NV LIAISON REPORTS TO NEW VILLAGERS
MARCH 2010
[Note: The POA Board holds a working meeting on the first Tuesday of every month to deal with significant assignments and initiatives. The meeting is at 10:00AM at the POA Offices. Property Owners are welcome to attend.]
The Long Range Planning
Advisory Committee (LRPAC) and the STAY Group (Aging In
Place Initiative) made presentations to the POA Board.
LRPAC has been developing
a Long Range Strategic Facility Master Plan for the Village. Their objective is
to study facilities improvements that are needed to make the Village
competitive with other communities and to protect and enhance property owner
real estate values. The group reported the following progress:
·
Statement of
Business Needs COMPLETE
·
Needs Analysis COMPLETE
·
Decision
Criteria & Constraints COMPLETE
·
Option
Development COMPLETE
(Initial options only)
·
Options
Evaluation (Financial Analysis) IN
PROGRESS
·
Options
Selection TO
BE DONE
LRPAC and the POA Board
are in the process of planning a series of neighborhood meetings to disseminate
preliminary findings and receive feedback from residents before finalizing the
Option Development Phase. These meetings should be scheduled in the next sixty
days. Ken Ballien (POA Board Member) will discuss this process briefly at the
next New Villagers Social.
The STAY Group (Aging In
Place Initiative) made a presentation to the Board aimed at the creation of an
Advisory Committee and POA Staff addition dedicated to providing specialized
assistance as well as developing and communicating available resources to
Village residents. Board President Marlette and several other Board members
advanced the argument that this wasn’t a proper function of the POA (both from
a monetary and core skill/charter perspective) and that there were numerous
other agencies (churches, service organizations and governmental agencies) that
were already doing what the Group was urging. The meeting ended with no further
progress on the issue.
POA BOARD MEETING
February 17,
2010
[Note: The Tellico Village Property Owners Association
Board of Directors meets on the third Wednesday of each month to discuss
matters related to the governance of the Village. The meeting is at 1:30PM at
the Yacht Club. Property Owners are welcome to attend.]
1. President’s Announcements: Presiding in place of Board President Joe Marlette, Dave Hudgens made the following announcements:
· The Health Department is making 1500 doses of H1N1 vaccine available on March 2 at the Community Church between 9:00am and 1:00pm. There is no charge for this service and appointments are not required.
· The annual independent Audit of the POA is proceeding on schedule. The final audit report will be available for discussion at the POA Board Meeting on April 21.
2. General Manager’s Comments: POA General Manager, Winston Blazer, offered the following comments:
· Information from Long Range Planning Advisory Committee relative to the Strategic Facilities Plan and Process is available at www.tvpoa.net/lrsp.shtml
· New restaurant menus are available on-line at www.tvpoa.net/good_life.shtml (that’s an underline between good and life).
· Golf 101 is scheduled for 9:00am on February 26 at the Tanasi clubhouse. Call the Pro Shop for reservations.
3. Building Permit Activity: Five new permits for single-family homes were issued in January (versus just 3 in January 2009). The budget for the month was zero. Homes currently under construction still stand at 35.
4. Financial: Revenue for January was $922K versus a budget of $936K. The primary reason for the shortfall was in golf revenue where only 1,327 rounds were actually played (against a budget of 3,221). Weather was the major factor contributing to the problem. January saw 21 days of either rain or snow and an average daily temperature of 34.5F. Some of the revenue shortage was offset by higher than expected Wellness Center Revenue and fees generated by the new home permits. Expenses for the month were $79K under budget ($1.004M actual vs. $1.083 M budget. This includes unplanned expenses for the repairs at the Wellness Center of nearly $36K that the original contractor has agreed to reimburse (as a result, this is a timing issue). The Village’s cash position stands at $5.217M or $231K better than budgeted.
5. General Manager Objectives for 2010:
· Improve the effectiveness of the delinquency resolution process.
· Improve Tellico Village POA financial reporting.
· Develop a plan for the re-purchase of the Health Solutions property.
· Develop options for the relocation of Channel 3.
· Develop common property categories for the development of usage guidelines.
6. Other Actions:
· Recreation Memberships exceeded expectations. 1,535 memberships were sold (962 Family, 573 Individual). This is against a budget target of 1,150.
· The Annual Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for April 3 at the Wellness Center. The event starts at 9:45am.
· Sign-ups for Camp Tellico start on May 1 at the Chota Rec Center. Dates for the camps are 6/21-6/25 (11:00am – 3:00pm) and 7/5-7/9 (11:00am – 3:00pm). The cost for kids/grandkids (ages 7-11) who are Village residents is $125. Guests are $155.
