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GTIA
Board Minutes
Minutes
of the Green Trails Improvement Association
Board of Directors Meeting
Tuesday July 10, 2001
Meeting was called to order by President Peter Bakas at 7:30 p.m.
Board members present: Peter Bakas, Dean Degl’Innocenti, Jerry
Dellacqua, Joan Dudas, Tom Hamilton, Bernice Krippner, Leslie Lavin,
Betty Long, Joe Masek, Dawn Soukup. Board members excused: Tim
Dudas, Linda Gilbert, Kenneth Hickey, Gerry Jackson. Paula Gleason
was Recording Secretary. A quorum was present.
Appointment to Vacant Seat
Board
Motion: Peter Bakas moved to appoint former Board member, Diana Cygan
to fill a Board vacancy for the next five months, Tom Hamilton
seconded. The motion was passed by unanimous voice vote.
Open
Forum
Several residents from HF1009 and TL0020 expressed concerns regarding
the trail work next to their homes. Because the trail had been
encroaching on private property, it had to be moved and, unfortunately
in the process, several smaller trees had to be removed and one large
walnut tree would also have to be removed to make room for the new
trail. Several Board members noted that while this stretch of trail
was not in terrible shape, the trail was part of the ongoing planned
program so that all trails in that section would be replaced this
year. The Board had in the past done patch jobs for some of the
trails and this did not yield satisfactory results. Peter also noted
that while the Board appreciated the homeowners taking care of
plantings in the common areas adjoining their homes, such plantings
had to be such so that they did not enclose the common area in their
back yards to the exclusion of other residents. In addition,
plantings required prior Board approval.
Board Motion: Betty Long moved to remove the walnut tree and
straighten the path as planned, Tom Hamilton seconded. The motion was
passed by unanimous voice vote.
Minutes
of the Prior Meeting
Minutes of the prior meeting were reviewed. It was noted that
Gerry Jackson, not Jerry Dellacqua, seconded the motion to engage an
engineer to inspect PRM148 & 149.
Board Motion: Betty Long moved to approve the minutes of the June
meeting as amended, Diana Cygan seconded. The motion was passed by
unanimous voice vote.
Treasurer's
Report
Joe Masek reviewed the Balance Sheet and Income and Expense Statement.
Board Motion: Joan Dudas moved to accept the revised check register
expenditures of $44,628.70 for July, Bernice Krippner seconded. The
motion was passed by unanimous voice vote.
Management
Report
Telephone log line items were discussed and reviewed. Management
received several calls regarding trail work and in turn, has requested
that the contractor always refer homeowners to management with their
comments.
Management presented confirmation that our tree service has removed
the willow tree behind HF1039 in the common area.
Management contacted the Park District to inquire about cost-sharing
installation and maintenance of a replacement bench in Garden Park.
The Park District offered to do the work as a good will gesture, the
Board agreed to accept this offer.
Management noted that tree maintenance is becoming costly and is now
looking for comparable prices for raising and trimming trees. The
Board suggested that while management is obtaining quotes, it would be
timely to inquire about the value of any walnut trees to be removed.
Management will define an area and continue to obtain quotes for the
established space; costs to be reviewed at the next meeting.
Management reported that pole 352 is inside the property line of
HF1011.
Board Motion: Diana Cygan moved to remove pole 352 and install a new
pole in the common area, Jerry Dellacqua seconded. The motion was
passed by voice vote of 7 to 4.
Management stated that the Village of Lisle would inspect the drainage
problem behind GR2016.
Management requested that the Communications Committee place election
articles in the August and September newsletters.
Finance Committee
Joe Masek, Joe Broda and Les Lavin met with the Maintenance Committee
to initiate preparation of projected budget requests for special
projects during 2002. The Finance Committee will meet at 7:00 PM on
July 26 in the home of Joe Masek.
Maintenance Committee
Les Lavin stated that the Maintenance Committee met and will present
their budget proposal to the Finance Committee.
Communications Committee
Joan Dudas reported that a GTIA Website banner was included in this
month’s newsletter. Consensus was that the information banner needs
to be redesigned and included in the masthead, and possibly as a
footer on every page of the newsletter. Communications Committee will
meet at 7:30 PM on July 19th in the home of Joan Dudas to discuss this
issue and analyze the cost of search engines linking to the Website.
Parks Committee
In Linda Gilbert’s absence, Joanne Broda distributed Park Inspection
forms and assigned responsibility for specific GTIA parks to
individual board members. The reports are to be completed by the
appropriate directors and returned to Joanne prior to August 1st.
Old
Business/New Business
The plants and bushes planted in a common area in Tall Oaks by a
resident have not been removed as requested. The Board requested
Management issue a final notice to the Tall Oaks resident insisting on
removal of their plantings in the common area within one week, or the
GTIA will have the plantings removed and invoice the resident for all
work performed.
Betty Long reminded Management that an overgrown area near Green
Trails and Naper Boulevard needs to be transplanted.
Peter Bakas shared the letter of resignation from Board member,
Barbara Kemp, who has moved out of the Green Trails area. The Board
expressed their appreciation for Barbara’s service to the Board and
welcomed Diana Cygan.
Peter also indicated that he will not be available for the August
Board meeting.
Adjournment
Board Motion: There being no further business, Jerry Dellacqua moved
to adjourn the meeting, Tom Hamilton seconded. The motion was passed
by unanimous voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m.
Respectfully
Submitted,
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Paula
Gleason, Recording Secretary
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