THE MANORS OF
ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES
January 21, 2009
(UNAPPROVED)
Meeting
Called to Order: 6:36PM
Present:
Property Manager Ryan Dorner and Cristina Furicchia representing Kramer-Triad,
Michael Grobbel, Co-Owner Board Member
Mr. Sable
Quorum:
30 required; 47 present
Minutes:
Motion to waive reading of 2008 minutes by Bob Lindburg; seconded by Bruce
Bouford
Elections:
(a) One position for a one-year term
(b) One candidate: Michael Grobbel
Motion to close nominations by Bob Lindberg; seconded by Maria Severini
Mike Grobbel was elected unanimously with commendations of a tremendous job for
2008.
Open
Discussions: (a)
Insurance representative not able to attend due to accident
(b) Budget review
- 2008 spending reduced by 27% due to tightening and service competitive
bidding
- Association monthly fee of $175 to continue
for another year
- 53% of lots are now occupied. Those 53% are paying for maintenance of 100% of streets
and lights, 80% of
landscaping and shrubs and 70% of sidewalks
(c) Blog site: Manorsatcentralpark.blogspot.com - accessible to co-owners
to read latest information
and share concerns
(d) Explanation of current Board members: 3 members consisting of 2 5th/3rd
bank employees and
1 Manors Co-Owner
- this will be revisited in 12 months; at this time
there are not enough homeowners to warrant
transition of control to the board
(e) Property appearances
- requests for variances must comply with by-laws and will be approved speedily
- by-laws are being enforced with first a courtesy notice and, secondly,
with a fine
- recent problems brought new rules:
Parking - only on sidewalk side of the streets
(questions were raised about extenuating circumstances and Mr. Grobbel said to
contact him)
(f) suggested home maintenance by homeowners:
- change furnace filters frequently
(g) questions raised
-regarding cable service and Comcast exclusive contract
- Wow information states if enough homeowners opt for Wow, they would come into
our
neighborhood; Mike will be looking into that info
- regarding former industrial 250 acre property adjacent to our west end
- property has been sold and should be vacated by March 31, '09; negotiations
are ongoing
as to the purchase
- regarding the ownership of undeveloped lots 33-167.
They are owned by Carpenters' Pension
Trust Fund, and advised/represented by 5th/3rd Bank, and
Milestone Realty.
Lombardo is the hired marketer and construction agent. He
will continue to build on the
empty lots.
- regarding the paving of the rest of the "eyebrow" on
was the answer.
- regarding landscaping concerns: missing and dead
trees. Mike says they are on his list.
(h) Lots 1-15 update
-Sable owns the lots; Lombardo plans to build on the lots. The original plan
was single
detached condos like lots 16-32 on North Central Park
Because of the lagging sales of that design, Lombardo has applied for a waiver
to build
2-story detached condos with 5 different elevations
After considerable deliberation on the part of Shelby Township officials,
Mr.Lombardo has dropped
.
his request
- Mr. Sable was there to explain the new intent. He showed 4 different
elevations of single
family ranch style condos. They appear to
blend aesthetically with the existing
construction in our development. They will have 1400-1500 sq ft and small
lots, probably to
be sold at a lower price. The objective is to sell off
those properties more quickly and to
more fully develop our area. It was mentioned that Mr. Sable does owe
back taxes on those
properties and so will probably want to get this
approval completed quickly.
- Mr. Sable plans to have more information on these plans posted on the Manors
blog site by the
end of January. Mr. Sable is also proposing that the
Manors Master Deed be revised to either
treat these 15 units
differently or spin them off into a separate Condo Association.
Motion to
adjourn:
8:15 Motion by Dave Germaine and Estelle Murray; Seconded by
Darlene O'Brien
Respectfully
Submitted,
Janice Despres