Tuesday, September 28, 2010

October 2010 HOA Meeting

The September 2010 HOA meeting was cancelled due to lack of a quorum. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday October 12th 2010 at 6pm at the clubhouse. This will be the only meeting in October. Residents are invited to attend.

Friday, September 24, 2010

July 2010 Meeting Minutes

THE COLONY AT SCOTTSDALE
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING
JULY 26, 2010

The board meeting was called to order at 6:23 P.M. Board members attending were: Suzanne Muusers, Helene Wentz , and Guillermo Nevarez. Also attending: Steve Cheff of Heywood Realty.

Homeowners requests/comments:

1. Architectural Request: None
2. New move-ins: None

Review an approval of minutes last meeting:

The minutes from the June 2010 homeowners meeting will be reviewed and approved.

Monthly financial statements:

A) The financial statements for June 2010 were reviewed and approved.

Old Business:

A) The pool solar heater: This project has been completed. Steve Cheff will mail a postcard to all the community’s homeowners informing them of the completion of this project and to encourage all community residents to use the pool during the summer and new added pool usage months.  The postcard will also include a comment encouraging homeowners to visit the community’s blog where the meetings minutes can be reviewed.

B) Asphalt improvements: The board is to receive the last bid. The decision of which bid to choose will be made in the next board meeting.

C) Pool furniture: Steve Cheff as instructed by the members of the board has ordered four additional lounge chairs for the pool area.

D) Landscape improvements: The board’s intent to over-seed the community’s areas has been postponed until November of 2011 due to the limited funds. The landscape company will be asked to fix the irrigation problems and to replace the bushes in the area around the 6350 entrance.

New Business:

A) Reserves: The solar pool heater and the asphalt repairs will be paid out of reserve. The community will receive a rebate in a year from now that will replenish the reserves. The board decided to remove the funds out of Morgan Stanely and money market these funds in the mean time. The board will be analyzing and investigating other firms as well as new investing options.

B) Tennis court shade cloth:  The shade cloth surrounding the tennis court is to be replaced. Steve will be obtaining bids for different companies and the board will review them in a future meeting.

Legal Issues:  NONE

Collection Activity:

A) The board discussed the status of aged accounts.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:53 P.M.  The next meeting will be on September 27, 2010 at 6:00PM at the clubhouse.

Monday, August 30, 2010

The New Solar Pool Heater Has Been Installed

The solar pool heater has been installed and the pool area is now open for residents and home owners. The new heater will provide many additional months of swimming enjoyment. Please be sure to clean up after yourselves when using the pool area.










September 2010 HOA Meeting

The next HOA meeting will be held on Monday September 27th, at 6pm at the clubhouse. Residents are invited to attend.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

June 2010 HOA Meeting

The next HOA meeting will be held on Monday June 28th, at 6pm at the clubhouse. Residents are invited to attend.

May 2010 Meeting Minutes

THE COLONY AT SCOTTSDALE
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING
MAY 24, 2010

The board meeting was called to order at 6:05 P.M. Board members attending were: Suzanne Muusers, Lance Donatello, and Guillermo Nevarez. Also attending: Steve Cheff of Heywood Realty.

Homeowners requests/comments:

1. Architectural Request: An additional gate style for front porch entries was introduced and reviewed by the board. The new gate style was approved and added to the architectural standards files.
2. New move-ins: Unit #306 is not bank owned.

Review an approval of minutes last meeting:

The minutes from the April 2010 homeowners meeting will be reviewed and approved in the next homeowners meeting schedule for 2011.

Monthly financial statements:

A) The financial statements for March 2010 were reviewed and approved.

Old Business:

A) The solar heater for the pool project was reviewed and approved by the board. A bid has been selected and approved. Commencement of this project will take place when enough funds are collected from the recently passed special assessment.
B) Potential grant to the community by the City of Scottsdale. Suzanne received news from the City of Scottsdale that there are no funds available at this time to fund this program.
C) The landscape conversion project for 2010 has been completed.
D) The cleaning of the signs project has been completed.

New Business:

A) The annual meeting report. The board discussed the outcome and conclusions of April’s 2010 homeowners meeting.
B) Election of Officers: Suzanne Muusers was re-elected as president of the Board; Lance Donatello was re-elected as a member of the Board.
C) The board started to evaluate the areas of the community that will be part of the Landscape Conversion project for the 2011 year.
D) The Asphalt improvement project was reviewed by the board. Steve will check on the warranty offered by the elected vendor for this project: KFM.

Legal Issues:

None.

Collection Activity:

A) The board discussed the status of aged accounts.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:53 P.M.  The next meeting will be on June 28, 2010 at 6:00PM at the clubhouse.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Correction to Annual Meeting Date

The Annual Meeting has been rescheduled to WEDNESDAY May 12th at 6pm at the clubhouse. Residents are invited to attend.