Next Board Meeting December 11 - 5:00 p.m.

The next board meeting will include discussions of the 2014 budget and the proposed bylaws.   

Homeowner input in the budget (which is included in the newsletter being distributed this week and on the documents section to the right of this post) is always encouraged.

The meeting will be held at 4326 Brackenwood.

Woodland Park Post - Electronic Newsletter

Please click on the link below for a pdf version of the Woodland Park Post - December 2013 edition

December 2013 Woodland Park Post

Howard’s Holiday Entertainment Spectacular

December 15 –  cul de sac of Brackenwood Court /  2:00 p.m. until ????

The Howard Folta All-Stars will present their annual holiday performance on Sunday, December 8 beginning at 3:00 p.m.  Everyone is invited.  Bring your own chairs and a simple snack to share.

If you’re interested in performing,

let Howard – aka “Mr. Beats” –

 know at 516-297-2001

Copy of new bylaws coming your way

You should – or soon will – find near your mailbox, a copy of new proposed Park Management Inc./Woodland Park HOA bylaws.

As the memo says that went with the bylaws, many of your neighbors helped put this final draft together - Chas Orr, Martha Hill, Vic Rohe, Phil Peters, Nick Sardelis, Mary Klindt, David Turner, Juan De la Sierra, Barbara De la Sierra, Troy Scott – and I am grateful for their good work.

If you did not get a hard copy, you can find it right over there in right column under “Documents.”  You will also see a copy of the cover memo that they were attached to.

There will be two board meetings between now and the annual meeting in January when the board intends to bring these bylaws up for a vote.  If you have any input or questions, please come to one of these board meetings - Wednesday, November 20 and Wednesday, December 11 – both at 5:00 p.m. and join in the conversation.

A sign will be posted at the entrance island prior to each meeting giving time and location.

As always, should you have any questions or concerns, my phone number is 941-371-1870 and my email is slklindt@gmail.com

Management company contract terminated

The Board of Directors, at its September 18, 2013 meeting, voted unanimously to terminate Woodland Park’s contract with Lighthouse Management as property managers for the HOA, giving them 30 days notice.  This means that as of October 18, 2013 Woodland Park HOA will return to being managed by its board of directors, as it had been in the past.

When the management company was hired, it was understood that a performance review would be held by the board after six months to determine if there was sufficient value in return for paying a monthly fee to a management company.  The board determined that while there were some positive aspects of having a management company, financially it was not worth the expenditure.

The board will now take back the aspects it has always been charged to oversee:  budget, maintenance, paying community bills, covenant compliance, communications, assessment billing and representing the interests of all homeowners.

Please contact any board member if you ever have concerns about the management of Woodland Park.

Board Meeting - October 16, 2013 - 5:00 p.m.

Park Management, Inc. - HOA of Woodland Park

October 16, 2013 / Board of Directors, 5:00 p.m.

4006 Woodview Drive

Agenda

1.    Call to order – Steve Klindt

2.    Roll call of members –  Troy Scott

3.    Proof of meeting notice or waiver of notice – Troy Scott

4.    Minutes of September 18, 2013 Board meeting

5.    Treasurer’s Report – Troy Scott

a.    September 2013 financial reports

b.    2014 budget

c.    Vendor contacts and reviews

d.    Change of banking to SunTrust

6.    Committee Reports

a.    ARC – Philip Peters

b.    Covenant Compliance Committee – David Turner/Steve Klindt

c.    Affordable Palms invasive species work

7.    President’s Report – Steve Klindt

a.    Search for new board members

b.    Newsletter, communications

c.    Bylaw and covenant changes

8.    New business.

9.    Announcements

a.    Next board meeting – November 20 , 2013

 Adjourn