BayWinds
Volume 37, Issue 1 Selby Community Association, Inc. Autumn 2005
P.O. Box 599
Mayo, MD 21106
SCA Board of Director’s Meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month · 7:30 p.m.
Location: To Be Announced · All residents are welcome and encouraged to attend.
SCA Board of Directors ~ 2005-2006
The following community members were elected to the Board of Directors for the upcoming year, which runs from October 1, 2005, to September 30, 2006.
President / Ed Robey / 410-798-6105Vice President / Pete Thomas / 410-798-8956
Recording Secretary / Marci Dawson / 410-798-8568
Financial Secretary / Evelyn Gingell / 410-798-1719
Treasurer / Susan Lanier / 410-798-5050
Special Tax Officer / Bill Harding / 410-798-1036
Zoning Officer / Michelle Corkadel / 410-798-4608
Clubhouse Chair / Terry Gheen / 301-261-7021
Beach and Parks Chair / Bruce Lanier / 410-798-5050
Ways and Means Chair / Beth Livingston / 410-798-9474
Social Chair / Kim Cannon / 301-261-4305
Roads and Sanitation Chair / Wes Emrick / 443-223-7927
Police and Fire Protection / Dennis Gheen / 301-261-7021
Trustees / Greg Childers / 443-336-2218
Todd Croteau / 410-798-7503
Andy Moser / 410-798-8568
Clubhouse Purchase Update
Once a final appraisal established the purchase price for the Clubhouse and two adjacent lots earlier this year, we attempted to contact YDF to finalize details for settlement. Our attorney finally received a fax from YDF Board member, Mary Facella, dated July 25, 2005, stating her opinion that too much time had passed since our contract was signed in November 2003,so the contract is void, and the clubhouse is no longer for sale. This fax confirmed our suspicions that YDF did not intend to abide by the legally binding contract; the letter affirms a breach of contract on their part. Since no response was received from YDF to earlier letters, our attorney had already started to draft a lawsuit for enforcement of the contract.
We filed the lawsuit with the Court prior to our settlement date (scheduled for August 19, 2005) and attempted to serve the lawsuit on YDF hoping that they would choose to settle. Service was attempted on their McLean headquarters and their Maryland agent’s address, both of which were found to be vacant and unoccupied, violating their corporate responsibility to keep us notified as to where they can be reached. The suit was next served on Maryland’s State Department of Assessments and Taxation, a valid service under Maryland procedural rules.
The settlement attorney left a message at YDF’s telephone number a few days prior to settlement, but Mary Facella’s return call stated that YDF would not attend the settlement. We also received a letter from YDF’s president, Mario Facella, stating again that the clubhouse is not for sale and the property will be used as a youth camp. We were advised by our attorney to be present for settlement despite their statements, but settlement did not occur. Members of the SCA were present as were our attorney, a representative from our lending institution, and the court-appointed settlement attorney. YDF, however, did not appear.
We heard nothing more and were not even sure YDF knew of the lawsuit until early October when our attorney was contacted by an attorney who was apparently being interviewed by YDF to represent them. As a corporation, they must be represented by an attorney in court though they have been without one for many months, and we do not know whether they have actually hired someone to represent them. We are currently awaiting a court date.
Nettle Nets
The jellyfish nets were taken down and put away in late September. The damage caused by a vandal(s) earlier in the summer was repaired; therefore, new nets will not need to be purchased next season. Special thanks to the volunteers who helped take down the nets this year and spent extra time repairing the damaged nets: Jerry Brice, Todd Croteau, Bill Harding, Alan Lanier, Bruce and Susan Lanier and Yolande Nanayakkara.
Storm Drain Upgrade
At our Annual Meeting in August, Merrill Plait, Chief of Environmental Engineering for AnneArundelCounty, presented plans for storm drain upgrades in Selby. The area marked for the upgrades is between Selby Boulevard, Hillside Avenue, 4th and 5th Avenues. The outfall of the system will be near SelbyYachtBasin. Approximately 40 to 50 properties will need to grant easements for the system to allow for installing pipes and for maintenance. The County was to survey the necessary area by September 2005, and then the properties would be appraised. Offers to purchase easements from property owners should take place in December 2005. If all goes as scheduled, and there aren’t objections from property owners, construction will start in January or February 2006 and be completed around June 2006. If you have any questions, please contact Merrill Plait at 410-222-7547, or fax at 410-222-7589.
Editor’s Corner
Golf Carts and Go Carts
The use of vehicles resembling golf carts and/or go carts in Selby has proliferated over the past several months. It is illegal to operate these types of vehicles on County roads. The vast majority of streets in Selby are owned by the County, including those which may have been privately owned in the past. (If, at some point, a snowplow has been on your street and/or you don’t have to maintain the street yourself, it means your street is owned by the County.) Most of the golf carts and/or go carts seen in Selby are being operated by youth. Many times the carts are overloaded with passengers and are being driven recklessly, sometimes after dark. Not only are there dangers for the drivers and passengers of these vehicles, but pedestrians (including small children) have been threatened as well. Please consider the risks of operating a vehicle illegally in the community or allowing your child(ren) to operate a vehicle illegally, especially the liability you would have if someone were to be injured (or worse) while driving or riding.
Thank You for Your Support
Although dues are no longer required for SCA membership, many residents choose to financially support the SCA and its efforts. Donations help to offset the costs of maintaining community property (such as electric bills for the Clubhouse and the port-a-potty at the beach), and administrative costs (such as this newsletter and community mailings). Please consider a donation so that you may continue to enjoy all our community has to offer, and send it to: SCA, PO Box 599, Mayo, MD21106.
Neighborhood News
New CommunityBeach and Park Sign
If you haven’t been to the beach lately, you have missed our new sign. Stop by and see it…it looks quite classy! Special thanks to Martin O’Callaghan for initiating the idea and following through to a job well done.
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Operation ID
Selby on the Bay is participating in Operation ID. This program involves using an engraver to etch your driver’s license number onto your valuables, or photographing them instead, in order to assist police with locating your belongings if they are ever stolen. You will receive two Operation ID stickers to place on doors or windows of your house to let others know you participate in this program. To borrow an engraver, or for more information, please call Beth Livingston at 410-798-9474.
AnneArundelCounty Police Report
Selby on the Bay
If any community resident is having a problem on his or her street, please call Dennis Gheen and report it to him as well as to the police. Mr. Gheen will discuss the problem with you and keep a record of it to be compiled in a report to be reviewed by the county police so that problem areas in the community can be addressed. Please call Mr. Gheen at 301-261-7021. Additionally, the Southern District County Police has an officer available to answer any questions and concerns by any resident through the Police and Communities Together (P.A.C.T.) program, whose goal is to build a working partnership between the citizens of AnneArundelCounty and the police department to improve our quality of life. Contact Officer Shawkey at 410-222-1961.
Important Contacts:
- Beach Parking Stickers and Boat Ramp Keys: Dennis Gheen 301-261-7021 or 410-798-6892, or Ed Robey 410-798-6105 (parking stickers only)
All Selby residents and property ownersmust display a Selby parking sticker on their car to park at the beach. If your car is parked at the Clubhouse or boat ramp without a sticker, it will be towed!
- SCA By-laws: Evelyn Gingell 410-798-1719 or
- SCA President: Ed Robey 410-798-6105
- Selby Athletic Association: Martin O’Callaghan 410-798-0204 or .
Donations to the SAA are tax deductible.
BayWinds Editors:
Susan LanierMarci Dawson-Moser
410-798-5050 or 410-798-8568 or
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