Paving Reminder

Good Evening - friendly reminder paving will start behind odd number homes from 153 to 189 tomorrow. The road will be inaccessible until at least Sunday.

Also, there was a paving contractor that came through the neighborhood today soliciting business with door hangers. This is NOT the contractor that the HOA is using so we cannot speak for the quality of the solicitor's work.

If you wish to use the HOA contractor, please ensure you have your check and signed contract to us by this Friday.

Meeting Minutes - June 14, 2016

Minutes from June 14, 2016
7:00pm

Members Present: Paul Bachtel
Rob Wozniak
Pat Zellers
Dale Zea

Other Members Present: John Torosino (Treasurer)
Geri Leidy (Secretary)
Tom Sadler
Holly Wozniak
Mr. & Mrs. Landis

Paul asked for motion to call the meeting to order @ 7:04 pm, seconded by Dale. Pat approved
the minutes.

Treasury Report:
 John reviewed the treasury report. Board needs to make a decision about the CD 7 days
before July 26, 2016. The current estimate is $81,9135 and would like to move from CD
to money market or savings. The bank will change Bonnie’s name to John’s name on CD.
 House 108 & 205 need delinquent letters mailed. Dale & Paul committed to meeting
homeowners to discuss letter
 Expense Report is currently in the positive by $2000.00
Old News:
Stamp
 Secretary will get corrected stamp to state “Resident”
Attorney
Pat & Rob met with 2nd attorney
 Jody Leighty, Stock & Leader –She did not give a free consultant. The HOA received bill
for $265.50 for 40 minutes. Her hourly rate is $295/hour. She does not need a retainer.
She also provided maps she obtained and was well versed with HOA policy. She did state
that HOA could raise HOA fees by 5%, liens can be placed for 6 months, and penalty is
okay for late, $5.00/day with interest.
 Paul would like attorney to work on HOA fees and showing us how placing liens on
homes.
 Paul states Stacey works with ex-coworker and we could get a reference.
 Paul looked on martindale.com which is a peer review by lawyers. Stacey had a limited
profile with 3.1 reviews, while Jody had a detailed profile with 4.3 rating.
 Dale felt Jody put more effort into meeting because she did some research with our
map.
 Mrs. Landis stated Stock & Leader are reliable company.
Board voted: Jody received 4 votes (Paul, Dale, Pat, Rob)
 Paul will let Stacey know we are not going with her at this time. Paul will contact Jody
and let her know we would like to use her.

Board News
 Board has one spot open. Rob did not talk to house 153. Paul does not know anyone to
ask. Dale stated, “What’s the point?” (Annual meeting in September)
Yard Sale
 Community had 22 homes participate. Tom got permits at $110.00 & turned in receipt
for cement for road side $11.07. John will give Tom check for $127.07.
Paving
 Holly was going to call to get quotes
 Board needs to make decision by July 26 th to start paving process in the community.
Trees
 Paul found bill for survey team and emailed them. They responded with “what are you
looking for?” The board is still trying to get clarification on 4 trees along property line
and possible copy of survey completed.
New News:
Summer Meetings & Annual Meeting
 July we need to establish a nominee committee and work on nominations for ballots
 Board needs to mail letter 30 days in advance
 Make as many nominations
 Delinquent accounts cannot vote
 Can vote in person or proxy
 One year terms
 Better written ballots needed
 Paul will set up nomination committee
 Dale, Holly & Sharon Landis offered to be part of the committee
 Rob will bring white board to annual meeting.
 Lion’s Pride is not an option for annual meeting
 Pat would check with Great American Saloon again
 Paul was going to call Red Lion Ambulance
 Dale thought the individuals that are on the current board are automatically on
nomination for following year, but still would need to be voted on by ballots.
 Pat asked if AC units could be in windows. The answer is no.
 Tom wanted to know what follow-up would occur from walk-thru. Paul would send
letter but not fining people.
 Newsletter in July would include walk-thru are completed and letters will be sent
 Rob offered to make copies of pictures from walk-thru to file and move to google drive
Emails
 Med-Ed is still charging for 4 lights. They need spec sheets on solar lights. Paul did get
spec sheet from Ben and emailed them to Med-Ed. Med-Ed also needed copy of aerial
shot off google maps and for us to number light posts.
 House 156 needed by-laws
 GLB &A – Engineer Survey Company
 Pat sent invoice from Jody
 House 106 is up for sale and needed info – John will contact to take care of their needs
 Geri emailed minutes
Paul motioned for meeting to end at 8:25 pm, 2 nd by Dale.
Next meeting July 12th, 7pm at house 141.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Geri Leidy

