Monday, November 10, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
What is going on!
Champion Springs Home Owners your board has been working hard on a number of different projects let me go through them now and I will also talk about what we are in the process of.
1. YARD of the Month - we implemented the yard of the month program and as we tour our neighborhood we have found that we have homeowners that take great pride in the yard and home and inspire others to do more with there homes great job! We are giving a $50 gift card to Home Depot for our winners every month. For the October winner it will be a combination of the yard and HALLOWEEN Decorations that we will award for and the same for December.
2. Newsletter and Stickers - Your newsletter will be going out shortly with information concerning the Community Yard Sale to be on October 25 as well as our Town Hall meeting on the same day. We are doing it on a weekend in the hope we will have a greater attendance then in the past. All current homeowners will be also receiving two sticker for their vehicles that identifies them as Champion Springs residents, this is a voluntary sticker. The stickers are for our neighbors to recognize our vehicles and hopefully show more community spirit.
3. Front Entrance - We have hired a new landscaping company as most of you know and we have had them trim the trees and shrubs clean out the landscaping and add new mulch. We hope find the entrance much more pleasing as we do. We are also looking into replacing the old wood signs that are warping and deteriating with a stucco one to match our rock fence, more to come soon on this.
4. Security - We know there has been a rash of vandals lately egging vehicles and dragging trash in the streets. We have notified both the SA Police and Bexar County Sheriffs office and asked for more patrols. We as you may have noticed installing a security camera system at the front entrance. These cameras are the same ones used to identify license plates from people who run red lights and give us clear clean pictures. We will not be monitoring this cameras unless there is an issue in which we can provide time frames to the police for up to 30 days back. So no Big Brother. We looked at the possiblilty of a front gate and we were approved to have one by the city but when we loooked at cost estimates, maintenance of both the gate and the streets in our community it would cause us to have take in more then double the association dues we currently have. We felt this was not anything we could even get close to a vote on.
5. Park, Pool, Clubhouse, etc. - We know this is the big one everyone is concerned about as well. We have been moving forward with the project and trying to get more and more information as to what we can actually build in the area we are going to be allowed to build into and what is cost effective for the community. No true decision has been made until all the information is in and we have all the cost and variables so we can move forward the right way. We have fired Benny's Pool and Spa's and demanded the return of the $81,500.00 which they were paid a while back(two boards ago) based on the advice of the HOA's attorney's and we will go into much more detail at the Town Hall meeting on this issue and update all on the status.
6. Mission Hills Apartments- We having been speaking with the owner and developer of the apartments going in on Evans road next our community and the Stone Oak Archetictual Committee and they are being very cooperative and we will speak about this issue in detail as well at the Town Hall Meeting or you can contact us directly.
I apologize for the long list but there is a lot going on and I know many of you want to know more and we will go into more detail for you or you may contact us and we will talk with you directly.
Thank you,
Robert Colunga
President- Champion Springs HOA
1. YARD of the Month - we implemented the yard of the month program and as we tour our neighborhood we have found that we have homeowners that take great pride in the yard and home and inspire others to do more with there homes great job! We are giving a $50 gift card to Home Depot for our winners every month. For the October winner it will be a combination of the yard and HALLOWEEN Decorations that we will award for and the same for December.
2. Newsletter and Stickers - Your newsletter will be going out shortly with information concerning the Community Yard Sale to be on October 25 as well as our Town Hall meeting on the same day. We are doing it on a weekend in the hope we will have a greater attendance then in the past. All current homeowners will be also receiving two sticker for their vehicles that identifies them as Champion Springs residents, this is a voluntary sticker. The stickers are for our neighbors to recognize our vehicles and hopefully show more community spirit.
3. Front Entrance - We have hired a new landscaping company as most of you know and we have had them trim the trees and shrubs clean out the landscaping and add new mulch. We hope find the entrance much more pleasing as we do. We are also looking into replacing the old wood signs that are warping and deteriating with a stucco one to match our rock fence, more to come soon on this.
