Sacramento-Carmichael Homeowners Alliance

SCHA Meeting Minutes - 12/07/04

Prepared by Raymond Anderson, Secretary-Treasurer

1. The meeting of the Sacramento-Carmichael Homeowners Alliance (SCHA) was convened at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Greenberry Condominiums by Roger Hewitt. Twenty five members were present. Roger Hewitt served as temporary moderator assisted by John Rogers. Ray Anderson had previously volunteered for the positions of Secretary and Treasurer.

2. John Rogers explained that the purpose of the meeting was to get membership approval of the draft bylaws for creation of the SCHA, elect officers and start collecting financial pledges that had been made at the initial organizational meeting earlier in December.

3. Ray Anderson reviewed the draft bylaws that he had developed and discussed the following points: (A) The bylaws of two similar organizations in Carmichael had been used as a guide for developing the bylaws for the SCHA. (B)The proposed organizational name in the draft had been Carmichael/Verde Cruz Homeowners Association (C/VCHA). (C) Four officers were proposed: President, Vice-President, Recording Secretary and Treasurer. (D) The powers of the Board of Directors as stated in the bylaws of the two other organizations were reduced by requiring that all projects/actions and fund expenditures recommended by the board be approved by the general membership.

4. Zana Redden proposed that the name be changed to SACRAMENTO-CARMICHAEL HOMEOWNERS ALLIANCE to agree with the name on the website. John Rogers proposed that the offices of Recording Secretary and Treasurer be combined into one officer. Zana Redden motioned that the bylaws be approved with the proposed changes to the name and the officer structure. Seconded by Lourdes Cintron and unanimously approved.

5. John Rogers requested nominations for the office of President. (A) Victoria Daher nominated John Rogers to be President. Seconded by Ron Rasmussen and unanimously approved. Accepted by John Rogers. (B) Lee Meadows nominated Roger Hewitt to be Vice-President. Seconded by Alice Johnson and unanimously approved. Accepted by Roger Hewitt on condition that he would serve until a volunteer for the job would come forward. (C) Lee Meadows nominated Ray Anderson to be Secretary/Treasurer. Seconded by Mary Lou Shortleff and unanimously approved. Accepted by Ray Anderson.

6. John Rogers reviewed the status of his efforts to retain Bill Yates as attorney to conduct the legal matters of SCHA. In Brief, Mr. Yates has already performed some work on our behalf. The initial estimate to do the legal work to derail the proposed apartment project on Hackberry is $3000.00 and he requires a retainer of $1500.00. After a brief discussion Barbara Edgar motioned that Bill Yates be retained as the attorney for the Alliance. Seconded by Lourdes Cintron and unanimously approved.

7. John Rogers outlined the steps needed to achieve our goal. First is to get the project classification changed with the Sacramento Planning Commission from the “ministerial” category to the “discretionary” category. This would delay the issuance of a permit and trigger the need for additional studies not required in the “ministerial” category. This would hopefully clear the way for us to eventually go before the Sacramento Board of Supervisors and plead our case for rezoning the tract on Hackberry from apartments to a less dense zoning classification.

8. Zana Redden described the process for building an effective website for SCHA. There is a lot of free assistance available for us if we want to take advantage of it. She needs assistance for to help spread the workload.

9. There was a general discussion, with participation from many attendees, about the need to get more households involved to continue the momentum we seem to have. More meetings are required in the near future to increase participation, collect financial pledges that were made at the early December meeting and develop a communications system. Several members volunteered to get the word out in their neighborhoods. It was agreed that the neighborhood representative concept needs to be formalized and implemented. This discussion culminated in a decision to hold the next meeting on 14 December, 2004. Zana Redden, Lourdes Cintron and Victoria Daher volunteered to form a committee to make and distribute flyers for that meeting. Abby Hewitt volunteered to create the flyers.

10. Eight checks were collected from Mary Lou Shortleff, Martha A. Carrico, Marvel A. Wansvick, David Johnson/Lourdes Cintron, Ray Redden, Roger & Abigail Hewitt, Ronald and Dianne Rasmussen, and Steve and Lilly Orlaski. The total amount collected was $700.00.

11. The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 P.M.