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Elk Forest Civic Association Association Meeting Minutes - 6/26/2007
Submitted by: John Poole
Elk Forest Board meeting - June 26, 2007
In attendance:
Jerry Truitt
Sandy Cope
Gene Monaco
Roger Singley
Len Edwards
John Poole
Items discussed:
Association Officers and Members of the Board of Directors can be elected
yearly with a term maximum of 2 years. The nominating committee is
responsible for proposing names to serve in elected positions each year.
Other nominations can be accepted from the floor (at the meeting) or
anyone in good standing as members of the Elk Forest Civic Association can
contact Gene Monaco or Sandy Cope and offer to be nominated for any
position available. The Board members are then selected by vote at the
August meeting.
Len Edwards has been serving as our treasurer and his term expires this
year. Jerry Truitt as President, Roger Singley as Vice President and John
Poole as Secretary have served 1 year and are willing to serve a second.
After some discussion, Pat Truitt was selected as a proposed candidate for
the position of treasurer. John Poole as secretary, Roger Singley as Vice
President and Jerry Truitt will be proposed for their second term.
An amendment to the bylaws to officially change the meeting to the 3rd week of August was discussed. Although the meeting has been held in August for many years, the bylaws state that the annual meeting will be held in May. It was decided to propose the change to the bylaws to read that the annual meeting will be held the 3rd Sunday of August.
John Poole will contact the State Highway Administration concerning continuing safety issues with the intersection of Elk Forest Road and 213. The issue we are concerned with is the lack of a right turn lane for southbound traffic on 213. When a southbound vehicle is making a right turn onto Elk Forest Road, traffic that is behind it tends to pull out to the left to pass the turning vehicle. That places them in a head-on position with anyone northbound that is in the left turn lane to turn onto Elk Forest Rd. There have been several near misses reported to us and we feel the issue needs to be addressed by the SHA.
There was much discussion concerning the proposed purchase of an AED
for neighborhood use. This issue has been on the table for over a year.
The justification for making an AED purchase is based on the issue of
possible delayed response of EMT's in the event of a heart attack
emergency situation. If an AED is available in the neighborhood and, we
have an adequate number of people trained to use it, it could possible
save someone's life.
The following plan will be proposed at the annual meeting:
The CERT team will meet and develop a plan defining how to implement the
purchase and use of an AED. The following items were discussed and agreed
upon:
- If an AED is purchased, it would be located at the residence of Jerry and Pat Truitt on Elk Forest Road.
- The AED would be housed in an outside enclosure designed for that purpose.
- People that have had AED training would have access to it.
- If the purchase of the AED is approved by the association, then the next step would be to identify a minimum of 8 people that would commit to taking the AED training. (Note that there are additional people in the neighborhood that are RN's or EMT's that would already have the required training.)
- Once the training has been completed, then the Board would make the purchase of the AED.
Roger reminded the group about the need to be sure your driveway is wide enough for fire equipment to get to your house. When the CCVFC was here a year ago, we had them look at some questionable driveways. There were several that were either too narrow or tree branches were too low for their equipment to pass through. It is the homeowner's responsibility to have those problems corrected. This issue will be discussed at the annual meeting.
John Poole stated that the new Elk Forest phone directory is available on-line. He requested feedback if anyone knew of errors or omissions. It will be updated frequently as changes are given to John. It can be found at http://www.elkforest.com/phone
Roger Singley and Jerry Truitt had met and discussed possible ways to
improve attendance at the annual meeting. One idea was to make it more
family friendly by providing activities for the kids so parents could
attend the meeting. A second idea was to move the meeting to an earlier
time (11:30AM) so families with children that needed "nap time"
could be home in time for that.
Roger will explore the possibility of having an ice cream truck there for
part of the meeting.
The next board meeting is scheduled for 7/26 to discuss the annual meeting details.
Respectfully Submitted by, John Poole, Secretary