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October 2019 Board Meeting Minutes



Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, 7 October 2019
1302 South Lakeside Dr., Lake Worth Beach, FL 33460

I.          Call to order
a.     Meeting called to order at 6:30 PM by President Cheryl Rashkin.

II.         Meeting Attendees - Executive Board
a.     Cheryl Rashkin                        President   
b.     Linda Brower                            Vice President
c.     Lewis Makepeace                    Treasurer
d.     Shari Cornutt                             Secretary

Block Board Members
Vacant – 5th
Jim Durbin – 12th
Absent: Peter Just – 6th
Bob Rashkin – 13th
Bill (Lynn) Foley – 7th
Absent: Patrick Keith  – 14th
Bill (Bonnie) Robeson– 8th
Marcia (Luciano) Barrerra – 15th
Luke Mittner – 9th
Absent: Art Broughton – 16th
Chris Diserio – 10th
Chris Ide – 17th
Greg Richter – 11th
Lucy Richter – 18th
  Director at Large – Ted Johnson

III.        President’s Comments
      Quorum validated

IV.      Approval of Minutes
May Board and General Meeting Minutes reviewed and accepted

V.       Treasurer’s Report – Lewis Makepeace
Treasurer’s Report for October 2019 reviewed and approved.
Starting Balance 


$3,147.90
Total Deposits


$  155.00
Disbursements (including raft expenses)


$   363.55
Ending Balance Mar ‘19


$2,939.35

Deposits:                 Dues $70.00; 50/50 Raffle $63.00, Check from Cheryl for float $22.00
Current and Upcoming Activity: 
      2019 Dues collection ($10 individual, $20 household)
Petty Cash for March 2019: 
      Balance - $30.00
      Raft Race specifics – we will amortize the expense over 3 years ($514 per year), reimbursements will be issued ($680 to be applied over 3 years)

VI.       Committees:
Social Committee:  Nathalie Makepeace
      Full Moon – Oct 13
      Holiday Lighting and Light WalkLighting complete by Nov 23, start decorating week before? Check with General Meeting, Holiday Light Walk and ranking – Dec 7 – Cheryl will check on light receptacle needs
      4th of July was a success!
      Petty cash is helping with small extras
      Need more people involved
      Fund Raising Social Event – need committee

CommunicationsTed Johnson
      Website: Not handed off this summer – Add special email addresses to website, need info from Ted
      Facebook: Ted will revalidate admins, Shari will be backup admin
      Email:  Linda, Shari and Lewis need special emails set up
      Newsletter:  Chris Diserio –
      Message Board: need to know who and how the board will be updated – probably combination of Social and Communications Committees – fliers by Cheryl (upcoming events and general info card with contacts, where/when we meet)
      Calendar: general info and announcements (Ted/Shari)

Home/Yard of the Month – Jim Durbin chair, Theresa Deveaux, and Art Broughton
      1302 South Palmway
      Will continue and use new method for selection - street selection by Secretary from jar to pick a block and a back-up block for consideration, then block captain for the primary block will choose house for Home/Yard of the Month and if necessary move to the back-up block and captain for the selection
      Blocks chosen for November – 1800 and 1500 as back-up

Block Director Updates
      Email addresses coming to Shari. 
      Of note:
o      Construction on 1500 block underway
o      House next to Linda sold and may be divided into multiple dwelling
o      New speed bumps on Lakeside painted but still too high – Cheryl will let Phillip know they will have damage repairs if nothing done
o      3 new neighbors on 1300 block
o      Car burglaries and stolen bike
o      Task Force discussion – more prostitution and drug deal concerns and complaints to be made, 14th and Federal is now Goodwill
o      2 houses north of 10 to be foreclosed
o      Termite tenting at Shari’s house
o      High tides and garbage in park – Cheryl to talk to Phillip
o      Marcia needs 2 liter bottles for science project!

VII.     Old or Unfinished Business

      No old business

VIII.    New Business
      Guest Speaker – Donald Dougherty, Code Enforcement, Oct General Meeting, need Nov guest, Alexis Rosenberg, Community Sustainability, Dec General Meeting
      Discussion Items
o      Need new block directors for 14th and 5th (new members on 500 block – Lee and Charlie Phillips may be interested, will also put out fliers to those blocks for interest), same for 1400 block)
o      Wednesday City Meeting – discuss 800 block historic issue – plans to Cheryl
o      Goodwill problems discussed – Cheryl will look at this
o      Trees in median – need to call the horticulturist to discuss
o      Road report from Linda – no work on sewer lines, issues coming from Lantana, Linda is following up, suggestion to talk to Herman, health issue brought up with NAPC and Commissioner but going nowhere
o      Holiday meeting – 1 drink per person
o      Use website for Code to review historical property issues
o      ADUs discussed – rentals popping up
o      APA – we are one of 6 finalists for great places in FL!  Voting is open, will share.

IX.      Good of the order
      NAPC
Lake Worth Info Guide discussed – Ted and Art to send pictures to add to the book

X.       Next Board Meeting
Monday, Nov 4, 2019

XI.      Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 7:32 PM

Submitted by:  Shari Cornutt, SPPA Secretary