Meeting Minutes - May 16, 2016

Minutes from May 16 th , 2016

7:00pm

Members Present: Paul Batchel

Rob Wozniak

Pat Zellers

Dale Zea

Other Members Present: John Torzino (Treasurer)

Geri Leidy (Secretary)

Tom Sadler

Holly Wozniak

Mr. & Mrs. Landis

Paul asked for motion to call the meeting to order @ 7:07 pm, seconded by Dale.

Treasury Report:

 John reviewed the treasury report.

 House 177 is under BB Investments and they will be paying April/May/Resale dues.

 The CD expires in June or July. Would like to discuss moving funds to a savings account

to accrue at a higher rate. Board will vote in next meeting.

Old News:

Attorney

 Holly, Rob, Pat met with another attorney, Jody Anderson from Stewartstown.

 Pat left two messages for Mark Roberts who never responded.

 Paul knows someone who knows Stacey, previous attorney that Pat & Rob met with.

They mentioned, “She knows her material and is good.”

Board News

 Board has one spot open. Possible candidate would be house number #153, new to the

community. Would like to attend meeting to see if something they would be interested

in doing.

 Paul stated Sir Walker would be interested, just uncertain with his schedule conflicts.

PR Material

 Paul has not worked on the neighborhood packet yet.

 Holly and Paul would be working on the June Newsletter.

Walk-Thru

 Dale, Holly, Tom, Paul, Rob completed the 2016 Walk-Thru of the community

 80% of driveways need sealed

 Weeds in front/back of yards need pulled

 Fence needs repairs – holes/bungie cords

 Decks stained

 Rain Sprouts missing

 Baseboards at bottom of doors need repaired or painted

 Dog leashes in front of yards

 Basketball hoops left out

 Screen windows missing

 Dryer vents, Shingles, Shutters missing

 Trim Molding needs painted

 Overall Paul thought it was Ok walk thru.



 Paul spoke to Bonnie about trees near the road along her property. They are hers and

she does not want HOA to touch them. She likes them there to protect house in case

cars go off the road.

 There is still confusion on who exactly owns the other trees along the road. Does the

opposite house of Bonnie’s own the trees to a point? Then does that leave 4 trees in the

center without ownership. HOA is search of copy of the survey report that completed a

few years back. Pat thought she might have a copy of the plot map.

 The lawn care, Craig quoted the cost to trim the trees tops, trim them back, and remove

debris for $850.00. He suggested not added trees to that area because they won’t

survive by the road.

Yard Sale June 17 th & 18 th 2016

 Jon handed flyers to Tom that he had received in the green mailbox.

 Board received 2 emails from homeowners interested in participating.

 Geri to see if she still had signs from last year.

 Last day for collection for homeowners interested in yard sale is May 31 st 2016

 June 1 st Paul & Jon to communicate with Tom if they have any homeowners that

communicated with them about participating in yard sale

Paving

 Rob received a quote from John Parichuk for paving which included access road to hill;

560ft would cost $20,000. Included rip up included 153 to 5 houses down and fill in

8inches of gravel then 2 inches of black top(1 ¾ compressed)

 Paul mentioned to check out Angies List Account, a website for handyman and look at

reviews

 Looking at numbers, Parichuk is $18,000 less than Fritz, $30,000 less than Square One

 2 nd Quote 400 square foot for $16, 0000. House 153 to speed bump do first since worse

area, speed bump to speed bump is okay, then look at 3 rd speed bump to hill at later

point

 House 189 did not want HOA to add stones to hill area to assist with snow removal.

They wanted HOA to wait to ask new homeowners.

