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MCPHOA Minutes January 27, 2018

MCPHOA

Minutes

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Present: Terrell McPhee, Chris Meeker, Steve Norr, Shelly Norr, Alan Bennett, Pam Bennett, Chip Reynolds, Alice O’Very, Dallas O’Very, Alli Cartwright, Todd Grady, Marianna Southey, Judy Mincher, Sydney Firth, George Mierisch, Diane St. Clair, Errol Remington, Kimarie Overall, Ken Mears, Dan Firth, Charles Galway, Jerold McPhee

1. Officers’ Reports:

A. President’s Report: 

1. Steve and Jerry met with the city attorney.  Our lease has been renewed for another five years.  We will need to renew it again by October 31, 2023.

2. Steve e-mailed a link to the 2009 news to each of us; a reminder of what brought us together. 

3. Mill Creek Pond Homeowners’ Associations (MCPHOA) was formed to maintain and protect the property behind our homes.  MCPHOA is not involved in politics.  Mill Creek Pond Action Committee (MCPAC) Was formed to keep a trail out of our back yards.  MCPAC continues to be involved in local issues.

4. Just a reminder, dues are due.

B. Secretary’s Report:  

1. Terrell has kept the records and supplied the minutes.  The notice of meeting was mailed within the time frame required by MCPHOA bylaws. 

2. George moved to rescind the scheduled December meeting since both the secretary and treasurer were excused for family emergencies.  The motion was seconded by Jerry.  The vote was unanimous.  Jerry moved to accept the minutes from the September 30th meeting.  The motion was seconded by Marianna and Shelly.  The vote was unanimous. 

C.  Treasurer’s Report: We have $4,078.99 in our bank account.  We have taken in $1,440.00 in dues and have paid $1,600.45 for license, insurance, signs, taxes, postage, dumpsters, etc. Our largest expense is $514.00 for insurance.  We have a $25.00 credit with the city since we paid for two dumpsters, but only used one. 

2. Documentation for the City:  Steve has all of the needed documentation, but he will add missing hours to the Pond Maintenance Records and email a copy to Terrell.  Any time spent cleaning, weeding or making repairs on the land surrounding the pond counts toward our lease agreement.  Please remember to email any time you spend to Terrell so she can record it in the Pond Maintenance Record.

3. Election of First Year Trustee: George nominated Jerry to be retained as the first-year trustee.  The motion was seconded by Shelly.  The vote was unanimous.

4. Election of Officers: 

A. Jerry moved to retain all of the officers.  The motion was seconded by Marianna.

B. Errol Moved to amend the motion to nominate Dallas for vice president.  The motion, as amended, was seconded by Jerry.  The vote was unanimous

C. Jerry moved the thank Errol for being our vice president for the past year.  The motion was seconded by Shelly.  The vote was unanimous.

5. Scheduling:

A. Spring meeting and clean-up will be Saturday, April 14th.  11:00 AM at Jerry and Terrell’s house.  Dumpsters will be in front of McPhees’ and Norrs’ houses.

B. Student educational tour will be sometime in Early May.  George will coordinate the event. 

C. Summer meeting and party: July 7th.  5:00 PM at Steve and Shelly’s house.

D. Fall meeting and clean-up will be Saturday, October 6th.  11:00 AM at Diane and Errol’s house.  Dumpsters will be on 5th East and Water Lily.

E. Winter meeting and Christmas party will be at Dallas and Alice’s house in early December.  Date and time will be determined at a later date.

6. Other Business:

A. Jerry said that the city attorney and Joaquim from the city stopped by to discuss trees that could cause damage or personal injury if not trimmed.  The city will contract with the county or an arborist to remove any dangerous branches or trees.  Be aware that we may see city employees or contractors wandering in our back yards.

B. Jerry asked Steve to scan and post our lease agreement and maintenance agreement in the blog.

C. The county recently dredged behind Chris’ house, and they need to do it again before spring.  Chris will call the county again, but needs a list of specific instructions to give them, such as re-level and regrade and put the boards back in the weir.  

7. Adjournment: Judy moved to adjourn the meeting.  The motion was seconded by Jerry.  The vote was unanimous.

8. The next meeting will be 11:00 AM Saturday, April 14th at Jerry and Terrell’s house with the spring clean-up immediately after.

2017 Summer Party

MCPHOA Minutes April 1, 2017

MCPHOA

Minutes

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Present: Terrell McPhee, Marianna Southey, Todd Grady, George Mierisch, Shelly Norr, Steve Norr, Kimarie Overall, Errol Remington, Dallas O’Very, Alice O’Very, Ken Mears, Daniel Firth, Judy Mincher, Jerold McPhee.  Chris Meeker is excused.

1. Officers’ Reports:

A.    President’s Report:

1.      Steve met with the city in November about assessing the dangerous trees, but he has heard nothing on the matter.  He also talked to Dennis about the trees, but hasn’t heard from him, either.  George suggested that the city engineer should asses the trees.  Steve suggested that we check out the trees after the meeting.

