The January meeting was called to order by President Rhonda King, at 7:00 PM. After the pledge of Allegiance, The Secretary took the roll call. Six (6) Board members were present including Chad Reid, Ken Spann, John Groeneveld, Art McKeller, George Peck and Rhonda King. Ted Strass was excused.

Rhonda read a letter explaining her duties and responsibilities as President and her plans for 2003 as well as procedures that will be followed concerning the monthly Board meeting. A copy will be made part of these minutes.

The President opened the meeting for comments and suggestions on the evenings agenda by members of the association. Many of the members voiced their opinions and suggestions to the board. The main topic of discussion was that of the budget process held in December.

The scheduled presentation by the Air Ambulance people was cancelled.

The minutes of the December Board of Directors Meeting were read and approved. John read the financial report and it was also approved as read.

The President discussed the Lawn Maintenance contract currently being done by Charles Beltramini. The board agreed to continue the contract as long as the price did not significantly increase. The Pool contract was also approved, as it remained the same price as last year. The pest control contract with Pasco Pest Control was also approved as well as continuing purchasing Bottled Water from the same source without a formal contract. Along with the contracts there was a discussion of the leaks in the ceilings due to leaks from roof and air conditioner. The roofing company and Million-aire maintenance personnel were contacted, and repairs made.

George thanked those that supported him in the past election.

Rhonda announced that 3 members volunteered to act as this year’s Trustees and asked if there were any others that wanted to be considered for the position. There were no other volunteers so Bob Cox, Mary Grandt and Hank Salladay were approved by the board and will be trustees for 2003.

The President asked for volunteers to fill positions on key committees this year. The following are the results:

Architectural: Paul Glanzman, Boots Schrader and Adriana (Nan) Pruyn

Welcoming: Glory Schrader, Ruth Sickle and Alice Sykes

Maintenance: Wayne Morris, Joe Miller, Bruce Van Arnum and Frankie Ward

Code Enforcement: Bob Cox, Joe Delandro and Jim Haley

Election: Marilyn Morris, Glory Schrader, Shirley Burel, and Marilyn Glanzman

The President requested that each committee develop a written operating procedure describing the scope of the committee and how the committee will function. Please submit these procedures to the secretary or President, as well as modifications or changes as the year progresses.

The Board discussed the situation concerning the budget for 2003 and after a polling of those in attendance, it was decided to make an appointment to talk with the attorney. Ken Spann, the vice president and secretary volunteered to attend with Rhonda to address this one topic at a meeting with Don Peyton. Rhonda will schedule the meeting as soon as possible. In the meantime, payments can be mailed directly to the accountant or dropped off in the box and John will mail or hand deliver them monthly to the accountant.

Chad Reid accompanied John Fischetti to a meeting he had scheduled with Peter Altman, County Commissioner for our district (5) at his CPA office on Missouri Ave in New Port Richey at 2:00 PM. John presented him a packet of photos of both the condition of the road and pictures of some of the large trucks that travel Houston Ave. as well as copies of letters he had sent in recent weeks. He explained our problem with the noise that the trucks make when they hit the bumps on Houston Ave.

Peter told them that a new 1 cent per gallon gas tax has gone into effect that is directed to road maintenance (rather than new construction) and that he was not happy with progress being made by whoever is in charge of that portion of the budget. This went into effect at beginning of fiscal year October 1^st. He was sympathetic to our problem and asked that we get back with him after he had a chance to talk to County Administrator, John J. Gallagher and Mr. Bipin Parikh, Assistant County Administrator for Developmental Services.

The board would like to thank John for persistence in his quest to improve the road and welcome others to follow in John’s footsteps.

The automatic locking of the clubhouse doors was referred to the maintenance committee for recommendations back to the board. Also referred to the maintenance committee was the fact that the sprinkler systems were watering the shuffle board and requires attention. The Solar system maintenance manager was called to fix the major leak in the Solar System. He will be here in the AM on Jan 15. Someone needs to attend to this matter also.

The trees that overhang and encroach our roads was referred to the code enforcement committee for their recommendations. The possibility of banning together and having all the trimming done as a group to reduce the cost was also discussed.

The president asked if one of the Board members would attend the CONA meeting held the 3^rd Wednesday of each month. John had information from the St. Petersburg Times, concerning an open meeting and workshop held at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater for managers and residents of communities like ours. Since no one from the board was able to attend, it was asked if any of the residents could attend. There may be 4 persons going. They were asked to take lots of notes and report back at the Feb meeting.

The secretary was asked to prepare a letter to Pasco County listing all board members with contact phone numbers per their request.

The meeting was again opened up for comments and suggestions from those in attendance.

There was a question of why there was no longer a contingency fund in the budget. It was explained that the contingency fund was incorporated into each of the categories of the reserve funds, but this will be looked into further.

A motion was made by Chad and seconded by Art to adjourn and the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.