Palm Island Estates Homeowners Association
Board Meeting

May 4, 2009

Firehouse

 Attending:  Board Members Carol Peterson, Kim Peacock, Jackie York, Don Milroy, Jack MacArthur, Kevin Mackin, Rose Malone, Pat Gordon, Ken Conner, Pat Bieneman

Don called the meeting to order at 5:02 pm.  Minutes for the April board meeting and the Treasurer’s report were accepted.

OLD BUSINESS:

• House numbering.  The board accepted the bid of Signs in One Day.  We will advertise via email blast that islanders can order house number signs from them. 

• Community Bulletin Board.  Will be installed after Curtis finishes taking down the pine trees at the corner.

• County Landscaping by bridge not being maintained.  It was noted that the county is now maintaining the landscaping.

• Speeding on Gulf Boulevard.   The Board will explore “traffic calming” through the installation of speed tables and Don will ask the county for an estimate of the cost involved.

• Blind Corners at Interesection of Gulf and S Gulf Blvd.  One side of the intersection has been trimmed and the other will be done by Jack MacArthur and Ken Conner.

• Upgrade web site software / email attachments.  The developer promised it would be ready by the next meeting.  Will also include a message board on the web site

• Fire Department Projector.  Don has asked Bill Peterson to provide more specific information (make and model) of the equipment they would like PIE to purchase.

NEW BUSINESS:

• The Board has invited Dawn Harrison of Charlotte County Public Works to the island on this coming Friday for lunch at 11:00 at Rum Bay.  All board members were invited.  Don and Ken plan on attending.  They will request that Dawn provide a copy of the MSTU budget and where we are at this point and will discuss the cost of traffic calming

• PIE Merit Scholarship award.  One scholarship was awarded this year to Charlie Russo.

• No Fires Allowed Sign.  Ken suggested that we put a sign on Gulf Blvd notifying visitors to the island that no open fires are allowed on the beach.  At Friday’s meeting, Don and Ken will ask how much installation of a sign will cost.

• The Board wants to thank everyone who volunteered for the Easter breakfast and for the Lights Out Turtle Party.  Both events were great successes.

• Art in the Palms.  Discussed reconfiguring so silent auction gets more traffic.  Also, it was discovered that we had scheduled the event (Nov 7^th) for the same weekend as the Venice Art Festival.  There was some discussion about whether the conflict would hurt our event or not. 

• Kevin suggested that PIE consider paying for the Turtle Patrol hats and shirts.  No decision was made.

• Next scheduled Board meetings.  June 1^st will be the last meeting before summer.  The first meeting in the fall will be October 5^th.

Don adjourned the meeting at 6:03. 

Respectfully submitted,

Pat Bieneman
Secretary