2.     Steve said that Dennis really appreciates our efforts, all of the work we do, our reporting and our timeliness.

B.  Secretary’s Report: Terrell has kept the records and supplied the minutes.  The notice of meeting was mailed within the time frame required by MCPHOA bylaws. Jerry moved to accept the minutes from the January 28th meeting.  The motion was seconded by Judy and George.  The vote was unanimous.   

C.  Treasurer’s Report: Terrell reported that we have $4,238.12 in our bank account.  Two more members paid dues today, so we have nine members in good standing and have collected $1,080.00 in dues.

2. Other Business:

A.    Marianna and Todd are having a housewarming party on May 13^th, and we are all invited.

B.    Charles will work on the education for our student educational tour.  George will meet with the Scott School after-school program to firm up the date and details of our student education.

C.    Errol thanked Judy for the research she did on the cell tower.

3. Adjournment: Jerry moved to adjourn the meeting and begin spring clean-up.  The motion was seconded by Shelly.  The vote was unanimous. 

4. The next meeting will be 5:00 PM July 8th at Steve and Shelly’s house, with the neighborhood party immediately after.

Annual Student Pond Tour

We had our annual pond tour today with students from the Scott School, they loved seeing the natural area and all of the wildlife that goes with it.

Spring Cleanup Pictures

Spring Cleanup is coming up on April 1st

MILL CREEK POND HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION

A NONPROFIT CORPORATION

N O T I C E

Please take notice that the Board of Trustees has, pursuant to Article IV Section 2 of the Interim Bylaws of the Mill Creek Pond Homeowners’ Association, called a meeting of the Members of the Association, which meeting will be held at the time and place designated below: 

Date:  Saturday, April 1, 2017

Time:  11:00 AM 

Location:  535 East 3195 South 

                  South Salt Lake City, Utah.

Tentative Agenda:

1. Officers’ Reports

a. President’s Report

b. Secretary’s Report

c. Treasurer’s Report

2. Other Business

3. Spring Clean-up

Please RSVP to Terrell at turtleslc@yahoo.com or 801-484-471.

Dated this 17th day of March, 2017

Mill Creek Pond Homeowners Association

Terrell L. McPhee

Secretary 

Jerry got a great pic of our Heron

MCPHOA Minutes January 28, 2017

MCPHOA

Minutes

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Present: Terrell McPhee, Daniel Firth, Jerold McPhee, Stuart Engerman, Judy Mincher, Chris Meeker, Shelly Norr, Steve Norr, George Mierisch, Carolyn Engerman, Diane St. Clair, Syd Firth

1. Officers’ Reports:

A. President’s Report:  Steve still needs proof of license renewal from Terrell

B.  Secretary’s Report: Terrell has kept the records and supplied the minutes.  The notice of meeting was mailed within the time frame required by MCPHOA bylaws. Jerry moved to accept the minutes from the December 10th meeting.  The motion was seconded by George.  The vote was unanimous.   

C.  Treasurer’s Report: Chris reported that we have $3,932.48 in our bank account.  She also reminded everyone that dues are due.  We currently have seven members in good standing and have collected $840.00 in dues.

2. Documentation for the City:  Steve has everything except our license renewal, which Terrell will email to him.

3. Reading of Policy: Terrell will email our insurance policy to Steve, who will email it to Charles, who had asked about the contents of the policy.

4. Election of Officers:

A. Jerry moved to retain Chris, Terrell and Steve in their current positions.  The motion was seconded by George.  The vote was unanimous.

B. The position of Vice President needs to be filled.  Dianne nominated Errol.  The motion was seconded by Jerry.  They all were in favor, except for Jerry, who opposed for Errol in his absence.

5. Election of Third-Year Trustee: Jerry moved that Steve be retained as the Third-Year Trustee.  The motion was seconded by George.  The vote was unanimous.

6. Meetings:

A. Spring Clean-up:  Saturday, April 1st, 11:00 AM at the McPhees’.  We’ll need two dumpsters; one at McPhees’, one at Norr’s

B. Summer Party: Saturday, July 8th, 5:00 PM at Steve and Shelly’s house, with the party starting at 5:30 PM.

C. Student Tour: Sometime in May, actual date will be determined after George meets with the school sometime in April.

D. Fall Clean-up: September 30th; place to be determined later

E. Christmas Party: December 9th, place to be determined later.  We are considering renting a hall or going to a restaurant.

F. Planning Meeting:  Early January, date and place to be determined later.

7. Other business:

A. Cell Tower: Judy said that testimony from her and one other person was enough to take the cell tower off the Planning Commission’s agenda.  Mike Florence said the issue may still come back, and we must fight it then.  The cell tower was supposed to be just 50 feet from the Self’s house and 100 feet from Judy’s house.  The Planning Commission must approve or deny this issue.  City Council is not involved.

B. Chris will call the county and let them know we need dredging, and dam removal.

C. Someone asked when our lease is due.  Jerry will review the lease agreement.  Sometime this spring he and Steve and George will meet with Lyn and Hanna.  They will also define our “in kind” requirement.

8. Adjournment: There being no further business, Stuart moved to adjourn.  The motion was seconded by Steve.  The vote was unanimous.  

