Friends and Neighbors,

We are switching into Winter Mode.

There will be no more leaf or yard waste pickups until the spring. Please do not rake anymore yard waste to the curb.

Thank You,

Greg Selep

Hello AP friends,

What a wonderful summer we had in the park.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of the amazing volunteers who made our events as successful as they were.

We are finishing up the bookkeeping and thinking about next summers events.

Due to some scheduling challenges, we are postponing the last Auxiliary meeting until Nov 6.

We will send out a reminder and a zoom link closer to that date.

There will be Trick or Treating in the park Sunday Oct 27, starting at the Hall at 10. You can leave your porch lights on if you would like the little ghosts and goblins to stop by your house.

Praying for safety for our Park friends who have flown south for the winter. Stay safe. 🙏🏼

Have a wonderful Fall and Winter!

Jeannie LaMarre

Hello AP friends,

We have had another exciting year of activities and fun with our AP friends and Families in our happy place!

We’ve also had a beautiful transition from Summer to Fall in the park. The weather has been wonderful. The leaves have dressed up in their beautiful fall colors, (and it seems they have all dropped at once!)

The kids had a great day Trick or Treating. The boats and piers are coming out and we are wrapping up our Auxiliary notes from 2024.

Please join us Wednesday for our final Auxiliary meeting of the year. We will go over our events, treasures report, and start planning for next years events. Please reach out to me with ideas or questions.

We look forward to seeing everyone!

Jeannie LaMarre is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: AP Auxiliary Meeting
Time: Nov 6, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time(US and Canada)
(See Jeannie's (Greg's) email for Zoom link)

Jeannie LaMarre
AP Auxiliary Secretary

Hello AP friends,

What a wonderful summer we had in the park.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of the amazing volunteers who made our events as successful as they were.

We are finishing up the bookkeeping and thinking about next summers events.

Due to some scheduling challenges, we are postponing the last Auxiliary meeting until Nov 6.

We will send out a reminder and a zoom link closer to that date.

There will be Trick or Treating in the park Sunday Oct 27, starting at the Hall at 10. You can leave your porch lights on if you would like the little ghosts and goblins to stop by your house.

Praying for safety for our Park friends who have flown south for the winter. Stay safe. 🙏🏼

Have a wonderful Fall and Winter!

Jeannie LaMarre

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

The leaves are falling at Assembly Park, as we get ready for the slower - but still beautiful seasons to come! We had our last monthly meeting last Wednesday, and we wish to highlight a few items from the meeting for your information:


Garbage Collection
With our new contract, GFL will be continuing regularly scheduled household garbage collection all year at your homes. Pick-up continues on Mondays (a day late for Holidays) year round.

If you have a large items that do not fit in your garbage can for disposal, you need to arrange this individually with GFL, calling at least 24 hours in advance of the collection date. Cost is $25.00 per item, required to be paid upfront when scheduling the pick-up.

The Customer Service Line for GFL is (800) 248-2373.


Fall Leaf Clean-up
Rob will soon be making regular rounds to collect leaf’s and yard waste from individual homes. Please place collected piles on the edge of your yard/drive for collection. Please do not place piles on the streets! Thanks!


Piers and Pier Storage
Some reminders for pier owners - taken from the DLA Rules and Regulations:

Piers may be stored on Park Property from Labor Day until Memorial Day. The storage must be within twenty feet of the shoreline and within the assigned site.

Lifts and boats cannot be stored on the Park property.

The pier leaseholder(s) will be responsible to restore the ground and lawn to an acceptable condition.


Parks Committee
We're working on a 5-year plan and would love to get some feedback from the community on the projects we’re aiming to complete in the park. There’s been a lot of great progress, thanks to the amazing work Katie Bonk has done, along with the addition of Dorothy's Courts. We'd love for you to join the list, and we’ll set up a time this fall to bring everyone together for a conversation and presentation.

Link for sign-up: https://forms.gle/CaEahMvFJiTxZ8hp7

Thank you for a wonderful summer at Assembly Park!

DLA Board of Directors

Friends and Neighbors:

Today we sent via Survey Monkey the 2024 Kay Fiedler Distinguished Leaseholder Award Nomination. If you do not find it in your in box please check your spam or junk folder. Look for an email with the subject: DLA - Kay Fiedler Distinguished Leaseholder Award Nomination - 2024 There will also be Nomination Forms in the mailroom. (More information about the award)

Corrected Date: Mass in the Park will be Sunday September 1 at 5pm.

