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April 2014

What's Inside

Announcements/Commentaries

Board Meeting Minutes of April 8,2014

Pool ID Dates

Clubhouse Decorating Committee

Acacia Website

Next Acacia Regular Board Meeting May 13,2014

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General Announcements

Pool ID's will be done on these dates: Sat. May 3,10 to 4, Thurs. May 15,5to 9 pm., Sat May 17,10 to 4, Sun. May 18,10 to 4, andTues. May20,5 to9 pm. Once the pool opens a time will need to be set up for you. You willnot necessarily be able to get into the pool right away. You will also needproof of residency. Please read flyer in this Newsletter.

Clubhouse decorating committee: If you are interested in being on thecommittee, please call the office.

Please do not fasten anything to a balcony.

WEBSITE: Acacia now has a Website. You can access this at

acaciaihp.com or acacia-ihp.com or acacia-ihp.org or acaciaihp.org. Weencourage everyone to start using the Website for info about the Associationas well as forms, minutes, newsletters, snow plowing timing and schedule.

A Big Thank You to Cleo Walters and Maria Willis for helping me (Donna)in getting the Newsletter together last month and this month.

The next Board of Directors Regular Meeting will be on Tuesday, May13,2014. Meetings are at 7:00 p.m. at the Acacia Clubhouse.

2014 SWIMMING POOL ID'S

ALL ACACIA RESIDENTS MUST OBTAIN NEWSWIMMING POOL ID'S IN ORDER TO USE THE

ACACIA SWIMMING POOL. TIMES THATPICTURES FOR THE ID'S WILL BE TAKEN ARE:

SATURDAY MAY 3 10 AM-4 PM

THURSDAY MAY 15 5 PM-9 PM

SATURDAY MAY 17 10 AM-4 PM

SUNDAY MAY 18 10 AM-4 PM

TUESDAY MAY 20 5 PM - 9 PM

YOU MUST HAVE A NEW PICTURE TAKEN FORA NEW ID IN ORDER TO USE THE POOL!

IF YOU DO NOT GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN ATTHE TIMES LISTED ABOVE, YOU WILL HAVE TOWAIT UNTIL AFTER THE POOL OPENS ON MAY

24, TO SCHEDULE A PICTURE TO BE TAKENFOR A POOL ID AT A DATE AND TIME

DETERMINED BY THE POOL DIRECTOR.

RENTERS PLEASE BRING THE SIGNEDOWNERS/RENTERS AGREEMENT (IF ONE

HASN'T BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED) OR ACOPY OF YOUR LEASE.

The Acacia Association Board of Directors

Meeting of April 8,2014.

The Board of Director's Meeting of April 8,

2014 was called to order by Pres. O'Connor

at 7:00 p.m.

Dirs. in attendance were: Pres. O'Connor,

V.P. Eckert, Sec'y Brandush, King, Shepley,

Murray, Bersin and Creed.

Treas. Polacek was absent.

The Pledge of Allegiancewas recited.

Motion (Eckert, Brandush) to approve the

Minutes of the March 11,2014 BOD

Meeting. Motion passed. (8/0/1).

Treasurer's Report: Frank O'Connor read

the report given to him by John Polacek.

Collections are normal. Expenses were

normal except for snow removal which is

$12,260 over budget for the year, no

surprise. All other expenses are normal. Our

Operating Reserve level is the same as last

year. We are in good shape financially.

Our Past Due Accounts show 31 accounts in

arrears with 3 accounts representing

$11,728.44 of the $17,437.97 total past

due. We are doing our best to lower this.

Again, we have 5 missed or late payments

that could be eliminated by the members

using the ACH automatic withdrawal

payment method and avoiding the late

payment penalty.

Judy Strawn and I are working on reports

and projections that will, hopefully, allow us

to look ahead at income and costs to make

a reasonable judgment on any change in

the monthly assessment amount.

Frank said we had an income of $72,817

and our expenses were $40,331. Grounds

was $10,369. $5365 of that was snow

removal. There is one correction that was

made to the P&L Statement that was not

carried over to the copies you have. Under

Clubhouse repairs the amount was

$1,182.78. out of a budget amount of

$1,500. $733 of this amount was moved to

account 6280 for the fire alarm system. The

$733 was for backflow assembly

certification.

Motion (Bersin, Brandush) to accept the

Treasurer's Report as prepared by staff.

Motion passed. (8/0/1).

Clubhouse Director's Report: Loretta

Murray said last month we talked about the

Atrium and get that approved for the All Pro

contract that was given to us. One question

was what it would cost to put heating in. All

Pro does not have stats. They indicated it

depends on how we run the thermostat. He

recommended installing heating and then

monitor it for a year. The other issue was

the hazard bar on the doors outside. They

can repair the door and put a hazard bar at

a cost of $250 to $300. They can put in a

new door with hazard bar for $375 to $500.

She recommends replacing the doors.

Motion (Murray, Bersin) to approve the

proposal and the bid of $86,120.

