in an open
forum prior to the start of the board meeting. This open forum will take place
from 6:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
H. Meeting
adjourned at 7:10 PM
Please feel free to
contact the Board of Directors via the Yahoo account: renaissance_ridge@yahoo.com,
or Lynn Chappell at (425) 747-5900 or chappellpm@aol.com.
Lynn Chappell
MacPherson’s Property
Management
875 – 140th
Ave. NE #201
Bellevue,
WA 98005