The Tuscany Park Homeowners Board meeting was held on March 12th, 2007: We had a large turnout and had enough yes votes to update the Covenants, Conditions & Regulations; which will be valid after notarized and signed. When this is completed everyone will receive an updated copy. In other news, many have raised concerns of the school bus being parked on the street. Hal has agreed to park the bus at another location but will park the bus at his home during the day between shifts. Chea’s Landscaping has agreed to remove the trees from the Bioswale on the weekend of the 23rd. During this time he will remove the blackberry bushes from the front of the retention pond. He will also clean up the mow strip along 36th avenue and the front entrance for $500.00. Our next step to repair the storm water system will be bringing the Bioswale back to its original design which is a 15 foot wide ditch with a one percent slope. Last summers bids ranged between $2100 and $5000; removing the trees should help reduce the cost. This was supposed to be completed before the rains although our community funds were too low. Thanks to our community coming together we now have enough to complete this project. We are accepting new bids for this project so if you know a qualified person with a dozer and slope board let is know. The stop sign at the front entrance has been run over for the third time. The first two times I cemented it back in. This last time I just set it back and did not use cement; due to fact that it gets shorter each time. I am thinking about sinking a 3 inch pipe in the ground so it leaves a mark on the one responsible. Please contact me if you have any ideas; other neighborhoods seemed to have removed their sign all together.

The Tuscany Park Homeowners Board meeting was held on January 12, 2007 at the home of Dottie Lindberg. Board members present included Stu Cluff, Dottie Lindberg, Carole Ellis, Hal Lyons, Angela Crawford, Steve Jooste, Don Tirrell. Carole reported that she had sent out the dues statements for 2007 and that almost everyone was current on their 2006 dues. The board members exchanged e-mail addresses so that we can contact each other by e-mail as this is sometimes easier than by phone. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss ways to bring our CC&R;S up to date and any changes that we might want to bring to the Home Owners in a community meeting. Steve Jooste had done considerable work on bringing the CC&R'S up to date so he shared his ideas with us then the other members were asked for suggestions and much discussion followed, It was agreed on the changes we want to make and decided that we will call a general Home Owners meeting sometime in February. Steve Jooste offer ed to put the suggestions into a form which then will be delivered to each home owner for their suggestions, it was agreed that the circulation of the new document should be done door to door and that the home owners should be given thirty (30) days notice before the meeting of the association will take place. Notice of the meeting will be delivered at the time the new CC&R'S are handed out. Some discussion followed on other areas of concern such as what to do about unlicensed and abandoned vehicles in the area. Ideas included immediate towing with the owner being responsible for the fees and if not paid leaning the property, giving the owner thirty (30) days to comply after a written notice was given , it was decided that the later course of action would be the best. Once again the bus situation was discussed and the general consensus was to have a member check on cost of parking it in a storage yard on Bernham Drive or some other storage area near by, where the bus would be secure and have power for the cold months ahead. After this is done the board will suggest to the driver that the school be asked to pay the fee for the storage so that it does not become a hardship for the driver the board will be glad to help with the school negotiations. The other possibility brought up was to allow the bus to remain where it is just until the end of this school year in order to give some time to figure out the best possible solution for all concerned. Also under discussion is what should be considered a nuisance and what should be done about the properties in the area that are not being kept up according to the CC&R'S . We do not want to become police but agree it is in the best interest of all home owners not to allow bushes and weeds to be a haven for rodents and to destroy the 6 foot fences put in place for all of our benefit. More discussion will follow on this topic. A time was not set for our next meeting as it will be a general m eeting and we must first get the CC&R'S put together.

