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Leewood Homeowners Association
January 2002 Newsletter
Assessments were due 1 January!
Playground Survey
Of the 195 units, 123 responded to the playground survey for a response rate of 63%. The results of the playground survey are as follows:
If accumulated operating funds of the association are used to pay for the initial costs of the playground (i.e., no special assessment is imposed), are you in favor or not in favor of installing a playground?
23 In favor 98 Not in favor 1 Undecided
If current annual homeowners fees of $540 are increased by $10 to pay for maintenance costs of the playground, are you in favor or not in favor of installing a playground?
17 In favor 103 Not in favor 1 Undecided
If current annual homeowners fees of $540 are not increased to pay for maintenance costs of the playground, are you in favor or not in favor of installing a playground?
24 In favor 97 Not in favor 1 Undecided
If the playground is located at the end of Bradgen Court, are you in favor or not in favor of installing a playground?
24 In favor 96 Not in favor 1 Undecided
If the playground is located beside the concrete circle located east of Leestone Court (between Leestone Court and Backlick Road), are you in favor or not in favor of installing a playground?
20 In favor 99 Not in favor 1 Undecided
If the playground is located in the open common area surrounded by Leestone Court, Leestone Street, and Leebrad Street (west of Leestone Court), are you in favor or not in favor of installing a playground?
19 In favor 100 Not in favor 1 Undecided
The Board decided that a vote by sixty percent of the owners would represent a quorum. Therefore, we did receive enough votes to constitute a quorum. As the results indicate, more owners are not in favor of constructing a playground within Leewood. The Board will follow the wishes of the owners, and a playground will not be added to the community at this time.
Presidents Message
The Board voted at the December meeting to re-price the POA resale packet that is required to be given to a new owner upon the resale of a unit. This action was taken in conjunction with the termination of the Koger architectural review contract. Under state law, the association may charge a fee for the preparation and issuance of the package. The fee must reflect the actual costs of preparing and issuing the packet. The Board consulted with the association’s attorney, and volunteer time is not considered a cost. With the termination of the Koger contract, the out-of-pocket costs of preparing the packets are less, and this price reduction will be passed along to selling owners. The new price for POA resale packets is $25.
The Board also reviewed the association’s insurance coverages. Al Carchedi provided the board with a summary of the association’s insurance coverages, with his recommendations for changes. As a result, the board voted to increase the building coverage (for fences, signs, mailboxes) to $60,000, which more closely matches the actual replacement cost for those items. The business personal property coverage was discontinued, as this was intended to cover furniture and equipment that was used by the association when it was previously managed by an outside management company. Lastly, the fidelity bond coverage was increased to $250,000 to reflect the increased amount of reserve funds held by the association. The fidelity bond insures against loss of the association’s funds due to theft, embezzlement, etc.
Lastly, the board determined how the playground survey votes would be counted and used to decide whether a playground should be added to Leewood. After some discussion, the board voted that at least 60% of the owners needed to vote in order to have a quorum. This quorum percentage is the same as the quorum requirement in the association’s documents for special assessments. Again, mirroring the limits set in the association’s documents, two-thirds of those voting had to assent to the playground. Finally, another condition was added that 80% of those in closest proximity of each proposed playground site had to assent to the playground. On the Saturday following the board meeting, the votes received were opened and tallied. There were not enough votes to constitute a quorum (we were seven votes short), so the reminder notices went up on the mailboxes. We have subsequently received sufficient votes for a quorum. The results of the survey will follow.
Architectural review first and second notices have gone out based on the fall walk-through. In addition, thank you letters have gone out to those owners that have completed the required repairs from the spring walk-through. Remember, if you need additional time to make repairs (especially in light of the winter weather), please contact Pam Stover.
Donations by Judy Currier
I was reading an article recently that had several interesting donation suggestions. If you are like me and have tons of floppy disks you can ship them to an organization that recycles and reformats floppies, and then forwards them to schools, rehabilitation centers and senior centers. Either Mac or IBM-compatible disks are fine and any number of them are welcomed. The address is Floppies for Kiddies, 20349 Hwy 36, Covington, LA 70433.
Hate to throw away old greeting cards? Kids can earn money putting the covers of them on new stock at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, 100 St. Jude’s Street, Boulder City, NV 89005-1618. They get 15 cents per card which they use for “college and outings”. Hmmmm, I wonder which.
Sewing and craft scraps are turned into baby clothing, quilts and stuffed toys for sick and needy babies by Newborns in Need, PO Box 385, 403 State Route 17 North, Houston, MO 65483.
Traffic Rumors and Facts by Judy Currier
Have you noticed an increase in police along Braddock Road? One morning I was leaving at about 8am and there were two cops at Bradwood Street and and Braddock Road. When people kept blocking the intersection they went over and pulled them into Bradwood Street. If they were actually writing tickets it was a real money maker as every time the light changed someone in the left hand lane would block the crossover (curiously the right hand people stopped).
I’ve also heard that there will be a traffic light put in at Hemming Rd. and Braddock – I’m not sure whether that will help us or make things worse as Fairfax doesn’t time lights and we could just get a steady stream from it. Another rumor is that we are going to get a light at Bradwood Street and Braddock – courtesy of the assisted living facility going in there. Maybe they have had trouble getting out into traffic!
Finally, around Christmas there was an accident at Leewood Street and Backlick Rd. Fire engines were there and a car was towed away. Sorry, I don’t know any more – does anyone else?
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