Mar Cheri Community Club Minutes
July 9, 2019 7:15PM
The meeting was called to order by President Ken Schiewetz. In attendance were board members Laura House, Larry Barlow, Anne Mesick, Rod Martinez, Lisa Martinez and Audrey Isaacson.
President: Ken Schiewetz
Vice President: Laura House
A bid of $1,485.00 to cut (3) trees, grind stumps and trim the branches along the fence lines, was passed.
A tree issue is still in an ongoing discussion. Each party has until July 10 to respond to the letter they received.
Laura met with the city engineer, and walked the sidewalks in Mar Cheri so he could get a feel for what needs to be done. The city engineer advised that Federal Way has just initiated their ADA Compliancy Program, so they don’t yet have a clear idea of how to move forward. Essentially, every corner, plus the sidewalk directly across from the corner, plus every place sidewalk end is required to have an ADA compliant ramp to access the sidewalk. That means we need at least nine ramps in Mar Cheri. We also need blacktop ramps at the entrances to Mar Cheri. For the ramps at Dash Point road, we will need to remove some of the vegetation. We will need to see how much blacktop they will be laying and when.
Fines will be sent to the households that received letters to clean up their yards and did not comply.
Fines will be sent to owners whose cars haven’t been moved within twenty-four hours.
Treasurer: Larry Barlow
Four lot owners have not paid this year’s assessments
.Expenses for June: $13,651.26
Income for June: $6,612
Expenses to date: $25,776.87
Income to date: $44,069.69
Recreation: Anne Mesick
Twenty-four people attended the 4th of July picnic.
National Night Out is August 6th at 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at the Mar Cheri Picnic area. Please bring a dish to share. Community will provide Hot Dogs, Hamburgers and drinks.
New Neighbor
We welcome to our neighborhood, Chris Willoughby, 29635 2nd Pl. SW. Chris received a Welcome Packet and an orchid.
Nancy Krueger is preparing a plant list for around the Pool house and the picnic area. When approved, they would be planted in the fall.
Architectural: Rod Martinez
A new garage door has been approved.
Progress is being made with a lot owner who is in violation.
Maintenance/Pool Manager: Lisa Martinez
The cameras are working around the pool perimeter.
Pool Party Rules
The homeowner(s) hosting the party will be required to sign a waiver taking full responsibility for any damages, rule violations or accidents that occur during the party.
In response to questions about pool party status for homeowners’ families, the board discussed and passed the following rule:
Any Mar Cheri Family, in good standing, who has signed a pool party waiver and deposited a $250.00 check (refundable) with the Pool Manager, may keep those items on file for the summer and contact the pool manager to confirm a family gathering, defined as adult children, spouses of adult children, grandchildren and parents. This gathering extends only to immediate family members and may not exceed 10 people. Provided there are no violations, at the end of the summer the deposit check would be returned. All pool and pool party rules must be obeyed.
The idea behind this rule is to permit homeowners to bring their children and grandchildren to the pool in a more spontaneous manner. This is not intended for friends or birthday parties. Those will still need to be scheduled in advance according to the pool party rules.
Anne Mesick made the motion and Laura House seconded the motion.
At Large: Makoto Sugiuchi
No report.
A reminder, trash, garbage or other waste shall not be keep except in sanitary receptacles hidden from street view. All equipment for the storage or disposal of such material shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
Next Mar Cheri board meeting will be Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 7:15 at the Mar Cheri Pool.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Audrey Isaacson
Secretary