Edelweiss Estates HOA

News for and about the Members of the
Edelweiss Estates Homeowners’ Association
P.O. Box 10645
College Station, TX 77842-0645
Eye on
Edelweiss
Vol. 8, No. 2
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April 2007
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Join Us at the Spring Picnic!
Board of Directors
Sheryl Welford
President
president@edelweisshoa.org
Denise Barnett
Vice President
vicepresident@edelweisshoa.org
Thomas Mather
Treasurer
treasurer@edelweisshoa.org
Melissa Graves
Secretary
secretary@edelweisshoa.org
Cristyn Cooper
At-Large
atlarge1@edelweisshoa.org
Julie Sun
At-Large
atlarge2@edelweisshoa.org
Andrew Trefethen
At-Large
atlarge3@edelweisshoa.org
Spring is here again, and that means it’s time
for the Edelweiss Estates Spring Picnic! Please
join the EEHOA board members and your
neighbors at Edelweiss Park on May 9 for
burgers, snowcones, clowns and fun! We will
also have representatives from the various City
of College Station departments to give you news
and info, and update you on city programs and
services. CSFD will also be bringing a fire truck
and ambulance for the kiddos to explore, and we
hope to have a visit from McGruff the Crime Dog,
along with CSPD. Don’t miss this great chance
to meet more of your neighbors, get your face
painted, and have dinner on us!
www.edelweisshoa.org
When?
Wednesday, May 9
5:30-8 p.m.
Where?
Edelweiss Park @
Mortier and Victoria
Who?
YOU!
Answers to Your Questions About… Vehicles and Fences
By Thomas Mather, Deed Restriction Chairperson
property. Neither you nor I own them.
The covenants in our HOA extend to the
property that your home sits on and nothing
else. The HOA has no ability to enforce
any rules in this regard. Having experience
with this situation personally, I can also
save you some time if you decide to call
Complaint: My neighbor has excessive code enforcement. Excessive street parking
guests who always seem to park up and is not illegal. As long as the vehicles are
down my entire street. Please get them to parked in the correct direction, are within
18” of the curb and are not blocking your
stop.
driveway nothing can be done.
Answer: I wish I could but I can’t. The
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streets in our neighborhood are public
As the person most likely to hear about
your complaints and problems, I have
decided to help save both you and I some
time by putting down on paper the answers
to routine questions that I receive from our
homeowners.
Neighborhood Landscaping
Update
By Phil Wade, Landscaping Committee
College Station ISD Bond Election Slated for May
On February 20, 2007, the College Station ISD Board of Trustees called for a bond
election in the amount of $67,420,000 to be held on May 12, 2007.
Over the past month the neighborhood
landscape contractor has performed many What is in this bond package?
maintenance and improvement projects.
The following projects have been identified:
1. Construction of a new elementary school
First project being the replacement of many
2. Reconstruction of College Hills Elementary School
shrubs and trees that have died over the
3. Renovations and/or additions
past year. Reasons ranging from physical
to existing facilities including,
damage to irrigation problems or damage
Early voting begins April 30 and
but not limited to: a) A fine
from vehicles. A total of 97 shrub and tree
Election Day is May 12
arts classroom at College
plantings at various locations around the
Station Middle School and b)
neighborhood were completed.
Visit www.csisd.org for more
Renovation to the Career and
information
about this bond issue
Technology Education area
The second project was the Sophia retention
of A&M Consolidated High
and polling locations.
pond tree planting. Twenty-five trees were
School
planted around the outer areas and a few in
4. Renovation to the current athletic
the middle. Various types from pear to oak
facility, including both field houses, in order to make them ADA (Americans with
that all have great track records of growing
Disabilities Act) compliant and to increase the space for students and staff using
well in the Brazos valley. The goal is to
the field houses
improve the buffer along the back side of
5. Land acquisition
the pond and break up the open space. In a
6. Upgrading the technology network infrastructure and providing new classroom
few years they will also provide shade for
projection equipment
homeowners to enjoy and color through
the seasonal changes.
Irrigation was installed at each tree to
provide water through the hot summer
months. Irrigation was also installed along
an open space near the curb to aid in growth
of turf in this area.
The last project was a very thorough
inspection and many repairs to the network
of irrigation systems in our neighborhood.
Several areas needed attention badly.
Unfortunately, irrigation systems are not
something you can install and forget about.
Maybe for the first few years but after that
they require serious monitoring, especially
in our climate.
As of last week our contractor was informed
by the irrigation company that after a solid
week of work
everything
in
the areas that
needed attention
is working as it
should.
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The July issue of Eye on Edelweiss will
contain a call for volunteers to run for
EEHOA Board of Director positions.
We hope you will give thoughtful
consideration to sending in your
nomination form and running for one of
these important volunteer positions. Help
make Edelweiss a great place to live!
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For your consideration...
What are you waiting for?
Ads start as low as $50 so
contact communications@
edelweisshoa.org
for details!
