CAT MOUNTAIN VIEW
Cat Mountain
VIEW V I L L A S
OCTOBER 2015
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 10
President's Message After a summer of play, we find ourselves busy once again with focus on school, home, family and the upcoming holidays. Soon the leaves will fall and we will once again don jackets and sweaters. I can’t wait for cooler temps! As Halloween approaches, please be mindful of the kids in costume, there are many in our neighborhood but even more so along Mesa Drive. Turn off your lights if you don’t want to be bothered but otherwise please light the walkways and front porch to invite the trick-or-treaters to drop by and scare you! Over the past few months a resident has repeatedly left a bag of dog waste in or on the HOA mailbox. I personally find this beyond disrespectful, you should not own a dog if you can’t pick up after it. Leaving it for Jesse is an attack on someone who does so much for this community. I expect it will stop immediately. The board continues to work toward improving our system to manage homeowner dues. Our goal is to have owners pay direct from their bank via ACH to our account. It eliminates costs to both the payer and recipient. It also eliminates wasted paper, mailing costs, delivery, fuel expense etc. Our association currently has almost 300 members that pay electronically in one form or another. Using a credit card is expensive for the payer at a price of $9.95 per transaction. We have a great community that pays their dues on time. We want to make it as efficient and cost effective as possible. One reason that our dues continue to be low, is that we make every effort to
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control costs in our Association and one of the big annual costs has been the coupons and payment management. Please help us by arranging to pay your dues electronically if you don’t do so currently. You can setup a direct pay from your bank easily, we will let you know the details as they are confirmed for the coming year. If you are interested in going green and receiving the newsletter electronically, please check out www.peelinc.com and look for the Cat Mountain Community. In addition to the website, they have a nice iPad app, it’s free. I am going to make it my personal goal to get everyone in the neighborhood updated with an email and phone number so that we can communicate in the most efficient manner possible. Currently we have 30-35% of our members contact information. We would never sell or share this info but need it to communicate quickly in case of emergency. Please let us know if your contact info changes. Please email Jesse at cmhoa@sbcglobal.net and share this information. Jesse’s Manager’s Report touches upon the status of dogs in the neighborhood, tennis courts, road work & social networking. If you are new to the Villas, please do not hesitate to contact Jesse if you have questions. Best Regards, Bryan Harter Cat Mountain HOA | President
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