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2008
Minutes
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KIAWAH PROPERTY OWNERS GROUP, INC.
Meeting of the Board of Directors
January 9, 2008
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, January 9, 2008.
Present:
Vice President Art Morgenstern 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, Katie Kotz, and Ron Ritchie. President
Diane Lehder attended by phone. Also present were Barbara Winslow,
TALK Editor, Data Base Manager, Kathy Heikes, and guests Greg
Vanderwerker, Wendy Kulick, and Jim Parker.
Approval of
Minutes: The
minutes of the December 2007 Board Meeting were accepted as
written.
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer Ben Farabee reported that as of January 8, 2008, we have
in our checking account $11,511.30 and $47,521.45 in savings for a
total of $59,032.75. Our CD is valued at $105,818.87. The CD
matures on January 26, 2008. State and Federal taxes have been
paid.
Membership Report:
Katie Kotz,
Membership chair reported that the membership count for 2007 to
date is 1916. Membership renewal letters went out on January 3rd.
2008 memberships are beginning to come in.
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BUSINESS
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Nominating Committee Report: Nominating Committee Chair Sandy
Williams presented the following recommendation to the Board:
The Nominating Committee recommends that the names of the following
individuals be placed in nomination as officers, to be elected for a
term of one year each.
President: Art Morgenstern
Vice-President: Arie deZanger
Secretary: Ron Ritchie
Treasurer: Pete Silveston
The Nominating Committee recommends that the names of the following
individuals be placed in nomination as Directors, to be elected for
terms of two years each.
Director: Charlie Smith
Director: Bob Oakman
The Slate of Officers will be considered by the Membership at the
KPOG Annual Meeting on March 1st.
There were several other candidates interested in the position of
non-officer director. President Diane Lehder suggested that we
include them in our “stuffing party” when we put together the
materials for our Annual Meeting.
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Annual Meeting: KPOG’s Annual Meeting will be held on
Saturday morning, March 1, 2008, at the Sandcastle. Senator Glenn
McConnell and Roger Warren from the Resort, have agreed to speak.
The business meeting will include the election of officers for the
2008-2009 year as well as a vote on proposed by-law changes.
President Diane Lehder has put together a letter to the members. She
will meet with Art Morgenstern and Laurie Burpee who will then work
on the details for the meeting. Barbara Winslow, TALK editor will
put a box advertising the meeting on the front page of the February
edition.-
FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act): President Diane Lehder and
Vice President Art Morgenstern met with TOKI Mayor Bill Wert and
Councilman Al Burnaford on January 4th to express our concern with
the Town’s lack of compliance on meeting notification. Diane and Art
gave Wert and Burnaford a Plain English version of the SC FOIA
developed by the SC Press Association. The Town did not know that
this document was available and had been following their attorney’s
advice on FOIA compliance. According to FOIA, the letters written by
Diane and Art requesting individual notification of meetings, need
to be answered within three weeks. -
Amphitheater and Bike Path: Both of these issues appear to be
closed. At this time, the money is not available for the funding of
the amphitheater. DHEC would not sign off on the plans for the bike
path. They would only approve the project if the wetland mitigation
occurred on a piece of land on Kiawah Island proper. The Town is
talking to the Developer to see if the Developer has any on Island
property suitable for mitigation. -
Safety & Security:
The traffic
counts for December are as follows:
Traffic
Counts:
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2006:
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2007: |
Change: |
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Main Gate |
122,929 |
114,903 |
-6.5% |
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V Gate
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70, 902 |
74,498 |
+5.1% |
Incidents: In December of 2007 there were 45 incidents, down
slightly from December 2006 when there were 49 incidents. There
were more traffic /accident and animal incidents and fewer noise,
help to property owners, and contractor problems.
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Development Agreement: Conversations are continuing
on the Development Agreement. Vice President Art Morgenstern
raised the question if we should we provide a forum on this
issue for people who are interested.
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Johns Islands Roads: The
Coastal Conservation League and Concerned Citizens have met again to
discuss options to the I-526 plans. The Coastal Conservation League
is putting together a traveling presentation on the alternatives to
the extension of I-526. President Diane Lehder asked the Board if we
would like to sponsor them. There would be a single presentation on
I-526. Both entities would be there. We could advertise it with a
notice in TALK and an e-mail blast. The Board is definitely
interested in sponsoring this presentation. Diane will contact the
Coastal Conservation League to find out when the presentation will
be available.-
Other Business: Data Base Manager Kathy Heikes discussed
with the Board the mechanics for printing the proxy labels. Kathy
will work with Kelly Bragg to determine what labels to print.-
By-Laws: The Board continued with the review of the
proposed by-law changes. Copies of the by-laws with the proposed
changes will be available for members to review at the Annual
Meeting and on the KPOG website
ADJOURNMENT
Upon motion duly made and seconded,
the meeting was adjourned to
Executive Session at approximately 11:15 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Williams
Secretary
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