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RIVER BEND WEST COMMUNITY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MONTHLY BOARD
MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2010 LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP LIBRARY
Board members present: Erin Walker, Debbie Turner, Jim Gall, Steve Ô
Goytia, D. Rivard
1 homeowner present with his son

Erin called the meeting to order at 6:40pm with a motion by Dave, seconded by Debbie. Debbie read the secretaries report. Dave made a motion to accept, Steve seconded and all were in agreement.
Dave read the treasurers report. Debbie made a motion to accept, Steve seconded
and all others agreed.

Mr Don Anderson was present and had public comment. He again brought up the subject that his pool was not a swimming pool as deemed not allowed in the covenants but rather just a pool which is allowed. He again brought up about outhouses and hot tubs which he says are not allowed but are present. He was told that no pools are allowed as per
the covenants and the covenants do not address hot tubs or outhouses. He still feels we can not waive the dues of new board members. He states we never have a quorum when we vote. He left after about fifteen minutes of complaints.

Old business: the lights were installed at Denaults corner on the sign. Lot 40 was cleaned up.
Lot 54 is working on it. Lot 34 will get it cleaned up but was upset because this is the neighbors dumping on her empty lot. She asked that letter be sent to her neighbors to not dump there. Debbie will do this. The street at Devines corner has been fixed. Debbie will call Kramer about the holes from the water company.

The bonfire went great about 50 people present.

See attached proposal from Allied Waste for garbage service. A and J said they could match the service but would need to keep their price now which is about $8 more per month. Debbie will distribute a flier to let homeowners know their options and make their own decision.

The park district will add more mulch at the park but will probably wait until the spring. All minutes and covenants are now on the website. Dave will also send Christie the financials to post.

Erin called the county about sheds and their only rules are that they can be no closer than 5 feet to the rear of the property, no more than 22 feet high, must have a permanent foundation and there is no limit on size.

Compliance committee update was given by Steve. He heard back from the attorney on some of the points that were asked. The committee will meet again soon. Steve will email each of us the updated covenants the attorney did and ask her to finish the questions she did not answer. Steve statedthat we could put a lien on property for fines that were imposed for not following the covenants. See the enclosed attachment.
Dave made a motion to go into closed session to discuss some issues, Jim seconded.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:20 with a motion by Steve and seconded by Debbie