September 2020 Meeting Minutes

Garden Patio Villas
7708 Margate Blvd, Margate, FL 33063
Board of Directors Meeting, September 9, 2020
1:30 PM     Location: Clubhouse

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:  President, Melodie Savoca, Treasurer, Marshall Hyman, Secretary, Barbara Reul
OWNERS PRESENT:  C3U10

OLD BUSINESS:
Melodie called the Board meeting to order.  Barbara opened the meeting with the reading of minutes from last month.  Accomplishments were stated:

• Invoice for the new pump has been paid ($5,479.02)
• Sprinkler check has almost been completed.  Sprinklers had to be shut down due to the build up of algae in the canal.
• The City of Margate will resume cleaning the canal and has been working on getting the canal free of the algae.  We will put the sprinklers back on once they have completed their process.  Thankfully, it has been raining a lot.
• Water leak in Cluster 5 has been found and repaired.  Owners need to be mindful if they have problems with their bathroom toilets they need to be repaired immediately.  These issues cost the association, which is all of us, extremely high water bills.
• The coconuts have been removed from all the trees that were a concern
• The situation regarding the trees that have been a major concern was brought up for discussion.  Upon recommendations from our Arborist, the trees that will be removed will be the one on the golf course behind 3-7 and 3-8 and the diseased one behind 5-3 and the rest of the cluster of trees in that area will be trimmed as well as the one behind 4-4.   All other trees will have to wait till next year.  The Board voted and approved the work to be performed on September 24th.  

NEW BUSINESS:

Proposed Amendments have been completed, packages have been handed out to most of our Owners. Owners that are not home, or were out, their packages have been emailed or sent by US Mail.  The Lawyer is requesting Restricted Proxy Votes due to COVID 19.  Proxies are due back September 18th.  We will hold a Member Meeting on Tuesday, September 22nd at 7 pm at the clubhouse and on Zoom.  Seats in the clubhouse are limited due to COVID restrictions.  

The Board voted and approved raising the Maintenance compensation to $220. per month.  This job requires a lot of time and work keeping up with the general appearance and issues of our community.  This position oversees all of our vendors ie; lawn service, sprinklers, trees, pool, repair estimates, light poles and signage issues. Any maintenance issues should be addressed to Joe. (C3U3) He is in charge of Maintenance and can be reached at (754) 444-6654 or by email at gpvmaintenance@gmail.com.

Barbara brought up the possibility of doing some community events toward the end of October if Broward County COVID restrictions permit.  More discussion on this subject will continue at the next Board meeting.

MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:30

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