BOARD APPROVED APRIL 19, 2010

TRAILER ESTATES PARK & RECREATION DISTRICT

BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORKSHOP

APRIL 12, 2010

9:30 A.M.

SMALL HALL

1903 69TH AVENUE WEST

BRADENTON, FL 34207

 

 

The workshop was called to order at 9:35 a.m. by Chairman Martha Brauer.

 

The following items were discussed:

 

1.  Castle Ohke Water Contract.  There is a new owner.  He is selling his water at $.25 a gallon and we will get $.04 of that.  Pam stated that we have never received money from the water machine before.  Joe said, “We used to get 16 percent.”  It was determined that our revenue would stay the same under the new owner.  Fred:  “I think it is a good service to the people.”  Pam will bring a motion to the April 19 meeting.

 

2.  Washco Review.  The owner wants us to reduce the monthly requirement from $350 to $183 and reduce the equipment to 12 washers and 6 stacked dryers.  Our contract with them expires in 2013.  We will put this item on the April 19 agenda following Joe’s presentation of information from Florida Power and Light.

 

3.  Adjustment of the Laundry from May 1 to Oct. 15.  Joe has interviewed people in the park trying to learn about the population in the summer.  Joe went over the Florida Power & Light’s use of energy information.  There will be a survey in the laundry to find out the hours and days residents use the facilities.  Martha said it would be best to close the laundry for days in a row because it requires more energy to close down a room and then bring it back to a cooler temperature, and that would be costly to do on a daily basis.  Could we maintain it at the same temperature seven days a week or should we close it sometimes?  Joe will check into this.

 

4.  Flood Insurance.  Pam reported on the insurance.  She said if we are interested in getting insurance from Manatee County, we would need a survey of all buildings built before 1978.  It was decided that we would get insurance from the Florida League of Cities.  Pam wondered how much we should insure the buildings for.  If our buildings are lost in a flood, we would have to rebuild them to the new code.  Pam recommends we purchase insurance at the higher amount and the Board agreed.  The question was asked if the Hix building is insured.  Pam said we will get this information in July.  It was decided we should check with FMIT.

 

Bev Lew, 2008 IL—We should have flood insurance with our regular insurance.  There are new flood areas as of April 1.

 

Pam announced that a group within Florida League of Cities would come and talk with us about how we’d be affected in a disaster situation.  They help us set up a plan.  Martha suggested Pam put this information on an upcoming workshop.  Pam will call and get more information first.

 

5.  Energy.  Fred suggested that we need to do a survey of the Woodshop to see when they use it in the summer.  We should check to see what activities take place then.  Perhaps we can channel our activities to save money, such as moving things to one building.  Mark does a good job in the summer trying to control energy.  Gail will see what activities could be moved to save energy.

 

Bev Lew, 2008—Pickleball, volleyball, art, etc., does continue in the summer, but the residents are basically locked out of the buildings.  That is discriminatory.

 

            Martha:  We are making an energy decision not a discriminatory decision.

 

Pam:  We got a contract from Sysco Foods.  It is an account application.  John White stepped forward to explain.  Since public comment had been closed, the Board had to vote for John to speak.  A voice vote was taken and it passed 8-0.

 

John White, 2209 IN—Everyone spends our own accounts so the park is out of that business.  We buy from Sysco under our names.

 

The Workshop closed at 10:38 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Gail Opper, Secretary