August 20 & September Board Meeting 9:00am, Community Center

The motion passed unanimously. Motion by: Bill Vaccaro Second by: Mark Ossont To approve a change to the dock lease to allow lessees to install cleats, rub rails and bumpers to their boat slips: Dock renters may install rub rails, bumpers and /or cleats on the dock in accordance with approved guidelines only. Dock renters shall not install any carpets, deck rings, or screw in eye hooks or any other hardware affixed to the docks. The dock fingers are outfitted with eye hooks that provide for effectively securing a member’s boat. Eye hooks may be installed, removed or relocated upon request by the TLCA maintenance staff. The motion passed unanimously. President Sandra LaPorte: The Public Safety committee recommended we change member access to the beach area to be unrestricted. Motion by: Grace Zoccali Second by: Mark Ossont To adjourn the meeting at 8:20 am. The motion passed unanimously.

Public portion of the meeting: Mayer, lots 410 and 411: I’d like to discuss a program called ‘Trap, Neuter and Release’. We’ve fixed and vaccinated 96 cats and have spent over $4,000.00 of our own money doing this. As part of the program, the cats must be fed. The existing cat colony must be maintained because the colony will keep other cats away. We are being fined for this. They are not my cats. The fine was upheld by the Arbitration committee and the Board. All the other communities have TNR in place and budget for it. We are doing Tanglwood a service, but Tanglwood should be taking care of this. I am one house away from Penn Wood and close to other communities. The cats may be coming from those communities. The Board is not helping, and if we stop TNR, we’ll have an explosion of cats. Obert, lot 808: I am in full support of this woman’s actions. I think you should consider reversing the fine. She’s helping the community – please don’t be shortsighted and have some compassion. Richardson, lot 728: What does it cost per cat to have them fixed? Mayer: $60.00 per cat. Richardson: What would be the cost for the community? Mayer: I’m not asking for money; I just don’t want to be fined. If it continues, I’m going to need to get a lawyer. Gagnon, lot 158: What does the Board have in place to replace TNR? President Sandra LaPorte: If you take away the food source, the cats will move on. The community had to get rid of raccoons because the cats are being fed. Mayer: Cats are territorial; they won’t leave. They’ll go after birds and get into garbage. Raccoons have been there before I moved here over thirty years ago. Mark Ossont: How many cats are in a colony? Mayer: It’s not a set number. We’ve had ten kittens recently. Ossont: So within five years there could be 1100 cats in the colony… Mayer: …If they’re not fixed. We get them immunized, too. Bill Vaccaro: If they were all fixed, they’d be gone. Mayer: We had it down to one cat, but three more cats came over covid. By not utilizing TNR, the colony explodes. Obert: Have you looked into the conservation society’s recommendations? Mayer: We’ve used the Pike County Humane Society’s guidelines. Obert: What about PA Fish and Wildlife? Perhaps invite these people in for a discussion. Mayer: We’ve called the game commission. If you trap the cats you can’t dump them somewhere else. I have a lot of information here about how to deal with feral cats. Ralph Graf: Leave it with Beth. President Sandra LaPorte: We will now end the meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 am. Respectfully submitted, Elisabeth Muller