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Board Members

President-Michael Rasch

Vice President-Mike Jacobs

Secretary-Carol Solle

Treasurer-June Howard

Activities-Roger Lowell

Building and Remodel-

Loys Lamb

Clubhouse-Ewa Sledziewski

Grounds-Maggie Taber

Reserves-Dave Fosmire

INNIS ARDEN CLUB, INC. P.O. BOX 7222 SHORELINE, WA 98133 xxxxxxx, 200x

On the Web at: www.innisarden.com

Holiday Party and Activities 1

Agenda for Board Meeting 2

Condolences 2

Neighbor in the News 3

Innis Arden Ski Club 3

Minutes of Special Meeting,

10-27-2003

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Minutes of Board Meeting

11-11-2003

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Sheri’s Easy Decorating Ideas 7

Letter from Officer Obstler 8

Clubhouse Update 9

Bulletin Board 10

Notice of Annual Meeting 10

Inside this issue:

Accolades from the Activities Committee….

Thank you, Sheri Miller, for your time and talent—your workshop showed us fun and easy ways to be resourceful and creative from the bounty of our backyards! Thanks to Pam Smit for being the Event Hostess. Roger Lowell is moving on! Thank you, Roger, for serving as the Activities Chair this past year. Your contributions continue to be much appreciated. Beyond the Call of Duty--Lael and Dell Call--many thanks for do-ing all the ground work in front of the Clubhouse. The design and plantings are a wonderful improvement.

Announcing…. Wanted: Holiday Party Help! Work off the "too much turkey" on Sunday, Nov 30 and Monday, Dec 1 for some "light" decorating at the clubhouse. We will take helping hands anytime after 3pm. Please call Chris Kocher at 533.1223 if you can spare an hour or two.

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Agenda for the December 9th, 2003 7:00 PM Board Meeting

During November’s meeting, a new meeting format was adopted. Committee reports and the Board Agenda pre-cede non-agenda community input. We hope that more neighbors will attend and that meetings will be shorter. 1. Approve minutes 2. Committee Reports

A. Treasurer B. President/Vice President C. Secretary (if any) D. Building and Remodels i. Hill—17104 13th NW: Shed ii. Buescher—18024 13th NW Enclose carport and install garage door. E. Activities F. Grounds G. Clubhouse H. Reserves

3. Board Agenda A. Bylaw Change Proposal: Article I. Meetings Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the (remove “second") third * Wednesday in January in each year, at 8:00 PM, or at such other time as the Board of Directors selects, for the election of directors and transaction of business. Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors not less than 14 ** or more than 60 days in advance. (Remove “Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors. “) Section 5. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise required by statute, notice of the time, place and pur-pose of each meeting, whether annual or special shareholders’ meetings, shall be given at least (remove “ten”) 14 ** days before such meeting, in writing, by mail to each shareholder. No other publica-tion or notice shall be required. *Last year, monthly Board meetings were moved from the 1st to the 2nd Tuesday, and the Annual meeting should be moved likewise, to allow time to prepare and mail ballots at least 14 days in advance of the meeting. **This is to conform to RCW 64.38 B. January 2004 Shareholders Meeting and Elections C. Boy Scout Troop 325 would like to put 9x5 plaques on each of the Boy Scout projects in the reserves.

4. Community Comments 5. Adjourn

Do you have any new neighbors? If so, please contact the Hospitality Committee so they can deliver a welcome packet. The hospi-tality committee is:

Jan Holbrook 546-3524 Kathleen Malarky 546-2341 Sylvia Moren 546-4221

The hospitality committee along with the Innis Arden Board and Swim Club Board will be hosting a wine and cheese social for new members of our community on January 23. Save the date.

Blockwatch Reminder

Please report criminal activity to policy at 911 (emergency) or 296-3311 (non-emergency) as well as to your Blockwatch captain.

