CBCA BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S MEETING

April 12, 2010

Submitted by Chris Savage

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

Terrye Zaremba, President

Chris Savage, Vice President

Charlie Anderson, Treasurer

Pat McKnett, Trustee

 

COMMUNITY MEMBERS:

Randy Da Camara

Maria Buehler

Matt Murphy

 

MINUTES:  The minutes of the last meeting, March 15, 2010, were approved.          

 

TREASURER'S REPORT:

 

03/01/10 Balance =           $8,493.13

Total Deposits =                 580.95

Total Disbursements =         280.00

3/31/10 Balance =              8,794.08

 

COMMITTEES:

 

Community Watch - Nothing new was reported.  Mr. Savage will attend upcoming Neighborhood Watch meeting on May 10th at the Holiday Inn Express in Prince Frederick.

 

Security – Our regular summer patrol officers requested a pay increase in order to make their pay at parity with other officers performing similar services within the county. In order to accommodate this increase the normal security fee would need to be increased from $10.00 to $15.00.

 

Beach Erosion, Tax District and Ave D Stairs – Discussion on the Tax District was tabled until the next meeting.  Regarding the Ave. D Stairs, Mr. Anderson reported that a building permit had been secured for the stair work and that Ward Construction had been selected to perform the work that would begin in the first week of May (weather permitting). 

 

Mrs. McKnett brought to the Board’s attention that there has been extensive erosion of the cliffs, posing a potential hazard to beachcombers and suggested the Board put signage on the affected property to warn individuals.  The Board agreed that a letter should be sent to the affected home owner or the estate thereof notifying them of the potential hazard. 

 

OLD BUSINESS:

 

501(c)3 Incorporation - Due to cost and regular tax filings, board members present decided to no longer pursue this option for CBCA.

 

Calvert County Budget Public Hearing – Mr. Anderson reported that this was a poorly attended meeting with only 2 members of our community there to speak on behalf of St. Leonard.  Most of the meeting was dedicated planning a budget to study some of the proposals for St. Leonard such as a second access road to Calvert/Long Beach.

 

Newsletter – Advertisement Sales – Mr. Anderson reported that Chris Rogers had sold 5 advertisements for a total of $185.00 and that Maria Buehler had sold 9 advertisements with another 1-2 ads in the works.  Mr. Anderson estimated that the total sales could approach $500.00.

Beach Clean-up – The annual beach cleanup will be held on May 15th.  Anyone interested in volunteering should show up at the boat ramp at 10:00 a.m.  Mr. Anderson is looking for someone with a pick-up truck to assist with the clean-up.  He also requested authorization to purchase paint and supplies to paint the rusty gate at the boat ramp.  The board voted and unanimously approved the allocation of $50 for this purchase.

 

Family Fun Day - This year it will be on June 26th at the boat ramp at 12:00 noon.  See Terrye if you’d like to volunteer to help with this event.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Annual Meeting- Election May 23rd 2:00 P.M. - The proposed slate for the upcoming elections is as follows:

 

President – Doug Crow                          2-year Trustee – Terrye Zaremba

Vice President – Chris Savage               1-year Trustee – Maria Buehler

Secretary – Vacant                                Director – Jim Powell

Treasurer – Charlie Anderson                  Director – Vacant

 

Mrs. Zaremba reminded everyone of the vacancies and asked for recommendations from existing board members. There will be a meeting of the existing Board prior to the May 23 Annual Meeting at 12:30 in the Long Beach Civic Association Building.

 

New Dues Proposal -

As was discussed under the Security portion of the minutes, the Board voted to approve a $5.00 increase in the security fee so that the increase could be printed in the upcoming newsletter and on the invoice that needs to be mailed out by April 26th.  The fee would be structured as follows:

$30.00 membership + $15.00 Security Fee = Total $45.00

 

CORRESPONDENCE:

 

National Night Out – Mrs. Zaremba received a reminder letter that National Night Out is on August 3rd with a required response of intention to participate by May 10.  The Board agreed to continue participation and our $300 contribution will be made toward this joint activity with the Long Beach Civic Association.  Mrs. Zaremba reminded everyone that volunteers will be needed to assist with this event in August.

 

EDC Mtg. – Mrs. Zaremba received an invitation letter from the Calvert County Economic Development Commission to attend a community meeting on April 14, 8:30 to 2:00 at the County Fair grounds.  As the RSVP date had expired no one will be attending.

 

OTHER ISSUES:

 

Mosquito Control– Mrs. McKnett has graciously agreed to be the mosquito spraying coordinator this year for the community.  She will also keep the mosquito trap at her house.  It is used by the county to count the number of mosquitoes which in turn is used to schedule the spray schedule accordingly.

 

Printing and Supplies for Parking Passes – Mr. Anderson showed the board a facsimile of this year’s parking pass, which is a bit bigger than the prior year pass.  He requested that a motion for payment be made and the board unanimously approved the authorization of $25.44 to be paid to Mr. Anderson to cover the costs for supplies and printing of the new passes.

 

Personal Property Taxes for CBCA and Articles of Incorporation - Mr. Anderson recently discovered that CBCA had not submitted Personal Property Tax forms since 2003.  He has since filed forms for the last 4 years and has filed an “Article of Revival” to reactivate our incorporation which will take 6 to 8 weeks to be processed.

NEXT MEETING:  Sunday, May 23, 2010, 12:30 PM at the Long Beach Community Center.