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New Mark Commons Homes Association, Inc. Board New Mark Commons Board Agenda 4/6/2017 Page 1 of 159 NEW MARK COMMONS HOMES ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. BOX 4206 ROCKVILLE, MD 20849-4206 301-340-0288 http://www.newmarkcommons.net BOARD MEETING AGENDA Thursday April 6, 2017 7:30 pm at the NMC Clubhouse 7:30pm Call to Order 7:30pm – 8:00pm Community Forum1 • Briefing on School Boundaries – Mike Kohut 8:00pm – 8:25pm Approve Minutes and Agenda • Approve Agenda for April 6, 2017. • Minutes for October 19, 2016 Budget Board Meeting. • Minutes for November 16, 2016 Board Conference Call. • Minutes for February 2, 2017 Board Meeting. • Minutes for March 2, 2017 Board Meeting • Minutes for March 16, 2017 Board Meeting. 8:25pm – 8:45pm Committee Reports2 • Architectural Control Committee – Alex Belida • Communications Committee – David Schwartzman • Community Enhancement – Magnus Turesson • Landscape Committee – Ellen Stein • Pool Committee – Kathleen Moran • Social Committee – Alexandra Manalatos 8:45pm – 8:55pm Administrator’s Report3 • Townhouse Parking Lot repaving update. • Dues Update • Appeal of USLI Insurance Denial for CCOC Case 53-16 • Letter to Judy Rudolph re: response to Community Enhancement Concerns 8:55 – 9:00pm Break 9:00pm – 10:00pm Old Business 1 Preference to speakers will be given to those who provide advance notice. To provide advance notice, email [email protected]. 2 Each Committee Report shall be no longer than 3 minutes. No Discussion or voting during committee reports. 3 Limited questions will be entertained at the end of the report as time permits. New Mark Commons Board Agenda 4/6/2017 Page 2 of 159 1. 2016 Audit from DeLeon & Stang.4 2. 2017 Revised Budget. 10:00 – 10:15 New Business 1. Community Enhancement Committee Action Items a. Mission Statement and Policies b. Inspection Checklist c. Sample Letters 2. Roc’n Grant Application to City of Rockville 3. Pool Contract 10:15 Adjournment. 4 15 minutes of time is allotted to discussion of the audit. New Mark Commons Board Agenda 4/6/2017 Page 3 of 159 New Mark Commons Homes Association Inc. Board of Directors Organizational Meeting March 16, 2017 Attendance Board members present: John Daroff, Alex Manolatos, David Schwartzman, Ellen Stein, Alex Belida, Kathleen Moran, Jim Denny (Administrator), Kirsten Hall (Assistant Administrator). Absent: Magnus Turesson Residents: Judy Rudolph, Pat Reber. Call to Order Ellen Stein called the meeting to order at 7:31 p.m. Community Forum None Nomination of Officers Discussion about offices, committees, board liaisons, voting: John Daroff explained how committees have been formed and managed. Quorum and Maryland Open Meetings Act requirements revisited. Board members encouraged to complete MOMA training if they haven’t yet, to ensure that any Board discussions outside of meetings are handled properly. Nomination for President John Daroff nominated himself. Discussion about tasks and goals facing incoming president: The Board discussed that the president will have possible goals of updating bylaws, producing budget and five-year plan, setting priorities for expenditures, how to pay SWM refund, understanding our accounting issues with budget planning and conforming to HOA and CCOC rules. Expressed need to work as a team with one another and demonstrate to the community that the Board is listening to input. Increased or improved communication with community will be key. Nomination for Vice President Magnus Turesson (via John Daroff) nominates himself. Nomination for Secretary/Treasurer Alex Belida nominated David Schwartzman. Vote for New Directors Voting was unanimous. New Directors are: President: John Daroff President New Mark Commons Board Agenda 4/6/2017 Page 4 of 159 Vice President: Magnus Turesson Secretary/Treasurer: David Schwartzman John Daroff thanked Ellen Stein for her four years as Secretary/Treasurer. Remainder of meeting conducted by John Daroff. Goals for New Board Advance Planning for Board Meetings: John would like to create agendas in advance for next three meetings out so community can see upcoming business. Addressing Community Forum Issues in the Agenda: John feels there’s a problem with issues at the forum being bumped to “New Business” at the end of the meeting, disconnecting the discussion from the community member who initiates it. To better incorporate community input and demonstrate follow-up to forum issues, community members will be given opportunity to add items to the agenda in advance of the meeting (deadlines for adding to agenda will be set), or to make that request at the forum and to be addressed in a future meeting. When an individual’s topic is to be discussed, the individual may be invited back to for input and inclusion in the discussion. Posting agendas several meetings out, with such topics on them, shows the Board’s intent to discuss the issue and when a response from the Board can be expected. Agenda Items and Meeting Documents Timing Board members were asked to send agenda items to John to be collected and prioritized, possibly