Minutes

Officers Present:

Vice President: David Brand, Lakeside Woods

Treasurer: Mike Grubbs, Country Lakes

Secretary: Michele Wysinski, Eagle Creek Condos

 

Representatives Present:

Barbara Robinson, Clubside; Lesley Benesh, Conservatory Estates; Kelly Arnold, Fairway Lakes; John Mele, Timberlake Village; Dan Reeves, Fox Point; Marie Diamond, Woodlake Villas; Eric van Baars, Fairway Point;

 

Absent:

Cathy Allen, Avista; Bernie Duggan, Clubside Condos; Marguerite Puca, Club Villas II; Joe Barch, Condo B/Sarasota; John Dietrick, DeSoto Woods; Ray Toothaker, Eagle Creek Villas; Karen Viera, Fairway Lakes; Jim Marsey, The Hollows at Palm-Aire; Jan Jordan, Rosewood; Lewis Dean, Fairway Six; Alice Edwards, The Hollows at Palm Aire; Sue Smith, Woodland Green President: Lesa Hartigan, The Links; Sue Pavlisko, Avista; Joseph Stulberg, Broadmoor Pines; Pat Comstock, Golf-Pointe; Paula Digilio, Misty Oaks; Greg Martzolf, PACC; John Volpe, The Gardens at Palm-Aire; Jon MacDonald, Pine Trace

 

The meeting was called to order at 3:30 by Vice President David Brand.

Proper meeting notice was sent out.  A quorum was established.

 

MINUTES

The minutes for the May 20, 2026, meeting were previously emailed to all PACCI directors.

A motion to approve the minutes was made by Kelly Arnold and seconded by Barbara Robinson. All were in favor.

 

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT – Discussion for September Spotlight

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COMMITTEE REPORTS

            FINANCE – Mike Grubbs

 

Income

• Admin Fees/Association Dues              $344.00

• Checking Acct Interest                               $0.86

• CD Interest                                              $192.71

 

Expenses                                                               

                                                                                               

• -                                                                  $0.00

                                         

Ending Balance                                                          $17,651.58

 

CD                                                                               $36,380.32

Total (CD plus checking)                                          $54,031.90

 

  David made a motion to approve the financial report. Barbara seconded. All in favor.

 

            MSTU – Kelly Arnold

• Committee met to document sign locations

• Karen in process of obtaining grant for Sftmd

• Discussion on ETA of projected state date

 

            Newsletter – Dan Reeves

• Next article deadline for ads/submissions is October 30th

  • Publication will be on November 6th

 

            Website – Cathy Allen

• The website is up to date

 

            Signage – David Brand

• David will continue the process of obtaining a pricing proposal for the new signs from the county vendor and two other sign companies locally

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

NEW BUSINESS

• Committee for Vendor Partner Discussion

  • Members discussed the Vendor Spotlight agenda item and whether those vendors should be asked to place a business card in the newsletter. The vendor would get advertising in the two newsletters + the online version.

  • The them “Preferred Vendor” was discussed

  • “Advertised Partner Committee” should be added to September committee meeting

 

DIRECTOR COMMENTS

• Discussion on grants that the committee has been filing for and which neighborhoods can apply individually

• Manatee County has indicated that they may be discontinuing future grants to neighborhood groups due to budget constraints (unknown currently how that may impact applications already in the pipeline)

• Kelly Arnold shared information on a Florida Native Plant Society grant of up to $1,000 for plants and delivery to the neighborhoods. He can share contact information

• David Brand reported on the lit palm trees at University – irrigation/moisture is causing the ground fault indicators to trip which is why some tree lights are off. David following up on weatherproof equipment installation to prevent this from continuing to happen

ADJOURNMENT

 

David Brand moved that the meeting be adjourned; Barbara seconded.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 pm.

 

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Michele Wysinski