Year 12 Volume 5
May 2017
2017 Glens Board Meetings
@ Clubhouse
Pride of Ownership---Is this
you?
Pride or Lack Thereof
Pride-
Lack-
A sense of one’s proper dignity or value: self respect.
Pleasure or satisfaction taken in achievement. Possession or association.
The best of a group or class.
A deficiency or absence.
To be without any or much of.
Now that we have the definitions out of the way,
how can one achieve, attain, and strive for pride
in the appearance of one’s home? It is a home
whether you rent or own. It is the place where
you live. Thankfully a majority of the people
that live here have a sense of pride in where
they live.
They take satisfaction in the appearance of their home.
This is something that they worked hard for. For nothing
comes to one without working towards a goal.
You know who these people are because you can see it in
the way they keep and maintain their property. Their house
is pleasant to look at; the grass is mowed and green. There
is no litter, clutter or trash and the home is painted every
several years with appealing colors. Is this your home?
May 18
Meeting
……….
7:00 PM
September 15 Meeting……... 7:00 PM
November 21 Meeting
…...7:00 PM
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Don't Forget To Obtain Approval First!
Our governing documents require that the Association approve all proposed
architectural changes before any work is started. The importance of this requirement
cannot be overstated when you consider the reason for such a restriction.
Membership in a community association requires compliance to pre-existing
conditions and regulations. One of the biggest advantages of these conditions is the
protection of our property values. The value of your home is directly related to the
condition, appearances and aesthetics of our community as a whole. By regulating
the kind and types of architectural changes that can be done, our Association is
better able to maintain our property values.
Getting our Association to approve all proposed architectural changes is not
just a good idea to protect your investment, it is a requirement! If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Association Manager.
Board Position
We have a board position that is open and we are soliciting nominees for that
term starting now. Please let any board member know if you want to nominate someone or run yourself.
This is a chance to get involved with your association and form some lasting relationships. The current board has accomplishedmany great things and feels good about it.
We need to keep up the momentum.
We are especially interested in getting some new people involved that have not served
before.
The Board meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every other month at 7:00 pm at the Country
Creek Clubhouse.
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Covenants Corner:
Trash Cans
Recently, a resident asked me to write a piece for the newsletter
about residents leaving garbage cans out in front of their
house. As I am always looking for pertinent covenants material to
write about, I thought this was a good one. I am not going to recite verbatim what the covenant
declaration says about trash cans, but the bottom line is they must be kept out of sight. It would
be great if everyone had room in the garage for them, but this is often not an option, so please put
your trash cans behind your fence or somewhere they can’t be seen.
There are a number of good reasons to do this other than trash cans look sort of “trashy”. Almost
every night, our Black Bears roam the Glens in search of an easy meal, raiding people’s trash cans
for some of your thrown out leftovers from dinner.
Now if that were not reason enough to put those cans away, how about the occasional wind and
rain storms, that blows our cans over, or washes them away. Please consider doing this small
thing for your neighborhood, that will really make the Glens look a lot nicer. Besides we don’t
want to have those bears get too comfortable here. Thanks.
SECURITY ALERT
Next time you come home for the night and you go to put your keys away,
think of this:
It’s a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation
If you think someone is trying to get into your house, or if you hear a noise outside your
house, just press the panic alarm on your car key chain. Test it. It will go off from most
everywhere Inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until
you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or
garage.
If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break in your house, odds are the
would-be intruder won't stick around.....after a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want
that.
Try yours to make sure it works before you rely on it. Just know that you must press the
alarm button again to turn it off.
And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm
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Protecting Property Values
Is What Our Association Is All About!
One of the biggest advantages of living in a common-interest development is the ability
of the Association to preserve, protect and enhance property values.
But, just how does the Board of Directors guide the Association to perform those duties?
Often, we think of the Association as a collection of rules and regulations limiting
personal freedoms and individuality. But, it is those same rules and regulations that protect,
preserve and enhance the investment each of us have in our home.
If you dust off your copy of the CC&R's (Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions) and reread
them, you will see that the Board of Directors have a pretty precise blueprint on how to
protect your investment.
First and foremost, our Association is not just made up of the Board, Committees and a
few interested owners. It was established as a corporation in which ALL owners are
members. What that means is the, as an owner, you have committed yourself to become
business partners with every other owner in the community. But, in order to achieve the
primary goal of the Association (to preserve, protect and enhance property values) certain
Covenants, conditions and Restrictions had to be established in order to achieve that goal. In
those CC&R's, the Board is given the authority to establish Rules & Regulations that
compliment the Association's purpose. When we follow the CC&R's and the Rules &
Regulations, we are doing part of our duty as members of the Association.
Architectural controls and guidelines and procedures for gaining architectural approval
were established in order to promote aesthetic conformity and eliminate architectural
changes that threaten the investment other members have in the Association. By following
the architectural guidelines and obtaining approval from the Association before any exterior
architectural changes are made, we are doing part of our duty as members of the
Association.
Our Board of Directors is given the charge of overseeing the operations of the
Association and to see to it that the CC&R's and Rules & Regulations are followed by the Association's
members. The Board is made up of owners, other members just like you. They volunteer their time and
energy to serve the Association because they care about the investment they have in it. Committees
are formed to assist the Board with their charge. These committees are made up of volunteer
owners, just like you. When you volunteer to serve on the Board of Directors, or you
volunteer to serve on a committee, you are doing part of your duty as a member of the
Association.
Monthly assessments are necessary to protect and maintain our community assets and
to help provide professional management to assist our community. When owners fail to pay
their assessment on time, the Association is unable to meet all if its financial obligations. The
result: The degree of property value protection the Association provides is reduced. In other
words, even one owner who does not pay their assessment on time can adversely effect how
Association business is conducted. When you pay your assessment on time, you are doing
part of your duty as a member of the Association.
Finally, the Board of Directors meet on a regular basis in order to make decisions,
keep up-to-date on Association business and to hear from other owners in order to make
proactive business decisions. As owners, keeping abreast of association matters and
contributing during Open Forum is only good business. When you choose to attend