Monday, November 2, 2009
Neighborhood Improvement Projects
Here are the before shots of some of our latest neighborhood improvements. There was no curb along Favre Bay above the park so one was installed to prevent and further deterioration of the asphalt, and the water runoff that is degrading the rock wall. The curb will also to increase safety along to road during the winter and hopefully prevent cars from sliding off the road and into the park. Stay tuned for the after photos!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Annual Meeting Wed, Nov 4, 7pm at Riverton Library
Don't forget the annual Home Owners Association meeting will be held at the Riverton Library this coming Wednesday, November 4th at 7pm.
See you there!
See you there!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Meeting with Richard
The board met today with Richard to discuss our budget and prepare for the public meeting to be held November 4, 2009 at the Riverton Library at 7:00pm.
We reviewed bids we've received on snow removal and some installation work that is needed on Favre Bay. There is no curb between the road and the rock wall drop off at the park. This is a safety hazard as well as creating drainage issues. We also reviewed bids on cement.
We plan to move forward with replacing one driveway that is one of the oldest driveways in the community and has been identified as the worst driveway in the community by multiple cement bidders. This driveway is not one that will be replaced by Richmond. We also plan to move forward on the curb along Favre Bay.
In requesting snow bids this year we have requested bids based on a flat rate, per push as well as per hour. We have received several bids and are now getting some more information from bidders to make a final decision. Snow removal has been the greatest expense exceeding our budget. Certainly, a large part of that was that last year was a heavy snow year. Still, we are looking for ways to save on this significant expense. We are confident we will be able to get a better deal this year and have been working hard to get several quotes and get the best of the competition.
These were the main topics of interest. We did also review, however, the information on oustanding collections and where deliquent homeowners are in terms of liens, etc. We are confident we have a better collections agency and attorneys since we made the change earlier this year.
Look forward to seeing you all at our public meeting!
The Board
We reviewed bids we've received on snow removal and some installation work that is needed on Favre Bay. There is no curb between the road and the rock wall drop off at the park. This is a safety hazard as well as creating drainage issues. We also reviewed bids on cement.
We plan to move forward with replacing one driveway that is one of the oldest driveways in the community and has been identified as the worst driveway in the community by multiple cement bidders. This driveway is not one that will be replaced by Richmond. We also plan to move forward on the curb along Favre Bay.
In requesting snow bids this year we have requested bids based on a flat rate, per push as well as per hour. We have received several bids and are now getting some more information from bidders to make a final decision. Snow removal has been the greatest expense exceeding our budget. Certainly, a large part of that was that last year was a heavy snow year. Still, we are looking for ways to save on this significant expense. We are confident we will be able to get a better deal this year and have been working hard to get several quotes and get the best of the competition.
These were the main topics of interest. We did also review, however, the information on oustanding collections and where deliquent homeowners are in terms of liens, etc. We are confident we have a better collections agency and attorneys since we made the change earlier this year.
Look forward to seeing you all at our public meeting!
The Board
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Meeting Minutes from Meeting Date 10/7/2009
The board met to review bids that we have been receiving on cement tear out and replacement. We received 2 competitive bids for replacing driveways at $4.50 and $5.00 per square foot. We are looking into references and their work to make a decision. Our driveways are about 2500 square feet for the average driveway that serves 4 homes.
We addressed complaints we have received on garbage and requested that Richard include information about this in the next newsletter which will also contains information about our next public meeting in November.
We talked about ways to reduce costs and have started meeting with snow removal companies to try to reduce the cost of snow removal by introducing competition.
We also scheduled a meeting with Richard to prepare for the public meeting and review our financials with him.
We addressed complaints we have received on garbage and requested that Richard include information about this in the next newsletter which will also contains information about our next public meeting in November.
We talked about ways to reduce costs and have started meeting with snow removal companies to try to reduce the cost of snow removal by introducing competition.
We also scheduled a meeting with Richard to prepare for the public meeting and review our financials with him.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Meeting Minutes 9/23/09
We have been working to get referrals for bids on:
-cement
-repair of the park rock wall
-snow removal
We met as a board to review our budget and determine our priorities for our remaining funds and reserves for this year. We requested and reviewed financial information from Western Management and talked about our efforts to get Richmond to honor their commitment with the cement.
We talked about other ideas that have been presented like getting the house numbers painted on the curb because of concerns that the house numbers cannot be readily seen.
-cement
-repair of the park rock wall
-snow removal
We met as a board to review our budget and determine our priorities for our remaining funds and reserves for this year. We requested and reviewed financial information from Western Management and talked about our efforts to get Richmond to honor their commitment with the cement.
