The meeting was called to order by the President, Arnold Martin at 11:30 a.m.

Board members present were: Arnold Martin, Charles Schmidt, Charles Hosler, John DeMarco, Jim Wells, Anna Walther, Allan Taylor, Barbara Hull, and Nell Anne Hunt.

Guest Penny Benardino. Absent: Jennifer Davis, Martin Kahn, Fred O’dell, Esther Nachimson, Don McGee, Garland Sherrod, and Pat Andres.

Arnold asked that the minutes for the April 2010 meeting be approved as read. They were approved unanimously.

Charles Hosler reported a combined checking, savings, and CD bank balance of $34,114.65. $1,450.00 had been or is about to be collected for directory advertising with $400.00 outstanding. He noted we are approximately $2,500.00 short of our Budget due to slow collections of membership dues.

Jim Wells reported on the trash collection trial that six of the ten homes on one street had their trash bins out on Wednesday, trash collection day is Friday. It is unknown if they had been left out since the Friday before or were put out two days early. He reported this information to the City Council and Las Colinas and received no response. There was discussion on ways for individuals to notify their City Leaders their opinion of the trash bins in our city.

Jim is working on a contractor list. He is also compiling a mailing list to use in place of the LCA mailing list we currently use. It was determined the list should include the name of the resident and "or current resident" so the letters will be delivered to the current resident and not forwarded.

There was discussion of our Property tax increases and Jim will send out an email stating we have a service provider list with property tax defenders and to call him for a copy of the list.

Charles Schmidt reported that the sign toppers have been reinstalled except for a few. Scott Wilson should have them. Curb paint is on back order holding up the repainting of our curbs. The Rotary Flag Program is discussing if the program will continue. There is not much profit in it and they are short of volunteers.

Charles Hosler reported that the Farine Volunteer program headed by Shelly Park and Principal Julie Miller would like to attend our June Meeting to discuss how we can help. They should come to our June 1^st Board Meeting.

Nell Anne Hunt announced the on May 21^st at 6:00 p.m. she will host the Flag Caper party at her house. Board Members Charles Schmidt and Jim Wells along with Penny Benardino are on the Flag Caper committee.

Barbara Hull will report next month.

The yard of the month is Joe and Elizabeth Phillipp, 3713 Guadalajara Court.

Fred O’dell will report Spring Fling next month.

The meeting adjourned at 12:58 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Anna Walther

Acting Secretary in the absence of Esther Nachimson.