IAHA
Board Meeting
The meeting was
called to order at 7:00 PM by President John Horn. Present were: Dave Martin, Robert English, John McCoy, Alan
Wright, Jim Kirkendall, John Horn, and Craig Cowles. Among the guests in attendance were Andy Andersen and Rita Farb.
SECRETARY: The minutes of the last meeting were
sent out by email, and there were no corrections. Dave Martin made the motion to accept them as sent, and Jim
Kirkendall seconded. All approved by
voice vote.
TREASURER: John passed out the latest balance
sheet, showing the expenditures for taxiway work throughout the year and
interest income which has increased from the previous statement. The bottom-line figure is up about $3,000.00
from the end of fiscal year 2006. Dave
Martin made the motion to approve the treasurer's report as submitted and Craig
Cowles seconded. All approved by voice
vote.
ARCHITECTURE: not too much activity since the last
meeting. Niel Gallagher submitted plans
for a cupela, the Frances on Luscombe are going to build a house. Drainage guidelines have been incorporated.
MAINTENANCE: Craig and Lynn have been mowing and
spraying for the last few months, and that will continue until the freezes come
and the grass stops growing.
DIRECTORS AT
LARGE: nothing to
report.
OLD BUSINESS: The insurance question for the Board of
Directors (not for the airpark) was raised last meeting, and the paperwork has
been submitted to the insurance company for an estimate. There was one preliminary problem: the
company thought that IAHA was liable for the airstrip, which we are not. Another company, Evanston Insurance in
Dallas, quoted $1,731.86 for one year's insurance for the IAHA Board. Yet another company, AIG Insurance in
Portland, offered a policy for $1,049.00 for one year ($799.99 for a one-year
policy and $250 filing fee per year).
There was some concern from the floor about where the funds to pay for
this policy would come from, and whether those funds were strictly earmarked
for taxiway maintenance. Dave said that
these funds apply toward the good of the airpark since it is for the
continuation of the Board, since there are several people who would otherwise
serve on the Board but would not if there was no insurance to cover them. More questions arose about whether such
suits have ever occurred here or elsewhere.
The general answer was yes, that Boards of Directors of Homeowners
Associations did get sued from time to time, usually for not enforcing
CC&Rs. Andy spoke up saying that in
the distant past there was one lawsuit between neighbors here that got thrown
out of court and never went to trial.
Alan asked about what might be excluded from either one of the policies
on the table. Dave went through the
policies, the cheaper one of which excluded terrorism and mold interestingly
enough, and the other did not list exclusions (but that language may be in the
actual policy rather than the application).
Alan asked whether it included errors or omissions. The language in the policy didn't mention
those words but did not exclude them either.
Dave made the motion to pursue the lower cost of the two applications,
with the proviso that the language in the policy include acts of commission as
well as omission, and Jim Kirkendall seconded.
There was more discussion about what type of policy this was, whether it
might include physical injury, etc.
The answer was that this was for likely to cover liability only, not
actual physical damage of some sort.
John called for a vote to authorize pursuit of a policy. There were two negative votes, and the rest
of the Board voted for it. John McCoy
asked to open the discussion open again, stating that his concern was that this
was not a one-time expenditure but a year-by-year continuing expenditure. He stated he had a hard time voting in favor
of insurance that did not include the broader Association and only included the
Board. Both Jim Kirkendall and Dave
Martin stated that it would be difficult to find people to sit on the Board without
insurance coverage. Dave went further
to say that the Association is protected indirectly by covering the Board
members. Alan stated that something
like an insurance policy would hopefully give the Board a little more
"backbone" to pursue issues that they might not pursue if the Board
members were vulnerable to a lawsuit.
In the past, he noted, there were issues before the Board that weren't
pressed because certain members were afraid of being sued if they did. John Horn reiterated the motion before the
Board, to spend up to the cost of the higher policy to acquire insurance for
the Board. Dave offered to add a
proviso to notify the Board members of his findings so that all would
understand what we were buying. The new
motion, put forward by Jim Kirkendall, was as follows: Dave would pursue the
better of the two insurance policies, whichever one includes the acts of
omission as well as commission, and notify the other Board members of his
findings before the money (up to $1731.86) is committed. The second vote was two against (Alan Wright
and John McCoy) and five in favor, and the motion carried.
The resolution
#12 to change the IAHA CC&Rs, to remove the pole-type of structure from
being mentioned in the architectural section (article 6), was next on the
agenda. Dave Martin moved that the
resolution be placed on the ballot as presented, and Craig Cowles
seconded. Jim mentioned during
discussion that he was saddened by the lack of reinforcement on this issue but
that he was in favor of the amendment.
All approved by voice vote.
Other possible
CC&R violations, including shrubs and trees, were also discussed. Andy Andersen talked with Gary Van Horn
about his trees, and Gary agreed to have one tree removed so as to improve
visibility as the Board has suggested.
John Horn said, as far as he understood, Gary doesn't have to cut any of
his trees down: the branches need to be cut back, thinned out enough to see
through. After much discussion, it was
decided that the Board should not take any action on this one but that Gary and
Andy should notify all neighbors who might be in the way of that tree coming
down. At 10:00 AM on Friday morning,
some Board members will meet at Gary's house to get a look at this situation.
David Metcalf on
the Comanche taxiway has some issues with some rocks that might be too
high. First a hand-level needs to be
used in order to find out if it's out of compliance or not, then a letter
written asking the best solution to the problem.
NEW BUSINESS: Candidates are secured for every
position except for Vice President. We
need one before the ballots get printed and sent out on Tuesday. John McCoy said he would run for that office
if he can't find anyone else by then.
GOOD OF THE
ORDER: The City of
Independence Planning Council is going to be discussing expanding the urban
growth boundaries which will likely include the acreage adjacent to the airport
to the West. There is an Open House for
that on Tuesday November 6 from 4 to 6 PM.
Regular meetings are on the second and fourth Tuesdays; the second
Tuesday meeting is at 7:30 PM, and the fourth Tuesday meeting is at 7:30
AM. One thing to understand: the
process of inclusin within the urban growth boundary does not mean that it's
going to be annexed or rezoned immediately.
Andy spoke up
again regarding the Airport protection boundary bill which will be
re-introduced into legislative session
Dave made the
motion to adjourn, and John McCoy seconded.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM.
The next meeting will be the General Meeting at the Krummel's hangar on
the 2nd of December at 1:00 PM.
Respectfully
submitted by Robert English, secretary.
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