Town Meeting ~ January 23, 2014

Board Members Present:

Vice President Joe Claflin          Larry Hibbs

Secretary Faye Taylor                Ken Benck

Treasurer John Porter                 John Cummings

                                                    Mary Pracht

Board Members Absent:

President Suzie Combs

Diane Jones

Note:  Town Meeting agenda was not available to the membership

Vice President Joe Claflin began the meeting by introducing our new General Manager James Turner.  To view his profile, click here

Mr. Turner expressed his current priorities for Diamondhead:

1. Communication within the Diamondhead membership
2. Integrity

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Beautification Committee Minutes ~ January 2014

January 23rd-2014- Town Meeting Report-Diamondhead Beautification Committee

DBC December 17th meeting topics:

·        Short term goals, history of the BC & charter information

·         Purchasing decorations and purchasing and/ or seeking donations for storage shelving to help organize all our decorations/supplies. (Requests donations of shelving from community).

·        Fund raising ideas, (raffle), & project planning (front landscape & median completion, & sprinkler system for short term goals & south side for long term goal).

     DBC January 14^th meeting topics:

·        Welcomed a new member, Bianca Brock

·         Sprinkler system; placing a request on the January Board agenda/presentation

·        Valentine decorations for the median & Easter decorations for the fountain, potted plants down the median, (spray painting some donated pots will save costs), and completing the front club area landscaping as well as planning for south side beautification projects.     

·        Sponsoring a raffle for a major donated prize will be explored as a fund raiser, (F. Taylor).  

·        2 free storage units are being organized to store our supplies. (2 storage cabinets were donated).

·        Next fund raiser: Community Pancake Breakfast scheduled for Saturday, April 19, (C. Donnelly).

·        The weather didn’t cooperate well in the BC efforts to get the Christmas decorations up or down, but all ended well. DBC is energized as we plan for 2014 projects & fundraisers.

A Sprinkler System to water the front & side of the club is a recommendation DBC proposes as a capital improvement goal.   

The BC was assigned the task of landscaping the New club House by the DPOA Board 4 years ago at the time of construction.  The committee accepted the task, though it seemed an overwhelming assignment.   The BC was fortunate that Kelly Kendrick, professional landscaper, joined our committee and under her guidance, DBC has gone above and beyond expectations in delivering a beautiful landscape around the club house.  Kelly volunteered her expertise during the past 4 years.  She has used her creativity to help with other projects as well.  The amount spent on the club house landscaping during the past 4 years is approximately $12,000/double that when counting volunteer labor costs.  DBC raised all the money for this project through community supported fund raisers and donations from residents.  Installation of a sprinkler system is needed to maintain this POA asset. (This asset will protect an asset that accents the club).  Eddie Gilbreath, Diamondhead Maintenance/Golf Course Supervisor obtained bids for this project.  The project will be coordinated by Eddie.  The estimated cost is $4100-65000.  An additional $4-500 will be needed for a meter installed by Rivera, (Eddie will negotiate for lower cost).   Eddie obtained three bids, (1 for$4,065.89 & 1 for $6500), which I now give to DPOA Treasurer for incorporation into the budget.  One bid was rejected because the system was not a water saving system.   The systems being considered are energy efficient drip systems which use much less water.  Eddie prefers the lower bid which will bring the total cost to approximately $4600.  The DBC requests on behalf of Diamondhead Community that the cost of a sprinkler system, ($4600-5000), be included in the 2014 DPOA capital improvement budget. 

  Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 11 @ 4:00 PM/Library Room

Thank You Community for Your Support

Gail Porter, DBC Chairperson 2013-14

Club House landscape !

This picture was taken today (4-27-10) of the finished landscape project. It looks like they may still be adding rock to the side area, but the walk-way is beautiful ! Many thanks to Kelly Kindrick, The Beautification Committee, The Lions Club, and everyone else who helped in this project.

New Landscape Project in process!  Thank you to the Beautification Committee and all the hard workers!!  Kelly Kindrick did such a good job planning and organizing this event.  Stay tuned for more updates as this project continues. April 23 -->Yeh!!  they are finishing with the addition of the rock!  I will take another picture when the rain stops !  It looks Great !