MEETING MINUTES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AMBERLEIGH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
July 9, 2025
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Amberleigh Homeowners Association was held July 9, 2025 at the home of Mark Beales, Director and President. Present at the meeting were: Mark Beales, Director and President; Roger Deffner, Director and Vice President; Tyler Davis, Director and Treasurer; Mary Spalding, Director; and Julie Cole, Director and Secretary. The meeting was called to order by Mark Beales at 7 pm.
The topics discussed were as follows:
The election results from the Annual Meeting held on 6/30/2025 were ratified by the Board:
53 ballots representing 60% of Amberleigh Homeowners were turned in.
The proposed 2025-26 Amberleigh budget passed unanimously.
Amberleigh’s 2024-25 audit will be carried out by an internal volunteer team.
Mary Spalding and Julie Cole will continue to serve as HOA Board Directors for the next three years.
The Board elected the following Directors as HOA officers for the 2025-26 fiscal year:
Roger Deffner, President (Lot 69)
Mary Spalding, Vice President (Lot 45)
Tyler Davis, Treasurer (Lot 33)
Julie Cole, Secretary (Lot 47)
The contract with North Point Landcare was approved for the 2025-26 fiscal year. There was some concern expressed over a rumor that Sigfredo may be returning to El Salvador this year, but when asked, Sigfredo said it likely won’t happen until next year. If and when this change takes place, Carlos, Sigfredo’s brother, will be taking over the company.
Tyler Dunn from Snohomish Tree Service and Mark Beales walked the cutting reserve to take a look at the trees called out in the arborist’s report as needing to be trimmed or removed. The report has been published on the Amberleigh website. Tyler will be submitting a quote.
Committees:
Earlier this year, Mark Beales asked for volunteers to step forward for the following committees: Architectural Control, Irrigation, Landscaping, and Street Lighting. A number of residents responded, and the following committee assignments were approved by the Board.
Architectural Control
Karl Farstad, Joe Hebert, Dave Nowowiejski, Abhi Pattanaik, Bobbie Traeger
Irrigation
Mark Beales, Wes Fujii, Joe Hebert
Landscaping
Roger Deffner, Angie Kroeller
Street Lighting
Karl Farstad, Wes Fujii, Harsh Hundiwala, Ram Rachamadugu, Bob Williamson
Meetings will be set up soon with each committee (dates/times to be determined) to review committee operations/functions. The meetings will be held at the Beales residence.
In order to comply with new state laws, Amberleigh HOA will be establishing and publishing board meeting dates to residents ahead of time as each new fiscal year begins. The dates are to be the second Wednesday following the closing of each quarter. Therefore, the board meeting dates for 2025-26 will be:
August 13, 2025
November 12, 2025
February 11, 2026
May 13, 2026
The annual meeting will be held the first Wednesday of June. For 2025-26, that date is June 3, 2026. This information will be sent out soon to residents along with the meeting times/locations.
Mark Beales distributed the policy (adopted in 2010) regarding the maintenance of the cutting reserve area. The board reviewed the policy and discussed Mark’s plan to add it to the Rules and Regulations.
The rosters will be updated to include the names and lot numbers of board members and committee members to make it easier for residents to contact the appropriate person to resolve issues or answer questions.
Mark Beales adjourned the meeting at 7:45 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Cole
Director/Secretary
Amberleigh HOA