4. Security - We know there has been a rash of vandals lately egging vehicles and dragging trash in the streets. We have notified both the SA Police and Bexar County Sheriffs office and asked for more patrols. We as you may have noticed installing a security camera system at the front entrance. These cameras are the same ones used to identify license plates from people who run red lights and give us clear clean pictures. We will not be monitoring this cameras unless there is an issue in which we can provide time frames to the police for up to 30 days back. So no Big Brother. We looked at the possiblilty of a front gate and we were approved to have one by the city but when we loooked at cost estimates, maintenance of both the gate and the streets in our community it would cause us to have take in more then double the association dues we currently have. We felt this was not anything we could even get close to a vote on.
5. Park, Pool, Clubhouse, etc. - We know this is the big one everyone is concerned about as well. We have been moving forward with the project and trying to get more and more information as to what we can actually build in the area we are going to be allowed to build into and what is cost effective for the community. No true decision has been made until all the information is in and we have all the cost and variables so we can move forward the right way. We have fired Benny's Pool and Spa's and demanded the return of the $81,500.00 which they were paid a while back(two boards ago) based on the advice of the HOA's attorney's and we will go into much more detail at the Town Hall meeting on this issue and update all on the status.
6. Mission Hills Apartments- We having been speaking with the owner and developer of the apartments going in on Evans road next our community and the Stone Oak Archetictual Committee and they are being very cooperative and we will speak about this issue in detail as well at the Town Hall Meeting or you can contact us directly.
I apologize for the long list but there is a lot going on and I know many of you want to know more and we will go into more detail for you or you may contact us and we will talk with you directly.
Thank you,
Robert Colunga
President- Champion Springs HOA
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Stop the Yard Sale ?
It is appears there has been a flurry of response to the Yard Sale request for this weekend.
Most have responded to the email account with a suggestion to move it to past the start of the school year and a cooler period like September, or the agreed upon October timeframe.
If it appears the weather will not cooperate with us, as well, then we will postpone to September.
Thank you to those of you who replied to the poll. We appreciate your input.
Most have responded to the email account with a suggestion to move it to past the start of the school year and a cooler period like September, or the agreed upon October timeframe.
If it appears the weather will not cooperate with us, as well, then we will postpone to September.
Thank you to those of you who replied to the poll. We appreciate your input.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Friendly Reminder and Personal Apology
We are scheduled for a September 4, 2008 meeting with the Attorneys and the Mediator for our lawsuit against Benny's Pools. It is binding mediation and we are encouraged about the opportunity to get back that which was the homeowners to begin with.
We gave away the 1st Champion Springs Yard of the Month and the $50 Home Depot card to the winner, by using the $60 we were paying Procomm for their website.
We personally aplogize, to those individuals who have taken a personal offense to the most recent update, and our fellow neighbors. This was not the intent of the response. None of us are perfect and all of us are trying.
Thanks for your patience, and our sincere apology once again.
Please lend a helping hand.
We gave away the 1st Champion Springs Yard of the Month and the $50 Home Depot card to the winner, by using the $60 we were paying Procomm for their website.
We personally aplogize, to those individuals who have taken a personal offense to the most recent update, and our fellow neighbors. This was not the intent of the response. None of us are perfect and all of us are trying.
Thanks for your patience, and our sincere apology once again.
Please lend a helping hand.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Neighborhood Yard Sale!
We've been approached by at least a 1/2 dozen neighbors about holding a neighborhood yard sale. We are currently contacting the city about authorizing it for the August 23, 2008 timeframe.
Each participant must register and the fee is $17 per permit. The board would like to purchase the permits on behalf of all the interested parties. You must register with us so that we can send in the paperwork.
Please email the board at championsprings@gmail.com if you are interested in participating.
P.S. also tell your neighbors and pass the word around so we can continue to get current email addresses and keep the News Vine going.
Each participant must register and the fee is $17 per permit. The board would like to purchase the permits on behalf of all the interested parties. You must register with us so that we can send in the paperwork.
Please email the board at championsprings@gmail.com if you are interested in participating.
P.S. also tell your neighbors and pass the word around so we can continue to get current email addresses and keep the News Vine going.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Safety First Program - Coming Soon!
