In attendance were: President-George McNitt, VP and Secretary- John Bridges, Treasurer- Ken Patterson, Environmental Chairman-Gus Martell, and Maintenance Board Contact- Tom Holmes. Mr. Schaffer declined to serve on the Board. There were 16 Homeowners in attendance.

The first order of business was for Mr. McNitt to read a resignation letter from Tom Easter which he explained was to reduce the board to an uneven number of five. A copy of that letter is attached to these minutes. Mr. McNitt asked the board members if there was any discussion prior to taking a vote on this issue. Being none, he made the motion we accept the resignation and reduce the board from 7 to 5 effective immediately. Motion seconded by Gus Martell and was carried by a unanimous vote.

The minutes for the March 8, 2009 organizational meeting were read. Mr. Easter pointed out that the minutes did not reflect his motion that the board be reduced to 5 members. The motion died for lack of a second. Mr. Patterson motioned and Mr. Martell seconded for the Secretary correct the minutes to reflect Mr. Easter’s motion.

Mr. McNitt reported that the previous Board had hired Lisa Walters of the law firm of Burke Blue et al to be the attorney of record for The Glades and that a $500.00 retainer had been paid last year. Mr. McNitt explained that there is no record of board approval for this selection. After much discussion, it was learned that this firm is recognized experts in Homeowner Condo law.

Also, Mr. McNitt pointed out that Bill Henry of 144 Hombre Circle is an attorney with this law firm. He has talked with Ms. Walters and he is willing to take over the representation and charge us at a discounted rate of $175.00 per hour. Bill Cocklin of 256 S. Glades Trail, who indicated he is a new resident, expressed at length, his concern over a potential conflict of interest. Mr. Henry went into quite some detail in explaining his obligation to recuse himself in the event of an unlikely conflict of interest. There was no further discussion, so Mr. Martell motioned that we accept Mr. Henry as our attorney of record. The motion was seconded by Mr. Patterson and the approval was unanimous.

Mr. Patterson reviewed our existing contracts. He reported that the contractor, John Spiller, has completed his portion of work on the signs except for some electrical work for approximately $2000.

Former Treasurer Mr. Friese reported that final payment was being withheld until all work is completed. At the time of the meeting, Jordan Quality Landscaping had not yet presented an estimate for completing the landscaping around the signs. There was quite a spirited discussion regarding the need to complete the project, but Mr. McNitt explained the new board needs to take a look at the financial situation before going forward. In addition, there was some discussion as to whether the new signs fall under repair and maintenance or whether they are capital improvements. That subject will be reviewed for future projects. In the meantime, Mr. McNitt indicated the $100 special assessment will be necessary to complete the Beckrich road sign. How to proceed will be discussed with Attorney Henry.

Mr. McNitt indicated a special meeting will be called for the Board to ask questions of our attorney and he requested each Board member to indicate subjects for discussion. Some of the subjects presented were quorums, amendments, lien filings, revision of covenants to provide for fines for violations and procedures for handling special assessments. Also, after the issue of no further expenses accruing to Glades II, the question is how to dissolve Glades II. A time for the meeting will be announced later.

Mr. McNitt reviewed the standing committee appointments as follows:

Maintenance Chairperson, Judy Lee, Nominations Chairman, John Bridges, City Liaison, Tom Easter, Audit Committee, Bill McCarthy, and Publicity, Judy Berberich. Motion was made by Mr. Holmes and seconded by Mr. Martell to accept the appointments and was carried unanimously.

The final business involved giving our attorney authority to file answers to legal processes served on the association and giving him latitude to use his judgment in answering.

There being no other business, Mr. Martell motioned and Mr. Holmes seconded that the meeting be adjourned. All approved and the meeting was adjourned at 8: 15 PM.

Respectfully submitted,