MINUTES OF MEETING
PORT OF THE
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the Port of the
Islands Community Improvement District was held
Present and constituting a quorum
were:
Richard Gatti Chairman
Bernard E. Wolsky Vice
Chairman
John Robinson Supervisor
Richard Burgeson Assistant
Secretary
Ted Bissell Assistant
Secretary
Also present were:
Darrin Mossing District
Manager
Dan Cox Attorney
Ron Benson, Jr. Engineer
Tim Stephens Field Manager
Craig Wrathell
Marlene Marchand Resident
Several Residents
FIRST
ORDER OF BUSINESS Roll
Call
Mr. Gatti called the meeting to order and Mr. Mossing
called the roll.
SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval of the Minutes of the November 15,
2002 Meeting
Mr.
Gatti stated that each member of the Board had received a copy of the minutes
of the
There
not being any,
On
MOTION by Mr. Wolsky seconded by Mr. Bissell with all in favor the minutes of
the
THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS Continuation of Marlene Marchand’s
Request Relating to Payment of Two Water and Sewer Utility Accounts
Mr.
Gatti stated this item should read for sewer utility account, as she is not
asking anything regarding the water. We
have forgiven some of the sewer problems in the past.
The
normal bill in that area is about $700 a month.
It went up about $2,500 a month.
She paid her water bill and is now asking for a break on the sewer bill
because there was a water main problem.
Mr. Wolsky stated I believe Mr. Cox
was going to research whether this is within the purview of the CID to forgive
bills like this or not.
Mr.
Cox stated you have the discretion to do that, based on competent, substantial
evidence.
Mr.
Wolsky stated we have been told that it is not within our capability to forgive
water bills that go through the meter.
Mr.
Cox stated regarding the metered water bills, they show that water was
delivered to the property. That does not
imply or prove the water went through the sewer.
Mr.
Wolsky stated in the past, we gave Ms. Marchand forgiveness of the water bill
as it was deemed negligent on the part of the CID, that we did not send the
bill to the correct address. She had a
leak in one of her lines, and the water bill was accumulating higher and
higher. If she had received a previous
notice at her correct address that the bill was so high, she would have
addressed the problem. The Board
accepted the fact that our District managers did not send the bill to the
proper address, and that we were negligent in that instance. We made a deal with Ms. Marchand to
forgive half of the debt. I now make the
argument, that by not having proper staff, Ms. Marchland was negligent on her
side and should accept responsibility of this part of the bill. If we forgive the bill for Ms. Marchand, the
rest of us have to pick up the balance.
I am against forgiving the bill, but it is up to the Board.
I
suggest we resolve this issue, however the Board wishes to do it and then adopt
a policy today on this issue.
Mr.
Cox stated that type of policy would affect the substantial rights of the
members of the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors and would have to be
adopted under the rule making provisions of Chapter 120 of the Florida
Status. That requires certain notice
publication and promulgation of the rule, opportunity for public comment on the
rule, and then adoption by the Board.
Under Chapter 120, when the Board makes decisions that affect a
substantial interest of their constituency, you can do that two ways. One way is through the rule making
process. Also, based on competent,
substantial evidence, if the situation warrants your discretionary exercise of
that power to do so by adopting a rule, staff can administer issues like
this.
Mr.
Gatti stated that this is more complicated then I had presumed. I want to take this out of our hands. It should be something that staff can use as
a guideline when encountering this situation.
Mr.
Wolsky stated if you forgive water that does not pass through the sewer system,
you must take into consideration that a number of people in this community have
swimming pools. Water, by evaporation
does not go through the sewer system.
There must be built into this a provision that swimming pool owners get
a certain discount.
Mr.
Cox stated routine evaporation does not amount to more than a couple thousand
gallons a month, which is only around $5.
Mr.
Mossing stated the rates are set. The
sewer charge is only 80% of the water, so it is not gallon for gallon as the
rate structure is set up for. You can
have some comfort that the rate structure takes into account that certain
waters will not come back through.
Mr.
Cox stated you could build into your rule, a procedure whereby if someone needs
to refill their pool, a mechanism for reading the meter before and after they refill
and then deducting that out of the sewer portion of the bill. That is why it is open to public comment, so
you have the opportunity to consider every potentiality that rule might apply
to and address it at that time.
Mr.
Gatti asked is it difficult to develop a rule after we make a decision?
Mr.
Cox responded no, but the timing of it is that we have to develop a rule and
publish the intention of adopting this rule.
