Lake Sawyer Community Club
Minutes November 10, 1999

• The Park Committee meeting was held at 7 PM with the general meeting following.  Attending the Park Committee meeting were Janie and Bob Edelman, Mark Davis, Sam Kerley, Dave Peters, Mike Cline, Robert Schueler and Sue Fish.  Kevin Esping joined us later.  Two main issues were discussed.  The first issue was where the Community Club needed to place committee members, based on the numerous park committees that have either been formed or will be formed.  We determined that it was imperative that we have a voice on the "Citizens Advisory Committee" that will be formed by the Parks Department.  The other main issue was how the passage of 695 will affect the park and progress on the park.  We discussed asking Sharon Claussen to attend the January or February meetings, depending on progress made on the Park. We decided it probably was not necessary at this point to hold additional meetings until we know a little further what is planned and how we can effect the planning process.
• The general meeting was called to order. Also attending were Ulla and Pam.  Absent was Rick Stocks. Rick called in his resignation from the board to Dave Peters.  The board elected Robert Schueler to serve out Rick’s term.
• Minutes from October were read and approved.
• The treasurer’s report was presented and Ulla needs more information from Dave on the fees the Ballet School is to be paying.  Our cash reserve is slowly but surely being whittled away and we are still not functioning on a break-even basis.  We discussed raising the rental fee for the clubhouse from $125 to a higher amount.  We are now asking for a $300 cleaning/damage deposit..  The clubhouse is not free for members.  Nothing was determined for raising the fees. .  The Clubhouse Manager position was discussed.  Sam suggested and then volunteered to prepare a report for the February meeting with the different options for use/sale/gift or rental of the Community Club.
• Al Hermann volunteered (willingly!) to be the new Newsletter Editor.
• Dave will check with Claudette on having a meeting with the ballet school and community club to discuss space usage in the Community Club.  This meeting has been postponed several times.
• Santa Boat: A work party to decorate the boat will be held at 9 am on the 11th of December at the City Shops.  Janie will do gift certificates  for the best decorated yards for First and Second places.  It is entirely possible that Santa’s belly is floating around in a locker somewhere at the police department.
• We discussed collecting food for the food bank at the February meeting.
• AdoptaRoad will be held Saturday, the 13th at 9:30 am.
• Old Business:  Kevin Esping reported that dock numbers have not yet been ordered due to a tight budget.  Kevin also gave a presentation on summer boating statistics including boat infractions, warnings, complaints etc.  He said the next projects he wanted to work on included a log boom around the park; dock numbering; and recording the serial numbers of the paddle boats around the lake.
• We received a report from Jason regarding lake quality and there is some improvement.
• Janie gave a short presentation regarding new Lake Sawyer logo items.  She presented a book to order from and will look into further items, such as a new logo, ordering from samples or a catalog instead of placing orders and selling from inventory.  She also suggested putting logo items on the web site.
• The next meeting will be held December 9, Thursday, at Presti’s at 6 PM.
• The meeting was adjourned around 9:45 PM.