Below is a link to the Arbor Day Schedule. At the a link to the the Arbor Day Raffle.

EVENT TIMES:
https://tinyurl.com/2024-AP-EventTimes

CASH RAFFLE
https://tinyurl.com/AP-2024-RAFFLE

Greg Selep

Hello AP Friends,

It's hard to believe summer is coming to an end, we’ve had some wonderful events this summer,

The most recent, the Golf Cart Poker Run was a huge success. Thanks to Cheryl and Scott Kolinski for organizing, thank you to all the houses that hosted our Tastings Around The World.

The Croucher Family organized a "Movie in the Hall" on Saturday, complete with concessions. Great Job Crouchers!

We still don’t have a Team to host the pancake breakfast on Labor Day, Sunday, September 1. If you are interested please contact the Auxiliary ASAP for details and notes.

Arbor Day is Coming Soon!

There will be a Golf outing on Friday September 20th at Lake lawn, the cost will be $100 per person, get your foursomes together, There are only 5 foursomes left! Email Jeannie if you want to join in the fun! Jeannie.lamarre@kw.com We will send a link to pay, or you can write a check to DLA.

Next up is Arbor Day! Our biggest park event of the year. For those of you who are new to the AP family, this is an all day event filled with FUN! Kids and Adult games, photo booth, bounce houses, kids CakeWalk,pony rides, raffles, food, beer wagon, CASH Raffle, Bingo, Music and a DJ for dancing into the night! This event requires lots of volunteers. Sign up sheets are available in the Mail Room.

We will also be holding for the first time, a Pickle Ball Tournament We are looking for someone to oversee the tournament. The cost is $20 per team. It will be limited to 16 teams. You MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE. NO Walk on registration. Email Jeannie if you want to join in the fun! Jeannie.lamarre@kw.com We will send a link to pay, or you can write a check to DLA.

Cash raffle forms are available in the mail room.

Raffle prize, request letters have gone out, thanks to Honey Badger. If you are frequenting any of our local establishments, and would like to take a request letter with you, please let us know. Raffle prize donations are always appreciated. This year instead of the wine pull, we are having an adult "cakewalk" type event, however, we will be having beer, wine and liquor as prizes instead of desserts.

Time to clean out those liquor cabinets and leftover beer fridge beverages! We will also be "filling the cooler" as a raffle prize. This prize had the most tickets in it last year and rumor has it, the winners were “dingdong ditching “ some cottages, with some of the "unique" liquor at the end of the night. (Raffle Prizes and liquor donations can be dropped off at the LaMarre's-Van's Villa on Pottawattomi, on or after Labor Day)

Father Watts will be holding mass in the gazebo at 5 o’clock on Labor Day weekend, Sunday, September 1. (Updated)

Our next auxiliary meeting of the year will be Wednesday, September 11.

Summer is not over! Stay safe and enjoy the beautiful changing of the seasons in our beautiful park!

Jeannie LaMarre
DLA Auxiliary Secretary

Folks:

On Wednesday, at our August Monthly Board Meeting, our Assembly Hall Committee presented the draft floor plans and renderings for the proposed new Hall to the Board and 60+ Leaseholders. A lot of work has been done to get here and because of the importance and long-term impact of this project we think it is imperative that everyone stays informed:

• The floor plans and elevations were reviewed by 23 members of the Hall Committee.
• The Committee unanimously recommended that the plans be shared with the Board and Leaseholder Community and to ask the Board to take the next step and identify general contractors.
• The Board unanimously accepted the Committees recommendation to identify general contractors and develop estimated costs based on the current drawings.
• The Board also asked the Financial Committee to begin to engage financial institutions to develop options for funding this project and cost structures for the leaseholders.

Here is a link the presentation materials used by the Hall Committee. It contains the entire history of this project. The site plan and renderings begin on slide 26.

We have also created a short video that overlays views of the current Hall with views of the proposed Hall: https://youtu.be/LWI2E-GrNn0

The Hall Committee

Fellow Leaseholders

This is a reminder that Annual Assessments are due at the end of the month. If you have questions or cannot find your Annual Assessment Invoice please reply to this email.

Thank You to the almost 100 leaseholders who have already paid there assessments.