Innis Arden I Blockwatch captain

Cindy Rasch 542-1230

Innis Arden II Blockwatch captain Shelley Watson 542-4369

Innis Arden III Blockwatch captain

Judy Allen 542-3219. If you don’t know what Innis Arden subdivision you live in, refer to the address label of this Bulletin. In the upper left corner, subdivision, block and lot num-bers are printed.

Reminder: If you plan on changing or adding any structure on your property (deck, garden shed, patio, remodel/addition) con-tact the Building and Remodels chair Loys Lamb at 542-8049. This is your responsibility and obligation as a mem-ber of a covenanted community!

Condolences Kiyoshi "Kay" NAKAMURA Age 63. Kay peacefully passed away on October 12th, 2003 after a battle with esophageal cancer. He moved to Innis Arden in 1976. He was loved by many especially by his family and friends and will be deeply missed. Condolences are extended to the family of Betty Burton. She moved to Innis Arden during the 1950’s on 10th NW. Then she and her husband built a home on 15th NW. Her husband Duane passed away two years ago.

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Jeff Lewis Appointed to Shoreline CC Board of Trustees

Shoreline Community College recently announced the appointment of Jeff Lewis, Innis Arden resident, as the newest member of the College’s Board of Trustees. He is currently the Presi-dent and CEO of Shoreline Bank and serves on the Shoreline Lake Forest Parks Arts Council and was recently appointed treasurer to the new Cultural Development Authority of King County. He is an outstanding citizen and we are lucky to have him in Innis Arden.

INNIS ARDEN SKI CLUB Attention all you skiers!

Hate driving in all that bad weather to get to the slopes? Join your friends and neigh-bors on the IA ski bus every Thursday starting January 8 through March 4, 2004. We alternate between Stevens and Crystal. There is also an end of the season trip to Sun Peaks, Canada March 8-12. Contact Ida Callahan for more

information and prices. 206-546-2684

e-mail: i3callahan@hotmail.com

Special Meeting of the Board of Directors

October 27th 2003 Present: Michael Rasch (President), Mike Jacobs (Vice President), June Howard (Treasurer), Carol Solle (Secretary), Dave Fosmire (Reserves), Loys Lamb (Building and Remodels), Maggie Taber (Grounds), Roger Lowell (Activities), excused: Ewa Sledziewski (Clubhouse). Com-munity members attending: About 30. The meeting was called to order at 8:10. Pursuant to the bylaws, notice of this open meeting of the Board of Direc-tors was sent to the Directors and to the community by email, and pub-lished on the Web site. This meeting was called to address O’Neil’s revised remodel application. Initially, the plans specified a roof height of 13' 11 1/2 " which was lower than the ridge height of the original roof. But according to measurements taken in August 2003, the remodeled height was 15’ 6”. Because the Board wanted infor-mation from an independent source, club counsel (Peter Eglick) retained architect David Nordfors to evaluate the plans submitted to the Board, and the view impact the remodel had on neighbors across the street, Leonhardi

and Wax. During the last Board meet-ing, Nordfors presented the results of his investigation. However, at that meeting O’Neil did not have his archi-tect or counsel present so the Board scheduled another meeting in order to hear additional information from his representatives. Because there is a potential for litiga-tion regardless of the outcome, the Board will issue a written opinion. Nordfors brought up several points: 1)To some degree, views have been lost. 2)The drawings submitted by O’Neil are disorienting and not to scale. 3)The drawings reflected incorrect original and remodeled roof heights, both as drawn and dimensioned. 4)To extrapolate the original roof height, Nordfors established the slope of the roof by examining a picture of the roof of the garage. He applied the 4.5/12 pitch to the house which was 30’ 6” wide, deriving a measurement of 6’ 4” above the roof plate. Added to the height of the roof plate (7’ 8”), and the foundation (6”), he estimated the height of the original house to be about 14’ 6”. 5)He added that the remodel resulted in a two-part view impact, one being an increased roof height and the other being the affect of the mansard and garage extending to the east by al-

