Riverwalk Homeowners' Association - Box 772, Ashland OR 97520
Minutes of Riverwalk HOA Meeting of April 5, 2008

A meeting of the Homeowners of Riverwalk was held on April 5, 2008, at 12:00 p.m., at the Ashland Public Library, 410 East Siskiyou Blvd., in Ashland, Oregon. The meeting was called to order at 12:06 p.m. by Charlie West. A quorum was satisfied: 39 owners were present or had submitted a valid proxy. Board members present were Charlie West and Tony Trouse.

Charlie moved the Good Neighbor Policy agenda item to the beginning of the meeting and introduced guest speaker, Kip Keeton, Ashland Community Service Officer. Kip was contacted by North Mountain Park with complaints of Riverwalkers walking their dogs in North Mountain Park and a Riverwalk cat that spends every day at the park. The only park in all of Ashland for dogs is The Dog Park off Nevada Street. Cats are not allowed in any park. Kip urged all of us to be "advanced citizens" and call in (482-5211) violations, including dogs not on leashes, to the police department. They will respond if they are not involved in a police action. Homeowners asked if stops signs could be installed within Riverwalk to slow down the speeding cars. He said to contact Karl Johnson in the Public Works signage division to request adding stop signs within Riverwalk. Kip said to call in the speeding violations with license numbers and as much description of the car as possible. Kip encouraged the homeowners to work on this concern before someone was injured.

The minutes of the RHOA of 6/28/2007 and 12/8/2007 were approved.

Charlie appointed two Inspectors of the Election - Gretchen Thiel and Peg Blake.

Charlie explained that Sidney Bonte no longer communicated with the Board and asked for a vote on whether to retain or remove her from the Board of Directors. The vote was 39 to remove and 0 to retain.

Director Tony Trouse resigned from the board as he has moved to Florida. Perry Anderson, director-in-waiting, had resigned earlier as his work schedule prevented him from participating.

Nominations were opened for Directors. Gretchen Thiel, Peg Blake, Bonnie Rinaldi, and Jennifer Gibbs were nominated and elected by acclamation.

The homeowners' meeting was placed on hold. A Board of Directors' organizational meeting was convened. The new directors moved to the front table and designated officers. Results are:
Peg Blake - President
Bonnie Rinaldi - Vice President
Gretchen Thiel - Secretary
Charlie West - Treasurer
Jennifer Gibbs - Assistant Treasurer

The Board of Directors' organizational meeting was adjourned and the homeowners' meeting resumed.

Charlie gave the treasurer's report highlighting the 2008 year-to-date report. Our insurance policies will be renewed for a three year period. He asked that all homeowners go on-line to our web site and download the contact information document, complete it, and send it to Charlie.

The landscape committee report was given. The committee submitted a recommendation to the Board to plant knick-knick in our park rows with the addition of mulch and nutrients. The Board approved the recommendation. Send landscape concerns and ideas to Dolly Travers.

The Document Committee to revise and update the CCRs and Bylaws, will be chaired by Bonnie Rinaldi. Volunteers to serve on this committee are Bonnie Rinaldi, Charlie West, Mark Bradshaw, and Dolly Travers.

Kevin Calkins asked if we could be notified by email when the unapproved minutes of this meeting were posted to our website. The Board agreed.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m.

Meeting documents: Notice of Meeting, Agenda, Budget Information, Sign-in sheets; Proxies; Ballots, Minutes of homeowners' meetings of 6/28/2007 and 12/8/2007.