We talked about other ideas that have been presented like getting the house numbers painted on the curb because of concerns that the house numbers cannot be readily seen.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
We need your help to get Richmond to honor letters to replace driveways!
The board recently met with a new Richmond American Homes manager who was recently transferred out from Colorado. He says they are committed to keeping their commitments to home buyers and will be honoring the letters they sent out last year promising replacement of driveways. Only driveways will be replaced, not walkways or porches. Entire driveways will be replaced. The following homes (at least) will be affected (note some of these are in the same pods):
From London Bay:
5086
5054
5076
5066
5082
5072
5112
5046
5109
5103
5031
5041
5047
5037
5101
5048
5058
5044
5064
From Duncan Meadow:
13442
13438
13432(these are all the model home pod)
The driveways will be replaced in the late Sept/Oct time frame and the irrigation will need to be turned off in front of and in backyards of those homes for 48 hours after/while cement is replaced, so we will in close touch with Richmond to turn off the water in the common areas.
The driveways can't be walked on for 3 days or driven on for 7-14 days and the driveways take 28 days to fully cure. Richmond will let homeowners know dates 1-2 wks beforehand and the homeowners will have to sign a release for the driveways acknowledging that Richmond admits no fault and will not warranty the replaced driveways.
We are a bit skeptical but hopeful and continue to be in contact with Richmond.
But we are asking for your help.
Please go to the Richmond page and ask when your driveway is to be replaced. If you are not on the list and feel you should be, go to Richmond and submit a home care request (can't hurt). If we stay on Richmond enough, we hope that we can see the results they have promised.
If you received a letter from Richmond and aren't on the list above, please email the board at monarchmeadows@yahoogroups.com and also please go to the Richmond site and submit a home care request.
Thank you and hopefully together we can get some cement replaced!!!
Click the link below to be taken to the Richmond site to submit a home care request:
http://www.richmondamericanhomes.com/HomeCare/index.htm
From London Bay:
5086
5054
5076
5066
5082
5072
5112
5046
5109
5103
5031
5041
5047
5037
5101
5048
5058
5044
5064
From Duncan Meadow:
13442
13438
13432(these are all the model home pod)
The driveways will be replaced in the late Sept/Oct time frame and the irrigation will need to be turned off in front of and in backyards of those homes for 48 hours after/while cement is replaced, so we will in close touch with Richmond to turn off the water in the common areas.
The driveways can't be walked on for 3 days or driven on for 7-14 days and the driveways take 28 days to fully cure. Richmond will let homeowners know dates 1-2 wks beforehand and the homeowners will have to sign a release for the driveways acknowledging that Richmond admits no fault and will not warranty the replaced driveways.
We are a bit skeptical but hopeful and continue to be in contact with Richmond.
But we are asking for your help.
Please go to the Richmond page and ask when your driveway is to be replaced. If you are not on the list and feel you should be, go to Richmond and submit a home care request (can't hurt). If we stay on Richmond enough, we hope that we can see the results they have promised.
If you received a letter from Richmond and aren't on the list above, please email the board at monarchmeadows@yahoogroups.com and also please go to the Richmond site and submit a home care request.
Thank you and hopefully together we can get some cement replaced!!!
Click the link below to be taken to the Richmond site to submit a home care request:
http://www.richmondamericanhomes.com/HomeCare/index.htm
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Monthly Meeting Minutes
We wanted to update you based on our last monthly meeting.
INTERNET SERVICE
Regarding internet service, we have concerns that people would have to break their current internet/cable contracts at their expense to benefit from community internet access. With residents moving in all the time, it would be difficult to time this so that no one would be affected or have to "double pay." Also, typically the benefit of community internet is usually planned into the infrastructure of the community from the outset. Installation in our community at this point would be much more difficult and costly. In light of these things, we will not be pursuing community internet at this time. If any other homeowners would like to look into this further we haven't ruled it out, but we are also concerned that if internet or cable access were less than promised that as an HOA we might spend all of our time dealing with internet and cable concerns which are not of paramount importance to the health, safety and welfare of the neighborhood.
REMINDERS!
-Please remember that all resident cars need to be parked in the homeowners garage. Guest parking is for guests.
-Work trucks are not to be parked in guest parking.
-Please keep your garbage cans out of sight (in garages or backyards not visible to the street).
-Dogs should not be roaming the neighborhood unattended. Please attend your dogs and have them on a leash.
-Although the CCRs say lights should be down by Jan 15, we will send a reminder that they should be down by March 15. That should be enough time that the weather will be good enough that it is safe to get on the roof and remove lights without safety hazards.
