Monday,
December 20, 2004 7:00 PM
MINUTES
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS – BOARD
MEETING
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Lake St Charles Community Development District
Lake
St. Charles
Clubhouse, 6801 Colonial Lake Drive, Riverview, FL 33569
ATTENDANCE
Dave Candia
Board Supervisor, Chairman
Lorelei Bowden
Board Supervisor
John Marshall
Board Supervisor
David Nelson
Board Supervisor
John Bakas
Board Supervisor
Also present were
Residents
Lake
St. Charles
DOCK
REQUEST. Ethan Loeb,
attorney for the LSC CDD discussed the dock requested by Sherie Trindel.
There was a discussion of what to do with the other existing docks.
Lorelei Bowden asked about whether an easement for a dock would be
exclusive and would prevent other homeowners from using the CDD property.
Ethan Loeb said that it would not be an exclusive easement and that
homeowners would still have access.
John
Marshall asked if existing fencing prevents homeowners from walking at the
edge of the lake. Dave Candia
said that he and JR could walk around the entire lake.
Lorelei
Bowden suggested having a special assessment for those homeowners who have
docks that would pay for annual insurance. Ethan Loeb said he would review
whether special assessments might be used.
John
Marshall said he was concerned about the size of the dock.
John
Bakas said that if John Marshall had concerns and if there are size
concerns that have not been resolved then they should be addressed.
GENERAL
LEGAL QUESTIONS TO SUPPORT PREVIOUS BOARD ACTIONS.
Dave Candia asked Ethan Loeb about a list of legal questions.
Ethan
Loeb confirmed that the Sunshine Law applies to the CDD board and there
can be no discussion outside of a properly noticed meeting.
Ethan
Loeb confirmed that the CDD cannot buy food. Ethan Loeb said the CDD
cannot give a Holiday Prize to the best decorated house.
POND
MAINTENANCE. Dave Candia
said he would like to explore alternate companies for Biological Research
Associates and Aquagenix and perhaps get one company.
John
Marshall asked about issuing a request for proposals (an RFP) for one
company.
Treasurer’s Report.
John Bakas presented
the list of checks written. Dick
Jordon suggested that the description of the checks be expanded to provide
more information.
DISBURSEMENT
OF FUNDS.
Discussion of issued checks and checks to be authorized.
Lorelei
Bowden asked to have the back up for the Decisionpeo expenses each month.
PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE. Dave Candia
said that we need to have a schedule of wall cleaning and other
maintenance schedules.
Dave
Candia commented on the good work performed by ZK Construction, Inc. on
the wall which was blown down by the wind on Lake St. Charles Blvd.
BOND
REFINANCING. Dave Candia
talked about the bond refinancing by Raymond James and the amount of money
that might be withdrawn from the debt service reserve funds because of the
excess accumulation of money in the account over what is required.
There was a discussion of how this might affect the possible bond
refinancing.
ACCOUNTING
SERVICES. Ferraro
Higginbotham & Hayes, P.A. said they would submit a scope of services
and letter of engagement for the board to review.
They will provide financial statements for the board.
PROPERTY
DISTRICT MANAGER’S REPORT. Al
Devney’s December 2004 report was discussed.
Dave
Candia said he and Al Devney have been working on getting a new pool care
company.
Dave
Candia said he has asked Jim Richards to fill in for JR while JR is not
available at same rate as JR is being paid.
When JR is available, JR will return as maintenance supervisor and
Jim Richards would serve and handy man services.
Lorelei
Bowden said that we need to have job descriptions that will help the CDD
board allocate tasks like trash clean up.
Lorelei
Bowden asked that Al Devney’s report reflect the tasks for landscaping
priority improvements along with projected costs.
Lorelei Bowden asked about plans for improving the entrance
landscaping. Dave Candia said
that Al Devney has been talking with Mark Cooper.
Dave
Candia said that Al Devney has been working on landscaping and needs to
have a landscaping committee.
Lorelei
Bowden said that one of Al Devney’s key tasks is to create a prioritized
list of landscaping/maintenance/improvement plans.
This is a key task to have an overall plan with various elements.
Lorelei
Bowden said that getting a plan is key.
Lorelei
Bowden said that she wants to see a prioritized list.
John
Marshall said that he agreed and noted that he would like to see
improvements to the community center as a priority.
Lorelei
Bowden said that Al Devney’s list of separate items with estimated costs
needs to be placed in a prioritized list.
Instead of just getting separate quotes, Al Devney should also
develop a prioritized list and then to get quotes.
SPORTS
COMMITTEE. Dave Nelson
reported that soccer and basketball nets are installed.
Dave Nelson and Alex Aguilar installed the basket ball nets.
Dave and Mario Bosceglia installed the soccer nets.
SECURITY
COMMITTEE. John Bakas
reported that he has not done any work on the Security Committee except to
gather names of people who would like to be on the committee.
CDD
WEB SITE. Dave Candia said
that Dave Nelson, Jim Richards, and Dave Nelson will work on the CDD web
site.
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