To remodel and rebuild the Atrium

including new doors on the ends, including

a bathroom and an additional $500 for the

doors for a total of $86,620 which includes

the hazard bar. Motion passed. (8/0/1).

Loretta said the project will start after poolseason late Sept or early Oct.

She would like to start a committee to

redecorate the clubhouse. Anyone who

would like to be on the committee can call

the office.

At the last meeting we talked about office

hours. The attendants are collecting stats to

see how many people call or come in on

Saturdays.

Recreation Facilities Director's Report: Jack

Brandush said that we will be doing new

pool iD's. He is going to digitize, all the ID's.

ID dates will be May 3,15,17,18 and 20.

Residents can come in and we will take a

picture. Ifyou are in arrears you will not get

a pool ID. If you cannot make these dates

let Donna know and Jack can accommodate

you. Ifyou come to the pool after it opens

without an ID,Jack will not be able to take

your picture right then. He will set up a

time.

You will need proof of residency, a driver's

license, utility bill or school papers for

children.

We are still looking for pool attendants and

guards.

We will be buying some chemicals and

some equipment for the pool. Motion

(Brandush, King) to buy pool chemicals andassociated equipment for chemicals for atotal of not to exceed $5,600 to be

purchased from Halogen. Motion passed.(8/0/1).

Jack said the basketball and tennis courts

will beopen on April 15th. You can geta keyfor a $10 deposit.

Grounds Maintenance Directors Report:

Bill King said we plowed snow twice last

month. Plowed 12 times this winter. This

has to be the most we've ever plowed.

Bluder's Tree Service was here for 5 days.

They removed 18 trees, trimmed 12. Thereare more trees to come down. That has left

us with 52 stumps around the grounds thatwill have to be taken out.

Ifyou get a new tree or grass, please water

them.

The grounds crew will be back next

Monday. There is a lot of damage from the

snow.

New tree planting will begin in the next

couple ofweeks. Ifa tree is removed a new

tree may not be planted in the same

location.

Townhome Maintenance Director's

Report: Amy Eckert said that one

townhome maintenance crew member will

be returning on Monday, April 14. Power

washing of homes on the paint cycle will

begin soon. Homeowners will be notified in

a letter of when this will begin. This year's

paint cycle includes the odd number houses

from 171 thru 245 Cascade. Even numbers

186 to 240 Cascade. All of Stratford, all of

Buttonwood and all of Pembrook will also

be painted. They paint cycle maps are on

the Website. The rest of the townhome

crew will be returning May 5. Motion

(Eckert, Creed) to purchase painting

supplies from J C Licht in an amount not to

exceed $21,000 including tax. Motion

passed. (8/0/1).

Village Relations Report: Bob Bersin said

the Village meeting is not until Thursday.

Bob said the Bond Issue passed, and

chances are the streets will not be fixed this

year. They will need to do the engineering

first and hire contractors.

Frank said he had a conversation with the

Mayor who said Ashbrook and Acacia voted

8 to 1 in favor of the Bond Issue. Frank

wants to have a meeting with him and Ed

Santon regarding the plowing. He has asked

Bill King and Ann Bermier to speak with

them. The Mayor asked if when they do the

streets would we like them to do our

private parking areas in the cul-de-sacs if

they need it. There would then be no

seams. We would have to pay for that.

Frank thinks ifs something we should take

advantage of.

Architectural & Landscape Committee:

John Shepley said one of the things he has

come across with one owner who had a lot

of damage from snow and water. She said

she is going to put white windows in

because she's grandfathered in. Her

windows are white to begin with.

Fred said because she is grandfathered in

she can do it. Fred said he does not agree

with that but she already had white

windows. She is not replacing all the

windows. Frank said that's where the

grandfathered comes in. It would look

terrible if some windows were white and

some brown.

Bill said people are not to plant on common

ground without approval. He noticed a

couple of people planted trees against their

deck or patio. The tree is going to grow and

thafs how critters get into houses.

Jack said the roofer had signed off on the

Acacia requirements on installing a roof,

but was not doing the roof according to

Acacia specifications. The job was stopped.

The homeowner needs to be aware their

contractor may not be doing what they

should.

Fred also said a homeowner has a

basketball hoop attached to a balcony. A

letter and a fine will be sent to them.

Nothing is to be fastened to a balcony.

Homeowners Forum: Milan Simich, 26

Stonehearth, if there is a timetable for the

street repairs. There is a hole at the end of

his driveway that has collapsed. He was told

he should go to the Village Meeting and talk

with them about it and bring pictures.

Motion (Eckert, Creed) to adjourn the

meeting to Executive Session. Motion

passed. (8/0/1). Meeting adjourned at 8:10p.m.

Returned to open session at 9:20

p.m.Motion(Eckert, Brandush) to approvesalaries as discussed in Executive Session.

Motion passed. (8/0/1).

Motion (Eckert, Creed) to close board

meeting. Motion passed. (8/0/1).

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