Sun City Anthem President's Report 6/25/2009
Liberty Center Status:
Pulte provided a Liberty Center status report for the month of June. Structural framing for solar thermal and photovoltaic arrays on the roof is near completion. Site subgrade preparation is underway for curbs and parking lot. Light pole bases will be complete late June. Mechanical ductwork and sprinkler piping is being installed throughout the building. Interior wall perimeter framing is ongoing. Exterior building canopies are being framed. Coordination between mechanical, electrical and photovoltaic trades for installation of components to monitor utilities on the Building Dashboard is ongoing. Electrical rough-in has started for light fixtures, speakers, switches, outlets, and other equipment. Site security is increasing due to the number of trades and amount of material on site. The construction project remains targeted for completion by the 4thquarter of 2009. Once all construction is completed and Pulte turns the building over to SCA for occupancy, then SCA will begin the process for acceptance and the project to prepare the building for occupancy and an opening. This process may take at least one to two months.
S&D Café Lawsuit Status:
At the May 28 Executive Session, the Board approved that Attorney Sean Anderson, of Leach, Johnson, Song & Gruchow will continue as co-counsel through the trial on the S&D Café lawsuit.
An Order to continue the S&D Café lawsuit trial was made at the request of Del Webb’s counsel because the trial would likely conflict with on ongoing case Del Webb’s counsel is trying before a different judge. The judge for the S&D Café lawsuit issued an Order on June 9 to continue the trial to a five week stack of cases commencing September 8, 2009 rather than June 29, 2009.
Our lawyers filed a motion for reconsideration of the Summary Judgment seeking to dismiss the Plaintiff’s Complaint for its continuing failure to produce sufficient and competent evidence of its damages. The motion for reconsideration was heard before the Judge on June 18. The judge again denied the motion.
A motion in limine has been prepared by the Hall Jaffe Clayton firm (our insurance-appointed lawyers) to bar any attempt by plaintiff to introduce material that the judge already ordered could not be produced or relied upon by the plaintiff. Our lawyers decided to make this motion to ensure that there will be no attempt to slip in documents that were not part of the original 15 boxes of documents that plaintiff was permitted to introduce.
Sun City's insurer, CNA, has asked our lawyers to explore the possibility of settlement with plaintiff's counsel. Our lawyers received an Offer of Judgment from plaintiff on June 18. The offer remains in effect until July 6, 2009.
Town Chat Status:
Last Thursday night's Town Chat with just two Board members, Jack Troia and John Waterhouse, was very well received by the attendees at the session. About 55 residents attended. The session was focused on discussing five topics that relate to John and Jack’s respective Board responsibilities noted on the Board responsibilities chart. A little time was also left for open mike discussion.
The Board will continue to build on this positive experience for the community. The near term plan is to have a Town Chat about every three weeks and to have each of them be at 6:30 pm in the Penn or Nelson Room at Independence Center. This direction supports the motion that was passed by the Board at the May 28 Board meeting. At each session Vice President Jack Troia will continue to partner with one other Board member and the focus will be on the respective Board member’s responsibilities noted on the Board responsibilities chart. The plan for October 1 is to have an open mike session with all Board members. This particular session will be duly noticed so all Board members may be there. In July there will be two Town Chat sessions. There will be one July 8 with Treasurer Shirley Cheri and another one July 30 with Secretary Roger Cooper. Shirley’s session will focus on the topics of purchasing, finances, budgets, and investments. Roger’s session will focus on the topics of Trumpets restaurant and catering, Liberty Center, ARC Committee and Covenants Committee.
Coyote Problem:
The Board has not discussed at any Board meeting nor made any decisions regarding concerns related to coyotes in the community and possible remedies, such as removal in specific problem areas. The Board did bring in a representative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture at a Town Hall meeting in April of this year to give residents tips on dealing with the coyote population in our neighborhoods.
Traffic Issues:
Alyssa Reynolds of the Henderson Traffic Services Department provided a status report regarding the recommendations related to the study of the Anthem loop road. Del Webb and the Valley Crest landscaping company forwarded a plan for replanting some of the median locations with low growing ground cover. Following the City’s review, these changes should be made in the near future. Periodic enforcement is still occurring on the loop road. Data collection at the intersections is complete. The Traffic Services Department is currently processing the data, and will be meeting with Pulte and their engineer next week to discuss intersection control options. The Traffic Services Department anticipates presenting their final recommendations to City Council sometime this summer.
Executive Session Actions:
At the May 28 Executive Session, a motion was passed to grant a payment plan with no waivers; a motion was passed to reduce fines for an Age and Occupancy violation; and a motion was passed to have staff complete the gathering of information on apparent violations related to rented and leased property identified in the recent survey responses and notify all survey responders who are renting their units that they must provide required information.
At the June 11 Executive Session, a motion was passed to deny a requested payment plan with no waivers and to grant an alternate payment plan. The Board also discussed with legal counsel and took action on potential litigation alleged in letters from residents. [Emphasis added by The SCA View.]
Roz Berman
Board President