The October 2002 Skippack Ridge Community Association Board of Directors meeting was held at Bob Arch's home.  Attendee's included  Bob Arch, Mike Roynan, Fran Tendall, Bill Turner, Mike Washington and community members Diane Hartman & Randy Hartman, Cindy Vandermeys & Gerry Vandermeys.

Topics addressed included:

• Minutes of September 2002 meeting approved.

• Issue: Lot 30, Quan and Jessica Nguyen:  One of their trees was damaged in a recent thunderstorm; they would like to know if their landscapers could take the tree down.

  Resolution:  Fran called Greg w/Cedar Hill Landscaping; has not heard back from him.

   

• Issue:  Poor drainage of the retention basin between lots 11 and 12.

  Resolution: Bill Turner contacted John Genovese and Joe Thoma of Fieldstone.  They acted promptly to send out an architect to propose solution.  A stone layer was installed around the retention basin to allow for better drainage.  This has seemed to correct the problem so far.

   

• Issue: Heavy drainage is causing large grooves and erosion in the dirt around neighborhood properties.

  Resolution:  This was deemed an act of nature and resolution should be by individual homeowner's aggressively seeding these area's.

   

• Issue:  Fieldstone’s trailer axle is still on development property ~ near front entrance.

  Resolution:  Fran will contact Fieldstone to have it removed.

   

• Approved: Randy & Diane Hartman’s request for the installation of a shed.  The proposed shed is 10’x12’ and will be located at the right hand corner of their property.  approval letter will be distributed to the Hartman's.

• Bob Arch has received several estimates from landscaping contractors for the maintenance of all common areas:

  1) Cedar Hill

  2)

  3) Forever Young 

   

  Options and pricing are being reviewed by the Board of Directors at this time.  Mike Washington will be including these figures in his cash flow analysis (see later bullet)

   

• Issue:  18 month warranty on street trees needs to be addressed. Several trees throughout the development are in very poor shape (and dead).  These tree's need replacement - preferrably during the fall of 2002.

  Resolution:  Bob Arch will follow-up with Fieldstone and Cedar Hil with this request.

   

• Mike Washington will perform a cash flow analysis on 2003 association revenues and estimated expenses.

• Issue:  Gazebo clean up.  

  Resolution: Diane Hartman suggestion that we have a childrens's party to clean up the gazebo w/ a contest, prizes, etc.

   

• Issue:  There have been a number of anonymous complaints regarding homeowner’s pets wandering loose in the neighborhood.

  Resolution:  ALL pets must be leashed when off of their homeowner’s property.

   

• Mike Washington will distribute letter/invoice for annual homeowner's association fee at the beginning of January 2003.  The annual fee is due on February 15th, 2003 ~ a 15% late fee will be assesed if the fee is not received within 30 days.