Open SIA Board Meeting Minutes
Saturday September 5, 2026 at 9:00am
1881 E. Barefoot Pl.
Agenda: Review of Architectural Guidelines Revision Committee Draft Recommendations
Attending: Board members Flax, Finn, Garrard, Lehnhardt and Melchiori. Members: Lil Fox, Renee Hall, Ron Lowe, Andy Dlugosz, Alex Collazo and Beth Darragh by phone
The meeting was called to order at 9am. Thanks to John Finn for allowing us to meet indoors.
The background on the process and work of the nine member ad hoc committee established to review and propose revisions to the ARC Guidelines was reviewed by Chair Rene Hall. The group met throughout the summer and, through extensive discussion and compromise, put together an extensive draft document which was presented to the Board for review last week. A shorter edited version was also produced but not presented to the board initially as there was some disagreement on the committee as to presenting the edited version. The Board asked that the edited version be provided for review also.
Each Board member asked questions that they had noted specifically in the draft document and provided feedback in terms of whether an item belonged in the ARC Guidelines, needed editing or simply needed further explanation. There were some items proposed that did not fit within the structural requirements of the ARC Guidelines. These will be discussed in terms of enforcement from our founding document standards, specifically maintenance of vacant lots. This will addressed separately by the Board. The review lasted 2 1/2 hours.
Committee Chair Hall will incorporate the comments from the Board and the condensed version into a final draft document which will go to the Board for a final review. The final Board approved document will then be posted on the SIA website and sent out in the mailing for the Annual meeting at the end of September. At the annual meeting the membership will be able to discuss the document and vote on whether to adopt it or not. A simple majority of the attendees and proxies (as long as a quorum is achieved – 21 of our 69 members) will be needed for approval. Individual sections of the document can be voted on separately.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30am