Congratulations to all the participants of the Cardboard Regatta

Thank You Evelyn Basken and team for organizing and running the Regatta. A great event that only gets better every year! Thank You to Arlene Frank, Kathy O’Brien, and Tim McDermott for Cheeseburger in Paradise (a record year) And, Thank You Jeff LaMarre for providing music from the “Shallow Water Bar”

Greg Selep

Good Morning Assembly Park

We finally got some relief from the rain and thunderstorms so we were able to make progress on our “spring projects”.

Basketball / Pickleball

The asphalt was poured this week. We now need to wait 30 days for the asphalt to cure so we can paint the lines and install the posts for the basketball and pickleball courts. Attached are some before, during and after photos. If you need a smile please make sure you open the “Basketball Construction Fun” pic.

Hilltop and Kelly Park

We have completed the restoration of Kelly and Hilltop parks. Attached are some before and after pictures but they really don’t do the improvement justice. Hilltop Park was “inspected” this morning (please see “Hilltop New Inspection” pic) Based on his smile I think we passed.

Yoga in the Park

We had 25+ participants for Yoga in the Park (see pic). The next event is August 3 at 9:00 am. Thank You Nadine Bahaveolos!

Cardboard Regatta and Cheeseburger in Paradise
Saturday July 20 Check in starts at 8am. You must register for this event in advance at the assemblypark.com website

Golf Cart Poker Run
Saturday August 3. You must register for this event at:
Register at assemblyparkauxiliary.square.site

Trash Pickup – Update
A number of you have inquired about bulk pickup from GLF. The number for bulk pickups is 608-201-4544 and the cost $25 which will billed directly to you.

Greg Selep

Yoga in the Park

Hilltop Before

Hilltop Before

Hilltop Before

Hilltop After

Kelly Before

Kelly After

Kelly After

Basketball Before

Basketball After

Basketball After

Basketball fun

Friends, Neighbors, and Fellow Leaseholders,

Our double July 4th weekend is over. This Wednesday July 10 at 7:00 pm we will hold our July Monthly Meeting. Below is the agenda. Also, here is a link to the webpage for the Cardboard Regatta to be held Saturday July 20. (you may register for the race on this site too)

Fellow Leaseholder, Friends and Neighbors

The DLA 2024 election process is officially closed.

Votes Received:

119 Electronic Votes
16 Paper Ballot
135 Total Votes - 64% of Leaseholders voted

Thank you to everyone who voted and a special thank you to the election committee.

The 2024 Budget is approved by a vote of Yes – 129 to No - 5

Congratulations to John Glimco with 132 votes and to Tim Somen with 124 votes

Annual Assessment Invoices:

Annual Assessment Invoices will be sent via email on Monday July 1 and will be due by Saturday August 3. Please look for an email from kkempaccounting@yahoo.com

Checks should be made out to: DLA Treasurer

Checks should be mailed to:

Delavan Lake Assembly
c/o Treasurer
PO Box 164
Elkhorn, WI 53121

July 4th – Mass in the Park – Thursday July 4th at 10am
Father Shea will be celebrating Mass in the Park in the Gazebo at 10 am on Thursday July 4th at 10am

Golf carts are permissible. To provide safe access to this event all golf carts must enter and exit the area from the street only using the beach path. Carts should park as close to the path as possible. At no time should any cart be traveling through the park, especially near any of the playground equipment

Greg Selep

Sunshine and Stretching in the Park – Sunday July 7 at 9am – Nadine Bahaveolos will be leading us for yoga and stretching by the beach. Bring a yoga mat or towel. Everyone is welcome!

July Monthly Board Meeting: Wednesday July 10 – 7pm via Zoom.

Shoreline Pickup:
Main Lake: Monday 6/24, 7/8, 7/22 and 8/5 starting at 6am
Inlet/Outlet: Tuesday 6/25,7/9,7/23 and 8/6 starting at 6am

Holiday Weekend Safety Because of the way the holiday falls we are expecting a lot of people and high traffic on both the June 28th and July 5th weekends. Please use extra caution when driving thru the Park especially around the playground areas. Please encourage your teenagers to walk instead of using your golf cart.

