CIHA Newsletter Nov. 2009

CIHA MEETING NOTES
November 17, 2008 7:00 PM

Board Members
President: Maureen Thomas
Phone: 248-698-0965
maureenthomas123@hotmail.com
Vice President: Craig Leonard
Phone: 248-321-9969
jenniferandcraig@comcast.net
Treasurer: Dave Weber
Phone: 248-698-7797
dkweber4@comcast.net
Secretary: Kelly House
Phone: 248-698-6959
cnkhouse@comcast.net

Members present:
Maureen Thomas, Renee Brodie, Dave Weber, Kelly House, John Morawski, Richard Brooks, Sherry Woodbeck, Chuck House.

Board Actions
Our insurance policy has been renewed and the annual report has been sent in to the state.

Snow Removal Contract
We have hired Komisarz & LaFontaine as our snow removal contractor this year. They were the low bidder.

Please note the following: The contractor does not plow unless 4 inches of snow has fallen and does not begin to plow until the snow stops falling. Snow will not be cleared the full width of street. Residents are responsible for marking their property lines to avoid sod damage near the street. Any other damage not reported within 24 hours is waived. The county is responsible for plowing and salting our streets but needs prompting from several residents.
If the roads are icy please call Oakland County at 248 858 4804.

Boat Launch
We sent a letter to the Township Board of Trustees and Township Supervisor Mike Kowall regarding enforcement of the new boat legislation. Kowall has informed us that our suggestions have been forwarded to the Township attorney.

CIHA Website
This is the last hard copy newsletter that will be sent to everyone in the CIHA. If you would like to continue receiving this hard copy letter please complete the attached form and return to Kelly House at 10042 Cedar Shore Dr. or contact me by phone at 248-698-6959. If requesting a hardcopy also be sure that your street number is clearly marked on your mail box so that we can deliver it to you.

If you do not contact me, the newsletter will only be available electronically both as an email attachment and on our website at www.ciha.us.
Please provide your email address to us at cedarislandhoa@hotmail.com so that we can forward the minutes to you and notify you of any announcements or posting to our website.

Treasurer’s Report/2009 Budget
Dave Weber reviewed the current financial statement. A copy is attached to this newsletter. 107 of 145 members have paid their dues so far this year. If you have not paid your dues, please send a check for $50 payable to CIHA to Dave at 10033 Cedar Shores. Extra directories are available. Please call Kelly House 249-698-6959 if you need one.

Halloween Bonfire
The Halloween Bonfire was a great success. Thanks to Craig Leonard for organizing this event. Thanks to the volunteers: Dave Weber and Jake House and thank you to Rowena Elick for locating and delivering the pallets. The winners of the pumpkin raffle were Elli Leonard and Bill Fitzgerald. Congratulations!

Christmas Bonfire
The Christmas bonfire will be Sunday Dec. 20 at 7 pm. Santa will be there will gifts for the children and hot cocoa. We will also be having a food drive to benefit Open Door. Children may bring a non perishable food item. We have already located a number of volunteers to assist with the preparation, but we need someone to step forward to serve as the “on site manager" of the event. Please call Craig Leonard at 248-321-9969 to volunteer. We also need 5-6 volunteers to help with luminaries, a bonfire master and someone to locate and deliver pallets to the park.

Future Board Meetings
Board meetings are open to the entire association and are held quarterly. Dates will be published in the newsletter and/or reminders posted on the park sign. We welcome your attendance and are interested in your opinions. If you have an item to add to the agenda, please contact a board member a few days prior to the meeting.

Community Email
Sherry Woodbeck has volunteered to be our moderator for our new community email. She has created a Yahoo group for us. Please check it out at the link below:
Home Page:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CIHA
Group email address: CIHA@yahoogroups.com

Please email Sherry with any community events, issues, births, deaths, lost & found items or concerns and she will post them here. Please follow the links above and join our group if you would to receive this information.

Member Events
In the past the Association had welcomed new members to the subdivision and we would to revive this. Whenever a new neighbor moves in we will be giving them a packet with a welcome letter, a copy of the latest newsletter, a directory and a copy of the by-laws. Please notify us when a new neighbor moves in so we don’t miss anybody.

