Tom Pearson, President of the Association, called the meeting to order at 7:40. The meeting was held at the offices of Trenton Property Services, 126 S. Main Street in Bel Air, Maryland, 21014.

Present: Tom Pearson, Rob Furlong, Pat Rogers, Tamie Sellers, and Sallie W. Foster, Property Manager

Absent: Sue Perouty, Joe Kowalski

The minutes of the July 17, 2002 meeting were reviewed. A motion was made by Rob Furlong to approve the minutes, seconded by Tamie Sellers, and approved unanimously.

Treasurer's Report

Joe Kowalski was not present so no formal report was done. Sallie and the board did discuss various items within the financial reports.

Manager's Report

Sallie reviewed her Manager's Report

1. Tot-Lots: Sallie received two (2) bids from playground companies. One company dealt strictly with wood products and the other marketed metal and plastic products. After discussion of the health hazards of preserved wood, it was decided that wood should not be used for the replacement structures.

a. Tamie Sellers will be meeting with Little Tyke's Company shortly to discuss different plans for the three areas. Tamie will also be getting input from the other board members and some interested homeowners. This will be discussed further at the September meeting.

2. A complaint from a homeowner about fireworks was discussed. Sallie to respond to the letter and try to find out who and where this event took place. Sallie then will write those homeowners and inform them that they are not to use any common area when setting off fireworks and to be considerate of their neighbors who are within close proximity of them.

3. Raccoon Court: The concrete, drains, patching, and asphalt work has been completed. The only work remaining is the caulking of the gaps in the sidewalks. Sallie has asked Benhoff Paving to give prices on the next two streets (Timberwolf & Tree Frog Courts).

4. Numerous letters of correspondence that Sallie had sent out to homeowners were reviewed along with the approval letters for architectural requests.

5. One new architectural request had been received for a shed at 3346 Raccoon Court, which the board approved.

6. A copy of the delinquent report from the lawyer's office was included in the Manager's Report.

Old Business

1. The By-Law Amendment for the addition of late fees was discussed again. Sallie to call Mike Mannes, legal counsel, and get clarification on the percentage permitted to be charged. The board will decide if they want to pursue this Amendment based on the information that Sallie receives from the attorney.

2. Revised Rules and Regulations: Sallie will be working on sending out a package to all board members with the following:

Final Draft Revisions

2nd Draft Revisions

The remaining part of the R/R, which need to be reviewed

3. Parking: Sallie to get copies of maps for the individual courts and send them out to the board. The board will then review the areas in the different courts that might possibly need to have parking restrictions put in place.

New Business

1. Sallie to e-mail Jim Mellarkey with the approved minutes for all the recent meetings. Sallie also to give him information to update the entire web page.

2. Budget 2003: The board will begin reviewing figures for the 2003 Budget for the community at the next meeting. Sallie to get the new figures for trash, insurance, etc for next year.

3. Hidden Ridge Terrace: Speeding is occurring on this street. There are a lot of small children residing on the street and several ideas were discussed to try and get residents to slow down.

4. Community Events: Tamie Sellers had many good ideas for the community - such as a Community Day - maybe in October, like an Octoberfest. Tamie (who has worked with the State Police) stated that she thought the State Police might be able to get one of the Medi-Vac Helicopters to land on the common area by the large tot-lot for homeowners and children to view. It was also discussed that possibly Abingdon Fire Department might be willing to have one of their trucks open for viewing. The ideas expanded into getting a moon walk or games for the kids and vendors for selling hot dogs, chips, etc. This idea will be talked about more at the next meeting.

5. Sallie was instructed to send all the residents of Raccoon Court a memo informing them of the cost of the repairs to their street and to ask them to cooperate in keeping their own lots neat and clean.

6. The Annual Meeting date for November was discussed and it will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2002 at the Abingdon Fire Hall.

The meeting adjourned at 10:05 PM.