Mr.
Gatti stated I would like us to resolve this matter today and then adopt a rule
for future use.
On VOICE Vote with Mr. Bissell, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Gatti
and Mr. Burgeson voting aye and Mr. Wolsky voting nay Ms. Marcharnd's request
to be forgiven the sewer utility account with the stipulation that she is
responsible for a normal amount of usage for the specified time frame was
approved
Mr. Mossing stated I have created a
12-month history of Ms. Marchand’s average water flow for purposes of
calculating this sewer charge and recalculated the bill. If it is the Board’s pleasure to offer the
credit, I have a calculation that conforms to your motion.
Mr.
Gatti asked how far off was the bill?
Mr.
Mossing responded I calculate almost $1,200.
That is charged her under account #008701 for 417,000 gallons of
water. What she agreed she would pay for
the water was $971. For the sewer I took
the last twelve months, divided it by twelve and came up with an average of
51,400 gallons a month. That is average
use over the last twelve months. I also
applied the sewer charge of $196.
Mr.
Gatti asked how much are we forgiving on that account?
Mr.
Mossing responded approximately $1,400.
On
VOICE VOTE with four voting aye and one voting nay the prior motion was
approved.
Mr.
Gatti asked is it the Board’s intention to discontinue the forgiving of these
bills?
Mr. Burgeson responded common sense
states we had a water break, she is paying the bill, and it is not going to the
sewer. If the same thing happens and you
can prove there is a water break, we would do the same thing we did here and forgive
the sewer portion of it.
Mr. Robinson stated we must take in
to consideration that people who live here will have to pay for that.
Mr. Bissell stated when the workers
go out to read the meters, if they notice a discrepancy like that, they should
notify the hotel.
Mr. Stephens stated we say something
if we catch something.
Ms.
Marchand stated it was the summertime, so we cannot tell where there was
standing water. They were in two areas
where you can have quite a bit of standing water.
Mr. Robinson stated this happened to the
hotel and nothing was forgiven on it. We
had a water break and because it was the rainy season, we were not notified
until they found the leak. They did not
know where the leak was.
Mr.
Gatti asked is the Board of the opinion that we should make an individual
judgment in each situation.
Mr. Wolsky stated I think there should be
part of this rule we are making that takes into account whether the person who
has the leak was negligent or not. Ms.
Marchand said she did not have sufficient staff to catch this.
Mr. Gatti stated what we are saying is not to
make a rule, but an individual judgment on each case.
Mr.
Mossing stated any future special consideration sewer credits come to the Board
for consideration on a case-by-case basis.
Do you approve of that?
Mr.
Gatti responded yes.
Mr.
Mossing stated the only problem with making a rule is that it ties your
hands. You have to spell out in the rule
any special circumstances in black and white.
Mr.
Burgeson asked what is the difference whether I run my pool constantly or if
there were a break. One is under human
control and one is a breakage.
Mr.
Robinson stated that is like the hotel case, where the water broke and ran out
underneath the pier.
Mr.
Gatti stated from this point on, staff is directed to bring these issues to our
attention.
Mr.
Robinson stated we have been forgiving.
When someone fills a new pool, we have not been charging any sewer for
that. If they call us up, we go read the
meter, and then we forgive that. Do you
want us to continue that?
Mr.
Wolsky stated in most cases, you should consider that and continue to grant a
reduction because that water does not go through the sewer.
Mr.
Gatti stated that is a reasonable exception.
We will proceed on that basis.
A. Attorney
Mr.
Gatti asked will you give us an overview of our status?
Mr.
Cox responded we held the evidentiary hearing this week. Everyone was well prepared and presented
their cases well. We will have 20 days
from the date the transcript is filed to present to the judge our
recommendations for findings of fact and conclusions of law and to file our
memorandum in support of our recommended facts and conclusions. The judge will then take that under
advisement and issue a ruling within a month or so. We are three to four months from having the
judge’s decision in hand.
Mr. Bissell asked why did we get the depositions
from one side of the case, but not the other?
Mr. Wolsky asked did we get notice that these
people were going to be deposed?
Mr. Bissell responded they questioned Mr. Bernard
and the experts.
Mr.
Cox stated the plaintiffs filed a Motion for Summary Judgment that had a lot of
quotations from the depositions contained in the motion. The judge ruled on the motion before our
answer was due, so we did not file one.
The judge set this for trial and we are not going in for Summary
Judgment.
Mr.
Gatti asked are you telling us we will not know anything for three or four
months?
