Siesta Key Association Board Meeting Minutes

May 3, 2007
St. Boniface Meeting Room “F”

CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF QUORUM:

President Ramirez called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. A quorum was present: Matthew Burnett, Ron Flynn, Deet Jonker, Ann Kaplan, Joyce Kouba, Lourdes Ramirez, Bob Tripp, Bob Waechter, Gayle Wardner. Excused: Russ James, Mark Smith, Paul van Deventer, Peter van Roekens. Absent: Daniel Bechtold.

MINUTES - Joyce Kouba
The April minutes were accepted.

TREASURER'S REPORT - Bob Tripp
March expenses slightly exceeded revenues. The Treasurer's report was accepted.

SHERIFF'S REPORT - Chad McDonald

Quarterly crime numbers were similar to last year, except for felony arrests, which were up 119%. This number was skewed due to a Siesta Fiesta burglar with 18 felony charges. The burglar has been arrested.

J.R. Ayers provided County lifeguard statistics, highlighting the heavy activity at Crescent Beach, which accounts for approximately ½ of all County beach traffic.

PUBLIC/AUDIENCE COMMENT - 7 guests

Manasota Track club representative, Dave Siegwald, requested a donation for the summer beach runs to help defray the cost of shirts, awards, and popsicles. Discussion revealed that other supporters advertised on the t-shirts (printed by the County) might not donate anything to the Siesta Key event. SKA will donate $1500 for the beach runs, with the stipulation that the club provides a financial report (including donations by other supporters) at the end of the runs. The runs have hundreds of participants and encourage physical activity for both children and adults.

AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Adopt-A-Road/South - Russ James: No report.

Midnight Pass - Bob Waechter: Response to RFI #4 is in draft form. Bob provided the latest Midnight Pass Society newsletter, which encourages opening Midnight Pass to help maintain the newly renourished Turtle Beach.

Turtle Beach - Ron Flynn:

The Turtle Beach dedication ceremony was held.

SKA will request that the County designate a "public swim area" and provide swim buoys and a lifeguard before the Memorial Day weekend.

Hazardous parking continues to be a problem. It was suggested to involve the Fire Marshall in requesting "No Parking" signs.

Dredging from the Intracoastal Waterway to the boat ramp is planned.

Inlet Management - Peter van Roekens: No report.

Code Enforcement - Gayle Wardner: New Code Enforcement Officer, John Lally's, telephone number is 915-7548. He has been checking illegal rentals and construction signs.

Adopt-A-Road/Village - Mark Smith: Next pickup will be May 26; meet at Village Café at 9 a.m.

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Nominating/Board Development- Paul van Deventer: No report.

The Board returned Bob Schennum as an SKA Director by acclamation.

Lourdes offered the possibility of reducing the Board seats to 15; however, the Board favored more active recruiting.

Zoning - Lourdes Ramirez:

Zoning code changes for RU-136 should be finalized this month.

The BZA denied 1 appeal on the duplex issue.

Ann Kaplan suggested that the impervious surface regulations should treat pavers as less impervious than surfaces such as shell or gravel.

Membership - Deet Jonker: Membership is approximately 1,600 families.

OLD/NEW BUSINESS: SKA will send a letter to the County supporting Save Our Sands' request to have a peer review of the Big Pass dredging study.

ADJOURN: President Ramirez adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Joyce Kouba
Secretary, Siesta Key Association

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