Bluff Management Ad Hoc Committee


Ron Tacker, Chair
Patricia Farmer
Pete Juliano
Alan Lapat
Ray Miller
Kathy Shumate, Board Liaison
Renate Wheeler, Board Director



Meeting Minutes
20 May 2005


The Bluff Management subcommittee conducted its first meeting on 20 May 2005. The purpose of this meeting was primarily organizational. A mission state was developed, general guidelines and objectives were addressed, and the next two meetings were scheduled. The details are below.

Mission Statement:

Develop a written plan that documents a scientifically sound, environmentally sensitive approach to Kala Point bluff management in order to best preserve bluff stability and property views in accordance with the governing documents.

Guidelines and Objectives:

1) The subcommittee will consider its task complete upon board approval of a written plan. The subcommittee will work with the board to produce iterations as necessary to reach the final, written plan.

2) The subcommittee will conduct its tasks by gathering existing information from publicly available, scientific sources. If necessary, experts may be hired. However, the first expectation is to determine what is already available for use.

3) The subcommittee will gather information from the KPOA members. All efforts will be made to create open communication. Each subcommittee member will avoid bringing personal biases/expectations to the subcommittee.

4) The bluff management plan will address all the bluff within Kala Point, from the beach to Kala Heights. Through most of the bluff is on Common Area, some is on private property. This will need to be addressed within the plan.

5) The subcommittee has determined that, at this time, no chair is needed due to the small number of members.

Future Meetings:

1) 8 July 2005 at 10:00 at the office. Each member will gather and read as much information as possible to become familiar with the overall nature of bluff management. At this meeting, we will divide the areas to be addressed amongst us for future efforts.

2) 22 July 2005 at 10:00 at the office.