Renihan Board Minutes - April 22, 2020 

 Meeting called to order at 5:11 pm by Scott Meyers, President of RMCA. In attendance by teleconference where Zhixuan Cao, Dawn Maddaline, Marge Decato, Arnold Martens, and Rudy Miranda. Also in attendance was Richard Balagur, the new property manager.

Scott announced that Richard has resigned from the board upon signing the Property Management Agreement. Barbara Thornton was nominated and approved unanimously. Scott will let her know. 

Scott announced that all appeals are on hold until further notice. Going forward we will issue warning for the majority of violations. Scott and Richard to walk the property week of April 25th.

The attendees approved the following unanimously:

1. Minutes for March 19th were approved with two minor changes. Minutes to be reissued to board.
2. Second CD for 122,750.23 was left in cash bringing the amount of cash in the reserve to 170,156.72.Arn
3. Arnold is the new Treasurer, Rudy will be the new Vice President and Barbara will be the new Secretary.
4. Unit 13 owes $2,000 plus in mostly late fees and fines. Scott has approval to negotiate this down to condo fees of approximately $700.
5. Financial prepared by Moseley for Jan thru March 2020.

People Owing Over $600 to Renihan Meadows Condo Association

Scott will follow up with the attorney to get a form letter out to Unit 53 who owes $2970. There are 11 other units that require a letter that Scott will ask attorney to send out. All agreed that all 12 properties should have lien placed immediately. Rudy to ask Montana to pull past Renihan examples so we can follow the same process.

Old Business

a) Playground needs to be replaced immediately. Approximate cost about $15,000. The playground fence/pool gates need to be replaced as well. No cost estimate at this time. Richard to make the playground replacement number one priority. He agreed to put up yellow tape tomorrow and get 2 to 3 bids for a new playground by the next meeting. Scott to have Theron tear up the playground in the next few days.

b) Rudy to get 2 bids on speed bumps at the end of buildings 2 & 3 as well as fixing some of the major cracks.

c) Under Capital improvements the roof on one side of building 2,3 and 5 need to be replaced. Have $5.5dk in maintenance budget to do this. Also common areas needs painting and parking lot number re-painted. Richard to get 2 to 3 bids on the  roof replacement ASAP. Scott to have Theron start the step repair and painting so we get an estimated cost.

d) Large CD matured and cash moved to reserve account. See above for details.

e) Richard is new Property Manager.

f) Permanent structure by playground on hold until further notice,

g) As of the meeting notices for Building Captains have not been posted.

h) All members of the Board need to review the new by-laws and send additions and / of subtractions to Arnold and Scott,

j) The board to get the word out for contact information on owners / property managers with potential units for rent at Renihan. Scott will have this information put on the web site. 

New Business

1. Marge's husband will meet with Peter regarding the potential TPW lawsuit. Peter will meet with Paula and Richard seperately to gather information.

2. Need to dump about 4 loads of Rip Rap at a cost of $800 to mitigate the erosion problem by the snow fence. Since we need to stay away from the drain pipes Scott will ask Brian Roy if he can supervise.

3a. Richard to get several quotes to remove tennis court posts and file with concrete; turn tennis court into basketball court; and add hopscotch and other floor games to the perimeter; and add 2 to 4 benches.

3b. Rudy and Carl Wordelman (potential Building Captain) to head up the beautification task force to add flowers; fix horseshoe areas and add benches; etc.

4. Rudy to contact the state about Rail Trail steps to see if we can get a grant to mitigate the violation. If not we may have to remove the stars.

5. Dog waste needs to be disposed of properly. Arnold to check rules and add if needed. Theron to be reminded by Scott to empty the receptacles on a timely basis.

Meeting adjourned 7:34 pm