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2007
Minutes
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KIAWAH PROPERTY OWNERS GROUP, INC.
Meeting of the Board of Directors
November 7, 2007
MINUTES
A meeting of
the Kiawah Property Owners Group (KPOG) Board of Directors was
held at the Sandcastle on Kiawah Island at 9:00 AM, Wednesday,
November 7, 2007.
Present:
President
Diane Lehder called the meeting to order and took roll call.
Present were Vice President Art Morgenstern, Secretary Sandy
Williams, Treasurer, Ben Farabee, and Board Members, Laurie Burpee
and Ron Ritchie. Absent was Board Member Katie Kotz. Also present
was Barbara Winslow, TALK Editor
Approval of
Minutes: The
minutes of the October 2007 Board Meeting were accepted with minor
corrections.
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Ben Farabee reported that as of November 7, 2007 we have
$11,001.33 in our checking account and $50,182.98 in our savings
account for a total of $61,184.31. Our CD has matured to
$105,818.87. It was renewed on October 28, 2007. The interest rate
has dropped to 4.88%. Ben presented to the Board a statement of
profit and loss for the fiscal year to date, March 1, 2006 –
November 6, 2007. He reminded us that most of our dues income
comes in before March 1 and was reported in last year’s statement
Recommendation for dues: Ben’s recommendation is that our dues
should stay the same for the 2008-2009 year. KPOG has an emergency
fund in its CD. The money we collect in dues plus the ads from
TALK cover our normal expenses. Laurie Burpee, who handles the ads
for TALK, agrees. Ben made the motion that we leave the dues for
the next fiscal year 2008-09 where they are: $35.00 per year for
members living in the US, and $70.00 for members living outside
the US. The motion was seconded by Laurie Burpee and was
unanimously passed by the Board.
Membership Report:
Kathy Heikes and Kelly Bragg continue to meet to discuss
the application and data base issues.
OLD
BUSINESS
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Safety & Security:
Vice President
Art Morgenstern presented the traffic count data from September and
October;
Traffic
Counts:
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Main Gate |
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V Gate
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2006:
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2007: |
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2006:
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2007:
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Sept |
133,884 |
134,500
+0.5% |
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87,897 |
83,831
-4.6% |
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Oct |
152,294 |
166,553
+9.4% |
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110,374 |
87,665
-20.6% * |
* The V
gate counter was not working for about 8 days in Oct., '07. If the
numbers are corrected for this, the actual counts could be 116,887,
which would represent an increase of 5.9%.
The "incidents" in Sept. increased from 49 to 50 ('06 to '07),
while the increase for Oct. was 38 to 48. Increased issues were:
contractor, noise complaints, car jump starts and flat tires.
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Directory:
The suggestion
was made that we put a box in TALK stating that Directories are
available for anyone who wants to purchase one.-
Resort and
the Development Agreement: There was no mention of the
Development Agreement at the Town Council meeting. When asked the
status after the meeting, the Mayor said that discussions are
proceeding in a positive manner.-
KICA:
KRA is extending boat storage to property owners at its Kestrel
Court Property until 2010. KICA is not actively looking for off-
Island property for boat storage at this time. The yearly Assessment
is going up 3½ %.-
Nominating Committee: Nominating Committee chair
Sandy Williams reported that the committee had met and formed a list
of potential candidates for the offices of: President, Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer, and two non-officer Directors. They
have begun to contact these candidates to ascertain their interest
in serving on the Board. The nominating committee also asked if the
Board would send out an e-mail to all KPOG members asking that
anyone interested in serving on the Board next year contact Sandy.
President Diane Lehder said that she would send out an “e-mail
blast” on behalf of the nominating committee.
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Johns Island Roads: President Diane Lehder brought
back copies of the Johns Island Traffic/Corridor Study UPDATE from
the October 9th meeting. Several items of interest were a table
showing the potential impact summary of the two widening and cross
island parkway options, and two maps, one of the 2001 study area,
and the other of the proposed 2007 study area. Diane will write
brief report for TALK.
Diane attended the Comprehensive Planning meeting last Tuesday.
The County Comprehensive Plan is due for a major update in 2009.
This was an introductory meeting. The audience was asked to close
their eyes and think: “What can we do to make Charleston County the
best it can be in 10 years.” The audience then got into groups to
discuss. Each group also put stickers on a map to identify “strong”
places and “weak” places in the Kiawah/Seabrook/Johns/Wadmalaw area.
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By-laws: President Diane Lehder, Vice President Art
Morgenstern, and Treasurer Ben Farabee, have been meeting to work on
clarifying the by-laws. They still have a few issues to work out.
The by-laws will then need to be approved by the Board. The KPOG
members will vote on the by-laws at the General Meeting in March.
Diane will send the Board a marked copy of the by-laws so everyone
can see proposed changes and issues that need discussion. A special
meeting of the Board has been set for Friday, Nov. 30 at 2:00 PM.
The Board will discuss each issue; then, open it up to any guests
for comments and questions.
NEW BUSINESS
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Town has requested to purchase copies of Directory for $14.00
each. Approved by the Board.
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Board Meeting Dates for 2008: The first Board meeting of
2008 will be January 9th. The rest of the dates will be set once
Town Council sets their dates for the year next month.
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Annual
Meeting: We are holding March 1 and March 8 as possible
dates for our Annual Meeting. One possible program idea is a
discussion of the road issue. The Resort, Town, The Developer,
and KICA will be invited to speak as usual. Other possible
speakers include: Glen McConnell, Lindsay Graham, Henry Brown,
Leon Stavrinakis, and Paul Thurman.
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Member/Guest Comments: None
ADJOURNMENT
Laurie Burpee made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:55. The
motion was seconded by Art Morgenstern and unanimously passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Williams
Secretary
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