CA Board Review of 2016-2017 Fiscal Year

The following is what CA board chair Andy Stack shared with the board members and CA staff. With his consent, I am sharing it here for your reference too. I would like to thank Andy for his great leadership. I also thank Michael Cornell for his great leadership in River Hill Village board in the past several years and he left the board this year.

CA Board Review of 2016-2017 Fiscal Year

Since we have only a few days left in our fiscal year, I thought I would give the Board a final update on the Board tasks for FY-2017. I want to thank you for the work you have done throughout the year. It was a productive year.

1.    Elect CA Board Chair and Vice-chair  MAY —– COMPLETED

2.    Elect Inner Arbor Representatives   MAY —– COMPLETED

3.    Appoint CA Board members to Audit and Risk Management Committee   MAY —– COMPLETED

4.    Determine schedule for service on Board Operations Committee    MAY —– COMPLETED

5.    Approve appointments to Village Architectural Committees    MAY/JUNE —– COMPLETED

6.    Approve CA President/CEO’s FY-2017 goals/objectives       JUNE/JULY —– COMPLETED (BOC approved goals on August 29th)

7.    Approve IRS form 990       SEPTEMBER —– COMPLETED

8.    Review FY-2016 Audit and FY-2017 financial reports    JULY, SEPTEMBER, DECEMBER, MARCH —– COMPLETED (The FY-2016 Audit and the First Quarter and Second Quarter reports and Third Quarter reports were reviewed by the Audit Committee and Board); the Board approved the FY-2018 budget in February

9.    CA President/CEO’s Mid-term Evaluation     NOVEMBER —- COMPLETED

10. Approve FY-2018 budget     JANUARY/FEBRUARY —- COMPLETED

11. CA President/CEO’s yearly evaluation & bonus decision   APRIL ——–COMPLETED (The Board reviewed the results of the evaluation and discussed the evaluation with the CA President/CEO at the end of April)

12. Implement new membership/pricing structure —– approved new membership structure & pricing which is currently being implemented by CA staff; Implementation is goes into effect on 1 May 2017; CA staff has provided a timeline of the communications planned to roll out the new membership/pricing structure; staff is being trained to handle the new membership structure; CA Board approved new pricing as part of the FY-2018 budget approval; communications have gone out to our members, the villages, and the general public; web site has been updated; now the Board will monitor the impact of the changes when it reviews the dashboard.  —- COMPLETED

13. Pond Study     JULY/SEPTEMBER —– study was presented in September; Board discussion and vote scheduled for January; CA staff presented a priority list of ponds to be addressed and strategy for addressing the ponds; Board discussion occurred in January and Board concurred with strategy; Board decided no formal vote was required  —- COMPLETED

14. Five-year rolling Capital Budget (Facilities maintenance)   JUNE/JULY —— Board received briefing in June, will continue as part of the budget process; Board approved the FY-2018 capital budget which was based upon the facilities assessments  —- COMPLETED

15. Enhance CA’s influence in planning and development of Columbia  —– Board approved position on affordable housing; continue to monitor redevelopment of Long Reach and Hickory Ridge Village Centers as well as the ongoing study of the Oakland Mills Village Center; RFP for Long Reach is available; Kimco presented plans for Hickory Ridge to the DAP in December; Oakland Mills study results presented in November; CA staff researching issue of commercial covenants; work on this topic will continue throughout the year; sent letter to Howard County state delegation regarding Merriweather Post Pavilion noise issue; new Welcome Center project has been canceled; County released RFP for Long Reach Village Center; Councilwoman Mary Kay Sigaty gave CA Board an overview of the Downtown Columbia Affordable Housing and TIF legislation; Kimco discussed the village centers they own with the Board in March; final Oakland Mills Village Center study were presented to the community in March; CA Staff continues to follow the proposal to create an Innovation District in Gateway; Kimco plans for redevelopment of Hickory Ridge Village Center were approved by County’s Design Advisory Committee; in March DPZ presented an overview to the Board of the process to revise the County’s development guidelines; County announced that a developer has been chosen for the Long Reach Village Center; CA staff continues to work with Howard Hughes Corporation on the issue of commercial covenants; Chrysalis (new amphitheater in Symphony Woods) was dedicated and opened to the public; CA staff continues to follow the development in the Crescent area and the new proposed cultural center in Columbia; on a monthly basis, CA staff continues to update the Board concerning developments affecting Columbia   —— Task will continue into the next fiscal year

a.    Affordable housing in Downtown Columbia

b.    Redevelopment of Long Reach Village Center

c.    Redevelopment of Hickory Ridge Village Center

d.    Commercial covenants

e.    New Town Zoning

f.     New Welcome Center

16. Develop an implementation plan to attract and retain young adults (CA facilities) ——- Task will be held over to the next fiscal year

17. Columbia’s 50th Birthday Celebration   MARCH/APRIL  —–  In November, Board received status report; kickoff occurred in March; many activities planned for the next several months  ——- Task will be held over to the next fiscal year as the Birthday celebration continues into September 2017

With your help, we accomplished a lot this year.  Please inform your villages of all our accomplishments. People need to be aware of the good work the CA Board has done. Thanks.

Andy Stack