spread over the coming months’ agendas, so Jim isn’t getting input from seven different sources. A calendar of agenda items and cutoffs for getting items on agenda in timely manner also to be established. The Board needs to adhere to deadlines to avoid time pressure and members’ failure to read materials before the meeting. This applies to community-suggested agenda items as well; it was suggested that a framework for the year could be established in advance for known cyclical projects. Setting Priorities for Year Operating and Reserve Budgets and Reserve Studies: John would like to focus on the Operating and Reserve Budgets now, and for next three years. He has a contact who can help project three years out and communicate goals to community. Input from the reserve studies will be used; the last bid is coming in April to Jim. Kathleen will assist with prioritizing from reserve study input. Kathleen asked about landscaping, common areas, and big picture planning for future common area issues, and Jim Denny agreed that the study needs to be more specific in identifying common areas for improvement and projecting forward. Alex Belida and Alex Manolatos discussed the need to communicate to the community an explanation of the difference between areas exclusive to townhomes and other common areas, how they are maintained, and what the costs are to all, for better understanding of how common area costs are spread among the community. Governance and document updates: John would like to work on updates to modernize NMC bylaws, which are 50 years old, so they are more applicable to the current time and comply with current City, CCOC and HOA rules and laws. 3 New Mark Commons Board Agenda 4/6/2017 Page 5 of 159 Planning for facilities updates: Some facilities planning comes under reserve fund study, and some from other needed improvements. The 2017 proposed budget issue of borrowing against the reserve fund was cause for concern for Board members. Jim said the accountant says it is legal, and there was discussion about how much of the planned deficit is an accounting process and how much involves actual cash. More examination of the budget is needed. A vision for future revenue and recovery is needed. The board will review and discuss the budget at the April 6 meeting. Board Liaison Committee Assignments ACC: Alex Belida. John Hansman staying on as chair of ACC. Communications: David Schwartzman. John Daroff resigns as Liaison. Community Enhancement: Magnus Turesson. Chairmanship is vacant. Landscape: Ellen Stein. Pool: Kathleen Moran. Social Committee: Alex Manolatos. Board Liaisons and the Google Drive John will create email addresses for committees and update them for new Board. Folders for new members will be added to the Board Google drive. John is network admin and can assist. Also, Board is advised to use Jim’s NMC email address only: [email protected]. 50th Anniversary Celebration The new Social Committee will work with 50th Anniversary task force. Alex Manolatos said she is out of country April 1-18. Adjournment John: Call for motion to adjourn. Motion: Alex Belida Second: Kathleen Moran Adjourned by unanimous vote 9:17 p.m. 3 New Mark Commons Board Agenda 4/6/2017 Page 6 of 159 NEW MARK COMMONS HOMES ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING WITH CANDIDATES FORUM THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017 Attendees Board Members: John Hansman, John Daroff, Ellen Stein, John Brown, Dorie Mangan, Alex Manolatos, Magnus Turesson, and NMC Administrator, Jim Denny. Administrative Assistant Kirsten Hall taking minutes. NMC Residents: Alex Belida, Joseph Jordan, Daniel New-Schneider, David Schwartzman, Pat Reber, Angeli Gupta, Karin Boychyn, Hans and Toni Schierling, Mira Frost, Joseph Rosen, Jon Bernheimer, Jonathan Smith, John O’Neal, Judy Rudolph, Madeline and Raj Gupta, Sean Hart, Josh Lubell, Rose and Steve Krasnow, Kathy Gall, Lori Newman, David Schwartzman, Stephanie Bloom, David Sloane, Susan Klein, Ken Sandin. Candidates Forum, 7:00 p.m. Ellen Stein announced meeting being was being recorded. She instructed residents to fill out an index card with questions to ask the candidates. Candidates were given one minute to make their opening statement, in alphabetical order, with Magnus Turesson timing the statements. Candidate Statements Alex Belida: Living here since 1985, raised three kids who were all on swim team. Serving on Architectural Control Committee. Running for Board because he wants to see us in a better position in the next fifty years. Would like a new reserve study to provide long range planning. Wants us to be good neighbors; get our house in order and make regulations, files etc. easily accessible; develop better relationship between Board and city. John Hansman: Has been Engaged nine years on the Board. Has found others to work with on projects including leading architectural review guidelines, parking regulations, NMC 50th anniversary celebration, and others. Joseph Jordan: Has been NMC resident thirty years, dog walker with an eye on the neighborhood.
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