TIME & PLACE:  Thursday, October 4, 2007, 7:00 PM at the Moorage Office (C-7) located at 2630 N. Hayden Island Drive, Portland, Oregon, 97217.

Board Members Present:

• Mr. John LeDoux, President
• Mr. Steve Weisensee, Vice President

• Mr. C.W. Taylor, Vice President

• Ms. Pat Buescher, Treasurer

• Mr. Walt LeDoux, Secretary

Order Of Business

• Call to Order; Determination Of Quorum.

• The President called the meeting to order and announced that with all Board Members present, a quorum was established.

• Reading & Approval Of The Minutes Of Previous Meeting

• The Secretary passed out minutes of the September Board Meeting.

• Moved, seconded, and passed unanimously to accept Minutes.

• Treasurer’s Report

• P&L. Under budget YTD by ~$13,046.42 
• Balance Sheet - $3,665,295.97.

• Our total in checking & savings is $248,083.07

• Aging

• 1 over 30 - Executor for 17 has no funds – Bank will pay dues until slip is sold

• Schwab Account.

• $215,768.34 in account.
• Includes $45,604.12 as Taxes & Insurance Set Aside.
• $75,000.00 in CDs – 3 25K CDs with yields from 5 to 5.1%.
• $28,629.91 in cash.
• $112,138.43 in MM account – yield 5.05%.
• Pat will be gone until 10 Nov so we may want to adjust the date for the Nov Board Meeting
• Pat wants all budget recommendations in by 15 Nov.

• Moved, seconded and passed unanimously to accept the Treasurer’s Report.

• Old Business

• Standing Committee Reports

• Facilities & Grounds

o        Walkway Leveling – Haven’t heard back from the diver.

o        Dye Tests – Status – 1 left - #10 will perform himself and certify it.

o        Fall Work Party – Plan for 3^rd week in Oct (20^th) weather permitting.  Secretary will post signup sheets.

o        Bee problem – Pat asked that we make a moorage wide effort to control this.

§         CW said that he could put out bee traps this spring.

§         John said we could spray the area east of the drive – work party item.

§         CW said we also need to spray for spiders – work party item.

o        Garage Roofing – south side now done.

§         Steve suggested we need to budget $4k per year to cover north sides to be done in about 5 years.

§         Pat would like to just budget it in the year it needs to be done.

• Fire, Security And Safety.

o        Re-inspection from Harbor Master. – John – turned report over to Secretary.

§         Virtually all issues were resolved except a couple spacing issues.

§         Fire Marshall identified 2 other spacing problems.

• Architectural Review

o        ARC compliance – 1 issue on 55 - the work barge has been removed.

o        Slip 39 needs paint – ARC will address.

o        Vacant position – We need a volunteer.

• By-Laws, CC&Rs And Rules

o        CCR change – Walkway Obstructions.

o        CCR change – Roof Setbacks.

§         Steve asked for an explanation of what our CCRs now state.  John expanded by explaining title 28 and how that applies.

§         John explained that from a discussion with our attorney that we are performing our due diligence.

§         Our attorney backs our position because he says that we’ve applied it as fairly as we can and our judgment is sound based on the CCRs.

§         Walt said that Title 28 doesn’t even address it as a property line issue where the “Land Home” codes do.

§         Lorraine Creek asked to speak – She agreed that removing the awning was the right thing to do but their problem was the expense and the time to get it done.

§         John offered any resources the moorage could muster to help the 2 other owners that have to resolve the issue.

• Violation & Adjudication

o        No new complaints except some parked trailers.

§         John will talk to the owner of the motor home.

§         Trailers – Send out an email to warn about towing – Secretary will take care of this.

§         Walt stated the real solution is to put the large green “To be Towed” stickers on the windshield or on the fender of a trailer.

• Moorage Valuation Appraisal. (placeholder)

• Dredging (placeholder)
• HINOON  - Jimme’ Peters
  • John  stated that the members of the HINOON board were disgruntled with the chair and were going to vote to have him removed. – The chair was running all committees and seemed to have his own agenda.

• Columbia River Crossings Project (placeholder).

• Property Management Discussion
  • The President asked that we continue to have this as a discussion at this time.
  • CW stated that we don’t need to go to external organizations.
  • He felt that the management cos. will lure you in and then just take your money.
  • But, he also stated that the board should not be pummeled by other members when things aren’t the way they want.
  • Steve agreed but he also stated that board members shouldn’t take the abuse we are subjected to nor be expected to do all the “worker bee” stuff.
  • CW agreed that board members shouldn’t be hounded by individual members to “fix” things – we shouldn’t be confronted during our “off hours”.  Although all the board members are guilty of  “Just fixing it” rather than calling a contractor or finding other approaches.
  • Skip Nitchie suggested that we look for more help from members.
  • Lorraine Creek suggested we apply rules the same across the board.
  • Steve reiterated that we are all neighbors, the board members can’t be expected to see all the violations nor react to them.
  • Walt said that not every violation can be treated the same – Again , the board shouldn’t be the “Moorage Police”.
  • John suggested that if someone doesn’t follow the rules, a complaining owner talk to the offender, that relieves the Board from policing the moorage.
  • Esther – 90% follow the rules.  It’s the other 10 that can’t follow the rules.
  • Steve – no one wants to follow the complaint procedure, instead they want to rely on Board members to enforce the rules.
  • John stated that the reason we have a Violation & Adjudication Committee is to ultimately deal with this.

• New Business

• Pat – Budget Planning for 2008
  • Spare sewage pump (~$2500) – Walt explained that the repairman suggested we purchase 1 now since it can take several weeks to get one – Pat will put it into the budget.
  • Roofing – Plan for $4K for 5 years
  • CW moved that we set aside $500 for work party party (Oct 20), seconded & Passed.
• We need to get nominations together along with CCR changes ready quickly.  Trouble is that both the Secretary and the Treasurer may not be available
• Rick – Has a wheel chair that he can get for community use - $100 - Moved., Seconded & Passed to purchase it.
• John - We need to get nominations together along with CCR changes ready quickly.  Trouble is that both the Secretary and the Treasurer may not be available for the 1^st Thursday meeting.  Re-scheduled for Nov 8.
• Reminder Date, Time, & Place for next Board Meeting.
  • Day – First Thursday in November (Nov. 8, 2007).
  • Time – 1900 (7:00pm).
  • Place – Moorage Office.
• Reminder Date, Time, & Place for 2008 Annual Membership Meeting.
  • Day - 4^th Sunday in January (January 27^th, 2008).  (The next 2 Superbowls are on the 1^st Sunday in Feb.)
  • Time – Tentatively 1600 (4:00 PM).
  • Place – Confirmed - Meeting Room at Esther Wright’s Condo Association.
• Executive Session
  • The discussion was centered on the how we should deal with any issues created by property line and more specifically roof-line setbacks.
• Adjourn.