most 19’. With the mansard roof ridge-line and extended garage being closer to the Waxes and Leonhardis, it would appear that the roof is 1’ 7” higher than it really is, and thus the views are impacted. Representing O’Neil, Jim Abbott, a commercial contractor, real estate developer and lawyer, provided a packet of information for the Board. In July 2003, a survey was performed, establishing the remodeled roof eleva-tion at 215.31 feet (using a control point with an assumed datum at 200.00 feet). The survey reported that the house height was 15’ 6”. In Octo-ber 2003, another survey was per-formed, and the roof elevation was 214.86 feet, .45 feet lower than July’s measurements. This can be explained by the fact that O’Neil recently cut 4-5 inches off of the mansard. Also, the October survey determined that the average height of the mansard above existing ground to be 14’ 7”, reflecting an additional 6” reduction in height. This can be explained as follows: Be-fore the July survey, the site was graded and six inches of dirt was re-moved. Since then, six inches of fill has been returned, causing the roof height measurement to decrease by 6”. Abbott directed attention to pictures

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of the house before it was purchased by the O’Neil’s. At that time it was owned by the Lerchs. The property was populated with numerous view blocking trees, and so the Leonhardi’s and Waxes had no view during this time. The O’Neils have since cut all of the trees. Mr. and Mrs. Lerch spoke of the trees on their property. Several Madrona trees died by 1980. Other trees were planted to replace them, growing up and spreading above and across the house. Rasch asked Mr. Lerch if he was aware that the View Preservation amendment was adopted in 1981 and he responded that he was aware of this. Abbott addressed Leonhardi’s method for extrapolating original roof height. Using an old photo from the King County archives, Leonhardi divided the height to the bottom of a window (measured after the remodel) by the number of pieces of siding (from the picture), which computed to 11-3/8 inches. He then multiplied 11-3/8 times the total number of pieces of siding, adding an allowance for the ridge beam, and coming up with an original height of 13’ 4”. Abbott pointed out that Leonhardi made an incorrect assump-tion about the window. Building code required that the window be lowered 8 inches during the remodel, and the new window height was not reflected in the archive picture that Leonhardi used to calculate the original roof height. Using Leonhardi’s logic with a corrected window height, the siding would be 13-1/2 inches, making the original roof height 15’ 9”. Nordfors said that 13-1/2 inch weather spacing is not standard, if it is used at all. Reed Hanberg, working for O’Neil, stated that prior to the remodel, he was able to stand erect at a height of 6’ 1”, positioned on the roof plate, indi-cating a steeper roof pitch than Nord-fors asserted. Hanberg could also tell by walking on the roof that the pitch was steep. Building and Remodel chair Loys Lamb said that as an engineer, he would not rely on this methodology. However, Lamb extrapolated an origi-nal roof height of 15’ 11” based on Hanberg’s statement. An undated drawing (with no name or

address) was presented to the Board, apparently for a 1964 garage addition. It indicated a 6/12 pitch, reinforcing Hanberg’s assertion. Visually compar-ing the roof pitch of the drawing with that of the picture, Nordfors comment-ed that they were not the same, and that the roof picture had less pitch than the roof drawing. It was suggested that this was the result of an optical illusion and that the picture was taken lower than the drawing’s perspective. It was then noted that the number of pieces of siding drawn on the plan was great-er than the number in the picture. Nordfors added that garage could be compared to O’Neil’s remodel: Not true to the plans, and that the slope is no-where near 6/12. Paul Kutek, also working for O’Neil, noted that a 16 foot 2x4 was lower than the original roof by 6 or 7 inches, and when story poles were erected, the original roof was higher than the poles. Abbott felt that the greater height of houses adjacent to O’Neils was rele-vant. Board members did not agree. What other Boards did at other times is not the focus. The issue is the O’Neil remodel. Heffron then presented some exhibits to the Board. He suggested that if a 13’ 11-1/2” (approved roof height) tree were planted in front of the O’Neil property, neighboring views would be blocked. Rasch questioned Heffron and O’Neil about how two professionals could make such a major mistake and not notice it. Rasch said that Mr. O’Neil got what he requested, approval for a house that was 13'11 1/2". That is what the neighbors signed off on and what the Board approved. He pointed out that it was Heffron's mistakes which have put the Board, the neigh-bors and the O’Neils in this predica-ment. Mr. Heffron blamed the error on his computer program. Heffron said the scale was off because of the me-chanics of the computer program that generated the drawings. In other words Heffron blamed the mistake, which affected so many people, on a software glitch. O’Neil said it was human error and he wasn’t aware of the height discrepancy

