CBCA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
September
21, 2009
Submitted
by Chris Rogers
BOARD
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Terrye
Zaremba, President
Charlie Anderson,Treasurer
Chris
Rogers, Secretary
Pat
McKnett, Trustee
Doug
Crow, Director
Chris
Savage, Director
COMMUNITY
MEMBERS:
Charlie
Bauerdorf
Christine
Bauerdorf
Randy DaCamara
Tina
Murphy
MINUTES:
The minutes of the last meeting, August 17, 2009 were approved.
TREASURER'S
REPORT:
Treasurer,
Charlie Anderson, reported the following:
07/31/09
Balance = $11,933.60
Total
Receipts = 343.32
Total
Disbursements = 90.00
08/31/09
Balance = 12,186.92
To
date: 394 lot owners, 123 paid dues and
271 unpaid dues.
COMMITTEES:
Roads
and Drainage-
Nothing new was reported.
Community
Watch - Charlie Bauerdorf reported that States
Attorney Laura Martin attended the September 14, 2009 Community Watch
meeting. Residential thefts and auto
break-ins continue to be a problem. Members
of the Sherriff's department CAT team will visit homes, if asked, and do a
security inspection.
Boat
Ramp Keys - Charlie
Anderson developed a parking violation "warning notice" which he
provided to the towing company which services the boat ramp. Towing company
drivers will check the parking area from time to time and put this notice on
the cars observed to be in violation of the parking permit policy. The towing company will keep a list of the
violator's license numbers. Per
discussion at this board meeting, Mr. Anderson will tell the towing company
that they have permission to tow vehicles after one violation notice has been
given.
Mr.
Anderson also reported that he has sold 45 new keys to the boat ramp. However, he ran out of new keys and had to
temporarily reinstall the old lock. He has some new keys now and will continue
to distribute them. The board approved a
motion to purchase 50 more new keys.
The board
discussed the feasibility of installing a "port-a-potty" at the boat
ramp next year for the summer season.
Mr. Anderson has a preliminary estimate of $80.00 per month, including weekly
cleaning. A decision was tabled for
a future meeting.
Beach
Erosion - There was
a discussion as to how best to secure the picnic tables at the boat ramp. Mr Anderson stated that a chain and lock would cost about $80 However, This
topic was tabled until next meeting.
OLD
BUSINESS:
Revisit
of Police Issues - Chris Savage said that progress has been
made on his police issue. An alleged
suspect has been charged with trespass and attempted breaking and entering. Regarding
the disturbance at the boat ramp, Sgt. McCort told Mr Anderson that, in the future, it would best not to warn
the perpetrators that the police have been called It was also noted that the Sherriff's
department's CAT team has been observed patrolling through the community from
time to time. Tina Murphy described a possible
defect with the gate at the boat ramp and Terrye Zaremba said she would look
into it.
Letters
to Delinquent Dues Payers
- Doug
Crow is developing a mission statement for the CBCA and will report further at
an upcoming meeting. It was noted that
the CBCA is a civic association as opposed to a home owners association. Thus, membership in the CBCA is voluntary.
Website
Info Transfer - Mrs.
Zaremba asked Mr. Anderson for a status on the transition of website
responsibility from himself to Curt Walker.
Mr. Anderson is continuing to update and maintain the website.
Training
for Neighborhood Watch -
Mr. Bauerdorf stated that Neighborhood
Watch training will be given on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the
Reminder:
NEW
BUSINESS:
Calvert
Crusade for Children -
Mrs. Zaremba shared information about
an event, sponsored by the Calvert County Crusade for Children, on October 20,
2009 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Elks Lodge in Prince Frederick. Small
groups, led by trained facilitators, will discuss issues identified of interest
to youth and adults. School groups and
teams, faith communities, neighborhood groups and service clubs of adults and
middle and high school aged youth are invited to attend. Mr. Anderson will be participating and Mrs.
Zaremba encouraged any other interested parties to participate.
Enforcement
of
Securing
of Picnic Table - This
topic was covered under "Beach Erosion" (see above).
Refills
for Doggie Bags - Mr.
Anderson said that he has enough bags on hand to last until spring. He will make future orders through the Long
Beach Civic Association and CBCa will reimburse them
accordingly.
OTHER
BUSINESS:
Mr.
Anderson brought up two additional items.
In going through some old CBCA archived material, he found 150 37cent
stamps. He also requested topics be
submitted for the upcoming Fall Newsletter.
NEXT
MEETING; The next board meeting will be on October
19, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the