Glencairn April 2018

LIFEGUARDS
NEEDED
We at A-Beautiful Pools, Inc. are so excited to be your pool company
this season. A-Beautiful Pools, Inc. is now hiring lifeguards for community
pools in our area for the Summer 2018 season. Professional
lifeguard training is provided as part of the hiring process. Please
contact A-Beautiful Pools, Inc. for more information: 281-376-6510
or www.a-beautifulpools.com.
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BEAR CREEK PLANTATION BOARD
Rick Bennett - President
Don Coleman - Vice President
Lindsay Bennett - Secretary
Reehan Malik - Director
Greg Shelley - Treasurer
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.
For fairness’ sake, the Board of Directors asks the management
company to call ‘em like they see ‘em, assuming they have received
no advanced notice of extenuating circumstances, but in truth, they
will not ever be able to identify every single possible violation on
each and every drive through, nor do we think the scrutiny necessary
for such is in the best interest of our community. The ultimate
responsibility of the Board of Directors is to make decisions regarding
situations where the homeowner simply refuses to comply
with the community’s established covenants, in spite of repeated
“reminder” attempts. We typically hope the individual can give us
a defensible reason for giving an exception or temporary reprieve
and the last thing any of us want is to be in conflict with any of our
neighbors, but we are nonetheless tasked with the expectation that
we uphold the community’s by-laws. With that said, on a typical
week, less than 6% of the homeowners receive deed restriction
letters and the vast majority have already taken or do quickly take
action to correct them.
As your fellow neighbors, we appreciate every one of you who have
taken measures to correct any problems that may have arisen over
the years. We also definitely appreciate your willingness to work
with us to do whatever is in our community’s control to maintain
the maximum possible property values for everyone. When we all
work together, we minimize the cost and maximize the benefit for
the community at large. Oh and by the way, no need to get offended
if you do receive a letter, as many, if not most of us can relate to the
experience for one reason or another. Thanks again!
2 April 2018 | Community Newsletter