until he was notified by the Board. He added that due to the excavation, little attention was being paid to the struc-ture height. Rasch pointed out how all of O’Neil’s witnesses have demonstrat-ed their skill at estimating heights (measuring a distance by standing up in the rafters, being able to walk on a roof and determine the pitch, noticing that a 16 foot 2x4 was lower than the original roof, etc), yet not recognizing that the remodeled roof was 1-1/2 feet higher than the plans specified. Justin Park, counsel for O’Neil, made several points: 1.The O’Neil home is lower than 2 ad-jacent houses 2.It is lower than the original height 3.The view impact is minimal 4.He urged the Board to approve the amended plans Jacobs asked Nordfors if his original assessment had altered as a result of the additional information just present-ed and he replied no, adding that too many assumptions are being made regarding the original height. Jacobs then asked Nordfors how 13’ 11-1/2” trees planted in front of O’Neil’s prop-erty would impact neighboring views, and he replied that neighboring views could be eliminated. Eglick then addressed Park regarding comments made by Troy Romero (colleague of Park) in a letter dated October 24, 2003. In it, Romero prom-ised to share 3-5 examples of “where the Board has approved the remodel project that was higher than the origi-nal house”. Park responded with 1)Kinyoun in March 2001, where the chimney was allowed to be larger than approved 2)the Leonhardi’s second story addi-tion in 1999 and 3)Kuechle where the garage was wid-ened, impacting a view corridor 4)Miller, adding 10 feet to the west. Park admitted that he had performed no view analyses on these remodels. O’Neil asked about Leonhardis 2

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ry view impact had the reserves not already been blocking views. Abbott succinctly concluded that Nord-fors calculation of the original roof height is 14’ 6” and the recent survey shows the current roof height to be 14’

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7”, a 1 inch difference. Rasch said that we can no longer rely on representations on paper. In the future we might consider charging a fee for remodel applications to pay for an outside architectural review. Re-models should be held to the height of the story poles. Rasch went on the thank O’Neil for teaching the Board how to conduct further reviews of projects. He stated that the Board can take into account neighboring views. Furthermore, he said that in this case the height of the adjacent houses was irrelevant be-cause we can only deal with the issues before us. He had no doubt that Leon-hardi’s and Wax's views are impacted by O’Neil’s house. However, he also observed that O’Neil could plant trees

in the front of his property that could obscure more view and still be within the tree height amendment. He was not in favor of approving the remodel. Jacobs remarked that although the 13’ 11-1/2” reflected in the plans was clearly in error, a resident shouldn’t have to build a house lower than the original roof height. There are changes in the profile, resulting in view loss, but it is insubstantial. Lowell resented being put into this position by all of the mistakes that have been made. Howard wanted to make sure that this situation doesn’t occur again. Action: A motion to approve the O’Neil remodel at 14’ 7 inches with the proviso that no trees higher than 10

feet shall be grown in the front yard passed 7-1. The meeting adjourned at 11:00 PM.

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Innis Arden Club, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting November 11, 2003, 7:00 PM

Summary of Minutes The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. Board members present: Michael Rasch (President), Mike Jacobs (Vice President), June Howard (Treasurer), Carol Solle (Secretary), Loys Lamb (Buildings and Remodels), Maggie Taber (Grounds), Dave Fosmire (Reserves), Roger Lowell (Activities) and Ewa Sledziewski (Clubhouse) was excused. Community members attend-ing: about 30 Action: A motion to approve the Octo-ber 2003 minutes passed unanimous-ly.

