TBCIAHome Owners Meeting, June 10, 2000

The meeting opened at 10:15 A.M.,  a quorum being present, with a pledge of allegiance to the flag.  The president, Dick Meisinger introduced the officers and section directors.

A motion was made, seconded and passed to approve the minutes of the 1999Home Owners Meeting.

Two visitors at this meeting were Vic Pierson, mayor of Jamaica Beach, and Steve Spicer, fire chief at Jamaica Beach. They emphasized the importance of having an EMS at the far West End and to ask us for a donation. A motion was made to donate $4,000.00 to the Galveston County Health District, which funds this service. The motion was seconded and approved.

Diane Pucetti called the president and apologized for not being at our meeting but she had a conflicting meeting.

A report from Don Depew of the Architectural Committee said there have been nine new constructions in Terramar since January of 2000. The details of these constructions will be posted on the web-site.

Stan Krupa gave a detailed report regarding the status of canal dredging. This report is attached as part of these minutes. Stan Krupa suggested that since the bid for dredging is five months old and no contract has been signed (could not sign because we could give no starting date, due to lack of necessary permits) the membership should approve more money, if necessary, in case the cost has risen. An amount of $90,000.00 was suggested. A motion was made to authorize an amount not to exceed $90,000.00 for canal dredging. This motion was made, seconded and passed. 

The next report was from Bill Aimone, who explained to the membership the monies that the State of Texas has given to the City of Galveston for beach restoration. If approved, Terramar could receive 75% of the cost of transporting the sand from the levee to the beach, new walkovers (constructed to specifications by the State),  levee to hold the sand, and sand fences.These projects would be insured in the sense that in the event of hurricanes,  high tides etc. the State would replace at no cost to Terramar.

Following is a breakdown of approximate costs.

	Approx. Cost	State would pay	Cost to Terramar
Levee to hold sand	$16,000.00	$12,000.00	$ 4,000.00
Walkovers	$14,000.00	$10,500.00	$ 3,500.00
Sand Fence	$11,000.00	$8,250.00	$ 2,750.00
Transporting sand to beach	$36,000.00	$27,000.00	$ 9,000.00

The city of Galveston has received $15,000,000.00 from the State of Texas and we have applied for these monies.  There will be a meeting on June 22, 2000 at 8:30 A.M. at Galveston City Hall and the decision will be made by city council whether to approve or not.  Our councilwoman, Diane Pucetti has given us her full support on this project. If the council does not approve, Terramar will sell the sand after a drying out period.  But we still must build walkovers and levee. A motion was made to accept this project as outlined by Bill Aimone, that is, build levee on Terramar’s property, move sand to beach, build dunes, build walkovers, put in sand fence and if there is any money left, put in some vegetation.  If we receive no funding, this project will not proceed.  This motion was seconded and passed.  

A report by treasurer, Sharron Geldmeir (detailed report attached). Total income was $73,200.00 and total expenditures was $37,365.00.   Amount of money on deposit is $150,000.00

The president thanked all those who had improved our community.  He also said that the court still has not rendered a verdict on the appeals case against Rutherford. Also copies of our Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws were submitted to the State of Texas as required by law.  A brainstorming session was held by the board to hear all suggestions from the board members as to ways to improve our community.   The following are the most important items derived from this consensus.

1) Upgrade and improve pool area, boat launch, and the fishing pier.

2) Put down aggregate on the street to the post office..

3) Create a beach pocket

4) Build a pavilion in Terramar.

5) Lobby government to improve utilities.

6) Beautify beach entry.

The City of Galveston is going to enlarge the water treatment plant and when they do, they plan to improve our street.  A new mechanism will be installed on the gate to the pool and we will have a new lock but no new keys.

The subject of raking the beaches was brought up and after some discussion a motion was made to send a letter to the Park Board to rescind previous letter telling them not to rake the beach.  A letter will be sent as soon as possible telling them to resume raking our beach. This motion was seconded and passed.  Bill Aimone will send this letter.  

Cookie Pepper, representative of the nominating committee presented the slate of officers and directors.

They are as follows:

President	Ronnie Herrington	V-Pres.	Bill Aimone
Sec’y	Eleanor Busby	Treas.	Sharron Geldmeir
Sect. 1	No one at this time	Sect. 2	Peter Brennan
Sect. 3	Evelyn Depew	Sect. 4	Tom Baird
Sect. 5	John Pacinda	Sect. 6	Janet Parr
Sect. 7	Bob Bowe	Sect. 8	Stan Krupa

The president asked for a volunteer from sections one and two (Peter Brennan’s term has expired).  June Worrell agreed to be the rep from section one and Tom Masterson said he would represent section 2.  The slate as presented by C. Pepper was amended and officers and directors were accepted by acclamation.

The president thanked Ron Froncek for all his work.  He then handed meeting over to new president.

Under general discussion, Pete Brennan extended special thanks to Barbara Bowe, our web-master who created our web-site and encouraged all members to log on.  It is a wonderful tool for communicating with the homeowners.   Some of the information you will find are restrictions, on-going construction, board member names, notice of meetings, important phone numbers etc.

Property owners in Terramar are asked to please fill out a voter registration to vote in Galveston so that the West End can have an impact on city government.

Mrs. Atchley requested that home owners on Gulf Dr. who continually remove“Public Parking” signs to cease doing this.  It is legal to park on the north side of Gulf Dr.

This meeting adjourned at 11:15 A.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Jo Ann Hanson

Secretary

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