One last request, with all the rain the bushes have really grown. If you have not been up in a few weeks and you live on a corner or near a blind spot on the street please trim your bushes so that cars, carts and kids can see around the corner. Thank You

Greg Selep

Friends:

Well, mother nature has not been our friend. Saturday evening, we were hit by a significant storm. We lost power in the Park and several homes had roof damage caused by falling trees and one home had their power line taken down. Thank you to the neighbors who picked up branches and debris in the Parks. Clean up will continue this week. Unfortunately, another storm is predicted tonight and tomorrow. We will do our best to have the park ready for the July 4th weekend.

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Because of the rain and wet conditions our two spring projects have been delayed.

Basketball / Pickleball: On Friday the county approved the start of work on the new basketball and pickleball courts. The plan (weather permitting) is to demolish the old courts on Tuesday and put new asphalt down on Wednesday and Thursday. We will need to wait 30 days for the asphalt to cure before we can line the courts.

Kelly and Hilltop Parks: The project the landscaping company had in que ahead of us is not yet complete due to the weather. We are working with them to schedule new dates.

Beach: As part of our ongoing maintenance of the beach we have completed the weeding, and patched and installed the trampoline. Unfortunately, the trampoline is still deflating and may have to be removed to be patched again.

No Fireworks:

Please remember we have a zero tolerance for fireworks of any kind in Assembly Park: As we approach the July 4th holiday, we want to remind everyone fireworks are strictly prohibited in the Park. Please note that, in addition to the more obvious fireworks, this ban includes seemingly harmless sparklers, snakes and smoke bombs. The fine for violating the no fireworks rule is 2x the annual assessment ($2600) and there will be no warnings issued. You will be fined. If you have guests or renters using your property, please make sure they are aware of all the rules and regulations. Any penalty will be assessed to the leaseholder. Please help us keep the Park safe.


No Construction period: We are entering the No Construction Period in the Park. From July 1st through Labor Day no construction or remodeling of any structure or dwelling is allowed except for approved emergency repairs or minor repairs to piers. No hammering, drilling, sawing, or loud construction noise of any kind is allowed. (except for normal mowing of lawns, power washing, general maintenance, and approved emergency repairs).

Upcoming Events:

Sunshine and Stretching in the Park – Sunday July 7 at 9am – Nadine Bahaveolos will be leading us for yoga and stretching by the beach. Bring a yoga mat or towel. Everyone is welcome!

July Monthly Board Meeting: Wednesday July 10 – 7pm via Zoom.

Shoreline Pickup:
Main Lake: Monday 6/24, 7/8, 7/22 and 8/5 starting at 6am
Inlet/Outlet: Tuesday 6/25,7/9,7/23 and 8/6 starting at 6am

Holiday Weekend Safety Because of the way the holiday falls we are expecting a lot of people and high traffic on both the June 28th and July 5th weekends. Please use extra caution when driving thru the Park especially around the playground areas. Please encourage your teenagers to walk instead of using your golf cart.

One last request, with all the rain the bushes have really grown. If you have not been up in a few weeks and you live on a corner or near a blind spot on the street please trim your bushes so that cars, carts and kids can see around the corner. Thank You

Greg Selep

Friends and Neighbors,

Thank You to the approximately 65 people who attended our Annual Meeting live in the Hall and the 51 who attended via Zoom. It was a good meeting and discussion. Also, thank you to Mary Pat O’Connor, Jeff LaMarre and Dan Watts for their Delavan Lake Improvement and Environmental updates and to Kathleen Fiedler for introducing the Kay Fiedler award.

Please remember to complete the DLA 2024 Annual Election Ballot

Some important dates:

Delavan Lake Improvement Association:

Saturday June 22 – 10am – Inlet / Outlet discussion – Lake Lawn Lodge

Monday July 8 – 10am – Invasive Species – Waters Edge


You MUST RSVP for these meetings at Delavan Lake Improvement Association | Improve, Protect, & Preserve (delavan-lake.org)


4th of July Weekend Golf Cart and Bike Parade – Saturday June 29th – Flyer below

Shoreline Aquatic Plant Pickup Schedule and Instructions – Flyer below

Friends and Neighbors,

Please join us on Wednesday May 1 at 7pm for our May Monthly Meeting.

The call for candidates is still open for this years Board of Directors election. We are also seeking two leaseholders to form the election committee. If you are interested in helping please contact gselep618@comcast.net

Spring is here and our new beach piers are getting ready to be installed. I have attached a coupe of pictures.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you on Wednesday.