A. Community Announcements and Concerns

Action: A motion to approve the King County proposal for the remodel of the sewer pump station was passed 8-0. There will be a meeting at the Commu-nity Center regarding the project on December 3

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dents near the station will receive no-tice in the mail. The project is not ex-pected to start during the next year. Conditions for building and remodel approval state that construction must begin within one year. King County will keep the Board posted on its progress. Bylaw Amendment: Mark Smith,

Stacey Peterson, Leon Zainwel and Tom Averill repeated their opinion that implementing fines for covenant viola-tions should be by covenant amend-ment. Ms. Peterson referred to a legal opinion sent to the community by ARM. Judy Allen and Fran Lilliness again expressed their support of the bylaw amendment.

B. Board Agenda Burman Encroachment: While Bear reserve was being surveyed, it was determined that an adjacent property’s driveway encroached upon the re-serve. Burman, the property owner, was notified and Mike Jacobs received a response in August 2003. Burman indicated that the driveway was there when he purchased the house, and didn’t seem too concerned. The Board has written to Burman indicating that it has no objection with respect to the encroachment; however, without a formal easement being granted to Bur-man, the encroachment is a cloud on the Burmans' title. Request to exceed hedge height limit on 8

TH NW: Wendy Higgins presented

a petition signed by fourteen residents requesting permission to exceed the hedge/fence height specified in the covenants. These residents live on a busy street and the hedge helps ab-sorb noise and creates privacy from the traffic. None of the hedges block views because they are on the east border of Innis Arden.

Action: A motion to approve the re-quest to allow hedges/fences on 8

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NW to exceed the covenant limit of 4-5 feet, up to 10 feet was passed 6 yes, 1 abstention (Jacobs), 1 nay. Report on Clubhouse Remodel: Box-wood proposed 5 different sites and several building plans, pursuing the 'green plan' (Monticello design) for fur-ther examination. It has 9 rooms. The pool would be left alone. The cost would be approximately $3M. Allen would like to make a presentation to the Board when time is available. She also stressed that these plans were developed and paid for with donations. Changing meeting format: According to Alfred Hitchcock, the length of a film should be directly related to the endur-ance of the human bladder. The same holds true for Board Meetings. The reason for this change is to reduce the length of our Board meetings. Octo-ber’s meeting adjourned at 11:15 PM after more than 4 hours duration. The following scheduled was considered for adoption: 1.Approve minutes 2.Committee Reports Treasurer President/Vice President Secretary (if any) Building and Remodels Activities Grounds

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Clubhouse Reserves 3.Board Agenda 4.Community Comments 5.Adjourn People who wish to comment on non-agenda items, but do not want to stay for the entire meeting may email or write their concerns to any Board member prior to the meeting. Rasch pointed out that this was the format of meetings during the late 80’s, and that it is important to get Club business completed (which already allows for community input on agenda items) before allowing community comments on non-agenda items.

Phelps felt that community com-ments must come at the beginning.

Judy Allen felt that more people might come to meetings with this for-mat because the contentious part would come at the end.

Taber added that a lot of questions would be answered during committee reports that typically would be asked during community comments. Action: A motion to change the meet-ing format as outlined in the agenda and modified by June to place the treasurer's report following the approv-al of the minutes was passed 8-0. Glascock Lien: Dues notices were sent to the wrong address and a lien was filed on her property. Action: A motion to forgive the lien and fines on this property was passed unanimously. Dues increase: Raising dues to $300 would result in $52,000 additional rev-enue. Rasch stated that the Board can increase dues and if a majority of the owners at the annual meeting disap-proves of the increase, it can be ve-toed or reduced. The Board can raise dues by 110% of the current fiscal year unless a majority of the owners (in per-son or by proxy) disapprove. Accord-ing to our bylaws, the 2004 budget must be mailed to owners no later than 30 days before the end of the fiscal year, so we are running out of time. There are many reasons for raising dues.

