Meadows of Brushy Creek
Meadows of Brushy Creek
April 2012
Official Publication of Meadows of Brushy Creek HOA
FENCE PROJECT UPDATE TO THE MEADOWS OF BRUSHY CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS The primary function of our HOA is to protect the property value in a neighborhood. In an effort to protect the value of our community the HOA is moving forward this year with plans to upgrade the fences along O’Connor and Great Oaks. A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE FENCE PROJECT: By the mid 2000’s, it was becoming painfully obvious that most if not all of the cedar fences in the Meadows were over 10-15 years old. Many had deteriorated to the point of becoming major eyesores and were affecting the overall property values of our community. The relatively new Board (at that time) tried valiantly to float a special assessment to replace at least the fences along our major arteries, i.e., Great Oaks and O’Connor. Using monies at hand, they built the short length of fence at the corner of Great Oaks and O’Connor to demonstrate what it could look like. Unfortunately, the proposal failed to gain the necessary two thirds majority for a variety of reasons and the project ground to a halt. The Board decided to take a different tack and which was to fund the fence entirely out of dues, operating cost reductions, and outside income/donations. But given the situation with the management company costs, this was simply not possible. It was at this point the Board restructured the management company role, took deed enforcement in house, and hired a company to simply handle the books and home sale transactions, thus saving the difference until enough money to pay for the fence could be accrued. The Board is happy to announce the fence project is now financially feasible and we are going to break ground in 2012 on the fence upgrades. The affected homeowners will be contacted in the near future to expedite the planning process and we are looking forward to seeing the fences go up! The Board of Directors, Meadows of Brushy Creek HOA
Volume 5, Issue 4
An Important Message
First, the Board would like to extend their thanks to the 95+ percent of the Meadows residents for your past, present and ongoing co-operation in complying with the deed restrictions and dues requirement! You are all to be commended for honoring this responsibility with little or no complaint. In the past year, the HOA board has received a growing number of complaints that it is not doing enough to enforce deed restriction violations. Apparently there are enough deed restriction violations that our neighbors are asking us to take action. The only function of an HOA is to protect the property value in a neighborhood. This is done by maintaining the common properties and working with the homeowners to keep the neighborhood in compliance with the deed restrictions. ENFORCEMENT POLICY CHANGE The board is moving forward this year with an increased emphasis on enforcing the deed restrictions. We are focusing on establishing and executing enforcement policies that will address the issues our neighbors are asking us to solve. Be assured by acting responsibly and keeping the good of the neighborhood as a whole in mind, you will not have a problem with the HOA. As an example: If you want to store your boat or camper in your driveway overnight or for a few days, the HOA is not going to object. But long term storage of your boat, camper or trailer on the driveway will get the attention of the HOA. If you are going to do something on your property and you have the least doubt as to whether it will be of concern to the HOA. Please (Continued on Page 3)
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