Palm
Island Estates
Homeowners Association
Board Meeting
March 2, 2009
Firehouse
Attending: Board
Members Don Milroy, Pat
Gordon, Ken Connor, Jack
MacArthur, Jackie York,
Gaye Carozzo, Kim
Peacock, Pat Bieneman,
Kevin Mackin, Robin
Madden, Rose Malone, and
Suzy Kett.
Don called the meeting
to order at 5:02 pm.
Minutes for the Feb
board meeting were
accepted.
Treasurer’s Report
unanimously accepted by
motion of Jack, 2nd
by Jackie.
OLD BUSINESS:
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House numbering.
Carol emailed her
report since was
unable to attend the
meeting. She is
making progress on the
addressing project.
Phase 1 - completed:
addresses have been
field-audited against
the County databases.
Phase 2 – in process:
some signage has been
added at the original
Colony, clearly
marking those units
serviced by the common
driveways, however,
additional signage is
still needed. Phase
3 – pending. After
the correct addresses
have been determined,
this information needs
to be updated in the
911 database.
Pat B. will get a
sample sign made by
Signs in One Day that
owners will be
encouraged to purchase
to assist the fire
department by clearly
identifying island home
addresses.
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Community Bulletin
Board. Jack and
Ken have agreed to
help Don move both
bulletin boards.
Robin said Jaime White
would also help.
-
County Landscaping on
both sides of bridge
not being maintained.
Ken spoke with Dawn
Harrison at the
County. She will look
into this, as well as,
the erosion behind the
native garden at the
ferry landing.
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Speeding on Gulf
Boulevard. Jackie
spoke with Deputy
Sheriff John Stewart
and Dean Beckstead,
exploring some ideas.
John has been parking
an extra squad car at
various locations on
the island to slow
drivers down. Also,
he is looking into
bringing a sign onto
the island that tells
you what speed you are
going.
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Upgrading email / web
site software.
Kim will follow up
with our web designer
to add the capability
of doing email
attachments in the
future.
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Dinner dance/party
ideas. Rose
reported on her
conversation with a
vendor regarding the
cost of holding a
casino night. The
company would do all
set up and provide
dealers at a cost of
$200 per 10 guest
table with a minimum
of 5 tables. They
also provided 3
slots.
Board members decided
it was important to keep
the cost of tickets down
this year due to
economic factors plus
the poor turnout
experienced last year
with a higher ticket
cost. We agreed to hold
a “Margaritaville” party
on May 9th at
the Resort starting at
6:00 p.m. Cost $20 each
includes a cheeseburger
dinner. We will hire a
band for entertainment
and offer a cash bar.
NEW BUSINESS:
-
Renaming South Gulf
Boulevard. Ken
spoke with Nancy
Vigliano, a Growth
Management land
information technician
for the County, about
renaming S. Gulf Blvd
to permanently resolve
address problems. As
a result, the County
sent out a letter to
110 homeowners on S.
Gulf Blvd asking
whether residents
would agree to a name
change.
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Emergency off-island
transportation.
Gaye brought up the
topic of the
sufficiency of our
transportation off the
island when an island
resident/guest is
experiencing a heart
attack or stroke. Don
will ask Bill Peterson
to come to our next
meeting to explain the
procedures.
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Hurricane Preparedness.
Rose attended a
hurricane preparedness
seminar lead by Wayne
Saladay of Charlotte
County Emergency
Services. She
reported that the
county was working on
getting a generator
for the firehouse.
Rose handed out NOAA’s
Extreme Weather
information sheet to
board members. She
also agreed to scan it
for emailing to PIE
members.
Don adjourned the
meeting at 6:24 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat Bieneman
Secretary
