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The tall pine tree by the 1177 building will be cut down tomorrow 8/10/12 at 9am. Please do not use the parking spaces near the tree tomorrow. |
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Next week our contractor "P3 Painting and Renovations" will be going building-by-building to completely replace the stairwell steps and many landings as well. Some are crumbling and unstable, and fixing them is a high priority for us. P3 will have to bar entry/exit for stretches of eight hours at a time in order to make these renovations. The are placing flyers in building doors to let people know when they are working on their particular building. It's a bit inconvenient, but it's the only way to do it, and the steps and landings have reached a point where we cannot delay it any longer. They will look a lot better and last for years after this renovation. |
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And new chairs are on the way. We are probably adding a grill there, too, if it meets fire code.
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Thank you all for attending our annual HOA meeting! We had a very productive, positive meeting, and everyone was excited about the possibilities for the coming year. We reviewed our accomplishments in 2011 and our goals and budget for 2012, and we elected a new board. Konny Light stepped down after many years on the board, and Dante McCommon joined the board. Thank you, Konny, for your service to our community. (And welcome to the Board, Dante!) 2011 accomplishments included 1) finishing sealing / repainting parking lot, 2) consolidating and enclosing dumpsters, 3) cleaning/painting upper pool area and setting up the garden spaces, 4) reviewing and changing management companies, and 5) reviewing our other service contracts (legal, landscaping, pool, insurance). Our contract reviews and changes are projected to save us over $10,000 in operating expenses for 2012, while also yielding what I believe will be significant improvements in service. Plans for 2012 so far include 1) sidewalks and steps repair, which has been on our agenda for a while, 2) some new landscaping, and 3) improving park entrances (possibly with signage), plus many other minor projects like promoting the gardening space, possibly adding another bike rack, outdoor grills, and other things. |
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update: Homeowners who are sometimes tardy have responded well to our requests for more timely payments, and so we have recently reached the delinquency minimum. So we are now moving forward with it. |
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As most of you already know, our property manager of many years, Rick Laws, has left Access Management. Access has assigned Kim Coomer as our new property manager. The Board is taking this opportunity to review our community's property management options, as we have not done so in many years. We will have a special public meeting on October 18 from 7 - 8 P.M. to hear presentations from candidate property management companies and to allow homeowners to ask them questions directly. Please let us know via the contact form if you have any information or comments that might help the Board in making a decision. Thanks! |
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On Monday, July 11, our contractor will begin sealing and restriping the parking lot. They will do half on Monday and then do the other half on Tuesday, July 12. Please move your car during those days to the half that they are not paving. Here is a map of the north (1200) side that I modified so as to be a little easier to read than the one that was already posted:
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The 2011 property value appraisals for Dekalb County tax purposes were dramatically lower than in previous years because of a new rule that requires them to include distressed property sales in their calculations. These new appraisals are inaccurate measures of property values in our community, however. Here is a memorandum I wrote after researching the issue (.doc). I encourage you to appeal your property value assessment if you want at http://web.co.dekalb.ga.us/PropertyAppraisal/realSearch.asp. (Be sure to enter your parcel/property ID in a format with all spaces included. You will need your Annual Notice of Assessment mailing so you can type in your Access Code located in the bottom right.) |
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