Legal expenses are projected to be $20,000 for 2004 (it was $15,000 for 2003). Several things have oc-

curred which have added to legal fees: 1) The Dillard lawsuit--$3,628 (which has been dismissed because a build-ing and remodel application was pre-sented to the Board) 2) drafting the proposed bylaw amendment 3) Legal consultation regarding the O’Neil re-model--$5,277 and counting (providing the Board with information that result-ed in avoiding a lawsuit) 4) Legal fees dealing with the City of Shoreline and management of our reserves. Lowell commented that these fees don’t com-pare to the cost of going to court. The Parker/Shafer lawsuit cost about $100K (most of which was paid for by insurance, but our rates went up).

Taber added that we are no longer getting rental income on the playfield and she is asking for $3,000 to thatch and spread compost. This year’s water expense was over budget. There are hazardous trees that need removal and two more that are compromising the aging retaining wall.

Administration expenses have gone up. Russ Cole who provides ac-counting services has raised his rates by $900.

Building and Remodel expenses have been added.

Natural Reserves 2004 budget is $40,000. Fosmire wants to get rid of invasive species and maintain the trails. He and his family have been doing this, but would like to contract it out. Road repair is needed at Boeing Creek.

Pederson requested that the re-serve budget be itemized. The Board decided to have a special meeting of the Board of Directors to discuss the budget on November 18

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at 7:00 in the Clubhouse. Progress on hazardous tree issues: Fosmire reported that he is waiting for a letter from the city that was prom-ised, accepting our plan to remove, prune or snag hazardous trees. He has obtained new bids covering Eagle ($9,450 for 79 trees) and Blue Heron ($9,390 for 62 trees) reserves. There was a bid of $1700 per day for Run-ning Water which was to believed to take three or four days. However do-nations and remaining budget would barely cover this expense. Action: A motion to accept these bids subject to funding was passed 8-0. Rust asked why Boeing Creek reserve

wasn’t being prioritized. Fosmire re-plied that Boeing Creek reserve had already been surveyed and hazardous trees tagged by the arborist last spring, but since then someone has removed the tags. We are waiting for the arbor-ist to go back and retag. Now Fosmire is using spray paint to identify hazard-ous trees, but unfortunately he’s not the only one with a can of paint. Efforts to manage the reserves are being sab-otaged and no remedy has been iden-tified. Change bylaws, including 1. Closing nominations after the De-cember Board meeting if there are at least as many candidates as there are positions (Nominations may be impul-sive, made by people who are una-ware of the responsibilities or time constraints that are part of being a board member.) 2. Clean up meeting notification re-quirements to conform to the RCWs. 3. Change date of annual meeting from 2nd to 3rd Wednesday. Last year, monthly Board meetings were moved from the 1st to the 2nd Tuesday, and the Annual meeting should be moved likewise, to allow time to prepare and mail ballots at least 14 days in ad-vance of the meeting. After discussion, it was decided to drop #1, and publish #2 and #3 in the Bulletin as an agenda item for the De-cember meeting. Discuss voting procedures: Solle rec-ommended that on Election Day, from 5-7 pm, proxy holders should be en-couraged to check in to vote. From 7-8 pm, individual owners will have priority. This is to avoid the chaos experienced during the last election when individual owners would wait behind people with many proxies for a half hour to check in. It is impossible to process the vol-ume of voters in one hour. Solle passed out copies of newly designed proxy ballots.

C. Committee Reports Treasurer: Howard reported that we are ahead of budget by $13K but we have moved $12K from our money market to cover expenses. The budget is a little tight. Action: A motion to have Jay Vandal, CPA, do the audit again this year for 2003 was passed 8-0.

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Activities:

Lowell reminded the community that there are two vacancies open on the Activities committee. Please con-tact Lowell or Chris Kocher if you are interested. There will be a cookie ex-change and nomination meeting.

