http://cobblestone21122.com/archives/2017-2The second annual board meeting was held at Rich Duval’s house at 7:00pm on March 14, 2017
Attendees: Rich Duval, Gary Callahan, Chris Hutt, Asher Chaudry
Dan McCracken was absent.
Minutes of Meeting:
Cobblestone 2016 Taxes: Is Dan taking care of this?
Update: Dan is going to prepare the Cobblestone Taxes for 2016 himself.
CLOSED
Guidelines for Solar Panels on roofs:
Action 1: Discussion on rooftop solar panels. Contact lawyer for advise.
Status: OPEN
Swale #3 (located along south side of Lake Waterford Rd.):
Action 1: Need to remove fallen tree.
Update: Tree was removed by County.
Status: CLOSED
Swale #2 (located in south cul-de-sac):
Action 1: Board members and/or volunteers to add additional stone to boarder and to mulch from stone to 5 or 10 ft. inside.
Action 2: Rich/Chris to see if there is an edging/border that can be installed to keep the stone within a 2 to 3 ft. zone from the sidewalk.
Decide on date to do the work – All
Status: OPEN
The Lawn Maintenance Contract was decided to be Atlantic Maintenance Group, who also does Farmington Village.
Chris wanted to know if they also do residential yard work.
Action: Gary to check with Project Manager.
Status: Open
Fill in the two sink holes in the Park:
Board members/volunteers to fill in the holes with a layer of rock, followed by top soil/fill dirt using Rich’s pick-up (Big Red)
Status: Open
Is there a debit/credit card from the Cobblestone bank that board members can use to purchase items such as stone, mulch, grass seed, lights/light bulbs, etc?
Dan said that he has a debit card for Cobblestone.
Status: Closed
Homeowner 2017 Dues: All homeowners have paid, except for 8237 Champion Ct.
Dan has approached him several times to no avail.
Action: Mail a certified letter using lawyer used by the board, in 2016.
Rich to investigate.
Status: OPEN
Get a “special” group price for power washing outside of homes.
Action: Asher will check with Anthony Holland and we received a recommendation from a homeowner who used another company.
Status: OPEN
Several of the 3 lights illuminating the front sign, are not working.
Action: Rich to investigate if it is from light bulbs, light fixtures, light sensors or all of the above.
Status: IN PROCESS – Rich has done an initial investigation and will check with an electrician he knows to investigate.
Next All Hands Meeting: Tuesday May 23 at the Eastern District Police Station.
Action: Asher to notify community and provide directions.
Status: OPEN
Architectural Committee Guidelines:
Action: Asher will log in all submissions, and ensure all board members review and provide additional questions or approve in a timely manner.
Storage Sheds:
Gary to send Chris and Asher the website to custom build sheds from BJ’s.
Status: CLOSED
Dogs Barking:
There are several complaints regarding noisy barking dogs at 2 addresses in the community.
Action: In light of the fact that there is a noise ordinance, investigate if there is an action that can be taken by the board, i.e., sending a letter to the homeowner, etc.
Status: OPEN
Driveway Sealing group pricing:
Two years ago, the community got special pricing from “All County Paving”, located in Hanover.
Action: Gary will investigate if we can get any special price for sealing blacktop driveways.
Status: Will need to survey the community to see how many are interested. Price will depend on how many they can do during the same visit.
Action: Asher to post an inquiry on the Cobblestone Website as to interest in driveway sealing.
Swale Maintenance:
Will the county maintain all Swales and are there any county requirements for what plants can be installed in a Swale.
Action: Rich will check with County.
Update: County rep. told Rich that we can install any plants/shrubs we want and mulch as much of the area we want. The only restriction is that no trees can be planted in the Swale.
Status: CLOSED