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KATY, TX. PERMIT #137
CONCORD BRIDGE CRIER
The Official Newsletter for Concord Bridge
Garage Sale Dates March 3 is the date for the first garage sale of 2012. This date was advertised in the Greensheet and the Houston Chronicle. Our signs will be placed at the entrances the week of the sale. The approved time will be 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM with no presales on Friday. You can place signs in the neighborhood, but they must be removed by 5:00 PM Saturday, March 3rd. rd
Future garage sales in 2012 are June 2nd and October 6th. Garage sales conducted at times other than these approved dates are subject to fines.
Your Homeowners Association When you purchased a home in Concord Bridge you automatically became a member of the Concord Bridge Homeowner’s Association. You cannot resign from the association because it is a requirement of ownership in Concord Bridge. At closing, you should have been given a copy of the deed restrictions affecting your home. However, if you need a copy, please call Crest Management at 281-579-0761 and ask for a copy of the deed restrictions. As a member, you are required to pay the association’s dues and maintain your home in a manner set out in the deed restrictions. The initial deed restrictions were created and filed by the developer and the HOA Board of Directors has agreed to responsibly handle the business associated with keeping things working and in order. Your board members are elected by you each year. The board members are all volunteers and do not receive compensation for their HOA activities. There are five board members serving two-year terms. Two are elected one year and the other three in the following year. We are required by our bylaws to have a minimum of 10% or 161 homeowners represented at the meeting in order to have a quorum. Your representation can be in person or by proxy. You are sent a notice of the annual meeting with a proxy enclosed. You can sign the proxy, vote for the candidates listed, assign your vote to another homeowner or just have it count as a proxy to reach our 10%. But it must be returned or given to a board member or a friend that will be attending the meeting.
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It is difficult to find 161 homeowners that have enough interest in this process to attend the meeting or return their proxy. As a result, we did not have a quorum at our November meeting. Each time we have a meeting for elections, we pay for Crest Management to attend and conduct the election in order to comply with state laws. In the past, the board of directors could appoint the candidate if there was no opponent for the position(s) and a quorum was not obtained. State laws effective September 1, 2011 now mandate that a quorum must be reached and votes tallied. We must keep having meetings until we reach a quorum. This adds to the expenses that we must pay. Our fees provide for the maintenance of the perimeter fence, landscaping in all three parks and the medians on W. Little York, entrances to the neighborhood and cul-de-sacs. We have to maintain the two pools and provide lifeguards for the swim season. The park equipment must be maintained and/or repaired as needed for safety. Repairs to all of these areas can be costly especially when they are abused or destroyed by someone. When you receive your meeting notice and proxy for the next election, put it on your calendar and attend. If you are unable to attend, please date and sign the proxy and return it.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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