Meeting Minutes - April 9, 2008

CHOHA Meeting Minutes
April 9, 2008

I. Call to order – 7:00pm
II. Roll call of board members
III. Minutes, reviewed, accepted, and approved
IV. Current Issues
a. Entrance lighting – the survey that was due 4/7/08 came back with 155 responses, 99 yes and 56 no, which is over the 51% majority needed to proceed. The next step is the township meeting on April 22, 2008 for any questions or discussions.
b. Lawn bids – all bids were considered and CHOHA went with Bill’s Lawn Care for this season. There was an additional discount for paying early.
c. Snow Removal – there will be 1 more invoice we are awaiting.
d. Newsletter – most liked the hard copy and wishes to keep the mailings instead of just posting on our website.
e. Financial Secretary – still looking for volunteers for this position.
f. Community Watch Program – signs will be posted shortly - 2 were ordered, 1 for each park. They are $22 per sign.
g. Spring events – We will hold off on a neighborhood picnic until August but looking to do an end of school year activity for kids to be held at Kingsway Park. This will involve a giant inflatable and treats like popsicles, etc.
h. Garage Sale – Subdivision garage sale scheduled for May 15-18.
i. Princess Park Damages – An incident with a current resident on April 5th has caused damage (see report attached). The estimate to fix the damage is $487.50. The consensus was to go ahead and do the work and wait for the individual’s court date to see how to go about getting damages paid by him.
V. Treasurer’s Report – financial update was given, with current balance, how many homes still owe dues, etc. A volunteer will be walking around house to house to try to collect any dues still outstanding to save on mailings. Treasurer’s report for 2007 will be presented at next meeting.
VI. Park Project 08 – this will be on hold due to money issues and concerns.
VII. Park Clean-up – this is schedules for May 3rd and will include general pick-up, installing new equipment to replace old, new garbage cans, painting fence, planting, etc. This will be done at both parks. We need all the help we can get.
VII. Open floor – a question was asked about mailboxes. Lou stated if there is enough to purchase in bulk, Lowe’s will give us a discount. Nothing further was discussed.
VIII. Next meeting will be June 11th at Township Hall.
IX. Meeting adjourned – 8:15pm