Good Morning AP Friends,

With our summer season creeping up, we are planning for our Memorial Day events. Peggy Culloton Coghlan and the Culloton And Lowery Team have stepped up to host the spaghetti dinner 🍝 this year and are in need of any notes, supply lists etc. from past dinners. Please send to Peggy @ Pcoghlan5@gmail.com

They will also need lots of help with set up-serving-clean up. Please let Peggy know how you would like to help make this a great event! ❤️

Jeannie LaMarre
AP Auxiliary Secretary

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Although it is only early March, flowers are starting to peak their heads out in Assembly Park, assuring us that summer is not far away! Get ready for the 126th summer of the Delavan Lake Assembly!

While the Park has been quiet this winter, there has been a lot of activity that we wanted to share with you. At our February meeting, the Assembly Hall committee presented to the Board their recommendations for an architect to develop initial plans for a potential new Assembly Hall. ALA Architects were recommended and contracted for this exciting task! Since then, the leadership of the Assembly Park Hall committee, working closely with our Auxiliary, has developed a comprehensive initial list of the needs, wants, and hopes for our new hall. This list will provide a framework for our initial discussions with our architect in early April, our next step to imagining a new hall for Assembly Park.

This mild winter has provided Rob with the gift of additional time to concentrate his efforts on the creation of new piers for our beachfront. Rob is well ahead of schedule, and we plan to have the new and improved piers installed this spring! We are so fortunate to have Rob’s talents, and thankful that we will have new, safer piers to enjoy this summer, crafted by Rob at a great savings to our community.

Thanks to a generous gift from the fundraising efforts of our Auxiliary, we continue along with our plan to convert the old blacktop play court in the Big Park into two new half-court basketball courts and two pickleball courts. We continue to work with vendors to secure the needed equipment and construction to make this a reality, and with the support of some additional donors, we hope to complete the project this summer!

We look forward to seeing you online this April 3 at 7:30 for the start of our regularly scheduled monthly meetings, and in the near future, back at Assembly Park! Our thanks to all that have been working so hard for our community during the Winter and thanks in advance to all that will volunteer to serve our community this summer through various activities and events!

Welcome to the 126th season of the Delavan Lake Assembly and welcome home!

The Assembly Park Board of the Directors

Neighbors,

As previously announced, we have decided to conduct a mid-winter board meeting. The meeting will be held on Wednesday February 7th at 7pm ct.

We look forward to seeing all of you on Wednesday evening.

February Agenda
Delavan Lake Assembly
Board of Directors Meeting
Date: February 7, 2024 7:00 pm


Meeting Called to Order
Pledge of Allegiance



Approval of the Minutes

Correspondence

Tom Fiedler – Request made at the annual meeting for a list of projects that resulted in tree removal.

10/17/2023
During the annual meeting I requested a list of projects that resulted in the removal of trees over the past several years. This would include new homes, remodels driveway extensions, or any other project resulting in trees being removed.

I have yet to receive that information.

Please advise.

Tom Fiedler


Good morning.

I have yet to hear back on the below request and would like to clarify. I’m not seeking this information directly for myself, but a status report to be published to the assembly. Please let me know if this will be added to the agenda.

Tom

We do not keep a list of trees that have been removed. Is there a reason you need a list?


Greg

Good morning. I have tried to go back to the annual meeting minutes and audio file to clarify my request. Unfortunately, it appears that the audio portion is not available. Would someone please send me the link to the audio portion of the meeting?

Once I have that, I will send the board my response to your inquiry.

Tom

Greg, in response to your comment "We do not keep a list of trees that have been removed. Is there a reason you need a list?", I offer the following. At or around the 1:22:02 mark John makes mention that not only does Jim keep record of the trees being removed as part of a project but Rob also keeps track of trees.

Can I please get a list of trees that have been removed due to construction, remodel, sickness, driveway improvements, etc?


10/24/2023

Dear Mr. Fiedler,

Thank you for reaching out with your request regarding a list of trees that have been removed from the park due to construction, illness, etc. In your letter, you stated that you had requested this information at the annual meeting. From the transcripts, your question reads as follows:

“Who is keeping track of when construction is done who is keeping track of the trees being planted? The replacement of those trees” “Who is keeping track of the trees that were cut down for construction, illness, whatever?”

