Bear Creek Plantation March 2018

BEAR CREEK PLANTATION
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
KPM MANAGEMENT
Tracy Henry
P.O. Box 6333 • Katy, TX 77491-6333
16360 Park Ten Pl - #310 - Houston, TX 77084
281-685-3090 • Fax 281-599-8822
www.kpmcommunities.com
BEAR CREEK PLANTATION BOARD
Rick Bennett - President
Don Coleman - Vice President
Lindsay Bennett - Secretary
Greg Shelly - Treasurer
Reehan Malik - Director
Police/Fire Emergency 911
Sheriff’s Office 713-221-6000
SCHOOLS
Cy-Fair ISD Administration 281-897-4000
Cy-Fair ISD Transportation 281-463-5978
Jowell Elementary 281-463-5966
Kahla Middle School 281-345-3260
Cy-Springs High School 281-345-3000
UTILITIES
CenterPoint Energy 800-376-9663
www.centerpointenergy.com/outage
Street Lights - Not working 713-207-2222
Harris County MUD 239 (Water) 281-861-6215
WCA Waste (Trash) 281-368-8397
A-Beautiful Pools 281-376-6510
MAILBOX TAMPERING
When a mailbox is put into use for the purposes of sending
and receiving mail, it becomes federal property.
Mailbox tampering is considered any act that interferes with
another person’s letter box or other receptacle.
This can include:
• destruction of the mailbox itself
• theft of mailbox contents
• the placement of items in a mail receptacle by persons
other than postal employees
• any action intended to obstruct or damage mail
or mailbox property
In short, anyone, other than mail recipients and postal
employees, should NOT touch a mailbox or its contents.
RECREATION CARDS
Bear Creek Plantation residents will now be able to apply
for a recreation card online at www.bcpcai.com through the
community website. Our new application can be found, once
logged in, under eforms. We will still accept applications
which are emailed, mailed or faxed; they can be found on the
website under documents.
BE SURE ADDRESS IS CLEAR FROM THE STREET
County officials want to remind residents of the Ordinance 5.3 requiring that
addresses or building numbers be legible and visible from the street. The
section states the numbers must be in Arabic numerals at least four inches in
height and clearly visible. The number should be placed on, above or at the
side of the main entrance so the number is clearly visible from the public right
away. Whenever a home entrance is more than 50 feet from a public right away,
a number should also be placed at the end of a driveway or property entrance.
WATCH FOR KIDS WHILE DRIVING
The roads are once again crawling with school busses, teenage drivers
and kids in the crosswalk, so please slow down when going through the
neighborhood. Now that kids will be back on their way to school, it’s time
to double and triple check those intersections, just when you think it’s all
systems go, a late for school student will magically appear out of nowhere
and dart across the street when you least anticipate it. Thank you!
BUDGET AND HOMEOWNER INPUT
Your all-volunteer Board of Directors is here to serve you. Meetings are held
monthly at the clubhouse on Greenhouse, always on the third Tuesday at
7:00 PM Please plan to attend in person and/or provide your input via email
to MGMT@KPMmanagement.com or call 281-685-3090.
Your input can be a driving force in the annual budget decisions, primarily helping
the Board understand what the neighborhood would like to see in regards to
future capital improvement projects. You can also influence all sorts of future
decision making processes, simply by providing input at or before meetings.
Finally, if you are truly interested in dedicating some of your time to our
community, consider serving on the Board of Directors in the future. Let the
management company know you are interested and if there is an interim
opportunity, the Board might be able to elect you directly or you could get your
name on the ballot for the annual meeting in February. See a need for a special
committee or volunteer-driven project? Don’t hesitate to bring it up and help
recruit additional help.
PARKING CARS IN THE STREET
We realize it is sometimes necessary to park your cars in the street. The
neighborhood bylaws prohibit the parking of inoperable vehicles in the
street and operable vehicles are expected to be regularly used/moved when
parked there. We ask that you do your best to be aware of your neighbors’
driveways when parking streetside, so you do not block their ability to safely
get in and out. Also, please try not to park directly across from a driveway, as
this is a common cause of accidents. While we all should take extra caution
when backing out, we are creatures of habit and we tend to get into a routine
and in a hurry, so we might not notice that there is a new obstacle waiting
for us across the street. That scene has played out on a number of occasions
already. Thanks in advance for continuing to look out for each other.
RECEIVE A DEED RESTRICTION VIOLATION LETTER?
KPM Management is the company hired by our neighborhood association to
manage many aspects of our deed-restricted community. They provide many
accounting, administrative and consulting services that help to increase
safety and maximize our property values, while working with the all-volunteer
Board of Directors to keep our annual dues at a minimum. As a result, they
are expected to patrol the neighborhood throughout the month, on varying
days to look for deed restriction violations. In general, we ask them to
generate the first “reminder” letter automatically when they see a violation
or whenever they confirm one, which came from a neighbor complaint. If you
have a unique situation, which might result in the need to temporarily violate
the deed restrictions, please give them a call at 281-685-3090 and let them
know the situation and the expected time frame, so we can avoid the issuance
of any unnecessary letters. Keep in mind, occasionally mistakes are made and
the wrong address receives a letter - the best thing to do in this and all other
situations is to contact the management company to make them aware of the
mistake and/or to let them know that you have either corrected the situation or
need a temporary exemption from the covenant.
2 March 2018 | Community Newsletter