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.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Today BBQ
Today is the Monarch Meadows BBQ so everyone stop by and get a Hot Dog and meet your neighbors!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
BBQ This coming Tuesday!!
You are invited to...
Monarch Meadows Meet and Greet!
Sponsored by our HOA Committee
When: Tuesday, Sep. 23rd at 6:30
Where: 4978 Duncan Meadow APud@
Hotdogs, buns and toppings will be provided.
You are welcome to bring a dish to show off.
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