· Yacht Club Dining usage for January was off 18% compared to January 2008 (1334 vs. 1625). Again, this is largely attributable to the inclement weather.
· Delinquent assessment accounts stood at 858 at the end of January totaling $1.14M. 470 of these are delinquent by more than 360 days. Most of the delinquent lots are undeveloped – only 29 have homes on them. Over 40% of the delinquency dollars are owed by five property owners who own large blocks of lots. POA is targeting this group in its collection efforts.
· There are a total of 6,730 lots in the Village. Currently, 52% of those lots have homes on them (3,525).
HOA BOARD MEETING
February 9,
2010
[Note: The Tellico Village Home Owners Association meets on the second Monday of each month at 9:00AM at the Chota Rec Center.]
1. Approval of ad hoc Committee to serve as liaison with the TVA -- Dennis Stanczuk presented the proposed charter for the establishment of an ad hoc HOA/TVA Liaison Committee to assure that lines of communication relative to future TVA dam work are open and that the HOA has an adequate means of and opportunity for input into any future permanent “fixes”. The Board approved the charter as well as the appointments of Committee Chair Stanczuk as well as Committee Members Nils Johannesen and Richard Comiso (Don Miller and Joe Solymossy will serve the Committee in an advisory role).
2. 2010 Goals: Preliminary work on the HOA’s 2010 goals is complete. Further action was tabled due to the absence of several key Board members.
3. Membership: As of February 5, membership dues had been received from 83% of last year’s members (1135 households).
4. Miscellaneous: The Neighborhood Clean-up is scheduled for March 20-27. Shoreline Clean-up is scheduled for March 20 (Rain Date is March 27). These efforts are being led by Tom Gondoly.
5. Candidates Night: HOA is planning a Candidates Night in the Main Village for April 8. A similar event is being planned by the Monroe County Liaison Walt Roessler for Kahite residents.
HOA GENERAL MEETING
February 11,
2010
[Note: The Home Owners Association holds four general
membership meetings each year during the second month of each quarter at the
Yacht Club. All HOA members are encouraged to attend.]
In the absence of HOA President Rich Planzo, Past President Linda Klaump called the meeting to order. Treasurer Gary Bushyeager presented the present financial position and Board Members Rachel Kohn (Membership), Pam Gibson (Social) and Tom Gondoly (At Large) reported on current initiatives. Pam Gibson encouraged the assembled group to visit the HOA Website to view the myriad of events being planned by over 100 volunteers for the 2010 year.
Bruce Rein of T-Bart spoke briefly about the organization and the services that it offers Tellico Lake boaters (if you’ve ever had an engine go dead on the lake, you probably know these guys!). He also announced that they will hold their annual meeting at the Yacht Club on February 25 at 7:00PM. On May 1, T-Bart will hold it’s annual Tellico Lake orientation. This is especially valuable to New Villagers as the focus is on lake navigation and hazards. On May 3, T-Bart will host its annual Brat Fest at the Yacht Club. Times for these events will be publicized in The Connection as the dates approach.
Loudon County Commissioner Don Miller spoke to the group about several topics:
· The Loudon County school building process has begun to move forward. The total cost for the four projects will be around $47 million and will have to be done in phases to meet budgetary constraints without increases to property taxes. Miller considers a tax increase inappropriate at this time. Funding of $900,000 has been approved for the development of architectural plans.
· The Fly-over Project at the intersection of Highways 11 and 321 will be delayed for the foreseeable future primarily due to underestimation of the support structure costs for the project.
· The cost for the new Highway 321 bridge over Fort Loudon Dam is $81 million. This project will also probably be pushed into the distant future unless TDOT decides that the issuance of bonds to fund the project is an appropriate use of State resources.
· The primary election is scheduled for May 4, 2010.
POA Board President Joe Marlette briefly discussed the Long Range Facilities Planning Process. He announced that the LRPAC would be scheduling Neighborhood meetings in the near future to review the process thus far and seek feedback from Village residents.
Dennis Stanczuk, Chair of the newly approved HOA/TVA ad hoc Liaison Committee, reviewed the group’s charter and plan of attack. This will start with a meeting with TVA representatives to open a two-way communication process. He also announced the make-up of the committee (see HOA Board Report above).
The General Meeting concluded with a presentation by Joan Cronan who is the UT Women’s Athletic Director. She addressed the role of the sports programs within the larger context of the University and specifically how the women’s programs have flourished at UT. She also had some great Pat Summitt stories!!
Rick Blough
NV Liaison to HOA/POA