To our Fellow Neighbors;
The board has been working on some ideas with other associations, police, and local government officials. We have seen recently an increase in crime in our neighborhood. We have had people who have had their vehicles broken into, egging and vandalism as well as an increase in garbage in our community areas. We are looking at implementing the following programs to help curb these issues.
1. COP Program: The Cellular on Patrol program is compiled of persons in our neighborhood who have taken training through the police department and given access to our local police officers so we are more observant of what goes on in our community. Signs will be placed in our neighborhood to let people know we are part of the COP Program. Please contact the board if you wish to help out.
2. The board as part of the safety program is looking at implementing a community vehicle ID system. This would entail two vehicle stickers per household for current HOA members. This is to allow everyone in our community to easily identify vehicles that belong in our neighborhood and would assist local police as to vehicles who are out of place in our neighborhood. If additional stickers are needed they would be available at a small fee. More information to come!
3. We are currently looking at putting IP Video Cameras at our entrance to the community to help in the security of the neighborhood. This may be a more cost effective strategy then putting in a gate system as it would cost more and there would be more maintenance and we would then become responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of our streets. If this is implemented we would also include this monitoring system in the community areas such as the park and parking lot, along with signage notifying others that they are under video surveillance!
Based on the input we have received from a variety of reliable sources the board feels these measures will go a long way to help prevent future incidents. Please any constructive input is welcome as well as volunteers to help keep our community stay safe.
The board has been working on some ideas with other associations, police, and local government officials. We have seen recently an increase in crime in our neighborhood. We have had people who have had their vehicles broken into, egging and vandalism as well as an increase in garbage in our community areas. We are looking at implementing the following programs to help curb these issues.
1. COP Program: The Cellular on Patrol program is compiled of persons in our neighborhood who have taken training through the police department and given access to our local police officers so we are more observant of what goes on in our community. Signs will be placed in our neighborhood to let people know we are part of the COP Program. Please contact the board if you wish to help out.
2. The board as part of the safety program is looking at implementing a community vehicle ID system. This would entail two vehicle stickers per household for current HOA members. This is to allow everyone in our community to easily identify vehicles that belong in our neighborhood and would assist local police as to vehicles who are out of place in our neighborhood. If additional stickers are needed they would be available at a small fee. More information to come!
3. We are currently looking at putting IP Video Cameras at our entrance to the community to help in the security of the neighborhood. This may be a more cost effective strategy then putting in a gate system as it would cost more and there would be more maintenance and we would then become responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of our streets. If this is implemented we would also include this monitoring system in the community areas such as the park and parking lot, along with signage notifying others that they are under video surveillance!
Based on the input we have received from a variety of reliable sources the board feels these measures will go a long way to help prevent future incidents. Please any constructive input is welcome as well as volunteers to help keep our community stay safe.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Champion Springs Yard of the Month
Congratulations to the Herder Family, our August 2008 Yard of the Month winner (with HOA Pres. Robert Colunga). Even in this difficult time of keeping green grass, much less any grass, we are pleased to announce that our neighbor has kept a consistently well kept lawn and landscape. Of the 408 individual homes in the community our Yard of the Month Committee traversed streets they never knew existed and saw at least a dozen potential winners.
Three homes were selected as the final candidates and the ultimate winner was chosen from those three. The final candidates were: (in no particular order) on Quitman Oak, Mandolin Wind, and Cheyenne Creek.
The winner will receive a Champion Springs Yard of the Month sign for their yard; to be proudly displayed for the duration of their month and a $50 Gift Card to Home Depot, to keep up the good work. Congratulations!
We will be adding names to the Yard of the Month Committee and will take requests from this posting. By submitting your name and email address we will contact you for 1 or more committees we have instituted for the community affairs.
Depending on participation we would like the following committees at this time:
1) Yard of the Month Committee- select candidates and vote
2) Architectural Committee- ACC Requests for home & lawn projects
3) Block Captains- coordinates with neighbors, newsletter distribution, block issues
4) Social Events Coordinator- special holiday events, Halloween, 4th of July, COP Program.
More information to follow.
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