The meeting was called to order at 7:35 pm by Homer Rhodes, President,

The minutes of the March 18, 2004 minutes were read by Chris Delaney and approved as read. An Executive session was held by the Board on Monday March 29 to discuss confidential and legal issues, 2 Directors tendered their resignations, there was a special Board meeting on April 4 to elect new officers; Ed Donnelly as Vice-President and Chris Delaney as Secretary, and two new Board members will be appointed within the next 30 days to fill out a one-year term and a two-year term vacated.

TREASURERS REPORT: Operating accounts totaled $173,036.84 and reserve accounts totaled $161,462.76. See attached report.

FINANCIAL REPORT: 37 accounts paid in March leaving 302 delinquent accounts for 2004, which gives us 81% collected. 2003 and prior has 72 delinquent accounts, which gives us 96% collected.

BUILDING REPORT: A burglary occurred at the building and the office on March 27 between the hours of midnight and 7 am with the thieves taking the computer, $300 cash, fax machine, postage scale, several rolls of postage stamps, and keys for the pools and building. Police were called to investigate and fingerprints were taken. The locks for the pools were replaced on March 27 but the building was not secured by until Tuesday, March 30. See attached report. Bids are being taken to install a security system before the computer and other items are replaced. Bids were reviewed about replacing the Roof for the building. References will be checked, bid details reviewed further, and presented at the next meeting for final approval. A Credit Card with Home Depot has been acquired in the name of Huntington Village for use in providing supplies necessary for Grounds and Building projects utilizing volunteer labor. These charges will be identified and properly assigned to the respective projects for auditing and tracking all expenses.

GROUNDS AND RECREATION FACILITIES: Nathan Rolen presented a proposal to refurbish the basketball court as an Eagle Scout project donating the labor from the Boy Scout troupe. This includes power wash the basketball court, re-paint stripes, replace the hoops, and make other repairs as necessary. A motion was made by Beverly to approve the estimated $600 costs for materials and this was seconded. It was approved by unanimous decision. It was also announced that Melinda Patrick will track this project with digital pictures and it will be placed on the HVCA website. It was announced that Jario Perez had power washed the playground equipment at the Huntington Venture Park and was requesting re-imbursement for 3 gallons of stain to paint this equipment. A motion was made by Beverly to pay $64.52 for this stain and it was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Ed reviewed bids for having dirt hauled into the Huntington Venture Park, leveling, and planting grass. In addition, it was discussed the need to trim trees in the park area for permitting the grass to properly cover the ground. It was agreed to review these bids further and present at the next meeting. Melinda Patrick presented a description of her efforts in getting the 6 Foot high metal fence removed from the Sun City Court area involving the easement property owned by Center Point Energy.

POOLS REPORT: The bids for Electrical work to be done at the Pools were presented by Christine. The 3 bids include Alief Electric -$1067, Southern Electric - $850, and Select Electric - $640. A motion was made by Christine to accept the Select Electric bid and it was seconded. Motion passed unanimously. It was announced that a Credit Card for Sam's Wholesale which can also be used at Wal-Mart has been acquired in the name of Huntington Village for charging supplies and pool furniture required to be supplied by the Association for the Pool operations. Charges will be matched with receipts for audit.

SECURITY REPORT: Chris made a motion to renew the Mac-Dan Security Agreement for another year costing $3810 monthly for 45-hours weekly coverage. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. See attached report from Mac-Dan Security by Diane Cerna showing 27 special watches and 53 responses. The month of February had 12 visits from HPD as shown in report. The cost for adding an additional shift of coverage for Constable patrol would add $35 to the existing $144 yearly maintenance fee for each residence or lot.

Deed Restrictions:

OLD BUSINESS: A brief discussion was held concerning items being carried on the Reserve Funding Calculations. The first item was the Toshiba Copier costing $1800 in 1997 and reserve fund of $507 has been replaced with Cannon D760 laser copy/printer in December 2003 for $499. The copier was broken and an annual service agreement would cost $433 while a new D760 was on sale for $499 at Sam's. See attached report. The second reserve fund of $533 discussed was the re-build in January of the Cook Pool Pump house using labor plus materials. The cost for the labor was $775 and $848 for materials totaling $1623. In addition the hauling away and teardown cost $250 but resulted in the rotten Electrical pole needing to be replaced with a new control panel and this bill with Alief Electric totaled $2600. See attached report.

NEW BUSINESS: Discussion was held on the need to change Standing Rule #18 adopted August 17, 1995 limiting any Board member to a spending limit of $300. It was also discussed that there is no written rule in the Deed Restrictions, By-laws, or any other document requiring that the Board must get three bids before making any decision. However, it is a general practice among any non-profit organizations to utilize the 3-bid practice for becoming better informed about the technical details of any project and get the job accomplished for the least cost. With this thought in mind, a motion was made to authorize any Board member to incur an expense up to and including $500, majority Board approval by voice vote for anything between $501 to $1000, and to acquire three bids for anything greater than $1000 for review at the monthly Board meeting. This motion was seconded and approved by unanimous decision. A word of caution was made that the Board must prevent any member from dividing a single project into multiple elements costing less than $500.

MEMBERS FORUM: A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by at 9:22 p.m. and seconded. Motion passed unanimously.