Kona Kai Homeowner's Association

2005 Annual Meeting

Our annual meeting was held at the Port Bolivar VFD on Loop 108.

Saturday, July 2nd.

The Greeting: Mary Lou Bartula and Esther Huebel met and greeted all the members and their guests at the door. After signing in and receiving their name tags everyone was directed to Melissa Kuykendall's station where Door Prize tickets were given to each person in attendance. Steve and Mona Davison manned the raffle station where (8) great items were being offered. It was followed by the "Silent Auction" table where another (8) great items were being offered. The last two stations were for the fishing tournament. The first was manned by Colet Clayton and Gayle Johnston. The other was a local vendor artist David Lovell with his fish print art displays.

The Meeting: As promised started on time at 8:00 PM and finished on time at 8:30. Steve Davison conducted the meeting. Due to another open position on the board, all of the candidates that ran for office were elected. The actual positions they will be holding will come out of the first meeting of the board. Voting on the Deed Restriction was closed and the tally was announced. With 80 of the 105 lots having voted and that number representing a majority of the lots, a valid vote was established. All (6) issues passed, see breakdown. Charlotte Fontenot was recognized to speak to the issue of lots 1,2 and 3 having their residential exemption removed from the deed restrictions. After her comments, by a show of hands, enough people present indicated a desire to revisit that particular issue. It was agreed to deal with her concerns as a "single issue," a stand alone and not be mixed with any other issues. Mrs Fontenot will be presenting her case to have her lots changed back to being exempted again as "commercial" in the very near future.

______________________Votes
ISSUE ------------------------- "For"
#1 Building Code References 67.0 --------- 84%
#2 Property Offset Standards 66.5 --------- 83%
#3 Phase I & II Consistency _65.5 --------- 82%
#4 Maintenance Fee Increase 51.4 --------- 64%
#5 Lots 1,2 and 3 Residential 66.5 --------- 83%
#6 Allow (6) Months Leases_61.0 --------- 76%

Raffle: Our Raffle was a great success. The winners were:

Fishing Tournament: The registration table manned by Colet Clayton and Gayle Johnston was very busy. They registered 37 entrants into the tournament. They took the orders for hats, tournament tee shirts, upgraded shirts and koozies. As promised there was an incentive bonus for signing up at or before the annual meeting. A drawing was held for those signed up. The incentive item was a cordless rechargeable filet knife, and it went to Ebb Pye. Congratulations!

Volunteers: Events this size do not happen without the gracious efforts of our many volunteers. Please express your appreciation to them for their work on the meeting and the tournament. The board would like you to please consider helping with our meeting and tournament next year. Please join us in extending our appreciation and thanks to:

Entertainment: Butch Leger and his Son's of the Beach band played late and was great!.

Libations: There was beer and setups. Thanks again to Giglio Distributing from Beaumont and Mike and Jo Beth Jenkins for their donation of (7) cases of beer. They requested that we ask for a $1.00 per beer donation. $90.00 was raised to benefit the kids in the Kona Kai fishing tournament. .

Thanks again to our contributors:
Due to the closeness in time between the annual meeting and the tournament, the solicitation of donations for the most part did not draw a distinction between the two events. As a result, items donated by the following people and businesses may be utilized in either event. We appreciate their donations and strongly encourage your patronage of their businesses. The following have already committed donations to Kona Kai.

Cocomoe Joe’s, American Rodsmiths, Gulf Coast Air Conditioning, David Lovell, Colet's Bait Camp, Stingaree Restaurant, Joe's Bait, Hookset Charters, Eileen's Florist and Greenery, Gulf Coast Beach Buggies, Laura's Hair, Ect., Classy Crystal Cuts, Bolivar Yacht Basin Bait Camp, Karin Gabourel Insurance, Land Mart, Steve’s Landing Restaurant, ZB-1 Liquor Store, Seaside Lumber, Parker Lumber, La Playita Restaurant, Mama Teressa's Pizza, Coba's On the Coast, Outrigger Grill, Tiki Bar & Grill, Jose's Cantina Restaurant, Touch of Fitness Day Spa Health Club, Beach & Beyond, Crystal Beach VFD, Giglio Distributing, Bob's Lawn Service, Beach or Bay Real Estate, DeCoux's Restaurant.