Fairlington Mews Board of Directors

II. Approval of Minutes.

The March 2005 minutes were not ready for review during the April Board Meeting.

III. Homeowner’s Forum

Shannon Watson passed around her cell phone with picture of a proposed 3x5

French door she was proposing to install for her new back storm door.

Lori Olivas raised concerns about Dwyer Plumbing work in Court 14. Gretchen

explained that the work was still in process and when it was completed, the

landscaping would be repaired.

Suzanne Pender introduced herself – she had recently moved into the Mews.

IV. President’s Report.

Gretchen Martin introduced Steve Navar as the new Mews L&N community manager and also mentioned the upcoming Fairlington House Tour. She also mentioned a complimentary letter she had received on the Mews landscaping.

V. Treasurer’s Report.

Seth Low reported that at the current point in the year, there is a projected deficit of $22,400 for the year. The previous year’s audit report was still in draft form.

VI. Committee Reports

Landscape Committee. Tom Corbin reported on some of the recent landscaping activities including tree spraying, spring plantings, and elm tree work. Tom also mentioned the costs for repairs to the hedge and fence from the King St. accident and asked if insurance was going to cover it.

Tom also raised a concern about management of the contractors becoming too much work for the Landscape Committee volunteers. Gretchen encouraged L&N management to be more involved with the contractors.

Tom also asked if money not spent in last year’s landscaping budget ($750) could be used during the current year.

Tom also raised an issue of people not reading the flower bed waiver form and following the guidelines. There is a concern of enforcement of the rules. There was discussion that the Board makes decisions when an issue is raised and L&N enforces it by sending communications to the residents.

Recreation Committee. David Biette reported on progress of pool activities including the pool passes, a walkthrough with the pool contractors and the hiring of local lifeguards.

Roger Taylor reported on vandalism on the tennis court lock and there was discussion as to how to address this problem in the future. There was also discussion of the Bishop proposal ($5,650) for the tennis court. Based on several questions from the Board, Sher was asked to go back to Bishop to get additional information.

Newsletter Committee. Tom Corbin reported that the newsletter input deadline was 5/1/2005. There was discussion about a farewell note from Sher and a welcome note for Steve and to include information about candidates for the Board.

Finance Committee. Seth Low reported that a group had met with Don Taylor last week including Vail, Seth, and Bob and that they had discussed keeping reserves in separate line items. Seth Low stated that the Committee’s work needed to be completed before the May Board Meeting in order to influence the budget. A planning meeting was scheduled to address the Finance Committee’s recommendation in advance of the May meeting.

VII. Monthly Financial Management Report

Sher Opal presented the monthly financial report and discussed management issues.

VIII. Old Business

A. Sewer Relining Project.

Sewer line “camera-ing” is ongoing and when finished, the report will be provided to

the Board to inform future decision-making regarding the sewer lines.

IX. New Business

A. Variances.

A motion to approve Shannon Watson’s back door request was made by Seth

Low, seconded by Ann Noonan. The motion was approved unanimously.

A motion to approve Margaret Kammeyer’s request for her kitchen was

made by Ann Noonan, seconded by Seth Low. The motion was approved

unanimously.

B. Masonry Repairs. There was discussion and concern expressed about the masonry

repairs and making sure that the costs are kept at the estimated amounts.

A motion to approve the masonry repairs with a weekly report from Seal

Engineering with a cost cap of $51,000 was made by Ben Marglin, seconded

by David Biette. The motion was approved unanimously.

X. Establishment of Next Meeting. The next meeting of the Mews board of directors will be held on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. at the Fairlington Community Center.

XI. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.