Present

Anne Navasky, Joanna Merlin, Michael Rosenberg, Susan Krimm, Judy Reibel (community member Wendy Liddell also attending).

The meeting was called to order by Michael Rosenberg.

Road Repairs
There was a discussion of the state of the Hillsdale neighbors road.  Tom Shepherd has been pursuing a road engineer to go over all of the trouble spots with him in order to try to find a solution to the problems that would be more permanent than the current solution offered by Carmen Barbato, which is to patch as the problems arise. Four main trouble spots were delineated: the area between the farmhouse and the Rosenberg house, the area in front of the Reibel house, the dip in the road leading to the four houses on the hill, and the back road leading to the Liddell house and the Souza/Viso house.  Judy pointed out that Carmen’s repair system has been working for us for 40 years.   Anne pointed out that he often tries to avoid bringing in new gravel when it is needed because he knows that we are trying to keep costs down.  Susan said that Tom Shepherd may need to find a new engineer, since the one he is pursuing seems to be unavailable recently.

Financial Report

Susan Krimm gave the financial report.  As of April 2, 2017 the community had $11,441 in the savings account and $9122.12 in the checking account with another $2000 about to be deposited, making the balance $11, 122.12. She related that the community will be processing a 3% increase in rent for Debbie Meier in June, 2017.

Farmhouse

There was a discussion of the farmhouse.  Tom looks in twice a year to do “troubleshooting”.  As to repairs in between times, Debbie should email Michael Rosenberg and he will take care of the problem.  She should be notified that in an emergency, should she not find anyone available to help, she should call repairmen and take care of the emergency herself.  The community will reimburse her for appropriate expenses.

Annual Meeting

An agenda was set for the Annual Community Meeting, which will be held on July 16th.

• Introduction of new members  (Including Eva Thaddeus)
• Letting the community at large know that Jane Rose’s site is on the market
• The road.
• The fence around the tennis court—wire fencing with steel posts is what is required.
• The Barn:  we have a received a very approximate estimate to make it sturdy and “save” it for the future. We should discuss as a community the pros and cons of mending it and the suggestion that we take out a mortgage to do so.

The meeting was then adjourned.

Meeting held at the home of Susan Krim; minutes submitted by Anne Navasky.