Mr.
Cox responded that is it.
B. Engineer
Mr.
Benson stated the drainage issues have been dealt with, specifically the one by
the marina and the one by the North Hotel.
There were some other questions by the Board as to whether the CID
should take over the responsibility of the Stella Maris drainage system. I was asked whether there were any reasons
that the CID would not want to do this.
By taking on the responsibility, you would then take on the maintenance
from now on, which is the currently the responsibility of the HOA. There is a potential, additional maintenance
cost. It is your decision as to whether
you want to have the entire drainage system.
It makes sense in some regard because they are connected in some
areas.
When
the main road for the Cays was constructed and the single-family area was
developed, the drainage was put in for that road and for the single-family
area. The CID has maintained that. These documents have to go to
It
also indicated that the areas to be developed would drain through their own
drainage system and discharge to the
One
area that would be an improvement to the CID’s drainage system would be to put
a catch basin on the northwest corner of the road leading to Stella Maris. This will improve the drainage along the road
and the potential of impacting Stella Maris.
It has been requested through some of the people who live at Stella
Maris. Mr. Bissell and I talked about
it. It is reasonable to me, from looking
at the plans of the original construction of the road, that this would be a
reasonable improvement to your system.
Mr.
Gatti stated you mentioned our taking over the maintenance of the swale
system.
Mr.
Benson stated that is a separate issue.
Mr.
Gatti asked do you have to have easements for all of this?
Mr.
Benson responded yes, you would need a transfer of an easement from the HOA to
the CID.
Mr.
Cox stated you would do an assignment of dedications from the HOA to the
CID.
Mr.
Gatti stated the swale-involved runs along the entire sea wall. It then goes out to the water at certain
points.
Mr.
Cox stated first you have the pond at the entrance of Stella Maris, then the
swale going all the way around. Then
there are individual pipes in various places along the sea wall.
Mr.
Benson stated I am not sure those are connected.
Mr.
Gatti stated I am trying to get a picture of what we are taking on. I will present my opinion to the Board and
they can decide from there. In a
community, the roadways and the storm systems are typically a municipal
function. It is difficult to say that
when we get storm water runoff from our roadway system that goes across
someone’s property, that it is the property owner’s problem. The CID has the facilities and
knowledge. If you have a storm water
problem, what do you do? The other
perspective is the question of easements.
We will need accessibility of some predetermined kind and proceed on
that basis.
The
main concern is when we take on the swale system are we taking on the
maintenance of the sea walls. That is a
major problem.
Mr.
Wolsky stated in line with that, are there any other properties for which the
CID is not responsible for the drainage as in this case. Why are we not responsible for this in the
first place? Was there some reason we
declined to take responsibility or was responsibility just not offered to us?
Mr.
Benson responded one, the drainage from the CID road goes to the swales at the
back of these houses. You have current
responsibility for other swales behind the finger streets in the Cays.
Mr.
Burgeson asked is the CID responsible to maintain those swales behind all the
single-family homes?
Mr.
Gatti responded we have repaired three blowouts through there because the swale
system did not work.
Mr.
Burgeson stated it was my understanding that was given to the homeowner when
they bought the lot.
Mr.
Gatti asked if we are responsible as homeowner’s, why are they not responsible
for the blowouts through the sea wall?
Mr.
Cox responded the plat of Phase II dedicated the easements for drainage
purposes to both
Mr.
Wolsky stated just to make things fair, if we are going to be responsible for
the sea wall in taking this over that is a major problem.
Mr.
Burgeson stated the HOA purchased the sea wall and in their budget they have
reserve funds to take care of the sea wall.
Mr.
Cox stated you will have a lawsuit the first time they think the drainage
caused the failure. In order for you to
take responsibility, first you have to have an assignment of the responsibility
and rights from the HOA to the CID. That
assignment can be accompanied by an indemnification in favor of the District
from the HOA. They set up an L.O.C.
Mr.
Burgeson stated they did, but now it is merged.
Mr.
Cox stated we get satisfaction if we are getting the indemnification from the
appropriate parties. That will not
prevent an individual homeowner from suing you, but in that event we could then
turn the lawsuit over to the HOA as their business.
Mr.
Robinson asked are there any other parcels of land that are not?
Mr.
Cox responded I have reviewed all the plats, but cannot tell you which areas
the CID is responsible for without looking at my records. You also have Parcel 5 that is condominiums
and I would have to review those documents to see how it is addressed. We have not been given any easements to do
that in that area. When you have a
Condominium Association taking care of it over here, the HOA takes care of this
over there, and the CID here and there, not only do you question who is
responsible for what, but inconsistency of maintenance. You might have some who let theirs go and you
have no right to enforce them.
