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The Lincoln Park Home Owners Association

Minutes of 4/20/09 Lincoln Park Home Owners Association Board Meeting

Present

Mark Bauer

Ned & Lois Dammeyer

Gary Holthaus

Suzi Mallet

Jim Mankin

Rob Rosser Tom & Sharon Sweigart

Larry & Marilyn Vivolo

Curent Board MembersOpen; PresidentMark Bauer; Treasure 5 Years In PositionGary Holthaus; Secretary 1 Year In PositionOpen; TrusteeJim Mankin; Trustee 2 Years In Position

Architectural Committee MembersBev Cook; ChairNed Dammeyer; Member Larry Vivolo; Member Tony Hefner; AlternateTom Sweigart Alternate

Nominating Committee MembersJeff Orphal Member Sharon Sweigart; Member Bob Gearing Member

Block Party Committee MembersBev CookLois DammeyerSuzi MalletSharon SweigartMarilyn Vivolo

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Adjoining lots for one residence

Suzi Mallet asked if Ned had completed the deeding of his two lots into one. Nedresponded that he had not due to his properties being in a trust and the possibilityof silt removal from the east pond.

Annual Clean-up Week

Board approved a neighborhood dumpster for all residents to put waste items in.Cost last year was $235 per dumpster. Mark Bauer agreed to research best costand arrange to have a dumpster delivered. Since the dumpster was located on thenorth end of the community last year it will be located on the South end thisyear. Larry Vivolo volunteered to allow the dumpster to be set near his property.

Mark will try to get the dumpster set near Vivilos house the week of May

18th. This is for all association members to use during spring clean up.

Ponds Ned Dammeyer

Chemical have been added once so far this year. Fountains are now beinginstalled. New cables/ropes are needed as the muskrats caused significantdamage to them last year.

Numerous goose nests have been spotted by homeowners. Jeff Schneider hasobtained permit to harass eggs. Homeowners should not disturb nests/eggs asonly the permit holder may legally harass the eggs. Homeowners should notifyJeff or Ned where the nests are so they can be harassed properly.

Adding an aeration system to the center pond was discussed. Estimated cost is$5,500. Ned stated that the aeration systems added to the east pond did improveits condition significantly. The pond committee/board needs to determine if

adequate funds are available for purchase & operation of another aerationsystem. Gary suggested the board develop an annual budget for how to allocateassociation funds and have a capital equipment fund to provide for long termequipment replacement such as fountains & aeration systems.

Shore area east of center pond is in need of some repair. Since this is condoproperty, they are responsible for repair.

Silting in of east pond was discussed. Possibility of going to city council topresent issue was discussed. Ned will investigate.

Common Grounds Maintenance Mark Bauer

Quote from Sunshine Lawn Care for 2009 care has been accepted. Cost will be

$35/mow and $50 per time to spray stones around pond. Sunshine will mulcharound 14 trees and entrance signs. This is same as last year except mowing costwas $30/mow. Total cost was about $1,000 last year.

Financial Report Mark Bauer

Total account balance is now approximately $7,000

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Invoices for this years lot fees will be sent out May 1. Payments to be

returned to Mark Bauer.

Total collection this year should be $9,800

36 of 40 lots have now been sold. New homeowner is Mike Lott family.

Website Larry Vivolo Larry has the website up and running. Thanks Larry! The web address is

Lincolnparkhoa.com.

Copies of the By-Laws & Restrictive Covenants are still needed for posting.Gary will send the by-laws and Bev should send the Covenants to Larry.

Architectural Committee

No discussion.

Condo Association Pond Maintenance Cost Sharing Rob Rosser

Rob arranged and chaired a meeting between the Homeowners Association Boardand the Condo Association Board. The meeting was held on April 18th at theCoffee Cup Restaurant. The outcome of the meeting was that Steve Davis(President of Condo Association) agreed to propose to the condo members at theirMay 18th meeting that they pay an amount of $800 per year plus a cumulative 5%per year inflationary adjustment to the homeowners association for pondmaintenance. This is for the cost of chemicals and electricity. Shore linemaintenance of condo property is the responsibility of the condo association.Agreement is subject to approval of the condo association members.

Block Party July 25th was selected as the date for the annual block party. All agreed that it

would be nice to always keep the date as the last Saturday in July to allowmembers to easily plan to attend.

Rob volunteered to provide the soft drinks.

Location was proposed to be the same as last year at the end of Abraham.Committee will need to check with the Watt family to see if they are ok with this.

Vote by homeowners in January approved the $750 maximum for the block party.

Annual Community Garage Sale Week

Suzi volunteered to research when would be a good weekend to hold it andcoordinate.

New Business

No topics were brought up by members.

Miscellaneous Information

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Larry Vivolo advised that he checked with the city about adding a separate watermeter for irrigation purposes. This can be done, however the city will not rent thesecond meter to the homeowner. The homeowner must purchase the additionalmeter for approximately $175 and also pay to have it installed.