F.Y.I. The Newsletter of Edgewood Townehouse Association
PO Box 5424, Eugene, OR 97405November 2016 Edition
Upcoming Events
Clubhouse Holiday Decorating Volunteers:
Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 10 am at the ClubhouseHoliday Potluck:
Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 5 pm in the ClubhouseNext Regular Board Business Meeting:
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 6.30 pm in the ClubhouseBy-The-Brook Book Group:
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 2 pm in the ClubhouseTea Time:
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 3 pm in the ClubhouseNext HOA Annual Open Forum Business Meeting:
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 7 pm in the ClubhouseCONTENTS
Message from the Board
October Board Business Meeting Minutes
Annual Board Open Forum Business Meeting
Facilities Report
Website ReportEditor: The ETA Guest Editor
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
Preserve. Restore. Maintain.
Robert Bruce Trafton, President, Edgewood Townehouse AssociationNovember, throughout the United States, is highlighted by our Thanksgiving holiday. At Edgewood, November is a time to consider everything about our Association to be thankful for.
First, I want to thank each of the Board members for their commitment to volunteerism and their commitment to serving on the Board throughout the past Fiscal Year 2016: JoAnn Wilson, Jolene Baron, Michele Coney, Sharon Kimble, Don Pasquali, Jennifer Smith, Darrel Bidstrup, Christine Donahue, and Michael Maulding, and Linda Johnson.
I also want to thank the volunteer coordinators who oversaw our Clubhouse: Beverley Day and Debbie Pasquali: our Pool Coordinator: Angie Call; our Welcome Committee Coordinator: Kerry Augustyniak; and the Hospitality Coordinators: Frances Gaddini and Cindy Conley.
And of course, I want to thank some of those past Presidents and leaders of our Board, who devoted their time to serving: Bill Wysong, Doug Cone, Bill Skillern, Richard Miller, Camilla Pratt, and Nick Musgrave.
I also want to thank Frank Gaddini, our Facility and Operation’s Director, for his persistent attention to details, planning, professionalism, and good, sound counsel he has afforded the Board.
When all is said and done, I am most thankful for the support of the Board and the support of our homeowners during an extraordinary year of accomplishments:
we deconstructed and re-erected our Maintenance Storage Shed; we sold 87 Westbrook Way; we replaced thirteen overhead garage doors; we restored eight patios worth of wood siding (2, 8, 16, 24, 87, 160, 171, and 185WW); we rebuilt the exterior wall of 173 WW after an automobile ran through it; we rebuilt one entire wood boardwalk at 124 Brea Burn; we excavated and installed three building’s groundwater drainage systems;
And of course, we undertook our most ambitious project the lifting, leveling, and stabilization of building 10, 20, 30, 40 Brea Burn Drive.I am thankful for the fact that we have a stable Reserve and we have been able to conduct our business over the past seven years without special assessments. We have, of course, implemented minimal annual increases to keep up with the cost increases of insurance, utilities, services, and supplies.
I am thankful for the fact that our financial stability and practices have paid-off in many ways. One measure of this success is the interest of perspective buyers who view our Association and townhomes as solid investments. Townhomes that have sold during this year reflect the confidence that perspective buyers and realtors have in our business operation. Many townhomes sold within weeks of being on the market, some within days, and a few within hours. Many realtors have commented that we are one of the best managed associations in Lane County.
I am thankful for the fact that our market values have risen, our vacancy rate is low, and we are one-hundred percent owner-occupied – all testament to our stable financial standing.
We are now quickly marching towards the holiday season. Halloween has passed, Thanksgiving is upon us, and the winter holiday season and a new year are only weeks away. I am thankful for all our success.
EDGEWOOD TOWNEHOUSE ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MONTHLY BUSINESS MEETING
Preserve – Restore – Maintain
Tuesday, November 15, 2016Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. Board members present were: Bruce Trafton, Michele Coney, Sharon Kimble, Don Pasquali, Jennifer Smith, Darrel Bidstrup, Christine Donahue, and Michael Maulding. JoAnn Wilson was excused. Also present was Frank Gaddini, ETA Director of Operations and Facilities.
Approval of Minutes: The Board approved the minutes of October 11, 2016.
Standing Reports:
- Facility Report: Submitted
- Treasures Report: Submitted
- Website Coordinator: Submitted
- Swimming Pool: Closed. Final report for 2016 submitted
- Clubhouse Coordinator: No report submitted
- Hospitality Coordinator: No report submitted. Fran Gaddini has volunteered to continue as coordinator.
- Welcome Coordinator: No report submitted
Old Business:
- Review of 10, 20, 30, 40 Brae Burn Project: Frank Gaddini, ETA Director of Operations and Facilities, updated the Board on the final repair at 10, 20, 30, 40 Brae Burn. The remaining outside work has been completed. Only one more interior repair to 40 Brae Burn is still to be scheduled.
New Business:
- Waivers:
- The Board discussed preparing to identify goals for next year. Each year, the Board brainstorms and identifies three goals to pursue during the fiscal year. The 2016 goals included: 1) the Sale of 87 Westbrook Way; 2) the repair of foundation 10, 20, 30, 40 Brae Burn Drive; and 3) addressing accessibility issues for the Clubhouse. The Board succeeded in its first two goals, but had to postpone its goal to address the accessibility issues at the Clubhouse this year. Accessibility for the Clubhouse will be one of the goals for 2017.
- Executive Session
- The Board invited Debbie Pasquali to serve as Volunteer Clubhouse Coordinator. Debbie accepted the offer and replace Beverly Day, who has served with distinction for the past several years.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- The Board will mail the monthly assessment increase notice to all homeowners.