 Paul suggests we look at worse sections first to get work complete and move down list

as we can afford. Would need plan out by July to start repairs.

 When would companies be able to start? Let’s get written estimates to make decision.

 Could we include individual driveway sealing into the cost & how do we obtain consent

& money owed. Cost would be around $50/$75 per homeowner.

Architecture Committee

 Handrail was completed by homeowner at 207 – looks nice & does not interfere with

lawn care. She would like to stain treks walnut brown to match existing fake wood.

 There has been 3 requests send to AC. All were approved.

New News:

Emails

 Appraisal Company requested information on house 189. They wanted updated

contracts, HOA fees, how many units in the community, no rental properties. Jon took

care of the resale.

 Dane Mosers wanted to make sure HOA received his payment.

 Justin emailed copy of the bid sheet for paving he created.

 Paul emailed estimate quotes to Fitz and Square one into email as reference

Summer Meetings & Annual Meeting

 Paul feels the board needs to continue to meet over summer due to so much

happening. Paul gave 1 st motion, seconded by Pat. Board voted for June Meeting on

June 14 th and all agreed.

 Pat suggested we do the Annual meeting at Great American Saloon and include

refreshments. Pat was to contact Great American Saloon to reserve room for September

20 th from 7:00pm to 9:00 pm (2 hours) for estimated 30 to 50 people.

Paul motioned for meeting to end at 8:11 pm, 2 nd by Rob. Next meeting June 14 th , 7pm at

house 141.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Geri Leidy

Architecture Instructions and Form

Please use this link to obtain the architecture instructions and necessary form:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byv5xL0-nHhfdVlZby1UYlJDc28/view?usp=sharing

Meeting Minutes - March 15, 2016

Minutes from March 15th, 2016

7:00pm

 

Members Present:                    Paul Bachtel (President)

Rob Wozniak (Vice-President)

Pat Zellers

Dale Zea

 

Other Members Present:       John Torzino (Treasurer)   

Geri Leidy (Secretary)

Tom Sadler

Holly Wozniak

Sharon Landis

Mark Landis

Donna Knaub

 

 

Paul asked for motion to call the meeting to order @ 7:01 pm, seconded by Dale.

 

Paul passed out a Meeting Agenda and took roll call.

 

Paul read the prior meeting minutes and made a motion to accept the minutes as read, seconded by Dale @ 7:06 pm.

 

Treasury Report:    

 

John provided a budget update and delinquent HOA payment chart.   John advised that the Met-Ed still appears to be charging us for 14 light posts.   John talked with the York Majesty, the Majesty highly recommend that the HOA obtain an Attorney before official filing any lien or judgment.  Also the cost to file a lien is $225.00.  John has a template letter that will be sent to all the delinquent homeowners, to advise them of their back dues. 

 

Old News:

 

Email account and Facebook updates were completed by Rob.  The email account was showing Rob’s name and the Facebook listed the older board members.

 

Secretary is to order a stamp in the near future for use when mailing letters to the community members.

Rob and Pat are working on contacting Attorney’s to discuss cost of a retainer and cost for use in reviewing our HOA by-laws and rules.  Immediate assistance is needed from an Attorney with regards to the liens and judgment processes for past HOA dues.  Rob and Pat contacted several attorneys, but have received no responses.  Tom Sadler provided some additional numbers for contact.  Paul advised this is a high priority as we have liens and/or judgments that need to be placed.

Architectural Committee was still in the need of an additional member.  Karen Beard at House #143 volunteered to be on the board, as well as Donna Knaub. Sharon advised that Tom (Beef) offered to assist them, as he was a prior president and committee member.    At this time we have no architectural request for the committee to review.  An announcement regarding the committee will be placed in the newsletter.   We will be using the Architectural Request Form updated by Geri.  House #207, submitted an architect form last month for a hand rail, Rob contacted House#207 back with regards to providing a full detailed estimate.  House #207 is still working on getting estimates as the price for the hand rail was more than House#207 anticipated.

