LACA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
June 7, 2007
LakeAnna Winery
Call to Order
President Bill Hayden called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.
Officers Present
Bill Hayden, President, Doug Smith, Vice President, Patty Shapiro, Secretary, Ray Venator, Treasurer
Regional Directors Present
Bob Kepley, Jackson, Bill Murphy, Mineral/Louisa, Sharon LaTour, Berkeley, John Skelly, Brokenburg, Bernie White, Belmont
Committee Chairs Present
Combined License, Bill Murphey, LEEP, John Skelly, Safety, Dave Fosdick
Board and Committee Chair Absentees
Navigation, Jim Oliver, Land Use, Tom Nyman, Water Quality, Ken Remmers, Social, Rebecca Vignon, Fireworks, Mike May, Newsletter, Christine Cole
Guests
Wayne Jones, LACA member, Irene Luck, The Central Virginian, Mike Sowers, Overton Forks, Ed Kube, The Lake Anna Observer, and Ed Robinson, Operation Safe Community
Approval of Agenda
The agenda for the meeting was approved as presented by a consent call without objection.
Approval of Minutes
The report from Tom Nyman was not included in the official minutes. Correction was made and the minutes were approved by a consent call without objection.
Treasurer’s Financial Report – Ray Venator
Ray gave the financial report for May 2007. The report shows income of $16,734.67 and expenses of $2,871.78 for an end of month balance of $100,928.60. Ray reported an increase in membership from 836 to 906 in one month. Doug Smith was given credit for writing a membership letter that was mailed out to prospective new members.
Guest’s Presentation
Ed Robinson gave a short presentation on a project that he has spear-headed, Operation Safe Community. The program is centered on the safety of the children in our community.
President’s Report
Bill has contacted Darren Coffey, Louisa County Director of Community Development, to speak at the annual LACA meeting being held on Saturday, July 28th. Mr. Coffey accepted and will make a presentation and answer questions regarding the LouisaCounty Shoreline Management Policy. Bill also contacted Brenda Parish who is now the Interim Director of Planning for Spotsylvania County, to address questions from the SpotsylvaniaCounty residents. Ms Parish will not be able to attend but is going to send Joey Hess, County Planner, and also send one of the county’s environmental specialists. Bill received an email from Joey Hess indicating that SpotsylvaniaCounty will be putting information out on its web site by the 5th. They are now fast tracking a proposed change to the resort-agricultural and resort-residential zoning in SpotsylvaniaCounty. This will basically, on the Spotsylvania side, sweep up all the land anywhere close to the lake. This won’t affect areas already zoned.
Bill reminded Board members that the articles are now due for the newsletter.
Vice President’s Report
No report.
Secretary’s Report
No report.
Treasurer’s Report
No report.
Jackson Director’s Report – Bob Kepley
Bob commented that he has recently noticed quite a few rezoning’s published in the newspapers. Going from agricultural, all the way to commercial, around the lake….at least on the Louisa side. He feels that many of these areas should remain residential and is watching with interest to see what develops.
He observed on Memorial Day weekend the presence of Game and Inland Fisheries patrols on the warm side.
Cuckoo Director’s Report – Vacant
No report.
Mineral/Louisa Director’s Report – Bill Murphey
Bill gave a briefing of the recent newspaper articles concerning Dominion Power ordering the components for the 3rd reactor. He wanted to bring it to the Board’s attention in order for the members to be aware of the articles and keep up-to-date.
Berkeley Director’s Report – Sharon LaTour
Sharon said that it seems like her community is very apathetic. Very few LACA members. The communities homeowners meeting is the 30th of June and she will hand out membership form to the new residents.
Brokenburg Director’s Report – John Skelly
John told the Board that Jim Oliver gave an excellent overview of LACA to the Ruitan Club.
Belmont Director’s Report – Bernie White
No Report.
Combined License – Bill Murphey
No report other than comments made earlier.
Navigation – Jim Oliver
No report.
Land Use – Tom Nyman
Emailed short report to Doug with two items. First item was on the Comprehensive Plan and the other item was on the zoning ordinance plan change in SpotsylvaniaCounty which Bill has already covered.
LEEP – John Skelly
John updated the Board on the progress his committee is making on litter awareness and trying to clean up the roads around the LakeAnna area. The committee came up with 3 suggestions: 1. Develop a brochure sponsored by LACA asking the public to promote beautification and end litter dumping. These brochures would be placed in public places. A copy of the brochure will be presented to the Board for approval before proceeding since the costs associated with producing this brochure may be too expensive. 2. Contact all the HOA’s in the subdivisions around LakeAnna and encourage them to participate in litter collection programs and supply trash containers at various locations within their subdivision. 3. Placing signs on the major roads to the lake. The signs would welcome visitors to the lake and ask them to help us keep it beautiful by not littering. The pricing of these signs will be costly, estimated to be around $1,000 to $2,000 each. A recommendation was made to try and solicit donor sponsorship to help cover the costs.
Safety – Dave Fosdick
In July 2008 the Boater Safety Education Act will go into effect. The committee volunteered to work with the Virginia Safe Boating Alliance on the new regulations. The people from SmithMountainLake and LakeAnna are going to meet next Thursday with the Alliance in Richmond. They will be using the state of Oregon as a sample in how they designed their regulations on safe boater education. Hopefully, will be able to submit that to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for a final review.
Water Quality – Ken Remmers
Absent. Doug gave Ken’s report. The next water sampling will take place on Monday, June 18th. Training day will be at the State Park on Friday, June 15th. The April water tests came back with no problems. Ken is applying for a sub-grant of $10,000 for PAM testing. First will have to establish a baseline to work from.
Social – Rebecca Vignon
Absent. No report.
Fireworks – Mike May
Absent. No report.
Newsletter – Christine Cole
Absent. Emailed the BOD to finalize articles for the newsletter. Ray commented that advertising in the newsletter has dropped.
Old Business
None.
New Business
Signs need to be placed to announce the annual membership meeting. Perhaps one sign in each district. Board members were asked to please bring any signs they have to the next meeting.
Adjourn into Executive Session
On a motion from Bob Kepley and a second by John Skelly the Board went into Executive Session to discuss the possibility of writing editorials to the newspapers and the selection of a candidate for the Jack Bertram Award.
The Board reported out of the Executive Session on a motion by Bob Kepley and seconded by Sharon LaTour.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 7:50pm upon unanimous consent.
Respectfully submitted,
Patty Shapiro, Secretary