We will also be acknowledging the death of any association member if we receive timely notice.

Thank You
CIHA friend and neighbor John Mancogna passed away in October. The Mancogna family would like to thank their friends and neighbors for their help and support during this difficult time.

Respectfully Submitted,
Kelly House, Secretary
November17, 2009

Upcoming Events

NEXT BOARD Meeting
March 2010
Date and location to be announced

Paid Listings
If you have a business or product you would like to
promote, ad space (business card size) is available
for $10 per newsletter.

Contact Kelly House
Phone: 248-698-6959
CNKHOUSE@COMCAST.NET

Please email artwork in business card format to cnkhouse@comcast.net

Meeting Tuesday November 17 at 7:00 PM

The next Cedar Island Homeowners Association meeting will be held Tuesday November 17 at 7 PM at 10042 Cedar Shores.

Agenda
Cedar Island Homeowners Association
November 17, 2009 7:00 PM


Welcome…………………..………………..Maureen Thomas

Board Actions……………………………..Maureen Thomas
annual report filed
insurance renewed
snow plow contract signed


Treasurer’s report………….………...…..Dave Weber


Old Business:

Halloween Bonfire Recap……………………...Craig Leonard
Delivery of newsletters via email/website…..Kelly House
Boat Launch Ordinance Follow Up …………..Craig Leonard
Community Email ………………………………..Maureen Thomas


New Business:

Christmas Bonfire ……………………………...Maureen Thomas
Acknowledging Member Events………………Maureen Thomas

Cedar Island
Homeowners Association October 2009

New Board Elected
President: Maureen Thomas
Phone: 248-698-0965
maureenthomas123@hotmail.com
Vice President: Craig Leonard
Phone: 248-321-9969
jenniferandcraig@comcast.net
Treasurer: Dave Weber
Phone: 248-698-7797
dkweber4@comcast.net
Secretary: Kelly House
Phone: 248-698-6959
cnkhouse@comcast.net

Meeting Notes
October 7, 2009 7:00 PM
Present: Maureen Thomas, Renee Brodie, Dave Weber, Kelly House, Craig Leonard, John & Barb Morawski, Richard Brooks and Rowena Elick

Association Directory
The 2009 directory is being distributed with this newsletter. CIHA raised almost $500 with the advertising! Thank you to Steve Cooper, Renee Brodie, Maureen Thomas and Dave Weber.

Garage Sale
Great weather and a big turnout made this year’s garage sale a big success. A special thanks to Tom Woobeck for making our permanent garage sale sign. Due to several requests next year’s sale will be shortened to two days, Friday and Saturday only.

Ladies Wine Tasting
A great time was had by all at this years Ladies Wine tasting. Thank you to Judy Hepfer for doing a great job hosting this event.

Goose Round Up
Another fun and productive goose round up with 37 relocated this year. Thank you to our CIHA goose busters. See the Directory for a list of the volunteers.

2010 Fireworks
Next year’s firework will be held on Friday, July 2nd with a rain date of Saturday, July 10th. The contract has been signed and the deposit has been paid. This was the only date we were offered.

Park Fence Replacement/Repair
We will be getting quotes to repair the fence at the park. If the jobs is over budget we will also look into repairing the fence ourselves at next spring’s park clean up.

Bushes Blocking View at The Entrance
We had complaints from many members that the bushes at the home at 245 Oxbow Lake Road were not being trimmed and it was difficult to see oncoming traffic unless you drive a truck or SUV. We communicated with the homeowners in August and September. They agreed that a safety hazard existed and have trimmed the bushes this month.

Boat Launch Ordinance
The state has passed the bill regarding the boat launch enforcement; however the township has not passed an ordinance to enforce the restriction due to budget constraints. We have sent a letter to the township suggesting several ways that they could monitor the launch at little to no expense and are currently waiting for a response.

