Renaissance Ridge Homeowners Association
Board of Directors Meeting
August 27, 2005

MINUTES

Board Attendees: 
Bill Provost - President
Scott Densmore – Vice President
Suzanne James – Director at Large
Renee Ragon - Secretary

Approx. number of other attendees:  12

The meeting was called to order at 9:08 a.m.

1.      Introductions

2.      3 open Board positions:  Treasurer, Secretary, VP

3.      If we don’t get volunteers for Board positions we may be forced to turn the association over to a property management company

• This will increase dues substantially
• We won’t have as much say or control in neighborhood matters

4.      Architectural Committee (ACC)

• Currently 2 people on the committee; we need more volunteers

5.      Status of Dues Collection

• Couple of thousand dollars outstanding
• Dues collection has gotten better recently

6.      CC&Rs

• The CC&Rs need to be rewritten; they were originally written for a development under construction; there are lots of provisions that are not applicable to our neighborhood today and there are a lot of things that need to be clarified
• We have a legal opinion from an attorney that says we can make decisions to the CC&Rs without a majority vote of the neighborhood
• The Board understands this issue and is working to try to fix the CC&Rs.

7.      Budget

• The summary from the Capital Reserve Study we had commissioned is on the website so homeowner’s can review – fences are the largest cost item
• Does it make sense for the residents in the Reserve to pay higher dues?  Should the rest of the neighborhood be brought up to what residents in the Reserve are paying?

8.      Traffic safety

• Lots of concern about cars speeding (esp. on 244^th)
• To get stop signs, the City would need to conduct a 2 year study of our neighborhood
• A child riding a bike was recently hit by a car in the neighborhood
• Police determined the accident was not the fault of the driver and speed was not an issue
• We have a police officer residing in RR and he has offered to see about getting a device that can be placed near the street which will provide us with various driving data in the neighborhood
• Some residents are working with the City to see about getting some “Children at Play” signs added to the entrances.  There is no cost for these signs.  The neighborhood must sign a petition.  Ross and Sandy Cartmell offered to go around to homeowners to try to get signatures on the petition.

9.      Crime Rate

• The crime rate in the neighborhood is less than one half of one percent.  This is very good.

10.     Other Business

• Post Office for Sammamish – if homeowners want to see a post office in Sammamish they should write or email Senator Maria Cantwell to express support

The Meeting adjourned at 10:20 a.m.