- The next Board of Directors Business Meeting: Tuesday, December 13, 2016, in the Clubhouse at 6:30 PM
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted by Frank L. Gaddini for
Secretary JoAnn Wilson ( _ )
Looking Back Over October 2016 Facilities and Operations Report
This report is a review of work performed in October 2016. October was one of the rainiest months of the year. We were inundated with more than a few micro-bursts of rain. For the most part we fared well under the circumstances. Just as the rains were their fiercest, our trees were defoliating and leaves packed into the gutters and downspouts. Many gutters overflowed. Through the end of the month we were still cleaning out gutters while our trees continued their relentless cascade of defoliation.
Frank L. Gaddini, ( _ )The rains also overwhelmed Driveway 10 (50 through 110 Brae Burn Drive). During the micro-bursts of rain our groundwater collection basins congested and water pooled for hours. We devoted considerable attention to industrial hydro-jetting and vacuuming the drain line with professional contractors to no avail. By the end of the month we determined that the best course of action was to excavate the drain line and replace with a new engineered drain pipe. We are currently in that process.
October was moderately busy as we engaged in our seasonal transition towards winter. During the month, we were extremely productive recording and completing seventy-four (74) jobs, and year-to-date, we have completed nearly one-thousand-fifty discrete jobs.
Much of our work was engaged in routine seasonal maintenance activities including winterizing our irrigation systems, the beginning of our leaf management program, and the cooling of the pool water sufficiently to place our thermo blanket over the pool water surface. We also believe we discovered the source of our outdoor lighting system mystery at 139 to 159 Westbrook Way – a mole chewed through the wire. That section of underground wire has now been completely replaced.
However, we also engaged in major improvement projects including the restoration of the patio walls at 8, 16, and 24 Westbrook Way; as well as the final interior crack repair details and new gutters and downspouts at 10, 20, 30, 40 Brae Burn Dr.
October Website Report
During the period October 6 to November 5, 2016, our website, www.edgewoodhoa.org had 80 visitors who looked at 56 pages.Toni Horodysky, Webmaster for Edgewood Townehouse Association ( _ )
Monthly Assessment Increase for Fiscal Year 2017
The Edgewood Townehouse Association Board of Directors have approved an increase our monthly assessment. The monthly assessment has increased $12.00 per month for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The monthly assessment will be $320.00 per month beginning on January 1, 2017. Assessments are due on the first day of each month.Homeowners who rely on their bank or credit union to send ETA a monthly assessment check should advise their bank or credit union as soon as possible of the new amount for FY 2017 payments. This will help avoid the annual confusion inherent with the transition to the new assessment rate and assure your assessment is paid by the first of the month.
We are a small, self-supporting, self-liquidating, volunteer homeowners’ association, and your diligence and support is genuinely appreciated.
If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact me at ( _ ); or you may contact Michele Coney, our Treasurer, at ( _ )
By-The-Brook Readers Club October 12, 2016 Report
Join us in our clubhouse for the next meeting of ETA readers on Wednesday, December 14, at 2:00 pm. We talk about what each of the attendees has been reading—a diverse group of readers who choose not to all read the same book. Here is what was talked about last month:
Ruth (K): Broke the tension of the news cycle with two Elmore Leonard thrillers: Glitz is about an injured Miami cop recovering in Puerto Rico who runs into some unpleasant people. Djibouti has filmmakers making a movie about Somali pirates but running into some suspiciously CIA types, including a Texas billionaire.
Connie (H): Became engrossed in George Eliot’s classic Adam Bede, well-read by narrator Nadia May. Adam Bede is an upright, conscientious young man, who is typical of early 1800’s English village life—if father is an alcoholic carpenter and brother falls for a Methodist missionary. Eliot contrasts lower vs middle class life, village squire vs tenant farmers and laborers, with a betrayed 16-year-old beauty. Very absorbing.
Connie also recommends the PBS Frontline two hour special, Decision 2016, comparing the background of our two presidential candidates, still available On Demand.
Gloria (G): J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is the story of an Appalachian working class, low expectations lad enlightened by the Marine Corps and Yale Law School. Raised in SW Ohio mostly by Kentucky-born grandparents, he and his sister had to survive an addict mom who hooked up with a string of men who would finally give up and run. Vance is both loving and critical of the people from whom he got strength as well as bad habits.
Far and Away: Reporting From the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, 25 Years by Andrew Solomon is not as gripping as his award-winning Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity but also shows us different ways of being. Most of the pieces were magazine articles: about art in the Soviet system, China, Taiwan; about Buddhists in Myanmar condoning genocide; about an African village where deafness is common; about food adventures; etc.—so much more than our own narrow focus.
This year’s Bailey’s Women’s Fiction Prize winner is Lisa McInerney’s The Glorious Heresies, a grim and funny portrayal of a struggling group of drug and drink addled Irish. The central act is of a gangster’s mom who clubs an intruder over the head with a Holy Stone—and the variety of extenuating circumstances both past and present.
Gwen (A): Is reading The Wright Brothers by David McCullough, an interesting history of the family and how they realized their dream, based on their letters. Will and Orv were the youngest sons of an itinerant minister who lost his wife to TB when she was 59. While putting the youngest, a girl, through teachers’ college, the boys exploited their mechanical abilities in constructing and repairing the latest fad, the bicycle. But many things fascinated them, and flight became a passion, despite little encouragement from the establishment starting with the Smithsonian.
In Nelson DeMille’s raw but intriguing whodunit, The General’s Daughter is found dead and CID must investigate.
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