minutes of the January 2006 MEETING
OF members OF
Val Verde homeowners association

The undersigned, being all of the Directors and Officers of the Val Verde Homeowners Association, a Nebraska nonprofit corporation ("Corporation") hereby approve the following minutes January 23, 2006 monthly meeting of the Members.

The meeting was called to order by Mary Hewitt at 7:00 pm at Portal Elementary School. Directors and officers present and participating were Mary Hewitt and Jeremy Kinsey, John Eylander was on a business trip out of state. Approximately 30 homeowner members were present.

Approval of December 2005 Minutes: The reading of the December meeting minutes was waived. Hewitt announced meeting minutes, By-Laws, and Covenants are posted on the Val Verde HOA website. Members are reminded the site address as WWW.ValVerdeHOA.COM .

1. Old Business:

Hewitt advised the membership in attendance that the covenants for Val Verde are posted on the web site and can also be made available upon request.

2. SID report:

There was no report from any SID directors in attendance.

3. President’s Report:

Hewitt allowed Susan Lewis to address those in attendance due to the fact that Lewis had to attend another scheduled meeting. As Lewis was the only resident who at the time expressed interest in running for the HOA board vacancy, Lewis gave a brief biography and expressed why she was interested in running.

Hewitt announced that the there was not many discussion items for the agenda and explained that the meeting would likely be short and expedited due to the fact that voting for the vacant board position would also need to take place.

Hewitt gave a brief update regarding the future neighboring subdivision, Portal Ridge, and explained that the La Vista Planning Commission was finalizing plans for the approval. Hewitt provided the most recent lot plan of the subdivision and made it available for members in attendance

Hewitt also informed the membership that Leslie Bingman would be stepping down as Chair of the Newsletter Committee due to time constraints. Hewitt thanked Bingman, who was in attendance for her hard work the previous year.

Hewitt made an open call for volunteers to Chair the various committees to the membership in attendance. Hewitt advised that she had been contacted by one resident Gerald Kruntorad who agreed to Chair the Neighborhood Watch Committee. There was also a call for volunteers for the Covenant Committee as Susan Lewis was running for the HOA Board.

4. Open Discussion

Members again raised questions regarding annexation from the City of La Vista. Hewitt explained that the most recent information received at the time was it would be likely to happen upon completion of the Val Verde Park.

That discussion led to more questions regarding the completion of the park and those questions were deferred to the SID Board, which is responsible for the completion of the park.

5. Elections

There was a call by Hewitt for any additional nominations and one member in attendance, Rayne Balwance, advised that his wife had urged him to consider running. He did not officially nominate himself, but was eligible to be a write in vote on the ballot. Ballots were handed out and the members in attendance cast their paper votes.

There being no other business conducted, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:00 pm.

Dated the _____ day of March 2006; effective as of January 23, 2006.

Mary Hewitt, Director & President

Jeremy Kinsey, Director & Vice President

John Eylander, Director & Secretary/Treasurer

Prepared and Submitted by:

Jeremy Kinsey