2005 Highland Ridge Homeowners Association Annual Meeting

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Attendance:
19 of 26 (73%) homes represented

Introduction & Welcome to new members
Bill did a quick introduction and we welcomed the newest members to the neighborhood.

Accomplishment summary
Bill covered some of the accomplishments of the board and the HOA. Some of those included:

• Home owners association incorporated with the State of Washington
• Obtained insurance
• Quit deed claim obtained, we now own the common area
• Sign at entrance fixed
• Articles of incorporation reviewed by attorney
• Monthly landscaping established, periodic tree maintenance
• Stained fence
• PO Box set up
• Bank Account set up

Financial summary
Bill recapped the finances for the past year. If you weren't able to attend and you would like a copy of the financial summary, send email to gary@g-dog.com and I'll send you a copy of it.

Dues
Annual dues of $150 per household, were due December 1, 2005.

Vote for new Board of Director member
Each year we lose one director and vote in a new director. Director terms are 5 years.

This year Cora Spencer's term ended.

For the open director position, Cora was nominated, and in the end, ran unopposed. In a vote of members, she was approved and will continue to be on the board.

Architectural committee
Our CCRs state that we need to have a 5 member Architectural committee. There was a discussion as to what the Architectural committee is and who should be on it. It was proposed that the Board also be the Architectural committee. The proposal was voted on and passed.

The acting Board will now carry out the duties of the Architectural committee.

According to the CCRs, any visible changes to your property or any additions to the structure on your property, needs to be reviewed first by the Architectural committee. The Architectural committee's job is to ensure that the changes proposed adhere to the standards set out by the CCRs.

If you have something to be reviewed, please hand deliver it to the President, Bill Johansen. If the documentation is electronic, it can be sent to the Board email address: HOA_Board@highlandridge.us

Open issues/Open floor
Some issues that were brought up:

• parking, vehicles on the street
• driving too fast down the main road
• Dec 8th meeting about new WalMart on 134th Street. Chris Carro sent out mail to the mailing list about the article in the Columbian. If you are interested in this, please attend the Dec 8th meeting and represent the neighborhood.
• Landscaping, are we getting our money worth
• A request to have a neighborhood directory was made again. Julie Zamboldi volunteered to put the list together. The neighborhood directory will not be posted on the web page.

- The board has an action item to contact the county about the possibility of getting signage at the entrance of the neighborhood that says "children at play" or similar.
- The board also has an action item to contact our current gardener and get them to do what the previous gardener had agreed to do, or start talking to/interviewing new gardeners.

Meeting length was approximately 1 hour.
Sophia brought hot chocolate and cookies!