Oktoberfest drew 58 participants, and Activities paid $800 for the event.

It was determined that Blockwatch is part of Activities, rather than the Board.

Lowell wants to get permission from the city to erect sign posts on city right of way.

There will be a wine and cheese social for new residents, with members from the Garden Club and Board invit-ed. The Holiday party is scheduled for December 7

th. During March, the rum-

mage sale and possibly a wine taste will be scheduled. There will be an April ‘Easter Egg Scramble’ and per-haps a beach walk in May.

Activities has money and would like to help out with the Reserves or painting the Clubhouse. He would like feedback from the Board.

Lowell noted that the people who are quick to complain never volunteer. He would like to give folks the oppor-tunity to contribute by ‘adopting’ an Innis Arden entrance, maintaining the vegetation and keeping it free from litter. It was suggested that this be published in the Bulletin. Grounds: Taber said that the grounds could use help from Activities in trim-ming the very tall hedge along NW 188

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obtain bids. Reserves: Fosmire reported that a tree was removed from Eagle reserve. It was leaning over the stream (probably

a result of the October rains), put a crack in the trail, and threatened to pull 12-15 cubic yards of earth into the stream. Building and Remodels: Johansen-McDermott, 17780 15th NW: Replacing and adding skylights. Action: A motion to approve Johan-sen-McDermott’s application was passed 8-0. Hill, 17104 13

th NW: Storage shed.

In March 2001, the Board approved Hill’s application, although construction did not commence until October 2003. Because the application had expired (after one year), Hill wrote a letter re-questing an extension. The shed does not meet set back requirements. Action: A motion to disapprove the

application without prejudice pending a site visit by the Board was passed 8-0. A site visit was scheduled for Novem-ber 22

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D. Closing

Action: At 10:05, a motion to adjourn passed 8-0.

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Sheri’s Easy Decorating Ideas

In-sert ce-dar

and candy canes into floral foam. Secure rhododendron leaves in an urn with a candle. Three similar bouquets extend the look.

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Community Cookie Swap When: Tuesday, December 2 from 7 to 9 pm Where: Innis Arden Clubhouse Presented by: Activities Committee in conjunction with their December monthly meeting Bring 2 dozen of your favorite cookies and get into the holiday spirit! Social followed by year-end business: appointing, nominating, and voting for both Chair positions. Bring out the "unity" in com-munity and say you'll come! Call Event Hostess Kathy Malarky at 546.2341 to RSVP. A response is appreciated so we know how many to plan for. Thanks in advance!

Festival of Lights and Holiday Party

Sunday, December 7th 3:00 – 5:00 pm

(note: earlier start this year) Come and celebrate the holiday season with friends, family and neighborhood newcomers. See the enclosed insert for details.

Rummage Sale Alert: Upcoming Collection Dates: Mon, Dec 8th and Sat.,

Dec 13th Thank you, Thank you for those collectible treasures-Keep ‘em coming! Please re-fer to the IA website under “New” on home page for

dates and the list of acceptable items under “Yes”, and the absolutely we can’t take under “NO!” Got questions? Call Sherri Robbins at 546-8366.

Also, please note that we are unable to give you a donation receipt because of the Activities Commit-tee tax status is 501-C3 Not for Profit--Not tax exempt 501-C3 Start the New Year with a new attitude and be a contributing member of the Activities Commit-tee. Come and see what’s on our agenda for events and endeavors, welcome the new officers, meet existing ones, volunteer as much or little as your schedule will allow. We want to see new faces! Our January meeting is tentatively scheduled for the first Tuesday of the month: Tues, Jan 6th. Time and place TBD.