The Tuscany Homeowners Board meeting for December was held on December 11, 2006 at the home of Dottie Lindberg. Those present included: Stu Cluff, Dottie lindberg, Carole Ellis, Angela Crawford, Hal Lyons, Steve Jooste. Topics discussed and conclusions reached were as follows: 2 New Bids for work on the Bio Swale Braaten Grading and Striping: $4,425.45 includes tree removal and disposal and grading of Bio  Swail. Gig Harbor Dirt Works: $4,500.00 includes tree removal and disposal and grading of Bio Swail. We now have 5 bids all within this range. It is felt by the board that our finances will not allow us to do this but rather that we should develop a work party to remove and dispose of the trees ourselves, thus reducing considerably the cost of having the work done on the bio swale. Discussion followed on the best way to do this. Ideas included a community work party, the board taking it on themselves to do it, renting a chipper to dispose of the trees on site, cutting them up and delivering them to the Land Fill, this presents a problem as we would need to rent a big truck as none of us have the right sized vehicle for the job. Also it was suggested that maybe we could hire Zeek to do the job at less cost then the bids had been, however there was some question on liability of Tuscany Park for his safety. After the trees were removed it was suggested that we poison the stumps and do the same when we are required to remove trees from the Detention Pond, however we will have e to investigate this further, as there may be some rules regarding the use of chemicals near either of these.   Dues Payments: Most of the homeowners have now paid their dues with exception of a couple, it was decided to talk to them individually and if no action is forth coming to send them letters saying that  we would start lien procedures at the first of the new year.   The bus situation was again discussed as the original plan for the bus had not worked out. Ideas included renting a space at a storage place where the bus would be secure and have the necessary electric hook up for cold days ahead, it is felt hat if we asked maybe the school would pay for the space ,Hal had suggested cementing part of his yard to accommodate the bus however it is feared that it is still a commercial vehicle and that it should not be parked in the neighborhood per the covenants.   Number of times that a board member can be absent from the meetings was discussed, as it is felt that every member should attend meetings regularly in order for us to do business. Ideas included 3 or 4 missed meetings maybe the member should be replaced, no conclusions were reached.   CC&R'S discussion was begun, it is felt that we should devote our next meeting to looking closely at the CC&R:s and making some changes including a ban on vinyl siding, change in the dues assessment procedure,  change in  the parked vehicle clause, and making the covenants run imperpetuity so that the would never expire leaving a gap in there use, also that we should be sure that we have only one set in circulation. It was decided that we would have a meeting on this then request ideas from members and have a public meeting on January 29, 2007, our next board meeting will be on January 8, 2007  at Dottie Lindberg's house.

Tuscany Park Home Owners Association Board meeting was held on Monday November 13, 2006.   Board Members Present included: Stu Cluff, Dottie Lindberg, Carole Ellis, Angela Crawford, Hal Lyons, Steve Jooste,   Subjects Discussed were as follows:   Unpaid Home Owners Dues: it was decided to send the second letter on December 1, 2006 giving the following 3 options 1 Pay in full now 2 Contact us if you feel our records are wrong and show proof that payment has been made 3 Make arrangements and start to make payments by December 31, 2006 4 If no contact has been made by December 31, 2006 we will start the Lien Process on individual homes   How to get our IRS taxes paid We have found a not for profit tax accountant, however they will charge us between $100.00 and $150.00 to bring us current. Steve Jooste offered to see if a friend of his would help us at no charge so Steve will report on that at the next board meeting.   County Required Drainage Problem We have 3 bids with 2 more to come in, costs are between $3000.00 and $6000.00 for work on Drainage Swail alone. This can be lowered somewhat if we all pitch in and do some of the work ourselves.   CC&R'S It has come to our attention that there are 2 copies of the CC&R'S with slightly different wording. It was decided to have further discussion on how to align them at our next meeting after we have had a chance to read both sets. Some suggestions of ways to change them included: make the siding requirements  for each house more clear, make some landscape requirements, make unused standing vehicles portion stronger, how to change and set dues requirements. It was suggested that we post any changes that we want to make on our web site and offer members a chance to weigh in on what they would like to see happen and then hold a Home Owners Meeting to vote on the proposed changes what ever they may be   It was decided to have the next board meeting  at Dottie Lindberg's house on December 11, 2006 at 7:30 If you have suggestions on what you would like for us to discuss please use the web-site to let us know so that they can be brought up at our next meeting.

Monday September 18th, 7:30 PM ·        The Tuscany Park Estates Homeowners Association Meeting was located at Dottie Lindberg’s home with more than 50% of the homeowners present to make a legal vote. ·        We addressed the way our homeowner’s dues were spent over the last two years.  This can be seen under the balance sheet section of this website. ·        A new Board of Directors has been voted for and they are as follows: Stu Cluff, President Dottie Lindberg, Vice President Carol Ellis, Treasurer Angela Crawford, Architectural Committee Hal Lyons, Architectural Committee Barbara Nichols, Architectural Committee Don Tirrell, Architectural Committee Steve Jooste, Architectural Committee   The storm water runoff system repairs were addressed and it was decided that we go after our communities unpaid dues plus raise our monthly dues to $20.00. This will pay for the current charges plus the addition detention pond repairs this coming spring. A reduction in dues will be addressed after repairs are made.   The previous landscaper was paid too much for the job he was doing. The old administration had agreed to pay them $173.00 per month, plus a couple payments over $300 to hack at our trees, which drained our account. New bids are $40.00 per month plus one charge of $200.00 to do the initial cleanup and pruning of the trees. We are looking into a tree arbor to repair the damaged trees. If any one knows someone in the field please contact us.   The first phase of our storm water system repair will be done on Thursday, September 28th, 2006. The catch basins will be cleaned out and jetted and the control valve will be also sucked out. Trees will be removed at the pond entrance so the truck will have access.   We decided that two signatures will be needed to write checks from our account plus the dues will be placed in an interest earning account rather that just a plain account as before.   Carol is working on finding us a post office box for mailing dues. You may also pay on line through this web site under the dues section.