October 12th 2007
Wilson Ferry Newsletter
Wilson Ferry
Homeowners Association
March 2009 Newsletter
Greetings from your Wilson Ferry Homeowner’s
Association Board.
Hello fellow Wilson Ferry residents, I thought I
would take a moment to update everyone on what
is happening in our neighborhood...now and in
the near future.
The most obvious thing going on in our
neighborhood is the replacement of siding on the
clubhouse. If you have not had a chance to
drive by on your way home, I encourage you to do
so. The project is still underway but the new
siding looks much better than the defective
material that covered our clubhouse before. It
had turned about 4 shades of color depending on
how much sunlight hit it. This defect was noted
by the company that installed our new windows in
2008. The SHAB (SHared Amenities
Beautification) team investigated it and after
some paperwork and phone calls, we discovered
that indeed this siding had been recalled and
Alcoa would provide new siding and money toward
replacing it. We decided to install an
insulation/vapor barrier on the structure while
we had the siding off so our HOA will bear this
cost. Roughly $1500 for new siding
and a vapor barrier.
I will caution all those visiting the pool and,
primarily, the bathrooms at the pool to exercise
caution when walking up to the clubhouse!!!
While the siding is being removed and
reinstalled, there will likely be nails
scattered about. I will ask the contractor to
be especially diligent when they leave today to
police up the nails as best they can. However,
they won't get all of them so please be careful.
Speaking of that, the pool will close on
September 9th...that's next Wednesday.
There will be no more swimming at the pool after
Tuesday, 9/8.
Targeted activities for our HOA in the fall and
winter:
-
Covenant and
Restriction (C&R) Enforcement project
- I have talked about
this previously and I appreciate everyone
who made changes at their house to abide by
our C&Rs. This project is a big undertaking
and must be done correctly since we will be
targeting individual families that have
ongoing issues with the C&Rs. Therefore, we
will not proceed until we have all our ducks
in a row and are prepared to follow through
on changes. I expect this will happen
between December 2009 and Feb 2010.
However, you can make it much easier if you
read the C&Rs that were mailed to you
earlier this year and make changes to abide
by them. Here are some obvious
violations that remain prevalent in our
neighborhood that I kindly ask you
to consider changing now even before you are
contacted. It will sure make this
distasteful part of my job easier:
1. Boats,
empty trailers, RV's or campers visible from the
street
2. Trash
cans visible from the street
3.
Unregistered cars or boats in your driveway or
yard
4. Street
facing garages - garage doors should be closed
most of the time
I would certainly appreciate each family
assessing their own property and makes changes
to abide by the C&Rs. In fact, a conscientious
family near me did exactly that earlier this
year after I published a similar newsletter
article...in fact they talked to me and
Christine Bond (Architectural Review committee)
and made changes that brought them into
compliance. That's the kind of proactive
activity that will make this task much easier
and more "neighborly".
-
Pool and
clubhouse landscape clean-up
- This was #1 on our HOA's list of things to
accomplish and it is a monster. Some of us
have talked and brainstormed about what we
might do to make changes to this huge
property to improve the looks.
At this point, I have nothing definitive to
tell you except it is on the radar. I will
ask for anyone who has recommended bobcat,
heavy equipment contractors or landscaping
professionals that we might contact to begin
determining what we can do to make
improvements. Also, if you know of people
or companies who would give us a design for
planting trees, shrubs, etc., that would be
appreciated. I'll give you an
idea of what we are thinking assuming money
and labor is available......this is by no
means "the plan" yet:
1. Target
area around clubhouse for definitive planning,
clearing, replanting - Fall/winter 2009 - This
might involve WFHOA labor to install after we
pay someone to clear and remove existing, dying
plants and weeds.
2. Section
off other areas of the clubhouse/pool property
to target for future changes - begin gathering
general quotes for clearing hills around tennis
courts, pool, etc. and possibly hydro-seeding
those hills with some dense growing plants that
can choke out weeds, etc..
-
Tennis court
repair -
gather quotes to repair and repave at least
1 tennis court at some point in the future.
-
Common area
(islands, sign area) maintenance for 2010 - We are now gathering quotes to
target a higher level of maintenance and
upkeep on our islands including regular weed
control, trimming of trees, shrubs and
edging.
Bottom line....plan on 1 to 2 strong work days
at the clubhouse/pool area this fall or winter
to make improvements. Unfortunately,
we don't have the money to hire all this out.
Therefore, I can see us accomplishing this with
a combination of hired heavy equipment and good
old fashioned "sweat equity". Also, we have
maintenance plans in mind to keep the area from
getting "jungle like" again as it is now.
Lastly, I would like to solicit volunteers to
help organize some of these tasks as 1 or 2
people can not do all this. If one of these
projects appeals to you to the point where you
would like to organize the effort, PLEASE
contact me. After I hug your neck or shake your
hand for volunteering, we can begin to do some
good things to lay the groundwork to improve our
neighborhood....just like the SHAB and CAB teams
did in 2008!!
Best regards,
David Kinney
WFHOA President