TALK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS
We are happy to help as much as we can to keep peace in our neighborhoods and address concerns. However, we encourage you to first talk with your neighbors in a kind way about concerns you may have (ie parking, noisy dog, etc.). If they are not responsive then we are happy to step in, but please try to talk to your neighbors and work things out with them first as much as possible.
CEMENT DRIVEWAYS
We have been talking with Richmond American Homes about replacing the cement driveways. Hopefully we are making headway, but it has been slow getting information. If you have received a letter from Richmond American Homes saying they would replace your driveway, we would love to know (has anyone's driveway been replaced as promised?). Please email us at monarchmeadows@yahoogroups.com. We will keep you up to date as we obtain more information from Richmond American Homes.
This is a portion of what we discussed in our last meeting. We spent the majority of the meeting addressing resident concerns. We have sent out letters and citations as we felt appropriate and consistent with residents concerns and warnings that have already been given. As we said, we are happy to help as needed, but we also really appreciate when the homeowners approach their neighbors respectfully with their conerns and work these things out on their own. We are glad to live in a neighborhood with many great residents and friends.
More updates to come.
INTERNET SERVICE
Regarding internet service, we have concerns that people would have to break their current internet/cable contracts at their expense to benefit from community internet access. With residents moving in all the time, it would be difficult to time this so that no one would be affected or have to "double pay." Also, typically the benefit of community internet is usually planned into the infrastructure of the community from the outset. Installation in our community at this point would be much more difficult and costly. In light of these things, we will not be pursuing community internet at this time. If any other homeowners would like to look into this further we haven't ruled it out, but we are also concerned that if internet or cable access were less than promised that as an HOA we might spend all of our time dealing with internet and cable concerns which are not of paramount importance to the health, safety and welfare of the neighborhood.
REMINDERS!
-Please remember that all resident cars need to be parked in the homeowners garage. Guest parking is for guests.
-Work trucks are not to be parked in guest parking.
-Please keep your garbage cans out of sight (in garages or backyards not visible to the street).
-Dogs should not be roaming the neighborhood unattended. Please attend your dogs and have them on a leash.
-Although the CCRs say lights should be down by Jan 15, we will send a reminder that they should be down by March 15. That should be enough time that the weather will be good enough that it is safe to get on the roof and remove lights without safety hazards.
TALK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS
We are happy to help as much as we can to keep peace in our neighborhoods and address concerns. However, we encourage you to first talk with your neighbors in a kind way about concerns you may have (ie parking, noisy dog, etc.). If they are not responsive then we are happy to step in, but please try to talk to your neighbors and work things out with them first as much as possible.
CEMENT DRIVEWAYS
We have been talking with Richmond American Homes about replacing the cement driveways. Hopefully we are making headway, but it has been slow getting information. If you have received a letter from Richmond American Homes saying they would replace your driveway, we would love to know (has anyone's driveway been replaced as promised?). Please email us at monarchmeadows@yahoogroups.com. We will keep you up to date as we obtain more information from Richmond American Homes.
This is a portion of what we discussed in our last meeting. We spent the majority of the meeting addressing resident concerns. We have sent out letters and citations as we felt appropriate and consistent with residents concerns and warnings that have already been given. As we said, we are happy to help as needed, but we also really appreciate when the homeowners approach their neighbors respectfully with their conerns and work these things out on their own. We are glad to live in a neighborhood with many great residents and friends.
More updates to come.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Community Internet Service
We have had some express interest in pursuing the option of installing community internet service so we could get a discounted group rate. There would obviously be an installation fee up front we would have to budget for, which would likely result in a temporary increase of HOA to build up savings to pay for installation, and a permanent increase to cover the cost of community internet service, which obviously we would only do if the individual homeowner internet savings would make up for it.
We'd love input from you as members of the community to know if this is something there is interest for and worth pursuing further. Let us know what you think!
We'd love input from you as members of the community to know if this is something there is interest for and worth pursuing further. Let us know what you think!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Ryan's Lawn Care Contract
A quick follow up from our last public homeowners meeting.
To clarify, Ryan's Lawn Care is and has always been contractually held accountable and responsible to repair any damage caused by snow removal in the community at their own expense.
This question came up during the meeting and we wanted to make sure this is clear.
Thanks!
To clarify, Ryan's Lawn Care is and has always been contractually held accountable and responsible to repair any damage caused by snow removal in the community at their own expense.
This question came up during the meeting and we wanted to make sure this is clear.
Thanks!
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