Mr.
Wolsky stated this is one of the primary reasons for a place like Outdoor
Resorts of America. The federal
government would not give approval to build that resort there unless the
developer took responsibility for the maintenance of the sea walls. Individual owners will not want to worry
about the sea wall.
Mr.
Cox stated maintenance is included in the condominium documents, so they can be
enforced.
Mr.
Robinson asked is there a master association over the whole development?
Mr.
Cox responded I think it is defunct. The
last time I checked there were no annual renewals with the Secretary of
State. If anyone was interested in
reactivating that, it is very simple.
Mr.
Robinson stated it has grown so much that everyone should consider activating
that master association that takes care of the community.
Mr.
Burgeson asked who is responsible for the swales and the other fingers?
Mr.
Gatti responded it varies.
Mr.
Benson stated in the streets that have the fingers, those are CID drainage
facilities. The roads that have the
swales along the side are interconnected into the drainage system through most
of the community. In areas like Sunset
Cay, the drainage from the CID roads did not go through their system. That may be one distinction to make. Where the CID’s road drains into the swale in
Stella Maris and the Cays and the back of those streets drain into the swales
at the back of those lots.
Mr.
Burgeson asked if there were a blowout in one of the other fingers, would it be
the CID’s responsibility or the homeowner?
Mr.
Wolsky responded if we are going to take over the sea wall and Stella Maris and
be responsible for blowouts or problems there, I want to be part of that system
too and not responsible for the lots on my swale.
Mr.
Gatti stated if we take over the maintenance of the sea wall, we will be buying
into a huge problem.
Mr.
Burgeson stated I do not think you would be taking over the maintenance of the
sea wall.
Mr.
Gatti stated in Stella Maris we took out the swale and put in a pipe so you
have a direct effluent flow right on the sea wall that is eroding behind the
sea wall. Now we have a sea wall
problem. That water comes off of our
roadway and creates a major sea wall problem that will get much worse if
someone does not address it. How do we
take over the storm water and not take over the responsibility of the sea
wall? In Stella Maris, the storm water
is not a problem; it is what it is doing to the sea wall. If we say we are going to take over the storm
sewer I do not see how we can escape buying the sea wall problem.
Mr.
Benson stated in the older section, all the drainage is in the front of the
house and we can get to it. Over here it
is in the back and you cannot get to it to work on it.
Mr.
Gatti stated if we did this, we would have to have easements throughout the
entire community to allow access. That
gets pretty involved.
Mr.
Burgeson stated in the Stella Maris complex there are easements in the master
homeowner’s document. The contractor had
it before it was turned over to the homeowners.
Mr. Mossing stated some Districts
have assessments for reserves that go to specific properties and benefit only
those properties. If you end up taking
over the drainage and assume the responsibilities of the sea wall, perhaps that
could be part of the arrangement. That
could be evaluated by an engineer and reserves are set to fund future
replacements, evaluate the damages and a special assessment is set as part of
the annual budget on those property owners, relating to the sea wall.
Mr.
Cox stated some of that was installed by our bond proceeds that were
apportioned only to the abutting properties.
Mr.
Gatti stated we are not going to resolve this problem today. Do we have a specific issue we must address
over there?
Mr.
Benson responded the drainage along the valley gutter along
Mr.
Gatti asked can we do something like that?
Mr.
Stephens responded no.
Mr.
Gatti asked can you get someone to do that?
Mr.
Stephens responded yes. Where do you
want that to be piped?
Mr.
Benson responded it would have to go across Stella Maris.
Mr.
Gatti stated Mr. Benson will draw something up with the Board’s approval. This is definitely a CID problem, is it not?
Mr.
Benson responded it is your valley gutter.
Mr.
Burgeson stated when that road was engineered and those gutters were put in,
that was to drain the roads. When
construction commenced, we had the walks, the driveways and halfway down your
building, the water comes forward to the street. That goes down the gutter, the water builds
up, comes around the corner and is filling up that pond. It is going into the drainage behind the
Villas.
Mr.
Gatti stated first, we must determine whether there is a problem. Would you make a recommendation?
Mr.
Benson responded I will make a recommendation along with costs.
Mr. Gatti asked is there something else we should
address?
Mr.
Bissell responded no, the problem is solved.