Get 10 Trees from the
Arbor Day Foundation!
Looking to add a little leafy pizzaz to
your back yard while increasing your
home’s resale value?
The National Arbor Day Foundation
has just the deal for budget conscious
gardners that will save you money
and let you do something great for the
planet at the same time.
Choose 10 free:
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flowering trees
redbuds
bald cypresses
crapemyrtles
With a $10 National Arbor Day
Foundation membership, you will
receive 10 free trees. You can choose
your free trees from the Foundation’s
list of trees specially selected for
our hardiness zone. The list includes
flowering trees, live oaks, redbuds,
bald cypresses, and crapemyrtles.
But act fast, because the Foundation’s
spring shipping season ends May 31.
Visit www.arborday.org to learn more
about this offer, for plant resources,
and much
more.
Join Us!
Join us for these upcoming monthly
EEHOA board meetings. Remember, there
will be no regular meeting in May because
of the Spring Picnic. The meetings are
typically held at the College Station Public
Library, but check www.edelweisshoa.org
for any date or location changes. Hope to
see you there!
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Help us celebrate your graduating
senior’s important milestone!
Howdy proud Edelweiss parents! Do you have a child
graduating fron a local high school this summer? If so,
we’d love to hear from you!
We would like to recognize your special graduate in the
July issue of Eye of Edelweiss and congratulate all of our
local graduating seniors on a job well done.
To have your child included, please send his or her
name, date of graduation, and a small paragraph telling
us about high school academic achievents, activities or
awards and post-graduation plans to communications@
edelweisshoa.org by June 15. Don’t forget to include a
senior photo and a parent/guardian phone number so we
can confirm the entry!
Note: Eye on Edelweiss
reserves the right to
edit entries for length,
clarity and grammar.
Stacy Crowder, Loan Originator
(979) 821-1207
FAX (979) 821-1251
email: scrowder@fnb-bcs.com
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Six Convenient Branches!
Got overdue books?
Local libraries now using collection agency
Yard of the Month returns in May
On April 1, local libraries in the BryanCollege Station Public Library System
began using a collection agency to bring
in late fees and to encourage patrons with
overdue materials to return them - at the
patron’s cost. The 90-day trial use of
Unique Management Services will run
through June 30, at which time its results will be evaluated. The
collection effort will apply to College Station’s Larry J. Ringer
Public Library and the Bryan Public Library.
The grass is turning green, the flowers are blooming and
the birds are singing. Spring is in the air. Which means
it’s time to begin the 2007 Yard of the Month Program.
Who will it be this year? Judging will begin the later part
of April and the first award will be presented the first part
of May. Winners receive handy home improvement gift
cards, so get those yards into shape and show them off!
How collection works
The Bryan College Station Public Library System will still notify
patrons that materials are overdue, and plenty of time will be
given to respond. An automated system already calls two days
past the overdue date, then again on the ninth day. On day 16,
written notice is sent, follwed by a final written notice on day 23.
That’s when Unique Management Services steps in. A $10 fee will
be applied to all accounts turned over to the collection agency.
Did you know?
In FY2006, uncollected fines and fees totaled $151,700.
Uncollected fees for FY2007, to date, total $25,700.
>> For more information: www.bcslibrary.org
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Complaint: My fence blew down. When will you fix it?
Answer: We will not fix your fence. All of the fences in Edelweiss
Estates belong to owners of the property that they are built upon.
If a fence blows down between you and a neighbor, and you don’t
want to fix it, I highly suggest you knock on your neighbor’s door
and work out a compromise. The city requires all fences to be in
“good repair.” If code enforcement notices the fence, they will
determine (to the best of their ability) ownership and require that
person to repair the fence or face fines. In some special situations
(along Edelweiss Avenue for example) we will come by after the
fence is repaired and place a cap on the fence to make it look more
aesthetically pleasing and to help keep it straight.
If you would like to report a fence that has fallen down or is leaning
heavily, you can contact us, but you will get faster results from
code enforcement. They require action to be taken in a shorter
timeframe and will levy heftier fines than we would if no action
is taken by the owner. Contact the City of College Station Code
Enforcement at 764-6363 or e-mail Cindy Dillard at
cdillard@cstx.gov.
Answers to Your Questions About... is a new feature planned
for each quarterly issue of Eye on Edelweiss. If you have a
neighborhood question that you do not see featured here, you
can email your question to Thomas Mather, the EEHOA Deed
Restriction chairperson, at violations@edelweisshoa.org.
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INSIDE
2 Neighborhood Landscaping Update
2 College Station ISD Bond Election Slated for May
3 Get 10 Trees from the Arbor Day Foundation
3 EEHOA Board Meeting Schedule
4 Graduate Spotlight Information
5 Got Overdue Books?
5 Yard of the Month Returns
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Edelweiss Estates
Homeowners Association
P.O. Box 10645
College Station, TX 77842-0645