(June 29, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors discussed the following items during a public meeting in the community center last Friday:
Absence
Board Treasurer Pat Supik was not present at the meeting because of a previous commitment, according to Board President Tom Herrick. He said Supik told him there were no monthly financials to report and asked to delete that item from the agenda.
Several other items were added to the agenda, including the appointment of John O’Connor as chairman of the budget and finance committee, two capital purchase requests for golf course mowers, a discussion item related to the Parke community and discussion of food and beverage operations.
The revised agenda was approved unanimously, 6-0.
GM Report
Interim General Manager Brett Hill said a new summer menu was introduced at Mumford’s Landing and extended summer hours had started at the beach club.
He said a portable outdoor stage on the patio at Mumford’s Landing would be finished next week and would look similar to the tiki bar there.
Hill said bulkheads, a topic many residents brought up during a recent town hall meeting, were being addressed. He said public works staff contacted homeowners in areas of concern and a contractor was being used for emergency repairs. Scheduled replacement of bulkheads could begin this fall, he said.
Renovations continue at the country club, where the first-floor remodeling is about 80 percent complete. Work on the second floor is in the permitting phase, Hill said.
He added a “borderline catastrophic” failure of computer systems had been addressed and all Ocean Pines facilities, with the exception of the beach club, were now online.
Parke partnership
According to Stevens, the Parke Board of Directors endorsed a proposal to help reverse the decline of tree canopies in a wetland area adjacent to the Manklin Creek shopping center and asked Ocean Pines to officials to attend an exploratory meeting to address the issue. The Parke is a separate homeowner’s association within Ocean Pines.
After some discussion, Stevens said he would contact both the Parke Board and the Ocean Pines Environmental and Natural Assets committee to seek more information.
Food and beverage challenges
Trendic said the board talked about challenges at the Cove, beach club and Tern Grille restaurants during a meeting on June 19. He said some directors wanted to bring in a food and beverage consultant to address certain issues.
He said he wanted to bring the matter up during an open session for the sake of transparency.
Director Cheryl Jacobs added there were staffing issues at those facilities, specifically bartenders and waitresses, and that Ocean Pines was hiring.
She said the association was addressing residents’ concerns.
“We want the community to understand that we have discussed at length a lot of these issues that you’ve heard us talk about and we are making real efforts to bring quicker resolution to make things as good as we can for everybody,” she said.
Appointments
The board unanimously approved two committee appointments: Margaret McGovern to the architectural review committee and John O’Connor as chair of the budget and finance committee.
Absence
Board Treasurer Pat Supik was not present at the meeting because of a previous commitment, according to Board President Tom Herrick. He said Supik told him there were no monthly financials to report and asked to delete that item from the agenda.
Several other items were added to the agenda, including the appointment of John O’Connor as chairman of the budget and finance committee, two capital purchase requests for golf course mowers, a discussion item related to the Parke community and discussion of food and beverage operations.
The revised agenda was approved unanimously, 6-0.
GM Report
Interim General Manager Brett Hill said a new summer menu was introduced at Mumford’s Landing and extended summer hours had started at the beach club.
He said a portable outdoor stage on the patio at Mumford’s Landing would be finished next week and would look similar to the tiki bar there.
Hill said bulkheads, a topic many residents brought up during a recent town hall meeting, were being addressed. He said public works staff contacted homeowners in areas of concern and a contractor was being used for emergency repairs. Scheduled replacement of bulkheads could begin this fall, he said.
Renovations continue at the country club, where the first-floor remodeling is about 80 percent complete. Work on the second floor is in the permitting phase, Hill said.
He added a “borderline catastrophic” failure of computer systems had been addressed and all Ocean Pines facilities, with the exception of the beach club, were now online.
Parke partnership
According to Stevens, the Parke Board of Directors endorsed a proposal to help reverse the decline of tree canopies in a wetland area adjacent to the Manklin Creek shopping center and asked Ocean Pines to officials to attend an exploratory meeting to address the issue. The Parke is a separate homeowner’s association within Ocean Pines.
After some discussion, Stevens said he would contact both the Parke Board and the Ocean Pines Environmental and Natural Assets committee to seek more information.
Food and beverage challenges
Trendic said the board talked about challenges at the Cove, beach club and Tern Grille restaurants during a meeting on June 19. He said some directors wanted to bring in a food and beverage consultant to address certain issues.
He said he wanted to bring the matter up during an open session for the sake of transparency.
Director Cheryl Jacobs added there were staffing issues at those facilities, specifically bartenders and waitresses, and that Ocean Pines was hiring.
She said the association was addressing residents’ concerns.
“We want the community to understand that we have discussed at length a lot of these issues that you’ve heard us talk about and we are making real efforts to bring quicker resolution to make things as good as we can for everybody,” she said.
Appointments
The board unanimously approved two committee appointments: Margaret McGovern to the architectural review committee and John O’Connor as chair of the budget and finance committee.