DREAMS LANDING CONDOMINIUM BOARD MINUTES

Christine Alvey

James Morrow

Jean Morrow

Tim Pohmer

Nancy Pohmer

Betty O’Brien

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CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM.

MINUTES:

Upon motion, the minutes of the June 29, 2004 meeting were approved as submitted.

NEXT BOARD MEETING: The next Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at 7:00 PM.

MANAGEMENT REPORT

Dennis Sesplankis reported on behalf of Brodie Management. The various concrete work throughout the community has been completed. All sidewalk cuts have been removed. The same contractor also performed asphalt patch work on the road to the sewage treatment plant. As an inadvertent result, there may have been some bulging of the wall at the west end of the tennis court. A brick mason is scheduled to look at this and determine if any action will be necessary. Repairs are underway to deal with the problem of water in basement of the 900 building. One problem was found to be roots in the sump pump outlet for 901.

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OWNERS’ ISSUES

Christine Alvey brought several asphalt shingles which had become dislodged from her roof by Gutter Helmet. She asked whether repairs had been completed. Dennis assured that they had.

James Morrow inquired about where the Gutter Helmet repair project stands. The board’s response was: the corrective efforts have been slow and sporadic but, unfortunately, given the time that has passed since the original gutter work was performed, the condo association probably has no way to compel Gutter Helmet to complete the repairs other than relying on their good will. Brodie will ask for a report from them detailing the repairs that have been done to date and what buildings have yet to be completed.

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COMMITTEE REPORTS

ARCHITECTURE COMMITTEE:

No report.

FITNESS CLUB:

Repairs are being made to damage to the ceiling resulting from a leak of a backed up air conditioning drain. The Board will assess whether the owner of the unit whose air conditioning caused the damage should be responsible to bear the cost of the repairs.

GROUNDS:

Pam Cicetti reported that members of the committee along with representatives from Brickman conducted a walking survey of the trees throughout the community. Of various trees in the common areas, Brickman estimated $5,000 to do the trimming and removal work that the committee identified. The committee plans to do a follow up inspection to more specifically identify the tree work that needs to be performed. Trees and shrubs located in limited common areas (back yards) are the responsibility of the individual unit owner(s). However, Brickman also gave some quotes for trees in back yards that appear to need work. These quotes will be communicated to the owners.

MARINA COMMITTEE:

The annual county tax bill relating to the marina has arrived in the amount of $1,824.10. Dennis Seymour advised that this is being paid as budgeted without additional contribution from slip holders. Twelve updated slip license agreements have been prepared and signed. Eight more remain to be completed.

PET COMMITTEE:

No report. Vicki advised that she has been in touch with all interested parties concerning pet related complaints involving unit 1104, and that the problem seems to be corrected.

POOL:

There have been one or more incidents reported where persons using the pool had failed to sign in and did not appear to be residents or guests. The pool management company has instructed the guards to be more diligent in seeing that pool users sign in. All residents are reminded that they must sign in for themselves and any guests in the log book when arriving at the pool. The only guests entitled to use the pool unaccompanied by their host are those individuals whom the host listed on their Pool Registration Form as a “Recurring House Guest”. Those guests are not entitled to sign in other guests unless the resident host is present. Any resident who observes violations at the pool is encouraged to bring such to the attention of the guard on duty, and/or notify Rusty Bergen.

SECURITY/PARKING:

No report.

SEWER:

Vicki reported that our current sewage treatment plant operator has asked a company with whom they are familiar to submit a proposal for upgrading our plant. This will give us a comparison against the estimate which we were given recently. Vicki also advised that she is attempting to schedule a meeting with the decision makers within the Anne Arundel County government to establish just where we are in the design stage of the public sewer process.

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TREASURER’S REPORT

Ray Turner is away on vacation so there was no report.

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OLD BUSINESS

It has been the consensus of the Board that the current procedure to institute fines for violations of the Dreams Landing Rules and Regulations is unreasonable in terms of the escalating dollar amounts for continuing violations. As such, it is quite possible that the stated amounts would not be enforced in a court of law. Attached to these Minutes is a draft proposed modification which would reduce the fine for any single violation to $25 and $25/day for a continuing violation. The proposed modification is open for comment and will be voted on at the next Board meeting.

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NEW BUSINESS

None not addressed elsewhere in these Minutes.

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ADJOURNMENT: Upon motion, the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Rusty Bergen, Secretary