My response was “with construction this is part of what Jim tracks working with each one. Also Rob works with us when trees go down in the Parks they are replaced. For each of those trees that have gone down because of storms it’s almost a one for one replacement. Jim is checking with each construction when they are removing on the site either assess to have another one placed in the park or back in the ground”

Our monthly minutes reflect all approved construction in the park. When the project will result in a tree(s) being removed, it is noted in the minutes and, if the tree(s) cannot be replaced on the property (in accordance with the DLA Rules), the leaseholder is assessed according to the DLA Rules, and the funds used to place a new tree in the park.

When a tree on a leaseholder’s property is removed due to illness, it is traditionally verified by Rob and Ginner tree services, approved by the Board, and is removed. The DLA Rules do not require the leaseholder to replace the tree. If a healthy tree is removed by a leaseholder, it must be approved by the Board, and the leaseholder assessed, as per the DLA Rules.

Trees lost in the park due to illness and storm damage are reported to the Board by Rob and accounted for in his caretaker’s report. The minutes reflect the number of trees replaced due these occurrences.

When Greg initially responded to you regarding your request, asking the reason for this concern, there was no response. If there is an issue or concern that needs to be addressed, I would appreciate a response. Additionally, we are still awaiting feedback or a response from you regarding our response to your two previous inquiries specific to the roads and Assembly Hall’s readiness for the annual meeting. While I appreciate your engagement and outreach, it seems that these communications seems to be more centered on finding fault other than finding solutions.

As I have expressed before, I would be more than willing to have a more in depth conversation with you to best understand your concerns, and explore how we can best move forward together to best serve all leaseholders in Assembly Park. Please let me know if you would like to meet, either by phone or in person. I welcome the opportunity to visit.

Sincerely,

John A. Glimco
& The DLA Board of Directors



Dotti Bruno – Board Meeting Minutes 10/18/2024

Hello Board of Directors:

Just to make you aware, I was recently on the Assembly Park website to review some audio minutes and noticed that there were no audio minutes that I could access for our Annual Meeting in June. Please advise, as I maybe doing something wrong in trying to retrieve this information.

Taking this into account, I cannot go without letting you know how very disappointed I am regarding the Board of Directors' decision to NOT have written minutes of the Annual Meeting or any regular Board Meetings. I strongly feel that as leaseholders, we are entitled to written documentation, not just audio reports, of these meetings.

It is an important function of the Board to keep us properly informed. Under this new change, I don't feel this is properly being done, and lacks the transparency the Board has always claimed to represent. Yes, I understand the importance and benefits of technology, but I don't feel that audio reports ONLY are effectively doing the job of keeping us informed. I know I am not alone on this issue, and I hope you will reconsider issuing written minutes for future meetings. Not only is this important now, but for posterity.

Your consideration is greatly appreciated.


10/18/2024

Dotti

The link to the audio file was broken. I contacted Jerry and it is now fixed. Just so I am clear. You feel a written summary of the meeting is more transparent than the actual recording with a guide to where in the transcript the discussion is located?

Regards

Greg Selep



Greg,

Thank you for your timely response, I would like, however, a little more of a response on my request for a written summary of the meeting notes.

I understand that perhaps half of our Assembly Park leaseholders prefer to use electronic communication, and I am not opposed too that. The other half of the leaseholders regret that long-term traditions are being cast aside. How about a compromise? Maybe you will do both, i.e. an audio file and a one page written summary and post both on the website?

Thank you for your consideration.

Dottie Bruno


Dottie

I will add you to the correspondence for the April (February) Board Meeting and we will discuss. You are also welcome to submit a speaker request. I too would have liked a little more of a response to my request on why you think a written summary of the meeting is more transparent than the actual recording with a guide to where in the transcript the discussion is located. But we can discuss that in April.

Greg Selep

First, I still do not understand how posting the actual meeting can be viewed as anything but 100% transparent. As for the request for a “one-page written summary” We are already providing a written summary document produced from the agenda. It contains a list of any correspondence, speaker request, construction request as well as all the committee reports, and any vote taken as well as a time stamp as to where the agenda item discussion occurred in the audio file. So, Dotti please review that document and provide specifically what you think is missing. As to the “the importance of posterity” the previous board took up to 3 weeks to post meeting minutes and they would only be available on the website until the next meeting minutes were submitted. So, if a leaseholder wanted to review a past meeting, whether a monthly or annual meeting it was their responsibility to download the meeting minutes and store them. This board is posting the audio meeting minutes within a couple of days of the meeting. We have also created an archive of all the meeting minutes and guides. So, they are available for prosperity. I am happy to do something that has a benefit, but I think you are confusing transparency with nostalgia.

