Ridge Lake Shores

Ridge Lake Shores
Volume 2, Issue 8
August 2007
Hear ye! Hear ye!
This is the last issue of this newsletter in this format. In the
future, the newsletter will be published on the RidgeLake Shores
web site: www.ridgelakeshores.com
Please go to the web page and sign up to read the news and
events online. Any questions about the web page can be directed
to the webmaster through the site. All property owners will be
given access to the community sections
The google group will still be available for instantaneous
messaging and interactive information.
Official Newsletter
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YOU ARE INVITED!!!
RidgeLake shores POA annual meeting…
Saturday August 11, 2007 11:00AM
Grace Lutheran church
Rt 105
Conroe, Texas
Lunch will be included
Please rsvp:
Leslie Dunn, 936-588-1468, ramses4174@msn.com
Ridge Lake Shores Ballot – August 2007
The Board of Directors of Ridge Lake Shores (RLS) has composed
Annual Meeting
the following letter of opinions regarding the items contained on the
July 8, 2007
enclosed ballot.
The annual Ridge Lake Shores Property Owner’s Association Item #1 The board encourages all property owners to run for the
member’s meeting will be held on Saturday, August 11, 2007. The open Board of Director position for the POA. We welcome any
business meeting will begin at 11:00AM, and lunch will be served elected property owner and look forward to serving the association
shortly after noon. The meeting was moved to a Saturday rather with whoever is elected.
than our scheduled Tuesday. We hope this change offers you the Item #2 Please review the enclosed Financial Statements. As you
opportunity to join us for this combination meeting/social event. can see, all income from dues is being fully utilized for the care of
Please let us know if you’ll be joining us for lunch so we can plan our subdivision. The Board feels the Maintenance Charges need to
accordingly.
be increased due to the costs associated with running the association. This year we have one open position on the board to fill. John Due to budget shortfalls the Board has had to greatly scale back the
Heyde was elected to a one-year term last August, and has once again lawn maintenance of the subdivision in the common areas (entrances,
stepped up to the plate to volunteer his time as a member of the Board parks, lakes, and side street mowing), we have had to cease mosquito
of Director’s. Beginning with this years’ election, all positions filled spraying during the summer, we have had to rely upon property
are 3-year terms. We have also included a few items on the ballot owner volunteers to take care of basic maintenance within the
which require your vote. Careful consideration was given prior to subdivision, i.e. changing sprinkler heads, repairing electrical and
approving these items for inclusion on the ballot, so please review all plumbing issues regarding the water features at the entrances, etc. items and cast your vote! You’ll find more information within this We greatly appreciate the volunteers, but cannot reasonably count
newsletter regarding our opinion on the proposed changes. Most of on their continued free labor. you have probably received this information in the mail prior to this The increased cost of fuel has been passed on to the association from
newsletter. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions, offer our contractors and it has taken a large bite out of the associations
suggestions/comments prior to casting your vote at the meeting.
funds. The scaled back lawn maintenance causes the common areas
This will be our last newsletter publication. Future news will be to look a little shabby between mowings and weed/feed treatments. In
available on our website at www.ridgelakeshores.com . You must order to protect all property owners’ investments we need to increase
register on the site to access information for property owner’s only. the level of maintenance being performed on the common areas and
Property owner information is verified prior to granting access.
cannot afford to do so at the current level of association income. Thanks so much for your support this past year!
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The lakes are on well water pumps and the charges have until
this year been paid by the Developer. The association is now and
hereafter responsible for the charges assessed by the water district. The Board has tried to budget for the well water pump costs however
the charges are higher than anticipated and will soon force the Board
to find more ways to fit these expenses into the budget.
We also need to build our association reserves in anticipation of
future maintenance issues and other desired improvements within
the community. The Board is currently forced to spend every dollar
received in dues by December 31 of each year. We have not yet had
to dip into the association reserves and are committed to avoiding
this unless absolutely necessary. However, one day the reserves will
need to be used and we have a fiduciary responsibility to all property
owners to ensure we are planning for the future of the subdivision. For example, the bathrooms and pavilion are already 5 years old
and will one day (hopefully in the far distant future) need significant
repairs and overhauling, this will either have to come from a special
assessment or from the reserves (or a combination of both). By
slowly building the reserves now, we can avoid future large special
assessments.
