February 8, 2001

The president, Ray O'Connor, called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. in the boardroom of PBPOA. Present were: Lois Sabatino, William Turner, Robert Andersen, Charles Morris, James Henry, John Domenie, John Iaizzo, Richard Laughlin and Alice Kay Potter. Marvin Peterson was absent due to family illness.

The minutes were corrected by replacing the word "February" with the word "March" in Mr. Domenie's report of the Community Affairs Committee. Then by motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, they were approved.

Upon motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously, the report of the treasurer was accepted, copy attached.

MEMBERSHIP AND MARKETING - Mr. Morris reported a paid up membership as of February 7, 2001, of 2,947. A mail solicitation will go out to newcomers and members who have not yet renewed (report attached).

PROJECT 41 - Mr. Andersen and Mr. Henry reported that Mr. Botner had finished his landscaping design of the project and left. A delay has been caused because the county now wishes to use potable water in the irrigation system. Bids should go out by the last week of March or the first week of April with work starting by late spring or early summer.

Mr. Andersen said Mr. Botner left before he could ask him for an up-dated rendition of the beautification display on the boardroom wall. One could probably be obtained at additional cost.

The president said he would continue to pursue the payment of $150,000 from WCI, which has been promised by Westinghouse as their contribution to the beautification of the Route 41 median.

MANGROVE RESTORATION - Alice Kay Potter thanked the members for attending the Mangrove Action Group's annual meeting, and gave a follow-up report. She distributed a work time-line report indicating progress on implementing the Clam Bay Ten Year Restoration Plan. She also reported that the small "island" in the middle of Clam Pass had grown and now tied itself to the south side of the pass.

PUBLIC RELATIONS - Mrs. Sabatino distributed copies of the early February edition of the Pelican Bay Post and said it now carried all the meeting notices and news of the various Pelican Bay groups and political entities, thus saving these organizations the cost and work of preparing individual mailings. It also carried the president's open letter to Sheriff Don Hunter, and news of PBPOA's annual meeting, and news stories of the forthcoming election of Pelican Bay Supervisors for MSTBU.

The president said he had been interviewed by the Naples Daily News regarding our election and there would be three articles in that newspaper on that subject this week.

Mrs. Sabatino will work with the Pelican Bay Post and other media to assure ample publicity for all aspects of the Pelican Bay election, and our annual meeting.

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - Mr. Domenie distributed copies of a letter from the Community Affairs Committee explaining in detail how a voter in Pelican Bay becomes a candidate for Pelican Bay supervisor. He had composed it after interviews with the County supervisor of elections, Jennifer Edwards and her assistant, Fay Mansfield (copy attached). He recommended that after this letter had been refined, a copy be sent to every registered voter in Pelican Bay, and that PBPOA pay for the mailing. He also recommended that it be sent first class, as early as possible, tomorrow if it can be done.

Mr. Turner moved that Mr. Domenie's recommendations be approved, seconded by Mr. Henry and passed unanimously.

INTERNET COMMITTEE - Richard Laughlin reported that the Chamber of Commerce wanted to take over the calendar part of the PBPOA website. It was his recommendation that the website calendar be limited to events in Pelican Bay. He recommended that when we send out proxies for our annual meeting to the membership, that it contain instructions on how to use our bulletin board and survey on the website.

PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS - The president appointed Mr. Iaizzo to a new Safety and Security Committee to investigate and bring back information on the feasibility of a security fence separating Pelican Bay from the adjoining Highway 41.

The president asked the Beautification committee (Project 41) to investigate the possibility of placing benches adjoining walkways in Pelican Bay.

The president discussed the upcoming PBPOA annual meeting to be held at 4:00 p.m. at Hammock Oak Center on March 8, 2001. He asked Mrs. Sabatino to report on the activities of the Year-Rounders and Mr. Domenie to report on the April 26, 2001 election for Pelican Bay supervisors, and to introduce candidates for this election. He asked board members to arrive at Hammock Oak around 3:00 p.m. A board meeting will be held immediately after the annual meeting.

NEW BUSINESS - Mrs. Sabatino reported that the Year-Rounders would meet on February 15 to continue planning for the 2001 season. Most of the events would be held at the Sandpiper, although the Registry and First National Bank will sponsor one event each and Comerica Bank two events.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m.