MINUTES

AGHA BOARD MEETING

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

I.                   CALL TO ORDER-The meeting was called to order at 7:03 P.M.

II.                ROLL CALL-All members were present except Bill Windler.

III.             APPROVAL OF MINUTES-The Minutes were approved unanimously following a correction to the Draft form, line 4 of the NW report from Bob Meyer, inserting “be” after not and changing “reinstituted” to reinstated.

IV.             AGHA FORUM-No homeowner’s present.

V.                UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A.    Spiff Award Program-Bob Meyer announced he will potentially not continue as the program’s chairman.  Anne Stellmon made a motion to table until February a discussion about the Spiff Awards for 2007.  The motion passed unanimously.

B.     SB 89 Changes-Norm Arlt has reviewed our documents and made recommendations to be reviewed by the committee.  The committee does not have any recommendations for the Board at this time.

C.    Xeriscape Master Plan-Randy Simpson reported that the City of Aurora is in the process of hiring someone to be the city planner who will be available to help us when hired.  Norm Arlt contacted Jeff Tejral who will be available in December to look at our property and give us ideas and feedback.  The committee will be responsible for setting goals for water usage reduction.  The motto “Kiss Your Grass Good-bye” was selected for this project.  We will hire a landscape designer for a second opinion.  The committee will meet on Sunday, November 19 at 1:00 PM at the park entrance next to the Arlt’s for an informal walk thru to develop ideas and plans before the meeting with the designer.

D.    Financial Review-Adam Tucci will write a letter to the Board reviewing the treasurer’s books. A review should be done in September 2008 and a suggestion was made to ask Tom Hendrix (past treasurer) to do the review.

E.     Bike Path-No new information

F.     Holiday Party-The signs are up (Burma Shave promotion) and the invitations are out for the December 9 party.  The planning committee is busy and will meet again Nov. 24^th.  The food is being catered and there will be prizes. The children’s party may not materialize but names of babysitters will be made available.

VI.             NEW BUSINESS

A.    Chenango St. Closure-Adam Tucci made a suggestion for the Board to pursue a way to block this entrance into our neighborhood to decrease traffic.  A discussion was held regarding costs and reasons why we can’t do this.  Adam will seek help from the City of Aurora’s traffic control for a possible solution.

B.     Board Term Expiration Dates

      Bob Meyer                  2007

      Cindy Wagner             2007

      Debra Jones                 2007

      Randy Simpson           2008

      Norm Arlt                   2008

      Anne Stellmon            2008

      Adam Tucci                2009

      Royal Shields              2009

      Bill Windler                2009

VII.          BOARD REPORTS

A.    President-There will be no Board meeting in December.  We are welcome to use his work number 303-739-6605 to contact him.

B.     VP-No report

C.    Secretary-No report

D.    Treasurer-Adam Tucci purchased a new CD.  He determined that a monthly $1 fee was being charged by our bank for the debit card that we use for paying taxes.  Anne Stellmon made a motion that was seconded by Randy Simpson to accept the November Treasurer’s report.  The motion passed unanimously.

E.     ACC-Royal Shields presented a request from Terri Henkel to paint her home which was approved.  Adam Tucci requested permission to install a permanent basketball hoop on his driveway that was approved.  Royal read a letter he sent to the Randell family asking for more details in response to their request to add an entry structure to their front door.  He has not received a response to his letter.   Royal will draft a form letter to be used by the ACC that could be used in other situations like this asking for more information.

F.     Grounds-Norm Arlt sent a written report to the Board detailing his monthly activities.

G.    Neighborhood Watch-Bob Meyer reported that he attended the Woodgate NW meeting this month.  Their neighborhood is experiencing graffiti and other problems in the park.  He will write an article for the Gazette.

H.    Social-Deborah Jones reported that two realtors will sponsor our Easter Egg Hunt and 4^th of July flag decorations.

I.       Welcoming-It was suggested that when welcoming newcomers that Cindy offers them a form giving us permission to publish their names/information is our directory.

VIII.       ADJOURNMENT-The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 PM.  The next meeting will be January 17, 2007.