Kingsbury Square Association Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

January Monthly Meeting

Date: May 28, 2005

Time: 11:00 AM

Place: Kayak's Coffee

Attendees: Barack, J.; Rater, M.; Kerz, C.; Gregory, W.

Treasurer's Report:

No formal report. Balances - All but five people have paid dues. All from KS Two are in the process of liens. The other three have always paid in the past and have not made any contact or arrangements. They will receive in June a last letter indicating the next notice will come from our attorney and they will be responsible for the fees.

KSII account has a balance of $16,924.22 with a 2.7 interest which increased from previous rate. The CS has a balance of $16,951.87. KS account has a balance of $18,461.61

Will take out 26 X $192.00 from KSII and deposit into KS to pay bills that both associations will need to pay.

The following items were expenses: security / groomers/ liability insurance/water turned on for park.

Board will explore lower rate insurance for next time to renew. Not able to have a single policy we have to pay for two policy for the two associations. Will explore possibility of combining KS & KSII.

Architecture/Maintenance:

Committee Representative not present. Molly will explore getting the common driveway sealed this summer for KSII. Will get bids for both topping and for sealing and will try to have this information prior to September meeting. Homeowners are making repairs to their properties. The notices indicating this work needed to be completed appear to have been helpful in offering reminders. August 1 is the deadline identified for repairs to be made to properties. A follow up letter will need to be sent. Will email Gayle Evans to inquire about plans for follow up.

Neighborhood Events:

Rater gave update on Neighborhood Garden Tour June 4'h . The shrubs need to be trimmed. Val says that she is meeting with Al today. Will do western border and cut down what is in the circular planters. Andy cross is bringing Irises to plant in the planters. Rater planted the planters in preparation. Rater will call to make sure Val knows that planters are planted and not include work request from A I for this area. Email distributed to inform residents about the Garden Tour. Wyatt and Ruud will greet at the end of the tour and pass out refreshments 9-12:30. Six gardens will be included on the tour.

Security & Safety:

McPherson residents have been complaining about traffic and noise on Laurel /McPherson side of KS. Some arrests have recently been made.

Update for Skinker-Debalievere Community Council: A Greenway is scheduled to be built. It will be called the St. Vincent Greenway. The plans for this are still in development. Forest Park Parkway will open July I" between Des Peres and Debalievere. There will be only two lanes one in each direction. The Pedestrian overpass will be done in September and during construction Des Peres will be permanently blocked off. Delmar and Hamilton development East continues.

Rater announced that there is a monthly ward meeting on the Last Thursday of each month at St. Paul AME church 1260 Hamilton 6:30 PM Contact alderman Frank Williamson Office 314-622-3287. home 314-361-3835 Email: WilliamsonF@StLouisCity.com The landscaping in the park will continue. Barack is attempting getting Three bids have been given to complete center planting area by fountain work by June 4'h. There was some discussion about agreeing on a cap price to pay for this. The board is unanimous in deciding on a $2000.00 limit. The city owns the gazebo and has said they will paint the gazebo but we need to have the structural repairs done prior to the painting. Barack spoke to City official Dan Skillman Commissioner of the park department. Rater will call again to put on pressure for work to be completed.

Annual September Meeting Issues:

Board will send out notice indicating that we need more participation and Indicate if it is not offered we will have to hire an external company

Increasing participation for board: There was a discussion about getting bids to have association management hired. The board also considered the possibility of hiring a property manager to take care of ground work. A discussion about the possibility of hiring a full time president to manage with the rest of the board as volunteer. Need to check in by-laws if we are required to be a volunteer board or if we have to be 100% elected. There was a discussion about merging the two associations and combining the by-laws. The work required to do this would be very high and would need some full time attention to organize vote and facilitate. These issues will be continue in discussion at later meetings.

Homeowner Requests to the Board: No Requests were received for review at this meeting

Next Meeting:

July 23d 2005 10-11:30 AM at Kayak’s Coffee.

Meeting adjourned at 2:40 pm.

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