9. The next meeting will be 11:00 AM April 1st at McPhees’, with spring clean-up immediately after 

Deferred Maintenance

 The blockage in the Pond is the worst it has ever been this year. The water level behind the blockage has risen about 2 feet. A few neighbors are reaching out to Salt Lake County Flood Control asking them to deal with this differed maintenance before the spring runoff comes.

MCPHOA is only responsible for the maintenance of the common area between the water and our property lines.

Salt Lake County Flood Control is responsible for maintaining the waterway and keeping it free of blockage, they do a great job at the Weir and at 500 East but we usually have to call repeatedly to get the maintenance of this shallow part of the Pond.

Salt Lake County Flood Control Supervisor: Richard Judson 385-468-6578
Field Supervisor: Dale Timothy 385-468-6579

2017 Schedule of Events

MCPHOA Christmas Party

It was fun to visit with so many of our neighbors and enjoy the wonderful Holiday dinner that Carolyn prepared for us. We scheduled our 2017 Planning meeting for January 28th at Jerry's and Terrell's house at 11:00 AM.  May your New Year be happy in every way!

Meeting Agenda Dec. 10, 2016

MILL CREEK POND HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION

A NONPROFIT CORPORATION

N O T I C E

Please take notice that the Board of Trustees has, pursuant to Article IV Section 2 of the Interim Bylaws of the Mill Creek Pond Homeowners’ Association, called a meeting of the Members of the Association, which meeting will be held at the time and place designated below: 

Date:  Saturday, December 10, 2016 

Time:  6:00 PM 

Location:  3183 South 500 East 

                  South Salt Lake City, Utah.

Tentative Agenda:

1. Officers’ Reports

a. President’s Report

b. Secretary’s Report

c. Treasurer’s Report

2. Other Business

Please RSVP to Stuart at stuartee@yahoo.com

Winter party will begin immediately after the meeting.

Dated this 25th day of November, 2016

Mill Creek Pond Homeowners Association

Terrell L. McPhee

Secretary 

MCPHOA Minutes, Oct. 1, 2016

MCPHOA

Minutes

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Present: Stuart Engerman, Chris Meeker, Jerold McPhee, Kimarie Overall, George Mierisch, Steve Norr, Shell Norr, Charles Galway, Errol Remington, Diane St. Clair, Ken Mears, Terrell McPhee

1. Officers’ Reports:

A.  President’s Report:  Steve asked when the next meeting was scheduled.  It will be December 10th at 6:00 PM, with the winter party immediately after.  The planning meeting will be in early January.  The date, time and place will be determined at the next meeting. 

B.  Secretary’s Report: Terrell has kept the records and supplied the minutes.  The notice of meeting was mailed within the time frame required by MCPHOA bylaws.  Our business license was renewed in September.  Jerry moved to accept the minutes from the July 9th meeting.  The motion was seconded by Stuart.  The vote was unanimous.   

C.  Treasurer’s Report: Chris reported that we have $4259.92.  She plans to write     three more checks in the next few days.

2. Other Business:

A.  Terrell asked if we have any extra “No Trespassing” signs.  The sign by her house has been vandalized and needs to be replaced.  Steve suggested that we get a dozen new signs.  Kerry moved that Ken get twelve more signs and be reimbursed for the cost.  The motion was seconded by Stuart.  The vote was unanimous

B.  Stuart said that they were burglarized about a week ago.  The mayor caught someone going into their garage.  Steve and Chris have security cameras that need to be installed.  Jerry said that he would get some for his house and Dan and Sid’s house.

C. Kimarie said there is a lot of debris in the pond.  The county wants to clean that up before winter hits.

D. Charles said that a tree fell on one of the gates, and it looks like the city or county repaired the gate and cleaned up the wood.

E.  Issues that need to be addressed are:

1. Bank remuneration 

2. Water quality, which should improve once irrigation is shut off

3. Adjournment:

There being no further business, Stuart moved to adjourn and begin clean up.  The motion was seconded by Chris.  The vote was unanimous.  

Fall Clean Up

We worked on thinning out some of the Russian Olive Trees and cleaning out dead wood and garbage for our Fall clean up. We had a dozen volunteers helping with this.

Meeting Agenda October 1, 2016

MILL CREEK POND HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION

A NONPROFIT CORPORATION

N O T I C E

Please take notice that the Board of Trustees has, pursuant to Article IV Section 2 of the Interim Bylaws of the Mill Creek Pond Homeowners’ Association, called a meeting of the Members of the Association, which meeting will be held at the time and place designated below:

Date:               Saturday, October 1, 2016

Time:              11:00 AM

Location:         3171 South 500 East

                        South Salt Lake City, Utah.   

Tentative Agenda:

1.     Officers’ Reports

a.     President’s Report

b.     Secretary’s Report

c.     Treasurer’s Report

2.     Other Business

Please RSVP to Errol at iskander@comcast.net

Fall clean-up will begin immediately after the meeting.

Dated this 16^th day of September, 2016

                                                            Mill Creek Pond Homeowners Association

Terrell L. McPhee

Secretary