NSSHA BOARD MEETING 24 February 2011 6:30 P.M. President Hal Thomas’ Home

The following board members were present: Hal Thomas, President; Jim Botsford, Vice President; Mary Clarke Ver Hoef, Area 6; Nancy Allen, Secretary; Tony Planchon, Treasurer; Kathy Lewin, Editor/Webmaster; Linda Olsen, Area 3.

The meeting started at approximately 6:30 pm (the secretary was late due to traffic). Hal passed out a handout – The Assignment of Fee Tiers under the Cabin Fee Act (if enacted) produced by Cabin Coalition 2, October 9, 2010. When I arrived Mary was telling the group that LA/Big Bear have finished their appraisals. Some appraisals have gone down from the last appraisal done in the late 90’s. The Tahoe basin is in the process of doing their second appraisals. Mary is trying to find the comps that they used.

Hal brought up the CFA (Cabin Fee Act) and that perhaps the CFA is not advantageous for us. From there a discussion ensued regarding the pros and cons of the CFA vs. CUFFA. Mary gave us a brief history of CUFFA and the CFA.

All of the appraisals are not complete (ours are scheduled for this year). Because of that, there is no hard data and therefore no way to determine if our fees would be less under CUFFA (the-appraisal-every-10-years system) or the CFA (one fee + a yearly IPD). Some felt that the transfer fee (percentage of the sale price) is too high under the CFA. There was discussion about the fee tier structure, which changed last year from a 5-tier proposal to a 9-tier proposal. It’s possible that by spreading the costs into 9 tiers that a cabin may fall into a higher tier and consequently have a higher fee.

NFH/C2 is looking at the fee problem, the huge increase in fees under CUFFA, as a national problem, which threatens the existence of the cabin program. However it’s possible that because of the drop in real estate values, locally we may have lower fees under CUFFA. For that reason Hal announced that he could not support the CFA.

Next we discussed the appraisals scheduled for this year. We agreed that we need to hire someone to find appropriate comps and that we need to be looking for appraisers. We have the money in the treasury for that.

A decision was made to vote on whether to support the CFA.

Mary, Nancy, and Kathy voted to support the CFA. Hal, Tony, Linda and Jim voted not to support the CFA.

Therefore as a group the NSSHA board members voted not to support the CFA.

Mary suggested that she have someone from C2 give Hal a call to discuss his concerns.

Treasurer’s Report: Tony reported that we had $38,000 in the checking account and $17,350 in a CD for a total dollar amount of $55,658, enough money to hire appraisers.

Secretary’s Report: I have completed the minutes for the annual meeting and have a current roster.

New Business: The annual meeting is set for June 25th at Sciots Tract. Bob Howke is no longer with us. He sold his cabin last year so Kathy Lewin will take his place as Area 9’s Super Tract Representative.

Kathy then reported on her work with the Fire Safe Council/Green Waste Initiative. She is trying to get her project – chippers and dumpsters for the cabin tracts – funded. We passed a motion that we endorse the Fire Safe Council/Green Waste proposal.

Jim and Tony reported that they have received new water bills for their tracts. It’s a revised Federal fee for the right a way for a water pipeline.

It was decided that the newsletter should be mailed by June 1st.

There was a suggestion to invite the Forest Service LEA (Law Enforcement) officer to speak at our annual meeting.

The meeting adjourned shortly after 9pm.

Nancy Allen 02/27/2011

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