Present:  Mark Reeder, Kathryn Alexander, Loretta Milcarek, Etta Habegger, Alex Wilson, Jonathan Machen, Kabir, Gene Langlois, Silvia Gentile, Nick Tamm, Maria Downing, Julie Morris

Meeting called to order by Jonathan at 6 PM.

Minutes of Management Meeting February 28, 2005 approved with corrections.

Kabir motioned, Alex seconded.

Resident Managers Report for March 2005 was given by Julie.  See attached report.

Loretta reviewed financials for March.  Two residents still not paying any rent. Resolution to handle past due rents pending review by Hast’s attorney’s partners.

Currently ....... cash on hand.  Received 3 applications for new residents.  Two have been approved.  Loretta will forward contact information to Kathryn who will then forward to MHA.  At the end of every month, unspent monies greater than $500 go into money market reserve account.  Loretta will have her secretary send out balance sheets to MHA from now on. 

Etta reviewed site plan and new leases. There was no information from Bill Windsor about update of site plan.  New leases will be finished Tuesday morning March 29^th.  Letters of notice of tier and rent rates will be sent to residents this week and leases will follow soon.  Both will be in Spanish and English.

Maria suggested that when members of the Executive Board or MHA Committees are approached individually by residents with issues that those members instruct the resident to submit the issue in writing to the Management Committee.  All were in agreement.

Mark and Kathryn will draft letter of response to a resident who made a presentation.  Etta will send letter tomorrow advising him of the availability of rent tiers remaining open for his choice.

Kabir will inquire with the post office about why the MHA is not receiving mail at the new mailbox in wash room.

Loretta will draft letter of confidentiality for MHA board and committee members to sign.

Silvia presented financial report.  There is ...... in checking.  Have not received bill for moving the home onto Lot 81.  MHA will retain insurance on the home on Lot 81.

Roger at Mobile Maintenance has not yet responded to Jonathan’s request to tie down home on Lot 81. Kathryn is working on getting another bid for this tie down.

 Jonathan will meet with CU on Thursday to draft MOU regarding sharing of costs of upgrade of home on Lot 81

 Silvia will use her laptop for finances.

 A motion was made by Jonathan and seconded by Kabir that the MHA will pay for the upgrade to latest Quickbooks software for Silvia. Motion passed unanimously.

 Kathryn informed group that MHA will be visited by Bamboo Funds on April 15^th regarding our request for grant money from them. (editor's note: this grant request was denied)

Jonathan and Loretta will work together to get replacement laundry room rent box using Hast’s professional association with several lock smiths.

Loretta and Jonathan approved that $245 will be spent by Hast to trim trees on South entrance from Folsom.

Loretta gave background on events leading up to the impoundment of a resident's lawn equipment and subsequent fees accrued. 

Julie has a list of homes to be reviewed by the Management Committee for clean up .  A walk around is planned for April 12 at 11:30 AM.

Mark suggested that MHA provide a booklet to residents which covers the rules and regulations along with other general resource information.

Maria suggested that the group come to some consensus as to how strictly the rules and regulations should be enforced, and the importance of prioritizing the many problems facing management. 

Loretta offered the quote that a good place to start would be to “maintain the character of the Park while maintaining the status of the insurance.”

Management committee will table implementing parking stickers until further discussion.

Alex will confer with Julie to evaluate the method of repair for retaining wall at back of Lot 70 before Roger of Mobile Maintenance is given the approval to proceed. Roger estimated cost at $1350.  Alex will report to Loretta who will then instruct Roger.

Next Management meetings scheduled for April 11^th and April 25^th.

Jonathan adjourned at 9:05 PM

Respectfully submitted by Nick Tamm, Secretary MHA

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