Justin Milesky resigned from the board.  Paul Advised that one spot remains open and threw out the name of Sir Walter.  Sir Walter expressed interest but couldn’t make it to the meeting.  Rob also advised that the new homeowners at House #153 expressed some interest.  Rob and Paul will follow up with them.

Paul left a message for Lauren Dedrick with the Basile Agency; they are the agent for our Insurance Policy.  Paul is inquiring as to adding coverage or if we are covered for theft of HOA funds.

Paul acknowledged that he has Tom Sadler’s list of outstanding concerns presented in the 2/16/16 HOA Board Meeting.  Paul advised that the majority of the items will be addressed during walkthroughs, which will occur sometime in April or May.  Again, an Attorney is needed to ensure that we are handling walkthroughs correctly. 

 

New News:

 

The HOA has created a website that will be used for placing meeting minutes and documents related to the HOA for all members to review.  Website: countryridgehoa.blogspot.com.  Prior to announcing the website, Rob and Paul will test it to make sure it works. 

 

Holly and Paul are working on finalizing the community newsletter.  The newsletter will go out at the end of each quarter.  The first newsletter will include the HOA payment coupons and the Architectural Request Form.  Holly asked if the board members telephone numbers should be listed on the newsletter, everyone agreed that the board members telephone numbers should be provided.

 

Rob received paperwork regarding a Sheriff sale on House #177, the paperwork was accidently served to House #138.  Rob questioned what needed to be done.  House #177 is delinquent on HOA dues. Paul advised Jon to reach out to Bonnie, as we may be able to attempt a lien of some fashion to recover what is owed to the HOA.

 

Paul advised that he believes pages of the HOA bylaws are missing, as what’s posted on Facebook and what he was given appear to be missing the first and second amendments.  Rob contacted the York County Deeds Office; the cost to print the pages filed with the County Deeds Office is .50 cents/page.   We hope that the Deeds Office will allow us to review what they have prior to printing, in efforts to only get charged for the pages we may be missing.  Paul confirmed with Jon that we have $50 dollars in the HOA account to obtain said records.  Paul called an order to vote on the cost and approval to obtain the missing pages.  The board voted unanimously to allow Rob to spend up to $50.00 (100 pages) to obtain the missing HOA bylaw pages. If there are more pages, we will need to revisit the cost.   If Rob spends his own money, the HOA will reimburse him.    This is important step as we are moving forward to identify what’s been filed with the County Deeds office.

 

Rob, Paul and Holly reviewed some old meeting minutes, notes, misc. items that Geri provided to Paul.  Paul advised that the meeting notes will need to be reviewed to determine when certain items were put into effect and how they started; for example: payment to the treasurer and the secretary as nothing is stating in the bylaws.   

 

Paul brought up the idea of putting together a welcome to the neighborhood packet for anyone purchasing a home.  The idea would be to make a welcoming cover letter with the board members/general information and include things like the payment coupon, newsletter and bylaws. 

Holly and Paul both agreed that they will work on creating this packet.  They will work with John to understand what needs to be included from his side of things, if anything.

 

Tom asked if we would consider changing the date of the yard sale and moving it up till May. It was agreed upon with the group, to keep the Yard Sale on the same weekend that Red Lion host its yard sale.  The weekend is June 17^th and 18^th; Tom said last year the cost was $5 for both days.  There were discussions on opening it up for Thursday the 16^th as well.  Tom will inquire as to if there is any additional cost to add Thursday or not to the permits.  Jon is looking to see if he has the template for the yard sale, as we need to determine how many community members want to participate.  Tom stated he purchased around 25 last year.  The HOA Board purchases the permits for any resident who wants to participate. 

 

Paul advised Geri that in order to remain the secretary, she cannot be late to meetings.  Geri arrived at the end of this month’s meeting.  It was reminded that Geri missed the Annual Meeting and that its important that the secretary be present to take meeting minutes. 

 

*This month’s meeting minutes were completed by Paul.

 

Upcoming:

 

Walkthroughs to be completed by board members sometime in April or May.

Provide newsletters to community members.

 

Next meeting is April 19^th, 7pm house #141.

 

Meeting ended at 8:37 pm, motion by Paul, seconded by Dale.