Minutes

Present were Officers and Representatives:
     President: Lesa Hartigan, Links
     Vice-President: David Brand, Lakeside Woods
     Treasurer: Mike Grubbs, Country Lakes
     Secretary: Martha Music, Fairway Point
Absent: None

Representatives:
Cathy Allen, Avista; Marguerite Puca, Club Villas; Barbara Robinson, Clubside; Jean Pacholek, Pamela Harrigan-Mastalca; Eagle Creek Condos; Karen Vieira, Fairway Lakes; Eric VanBaars, Fairway Pointe; Laurie Lawrence, Misty Oaks; Jan MacDonald, Pine Trace; Susan Smith, Woodland Green.

Absent were:
Donna Hampton, Broadmoor Pines; Nick Barbi, Condo B/Sarasota @ PA; Conservatory Estates; Desoto Woods; Ray Toothaker, Eagle Creek Villas; Fairway Bend; Michelle Marquis, Fairway Point; Dan Reeves, Fox Point; Lois Cohrt, Golf Pointe; Alice Edwards & Paula Liu, The Hallows; Greg Martzolf, Palm-Aire Club, Tom Schwartz, Rosewood at the
Gardens; Julie Jacques, Timberlake Village; Marie Diamond, Woodlake Villas.

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• Meeting called order 3:33 PM.Quorum present.See Appendix A for a list of communities that attended.

• Approval of January 2025 Minutes not approved as they need to be drafted for review

• Zoom meetings are used by not under PACC account.Lesa is working with Zoom to set up a new account for PACC

• Committee Reports:

  • Financial – Mike Grubbs

    • New Budget season begins in March

    • 1. Beginning Checking Balance $22,630.98

      2. Expenditures $4,327.60

      3. Revenue $2,817.15

      4. Ending Cash Balance $53,418.26

(Checking Bal $20,764.21 + CD balance $32,654.05)

• Membership Update:

  1. Membership invoices will be mailed to communities in late March

  2. All member communities were asked to make sure their contact information is up to date including management companies, officers, websites, etc. Updates can be emailed to:

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  3. Joining: Fairway Point.The Hollows is interested
     Leaving: The Preserves

 

• • Remove: 1 large oak, 1 sycamore and 2 bottle brush stumps ground on Whitfield. One stump pending

  • Approval was given to develop some of the Lakes course, however the cleanup was not up to “par”.The country will be getting involved to resolve the issue

  • The new location of the well at the lift station does not have enough voltage to handle the additional load even though the PACC was informed by the county that it was sufficient.Barbara will try to find any historical documentation to support PACC as they address the issue with the County.

  • Additional bids on work at lift station were requested even though the County recommended and approved Patrick as a preferred vendor.

  • Clean up of the debris and leveling out the ground at the lift station needs to be reviewed and corrected if needed.

  • The lawn maintenance crew needs to be reminded that edging around the sidewalks needs to be completed per the contract

  • Plans for Whitfield Avenue have been completed and ready for review and input.No changes will be accepted – but input by communities that review the document will be taken under advisement by the PACC Board.

• Newsletter (report given by Barbara)

  • Articles for the December newsletter are due by the end of October

  • A suggestion was made to include a lead article on a person in the community

  • A suggestion was made to include the critical needs of the community like Blood Drives

  • A suggestion was made to include an article about wildlife in the community

  • An article should be written concerning the new apartments at University and Whitfield.NOTE: Contact needs to be made with Manatee County to provide an update.

 

• There are two websites that consideration should be given about consolidating and removing one:

  1. palmairecommunities.com​

  2. ​palmairecommunitycouncil.com

• Frontier was given a written notice to clean up their property from the county if they do not comply, they will be sent to a magistrate

• The orange sign at the Plaza at University and Whitfield is not consistent with the other navy-blue signage on Whitfield.Lesa is asking for a volunteer to contact the plaza and inquire.  She will also have the county take a look at it.

• Entrance to Palm Aire on University is sub-par compared to University Park.Lesa is working with the property committee to acknowledge the neglect and get something done.

• Lesa Hartigan requested all communities report storm drain issues during times of storms so that the county can make the necessary repairs.

• Next Meeting Wednesday, March 19, 2025