Feeding Ducks & Water Fowl
There have been compaints about residents
feeding ducks and other waterfowl in the neighborhood. Please see the attached notice from the DNR explaining why this is neither good for the ducks nor the lake.

Treasurer’s Report
Dave Weber reviewed the financial statement. Highlights: 106 of 145 members paid their dues so far this year and we had income from newsletter and directory ads. We raised $10,947 for fireworks and did not need to borrow money from the Association to pay the 2010 deposit.

Lake Levels
Last spring we had experienced some issues with high lake levels. There is a new county employee handling our lake who has admittedly had a few problems controlling the levels of the lakes. When we notice the level getting too high we need to immediately contact the Oakland County Water Resource Commission and let them know so that they can adjust the levels 248 858-1127 or wrc@oakgov.com.

CIHA Website
We have had an association website for a few years now but have never really utilized it. Beginning with this newsletter we will begin posting all CIHA newsletters to the site at www.ciha.us. In the future will we offer homeowners the choice of receiving the newsletter electronically or hardcopy. Those receiving the electronic version would be notified through the CIHA email list. Please check out the site. Your feedback and suggestions are welcome! Also thanks to Adam Woodbeck for setting up and administering this site.

Halloween Bonfire
Craig Leonard has volunteered to chair for the Halloween Bonfire. Halloween falls on a Saturday night this year so we are expecting a large turnout. Please contact Craig to volunteer at 248-321-9969.

We are also looking for volunteers to chair the Christmas Bonfire. Please call Craig Leonard to volunteer at 248-321-9969.

Snow Removal Contract
The majority at the meeting voted in favor of hiring a contractor to plow our snow again this year. The bidding form was sent out via email Oct. 13. If you know someone who would like to bid and need a form, please have them contact Maureen Thomas 248 698 0965 before Oct. 26th.

Please note the following: The contractor does not plow unless 4 inches of snow have fallen and does not begin to plow until the snow stops falling. Snow will not be cleared the full width of street. Residents are responsible for marking their property lines to avoid sod damage. The county is responsible for plowing and salting too, but needs prompting from several residents. If the roads are icy or snow covered please call Oakland County Road Commission at 248 858 4804.

Other Items That Were Voted On
The majority voted to publish the names of those who paid dues and /or contributed to the fireworks.

There was an on-line vote regarding the use of our CIHA email list. We had 5 votes for official CIHA business only, 2 votes for CIHA business or anything community related and 14 votes for two different email lists, one for CIHA business and a separate email for community events. If anyone is interested in administrating this second email listing please contact Maureen.

The majority approved planting new trees in the Burgess cul de sac now that Oakland County has repaired the drainage issues. We will look into a free tree grant through DTE to pay for trees and may add some benches to the area. Input from neighbors living in the cul de sac is welcome.

Future Board Meeting
Board Meetings are open to the entire Association and are held quarterly. Dates will be published in the newsletter and/or reminders posted on the park sign. We welcome your attendance and are interested in your opinions. If you have an item to add to the Agenda, please contact a Board Member a few days prior to the meeting.

Next Meeting
The Next Meeting will be Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 7:00 pm – at the House’s – 10042 Cedar Shores Dr.

Respectfully Submitted,
Kelly House, CIHA Secretary

Upcoming Events

Halloween Bonfire
Saturday, October 31st
8:00 pm at the park
(Trick or Treating is 6:30 – 8:00)
Classified Ads

Paid Listings
If you have a business or product you would like to promote, ad space is available starting at $10 (business card size) per newsletter.
Contact Kelly House
Phone: 248-698-6959
cnkhouse@comcast.net

Please email artwork in business card format to
cnkhouse@comcast.net

ANNUAL MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY OCT. 7 AT 7PM

The CIHA Annual Meeting will be this Wednesday October 7th at the Township Board Room at 7:00 PM.

Elections of Officers will take place at this meeting. Maureen Thomas - President, Dave Weber - Treasurer and Kelly House - Secretary have agreed to run again. We have one nominee for VP - Craig Leonard. You may nominate someone at the meeting too.

We will also vote on whether to have snow removal this winter. Please attend. We'd like your input.