UNIVERSITY HILLS ASSOCIATION OF HOMEOWNERS

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

December 2, 2003

The meeting was called to order by president, Arnold Martin, at 7:35 A.M.

Board members present were: Arnold Martin, Esther Nachimson, Don McGee, Charles Schmidt, James Spriggs, Nell Anne Hunt, Mary Oberlin, Paul Oldham, Kas Bowman and Craig Bowman.

The minutes of the last meeting were passed out and approved. There were no corrections or omissions.

There was no treasurer’s report. Don Jensen was out of town. We will mail a reminder this month for our annual homeowners’ dues effective January 1, 2004.

Charles Schmidt, our community liasion chairman, reported that the underpass on Northgate and Rochelle is 70% completed; however, the plans to change the two way traffic to the east side of Rochelle is behind schedule for at least one month. The target date for the change is January 15. For the coming year, the funding from TLCA for the beautification of the project will be staged as the funds for the entire project are not available in toto.

We are asking our University Hills residents to lobby our council persons to be sure and include decorative stonework in the project and not to leave the retaining walls bare concrete.

Jack Angel’s resignation was effective on November 30. At city hall, Jim Cline has rolled Jack Angel’s position into his job description. Bob Chapman will be his assistant.

The city has no other surfacing projects on the books for University Hills. The residents on Hidalgo objected to resurfacing their street, fearing that it would allow cars to go faster and endanger children playing.

The Holiday Party on Pea Patch Lake was a huge success. Over 450 grown-ups and children attended. Some said that the manger scene was the best one they had ever seen.

Kas Bowman stated that there were some issues that should be addressed for our party next year: 1.Crowd control – find persons willing to act as “elf monitors” (in costume); 2. We should have 2 choirs; 3. A recording at the manger scene from Luke.

Nell Anne Hunt suggested we need better lighting for the manger and the choir.

Scott said the rebars and candy canes would be collected for storage on or after January 1. Probably, Jan. 3. It would be a big help to the collecting committee if the block captains could collect the ones on their block and have them at their homes for collection. The association has a storage bin at DCURD.

Don McGee reported on the Annual UHAOH on November 19 at the Las Colinas Country Club. He wondered what innovative methods we could employ to increase the membership turnout at this event. The possibility of a membership dinner was suggested. The next homeowners’ meeting is scheduled for the 2^nd Tuesday in November.

The PowerPoint presentation configured by John Taylor was outstanding. The SWOT exercise results will be tabulated and presented at the next board meeting.

Chris Wallace suggested that we should have a quarterly party for new residents in University Hills to familiarize them with our association. Esther Nachimson suggested that we should have a party for our very hard working block captains.

Arnold Martin stated that we need to establish a committee chair to organize a historical and archives component on our board. There are many resources that may be lost if this issue is not addressed in the near future.

James Spriggs announced that there will be a referendum on September 4, 2004 on the issue of beer and wine sales in grocery stores. Free standing stores dispensing these items would not be permitted. Because of these restrictions, the city is unable to attract upper end merchants and we are losing much needed tax dollars to Dallas. We could lose the Sam’s store on 635. Another issue will be the extent of restrictions placed on restaurants in the ratio of sales of food/liquor which at this time is 60/40. Some feel that the penalties are too severe and will discourage persons or corporations from opening establishments in Irving.

The next board meeting will be Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 7:30 A.M. at the Las Colinas Country Club grill.

Being not other business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 8:59 A.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Esther Nachimson, Secretary