Dotti if you can explain why, you think posting the actual meeting is not transparent? Why does the current summary document not meet your expectations? What changes do you want to that document and what benefits the changes would provide I am happy to discuss making those changes.



Mary O’Connor

I just received a bill from Niewenheus for $65 for a special garbage pick. furniture and things. However, I see people just leaving their large items at the dump on Assembly Lane. I am guessing that is paid by the HOA, not the leaseholder. Is that something I should do going forward to avoid a bill? It really doesn't seem fair to everyone when some just leave large items at the dump. Or stuff their large items in the oversized bins.


Dear Mary,

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving celebration!

Thank you for reaching out to us with this question regarding trash collection.. And thank you for correctly following the required practices for the disposal of large items.

The community dumpsters continue to be for disposal of regular household garbage, not large furniture items or construction materials. We send out reminders twice annually regarding this, generally early in the Spring as individuals are preparing to open up their cabins, and again in the fall when we transition from home trash collection. Individuals caught dumping large household items in the bins on Assembly Lane are charged for the collection, and at times, fined.

Rob does a wonderful job of watching out for those who might not be aware of this policy, yet he cannot monitor the bins at all times, nor should he be expected to. Our community seems to be following these guidelines quite well, with Rob reporting there have been very few violations.

Have a wonderful holiday season!

John Glimco



Speaker Requests

Construction Requests
Joan Pearson 1603 Polk- Roof repair/ replace - emergency approval
Lisa Gallagher – 1605 Polk – Roof – Approved via email
Dean Bestul - 1114 Sioux - Remove entangled tree – Approved
Paul Nelson – 1503 Lincoln – Window replacement – Approved emergency via email
Mary Scurio – 1505 State – Window replacement - Approved emergency via email
Dan Watts – 1611 Wall – Tear down
Bridget McKendry – 1609 Monroe – Stair repair/replace
Annie Schweitzler – 1305 Evergreen – Roof - Approved emergency via email
Katie Rauh – 1616 Wall – Remove two dead oak trees

New Lease Transfers: Greg Selep
1507 Field – Cejka Trust to Sean and Stacy Moore – scheduled for 2/9
1405 Lincoln – Estate of Mary Sears to The Delavan Trust (children) – pending
1414 Indian Trail – Kurt Kiekhafer – refinance - pending

Treasure’s Report: Katie O’Halloran

Caretaker’s Report: Rob Mohr

Committee Reports
Auxiliary: Jessica Gray

Building and Construction: Jim Ignoffo

Piers and Waterfront: Katie Bonk

Parks: Katie Bonk

Rules and Bylaws: Dennis Coghlan

Roads: Greg Selep
i. Stone added. Budget input

Parks Leaseholder Committee – Jorge Cordova

i. Beach Pier Replacement

Assembly Hall Leaseholder Committee – Jim Ignoffo / Kathleen Fiedler

Safety Leaseholder Committee – Dennis Coghlan

Old Business
New Directory Update

New Business
a. HAOWEI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED – is a Hong Kong based private company looking to register assemblypark as their brand name


Leaseholder Comments

Upcoming Events and Announcements

Date for Next Meeting
Wednesday April 3, 2024 7:30pm

Adjournment

Greg Selep

Dear Friends,

Happy New Year! It looks like winter is finally coming to Assembly Park, with a few rounds of snow this week! For our Sunbirds, you don’t know the fun you're missing! Yet the Park looks wonderful, and thanks to Rob, safe to visit and try sledding in Winter’s Park.

This is just a quick reminder that we will have a Regular Meeting of the Assembly Park Board on Wednesday, February 7 at 7:00 pm Central. There are several items to address, from construction projects requiring approval, to an update from our Assembly Park Hall Committee. With the advantage of online meetings, we are no longer dependent on scheduling meetings “when the water is on” in the park, and we can also avoid an overcrowded agenda in April. Plus, it would be great to see you all! A full agenda will be forthcoming in advance of the meeting, with a ZOOM link. Speakers and construction requests should be forwarded in advance, following normal guidelines.

We look forward to seeing you on February 7 or sooner up at the Park! Take care, and again, Happy New Year!

The Assembly Park Board of Directors