Mr.
Cox asked do we have any direction on the back drainage issue?
Mr.
Gatti responded no. I do not have storm
water problems where we live, but our sea wall is a constant problem. I have spent $10,000 on my sea wall in 13
years and I do not have a storm water problem.
This is a serious activity and if we take that on we are buy a big
problem.
Mr.
Burgeson stated the HOA has a reserve fund for the sea wall and I do not
believe that the residents of Stella Maris will have any problems with a
reserve fund put on by the CID. Instead
of paying it to the homeowners, we would be paying it to them.
Mr.
Gatti stated that deals with Stella Maris, but we are looking at all of the sea
walls and setting a precedent for what we do throughout the community.
Mr.
Cox stated we should first get a grasp on exactly where the responsibilities
are.
Mr.
Gatti stated that is a good place to start.
The storm water is a natural function for a municipality, but as it ties
into the sea wall, I am seriously concerned.
Mr.
Burgeson stated when they purchased the sea wall, they put posts all along it
and people had docks. There were
additional posts put in and the docks are tied to those posts. All of that is holding the sea wall in. When you get to the other part, there is
nothing holding that wall. I want you to
be aware of these issues.
Mr.
Benson stated I do not suggest that the CID take on the sea wall.
Mr.
Gatti stated I understand, but you must see our position.
Mr.
Benson stated we have gone over a lot of documents to determine the ownership
and easements throughout the District.
The drainage system is almost fully sorted out. We have had to make some assumptions, but if
the CID built something and has an easement on it, they probably have to
maintain it. We will return after
meeting with a map clearly delineating what it is and what is the status of
each area. If there are any questionable
areas, we will mark those as such.
Mr.
Gatti asked what are the implications of taking this over?
Mr.
Mossing asked do you have any update on the grants and the irrigation system?
Mr.
Benson responded I have not heard anything from the
That
is the renewal parcel. I have tried to
clarify this with the DEP and we would like the minor modification as soon as
possible even though we are in the middle of this renewal process. I have documents that need signing relating
to the renewal. We received that other
extension from the Water Management District on the first grant so we have
until the end of June. Hopefully we will
get this other grant before then. The
key is to acquire all the equipment and install everything within the funds
available and that will be a challenge.
C. Manager
– discussion of District Website
Mr.
Mossing stated at our last meeting, I was working with Mr. Wolsky regarding
establishing the District website. We
have established a basic website on which we are downloading the minutes from
the meetings of the past year. I
researched the potential of expanding that website. One of the things we can provide on that
website are access to people’s utility billing accounts, access to their
assessments on their units and all of the public records other than the minutes. There are numerous options, whereby we could
add and expand the website. Right now
the website is piggybacking off our Coral Springs Improvement District and
North Springs Improvement District. I
was wondering whether the Board had a desire to expand.
Mr.
Wolsky stated before you make this decision, there are a number of issues. First we need a cost estimate for the
addition of each of these expansions.
Secondly, it is my experience that a lot of people say they want a
website, but very few people use it. In
order to make it cost-effective and see if it is feasible, is there some way
you could put a counter on there of how many hits we have on the Port of the
Islands?
Mr.
Mossing responded I am sure we can do something like that.
Mr.
Wolsky stated this way every time anyone accesses the site they are
registered.
Mr.
Mossing stated for your own website it would cost approximately $4,500 to set
up. To maintain it, with all the links
and responses that go to the Board members, there is significant maintenance
and management relating to the website.
It is a $4,500 setup fee and is around $150 to $250 a month to maintain
it as a stand-alone. To put only the
minutes on the existing site, there is no maintenance fee.
Mr.
Wolsky stated it seems that just making the minutes available is the most that
we would want because of the cost. I
have offered my CD with all the minutes, if people are interested and nobody is
interested. We must be realistic.
Mr.
Mossing stated if the Board is content with what we currently have in place, I
will come back to this issue. There have
been no charges to date, except a possible setup fee. There will be no ongoing maintenance to put
out the monthly minutes. In June I will
be moving to Tennessee and I want to take this opportunity to introduce Mr.
Wrathell who has been with Severn Trent with five years and has spent the
better part of that as a manager for the City of Marathon. He will be assuming my management responsibilities.
D. Field
Manager
Mr.
Gatti asked are people bringing any irrigation breaks to your attention? Do we fix them?
Mr.
Stephens responded it depends on the situation.
If it is a main line, we do it.
If it is after the meter, Big Cypress fixes it.
FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Supervisor's
Requests and Audience Comments
Mr.
Wolsky stated I was notified about the last meeting being cancelled by Mr.
Bissell who gave me a copy of a memorandum that Mr. Mossing had faxed. I have asked in the past that if a meeting is
cancelled that you notify the Board members by e-mail. Can we make that possible?
Mr.
Mossing stated I should have taken care of that.
Mr.
Wolsky stated if I am traveling and you send me an e-mail, I will know that I
do not have to come back for a meeting that has been cancelled.
Mr.
Bissell asked whose decision was it to cancel that meeting. From our information we received, there was a
deposition to be taken on that day and was cancelled several days in advance,
so we could have had the December meeting.
That was a possible slip up.
Mr.
Cox stated even with the cancellation of the deposition, I would not have been
able to attend the meeting.
Mr.
Gatti stated Mr. Mossing alerted me that staff would not be available for the
meeting. I asked him whether there were
any critical business we had to address and he assured me we could get by
without the meeting and a gave my consent.
Mr.
Bissell stated we can only go by the communications we receive.
Ms.
Marchand stated I want all the
homeowners to know how well the CID was represented by your attorney and the
team of Allstate attorneys. They were
very formidable adversaries. At the end
of the trial the judge complemented the attorneys for their expert and orderly
approach in providing the evidence. He
stated it was a difficult case that was his honor to try.
How do I convince the owner of the North Hotel
that he has to do something with his road?
He tells me that he called the District office and was told that they
would look into it. A month has gone by.
Mr.
Gatti stated that gets back to whose responsibility that is. Calling Mr. Mossing’s office is not the
remedy. Even if they wanted to, they
cannot do anything. It is not our
jurisdiction either. The jurisdiction
lies with the County.
Ms.
Marchand stated I cannot spend my
money to get that prepared either, as it puts me in a legal bind.
Mr.
Gatti asked what is the problem with the roadway? Do you have a perpetual easement to get to
your property?
Mr.
Cox responded I have a copy of that.
Mr.
Gatti stated you must have a document that gives you the right to cross that
property in perpetuity in order to access your property. The responsible party should be designated on
that document. That does not fall within
our jurisdiction. What is he doing?
Ms.
Marchand stated the new owner of the
North Hotel has advised us that he is opening for business. I want to go on notice to the community that
the people doing some of the work there have already caused some problems in my
park. They do not have transportation
and are often short of money and have been coming to the park to beg for
money. We have an unsavory situation
brewing.
Mr.
Gatti asked what is the business?
Mr.
Robinson responded it is a hotel.
A
resident stated he is renting to homeless people.
Mr.
Gatti stated I sympathize, but this goes beyond the jurisdiction of the Board.
A
resident asked can the Board put any pressure on the County and identify those
conditions?
Mr.
Robinson asked is the water turned on in that building?
Mr.
Gatti responded yes.
Mr.
Robinson asked do you think he has a C.O. from the County?
Mr.
Benson responded I do not think he has done anything.
Mr.
Gatti stated we will try and make some phone calls to determine what is going
on.
A
resident asked does anyone know if the tax on arrears were paid upon the sale?
Mr.
Mossing responded Allstate instructed the District to direct assess certain
properties and that is one of them. That
bill has not been paid. I am surprised
they are open for business.
Mr.
Gatti asked if he does not pay his assessment, can we turn off his water?
Mr.
Cox responded you cannot do that as long as he is paying his water bill. He will be noticed very soon.
Mr.
Wolsky stated last week there was almost a fatal accident because a man got
into the wrong lane. We have a major
problem with the markings on Route 41 out here.
Can anything be done about that?
It is a 60 mph speed limit that narrows down to one lane. People turning into Venus Cay turn into the
right hand lane. I have been passed on
the right hand side while slowing down to get into Venus Cay.
Mr.
Cox stated the speed limits are set by the State on the roads and they usually
set it at 80% of the average speed. We
can request the County to have that speed lowered. The resident could possibly petition the
County Commissioner to possibly petition the State to reduce the speed limit or
do some spot enforcement.
SIXTH
ORDER OF BUSINESS Approval
of Check Register
On
MOTION by Mr. Bissell seconded by Mr. Wolsky with all in favor the check
register was approved.
EIGHTH
ORDER OF BUSINESS Adjournment
On
MOTION by Mr. Wolsky seconded by Mr. Bissell with all in favor the meeting was
adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
Secretary / Assistant Secretary Chairman / Vice
Chairman