March 2019 Board Meeting Summary

March 2019 Board Meeting Summary
The Villages of Garrison Creek
Master Property Management Association

Board Meeting Summary .. Wednesday 27 March 2019

MPMA Directors .. Dick Cook, John Cress, Marie Evans, Jim Murphy/ARC, Morris Kivett, Marilyn Vogel, Henning Guldhammer

At the recent March MPMA Meeting, Board Members and member-guests took a crash course how to read and understand our VGC financial reports. Jim Hall, our Financial Advisor and Accountant, offered the tutorial. For those who are interested, a copy of the presentation will be included in the official minutes posted online.

The Strategic Planning Committee [Jack Gisler, Dennis Olson, Kurt Carlson, John Cress] has been meeting with focus groups exploring where we are as an Association and what changes, if any, we want to make. Our twenty-year-old covenants and bylaws are being redrafted to reflect recent changes in state law, the exit of our developer declarant, and the fine tuning of our master and phase governance structure and priorities. If you have ideas you want to pass on to the Strategic Planning Committee there are two meetings planned on April 8thand 15th [1:30 to 3:30] at Son Bridge Community Center. All interested members are welcome.

Ray Goff, Common Areas Chair, says we will have our usual road work this summer crack sealing and seal coating just a portion of our roads. Every year we repair some of the roads so that all roads receive maintenance on a regular basis. We’ve had to replace a few street lights this Spring. If you notice that a light in your area is not working, please report the street light number and/or location to Ray Goff ray@amavicellars.com. We are replacing bulbs with new LED fixtures [in Phases 1-2] to give us brighter light and a cheaper cost in operation.

For those who may have noticed, we did have a serious car accident on Garrison Village Way this month. There were no injuries to people, but our landscaping was damaged. We are grateful to our first responders for their quick action and to our landscaping contractor, Ike Muro, for his clean up and damage assessment. We expect the driver’s insurance to cover our repair costs.

ARC is planning on replacing some of our road signs soon and will be putting together a volunteer work party to paint the speed bumps along Garrison Village Way. As part of Strategic Planning, ARC is researching parking issues in the Villages. Comments and ideas should be directed to the Architectural Review Committee, Jim Murphy, Dennis Olson, and Tom Emmerson.

Also, the Board accepted the February Financial Report, approved the Minutes of the February Board Meeting, and approved a reimbursement of $2099.20 to Phase VI for their prorated share of collections and lien dollars returned to MPMA from the delinquent 985 Creekside account.

The next MPMA Board Meeting is scheduled for April 24, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the SonBridge Community Center 1200 SE 12th Street, College Place.

Questions? Contact Dick Cook cookpines@charter.net or Marie Evans marieevans@aol.com.

March 2019 Master Board Meeting Agenda

The Villages of Garrison Creek

Master Property Management Association

Wednesday 27 March 2019 [2:00 pm] @ SonBridge Community Center 1200 SE 12th Ave, College Place

MPMA Directors .. Dick Cook, John Cress, Marie Evans, Jim Murphy/ARC, Morris Kivett, Marilyn Vogel, Henning Guldhammer

BOARD AGENDA

1. Quorum Call + Sign-In Roster

2. Member Comments

3. Minutes [02.27.2019] Approval

4. Financial
*Orientation of Operating Budget – Jim Hall
*Financial Report – Marie Evans, Jim Hall
*Sub Committee appointment/notification of late fee enforcement

5. Pending [Old] Business and Committee Reports:
*VGC Leaders Contact List Update – Marie Evans
*Strategic Planning Committee – Jack Gisler
*Phase Focus Groups;
*Drafting New Governance Documents;
*Next steps.
*Common Area – Ray Goff
*Maintenance Contracts;
*Road Maintenance;
*On-Site Reserve Study;
*Accident Damage Report;
*Street Lights
*ARC – Jim Murphy, Tom Emmerson, Dennis Olson
*Safety – Michele Wollert
*Phase I Government
*Phase VI
*Delinquent Account Payback Status;
*Meeting with Executive Committee
6. New Business

7. Next Board Meeting .. Tentative April 24, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at SonBridge Community Center

8. Executive Session, if needed [ re delinquent payers …]

Questions? Contact Dick Cook at (509) 386-4118

Street Snowplowing

February 20, 2019

Hello, Villages Neighbors,

After getting the snow & ice melted off most of our Villages’ streets over the last few days, we received another 3 inches of fresh snow last night. Further, we are under a continuing winter weather alert until 10 pm tonight, with another 1″ to 3” of snow predicted. Here is our snow removal plan:

A) Snowplow the hill in Phase 10 as soon after noon today as Ike Muro can schedule.

B) Monitor today’s (Wednesday’s) snowfall after 12 noon. Based on snowfall & street conditions around 7 PM, make the decision either a) To halt further snowplowing or; b) To begin snowplowing tonight with the following priorities to be finished by Thursday morning:
1)All of Garrison Village Way
2)All of SE Creekside Dr
3)All other Villages’ streets & alleys

C) Continue monitoring continuing snowfall & freezing rain which is predicted through March 2nd & snowplow as needed as weather patterns and street conditions become known.

Thanks,

Ray Goff, Volunteer Chairman
VGC Common Grounds Maintenance