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Clubhouse Update None of us wants the clubhouse to grow old. We would all like it to last forever and NEVER cost us any mon-ey. The fact is that the clubhouse has served us well. Fifty years with mini-mal repair is remarkable. The “technology” used to build the club-house comes from the Truman-Eisenhower era. The original architect stated on a recent tour, “It was built on the cheap and it is NOT repairable.” Clubhouse rental income is on a downward spiral. Maintenance ex-penses are twice as much as the in-come. Costs will continue to escalate with major repairs needed in the fu-ture. The electrical wiring is 50 years old. Two coffee makers plugged in at the same time trips the circuit breaker. So far, the copper water pipes have split in two places. They are imbedded in concrete and leaking UP through the floor. If they are repaired they will need to be jack-hammered out of the concrete floor from the kitchen

through the cabinetry into the meeting room. Dry rot surrounds the windows and the leaking roof compromises the beam by the fireplace. There is not one ounce of insulation in the entire building so we are heating the great outdoors. If the City of Shoreline requires a per-mit for any of the needed repairs ex-ceeding $25,000, we will be required by law to bring the entire clubhouse up the 2003 codes. We are out of compliance for earthquake structural engineering, environmental codes and the American Disabilities Act, just to name a few. The cheapest solution to this problem would be to purchase a very big pad-lock. However, many positive forward thinking people have generously do-nated private funds to pay for our ar-chitectural feasibility study. We are all very grateful for their support, but most of all we thank them for the vi-sion they have for our community. We would also like to thank the sharehold-ers who took time to attend the meet-

ings and contribute their ideas. Box-wood architectural firm has done an excellent job and honored all of our ideas. Boxwood created a clubhouse design and site plan to meet our cur-rent needs, as well as those anticipat-ed for the future. We wish to sincerely thank Joe Chauncey and his architectural staff at Boxwood for their comprehensive study of our site and clubhouse de-sign. They gave us far more than promised in our contract. We now have a concept for the design of our clubhouse and the best site location. This is just a beginning. We need a dedicated core group of shareholders for leadership. If you want to move forward with this excit-ing project please call me or email me, Judy Allen allenjnb@yahoo.com.

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INNIS ARDEN CLUB P.O. Box 7222 Shoreline, WA 98133

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COMING EVENTS Holiday Party

December 7th 3-5 PM Board Meeting

December 9th, 7:00 PM Annual Meeting

January 21, 2003, 8:00 PM Clubhouse

Deadline for December Bulletin— December 14th

Community Notices (no anonymous items) Carol Solle, 542-4978 csolle@earthlink.net

17061 12th Avenue N.W.

Remodels—Loys Lamb 542-8049

PRSRT STD

U.S. Postage

PAID

Seattle. WA

Permit No. 12410

“Adopt an Entrance” Roger Lowell, Activities Chair, would like to give folks the opportunity to contribute to our neighborhood by ‘adopting’ an Innis Arden entrance, maintaining the veg-etation and keeping it free from litter. If interested, call Roger at 546-0128.

eNeighborhood Did you know that Innis Arden Bulletins from nearly four years are available on our Web site, http://www.innisarden.com? Covenants, amendments, building and remodel info, Swim Club info, history, pictures, a message board for neighborhood chat, and much more can be found on our Web site.

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Innis Arden Bulletin Board

Hidden Lake Sewer Improvement Project Community Open House

Wednesday, December 3, 2003 6:30-8:30 PM at Sunset Elementary School

For more information, contact Jennifer Kauffman at 206-263-6029 or Jennifer.kauffman@metrokc.gov.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING JANUARY 21, 2004 8:00 PM

at the Clubhouse BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTIONS

Two Directors will be elected to the Innis Arden Board at the Annual Meeting on January 21st, 2004. Candidates for the Board must submit their names to the secretary, Carol Solle, either in person, or by mail (17061 12th NW) by the end of the December 9th Board meeting, if they want their names to appear on the printed bal-lot. Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the annual meeting. At the same time, candidates who wish to have a statement in the Bulletin should submit the statement (up to 200 words) to the Bulletin edi-tor, Carol Solle by December 14th, either by mail or email (csolle@earthlink.net). Residents who wish to have their ballots sent to an address not in Innis Arden should let the secretary know as soon as possible.