LAUDERDALE ISLES CIVIC IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

MINUTES – TRUSTEES MEETING JANUARY 17, 2008

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Charles Love

The following board members and trustees were present: Charles Love, Sharon Barre, Keith Lindgren, Marie Love, Ruth Ann Lindgren, Harriet Hodgson, Bud Bracey,

Louis J. Crocket, Dirk Lowry, Michael Nicholas and Rich Thompson  

There were enough voting members present to meet a quorum

Also present Lauderdale Isles resident George Counts

Guest: Officer T.J. White - Fort Lauderdale Police Department

 The minutes of Trustees Meeting of November 15^th were E mailed earlier and approved.

It was noted the minutes were posted on LICIA website.

 Treasurer Keith Lindgren read the financial statement from 11/1/07 through 1/15/08 reporting income of $3,230.00 which was from dues and advertising. Total expenses were $16,344.04 of that $14,906.00 went towards a partial payment for the construction and installation of our proposed new lane signs. New cash reserves as of 1/15/08 is $17,274.28.  

Police Officer T.J. White did not have statistics or a report as it was not printed in time for our meeting.  He did state that this is a quiet neighborhood with not as much crime as other neighborhoods.  He indicated the city is short handed and understaffed.  It was noted that there is still a problem with cars being parked on the road way. Officer White advised to call dispatch and file a complaint.

 Charles informed the group that we need articles for our newsletter with the deadline at the end of this month. Articles are to be sent to our newsletter editor Yelka Mikolji. Our last newsletter contained a number of single page flyers that brought in approximately $250.00. Charles had solicited businesses to advertise in our newsletter with a one page flyer at a charge of $100.00 for a one time ad. This charge helped defer the cost of printing our newsletter.  It appears that there is interest in this type of advertisement, and the marine industry would be a good source of advertisements. It was suggested that Rich Thompson write an article on the present Real Estate Market. The 2008 membership application would again be in our newsletter. To be included in our February newsletter will be a list of our current paid members.

 Charles gave a brief update on Value Place Hotel stating it was put on hold until March.  Planning & Zoning requested two additional items; one was a traffic study by an independent traffic consultant and the second was a review by the city as to whether or not the present property has the correct zoning.  The developer is presently conducting his due diligence research and we are not sure if Value Place owns this property at this time.

 Charles reported on the current status of our lane signs. The sign company is still in the process of manufacturing the lane signs, the City of Fort Lauderdale is still in the process of approving our $16,300.00 matching funds check and Broward County is still in the process of approving the 13 lane sign locations. It is quite a process.    

 The 2008 election of Board Members and appointees of lane Trustees are to take place at our next General Meeting on February 21^st 2008.  We will need to elect a vice president and a secretary. Our Vice President Sharon Barre announced that she and her husband are relocating to New Mexico . We also need lane trustees for Cat Cay Lane and Marathon Lane . Ollie Kollmann our present web master will be resigning from her position, but indicated she would continue until we find a new web master and would assist in the transition.  Charles made contact with a couple on Key Largo Lane who indicated they would be interested in becoming LICIA web master.  

Joan Sheridan and Gary Starkweather dropped off six very large decaying storage boxes containing very old Lauderdale Isles records which Charles and Marie Love condensed into six smaller banker boxes which we are presently storing.  Charles requested assistance in determining what should be done with all these files.   

Harriet and Charles spoke briefly about Lauderdale Isles Water Management Drainage District and the $15.00 annual charge collected by Broward County from waterfront homes in the Isles.  There is approximately $40,000 in this fund to be used for canal clean up.  We are presently trying to use this money for other projects such as signage along the south fork of the New River within Lauderdale Isles.   

 Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

 Respectfully submitted,

Marie Love - Secretary