Section Three owners should also consider that Section Three roads
will never be taken over by Montgomery County. This means any
and all road repairs, entrance gate repairs, and work done in Section
Three comes directly out of Section Three Maintenance Charges. Item #3 At the request of many property owners, the Board has
researched the possibility of getting fire hydrants installed in Ridge
Lake Shores. At the May 8, 2007 open Board of Directors meeting
Fire Chief Leonard Mikeska estimated RLS would need 35-50
hydrants in our community since the maximum any home can be from
a hydrant is 1,000 feet for homeowner’s insurance purposes, however
the maximum distance for effectively fighting a fire is 750 feet. The
water lines are in place, RLS would need to purchase and install the
hydrants at a cost of approximately $2,500 each. The Board estimates
the cost to be no more than $200.00 per tract. This cost would be
recovered in the discount received from one year of homeowner’s
insurance. Additionally, it will increase the attractiveness of the
subdivision to potential buyers and substantially increase the value
of all properties within the subdivision. We have several fire fighters
living in RLS who have assured us that without the fire hydrants the
only thing they could guaranty saving if there was a fire in Ridge
Lake Shores would be your slab. Your home would most likely be
lost due to lack of hydrants. The cost is minimal when associated
with the risk and would be recovered quickly with homeowner’s
insurance discounts and increase property values.
Amending the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and
Restrictions for Ridge Lake Shores Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Item #1 Due to budgetary shortfalls detailed under Item #2, the
Board has been forced to carefully review all areas of income and have
realized an inequity within the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions,
and Restrictions (“Deed Restrictions”) for Ridge Lake Shores written
by the Developer. The current Deed Restrictions state “…if an Owner
owns more than one Tract in the Subdivision, such Owner shall pay
only twice the assessment of one (1) Tract no matter how many
Tracts are owned.” This gives an unfair advantage to speculators
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who may own multiple lots with the intention of building spec homes
and not having to pay their fair share of the costs of upkeep for the
subdivision in which their investments are located. We currently
have property owners who own three or more lots in RLS that only
pay dues for two of them. This is unfair to the rest of the property
owners in RLS.
We ask that you carefully review each item and vote. We need
your feedback in order to keep RLS the place you want it to be.
Thank you for your help,
Ridge Lake Shores Board of Directors
Sharon Spinhirne, President, sspinhirne@earthlink.net
John Heyde, Vice President, royalnavigators@yahoo.com
Larry Gates, Treasurer, gatesls@houston.rr.com
Dewayne Smith, ACC, teksmith@tstx.net
Leslie Dunn, Secretary, ramses4174@msn.com
Personal Classifieds
FOR SALE: Complete bedroom ensemble up for grabs. QUEEN SIZE comforter, bed skirt, afghan, sheet sets, pillow
shams, 4 throw pillows, 5 drapery panels w/ tie backs, valances. The set is truly beautiful -by CROSCILL-- (rose, olive green
and light purple colors) -- purchased @ JC Penny’s (for an
astronomical amount). Willing to “give away” for a mere $500.
All in great/perfect condition. Can only sell as a “SET” item.
Please call Patti @ 936.588.1557
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RLS Recycling Program
Hello friendly environmentalists:
We’ll have the monthly recycling vehicle at Ridge Lake Pavilion on
Saturday, July 14 from 10 - 11 a.m. to collect items for RECYCLING. Please have plastics, glass, metal, aluminum separated in bags or
boxes for the driver to carry to the recycling center. Collection for
August will be on the 11th (Same time; and again, as always on the
SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.)
We have 8 drivers now, but still need two more volunteers to
fulfill the 2007 year “take out” ~~ This way a family only needs to
make one drive per year, and yet still have the convenient access for
a local drop-off point (right here in our neighborhood) each month. To sign up, please call Patti Marshall @ 588.1557
Please have the rinsed cans, metal, glass, plastic bottles, aluminum
separated. Please don’t bring newspapers, cardboard, etc. as many
schools and churches use these products for recycling as fundraisers,
and our closest centers don’t like receiving papers. Take them to
your church or school. We also have a young teen in RLS collecting
aluminum cans (for recycling at another center), so if you can rinse
out and crush the cans, and save for him, it’d be appreciated. Please do your part in helping our environment: RECYCLE!
(with a smile)
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Lake
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Very Last Call For Dinner !
Hello neighbors: We’re about to serve dinner!! The time is drawing
to a close for the interested parties in Ridge Lake Shores who
are “getting together for dinner”.
We have 8 confirmed couples that want to get together for dinner/
supper in our neighborhood. This is an adult gathering that will take
place once a month, all year long. We have enough sign-ups now,
it’ll require two hosts/houses each month. There will be 4 couples at
each of two houses on the the 3rd Saturday of the month. If you’re
interested in joining, you’d be expected to host the gathering once
time per year (we’ll switch groups each quarter).
(If you’re wishing to dine/gather with children, another list is
compiling for monthly “family” events.) Let me know if you wish
to be added to this list.
In the meantime, if you’re an adult (single or a couple) and would
like to get together with a group of immediate neighbors, please
call me by July 31st. This cut off date must be adhered to in order to
compile the names/numbers and begin the planning stages for our
DINNER CLUB. An organizational mtg will be held at the end of
August; Dinner events will begin on September
15. (THIRD SATURDAY.)
We n e e d a o n e - y e a r
commitment from you
if you wish to be part
of the DINNER CLUB: if you sign up, you’ll be
requested to participate
and/or host a monthly
dinner at your house.
Call me: Patti Marshall,
(Dinner Club “chair”
person) 588.1557
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