Plum Grove Estates Property Owners Association
Neighborhood News Working Together for a GREAT Neighborhood
Summer 2015
President’s Message – Guy Karm neighborhood will be back to the way that it has been in the past.
Well summer is finally here. Many of our neighbors are walking through the neighborhood and working in their yards. Unfortunately, as in past years, with everyone being out and walking around many complaints have come in regrading neighbors parking unauthorized vehicles. As I told you in my March President’s Message, our recent lack of area control enforcement was one of the main issues for the Board to resolve. There has been much communication as a Board and we believe that steps were taken to resolve the situation so that everyone now understands their responsibilities and there will be enforcement of the rules and covenants again. The
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Board member George Reichl agreed to step up and help Board member Carl Siemianowski who is the Director in charge of Area Control. Thank you George for your much needed assistance. George and Carl have come up with a comprehensive strategy and have moved forward with resolving pending Area Control violations. Unfortunately, because of time commitments and family obligations, Carl has tendered his resignation from the Board. On behalf of the Board of Directors and all of the residents of Plum Grove Estates I would like to thank Carl for his past two years of service as a Board member. In any event, every Board member is a volunteer and also a neighbor. None of us wish to become the driveway police of the neighborhood. If you think that you may be in violation, please make an effort to be a good neighbor and correct the situation before it becomes an issue with the Board of Directors. Regarding an update on the Briarwood Bridge–again, there is no update. At our October of 2014 General Meeting we invited Palatine Township officials Tom
Kaider, Highway Commissioner, and Roland Sachs, Superintendent of Roads, to speak at the meeting. Tom and Roland also brought Mike Shamsie from Landmark Engineering and John Helander, the Road District Attorney, to address our residents as there was apparently some concern on their part regarding the safety of the bridge. They advised that because of a significant increase in cost of the anticipated bridge repair the township was reconsidering its options with respect to the bridge so that we may be back to the beginning for a bridge resolution and that safety was their main concern. There was talk of a meeting to take place in November that would be open to residents of Plum Grove Estates to discuss the bridge, however, that meeting has not taken place.
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Newsletter Contents Directors Reports………………….3 Community News…………………3 Previous Meeting Minutes….……4-5 PGE Calendar………………………..6
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