2ND QUARTER 2017 Wycliff Review

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SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:

Swimming Pool Openings: Brookridge Golf and Fitness When: May 26 Where: 8223 W 103rd Street Overland Park Stonegate Pool When: May 28 Where: 9701 Antioch Road

HOA Board members Circulate City Petition to limit parking and establish a sidewalk When: June and July Where: neighbors along 106th street Don’t Miss the 4th of July Parade Put this on your calendar! The Independence Day picnic and parade First Day of Summer: When: June 21 will start at Gerbil Island (104th Terrace and England Street) at 10 Where: At your house am on July 4th, and will continue until about Noon. The parade will go South on England Street to 105th Terrace, and then turn back Wycliff Independence Day toward Gerbil Island for a grilled outdoor lunch. The picnic will of- Parade fer items such as: Hot dogs, brats, chips, watermelon and sodas. When: July 4 @ 10:00 am Everyone can dress in Patriotic costumes of Red, White, and Blue. Where: Begins at 104th Ter- race and England Street Kids should decorate their bikes, wagons, scooters and strollers. This is always a fun event for the kids and a great start to a wonder- ful day as a Wycliff resident on the 4th of July.

A Note from the Wycliff Board President Hello everyone, Spring has sprung and the neighborhood looks fantastic! Thank you for your commitment to keeping our community as one of the premier neigh- borhoods in the metro.

The board has been very busy this quarter. Your maintenance chair has negotiated and executed a contract with a new company who also happens to be a Wycliff resident, a committee of the board consisting of the Executive Secretary and two non-board members are reviewing and rebidding our liability insurance, and the Restrictions chair and I have completed a walk-through survey of restriction viola- tions. I want to remind everyone that any construction to the exterior of your home requires the board of director’s prior approval of the project. The Project Review Form can be found on our website, www.wycliffhomesassociation.com. Reminding Wycliff homeowners of the covenants and their obligations is a neces- sary component of collectively preserving and enhancing our property values.

Sidewalk construction along 106th: A petition has been received from the city. Ap- proval requires 60% of all homes on both sides of the street from Farley & 106th Street to Antioch and 104th Street. In June, the board will meet individually with each affected homeowner for their input.

One side of the street parking: When the board visits with each affected home- owner regarding the sidewalks, we will also discuss the one side of the street park- ing at the same time. Approval requires 50% plus 1 of the homes abutting the street of the affected area.

The Brookridge development plan continues to move forward. On May 15th, Cur- tin representatives presented a revised plan to the OP Planning Committee. If you wish to stay abreast of the process, access the city council’s website (https:// www.opkansas.org/city-government/city-council/) and inform yourself of when and where the next discussion will occur.

Thank you all for your support and have a wonderful spring,

Jim Hollingsworth “Our mission is to maintain or increase property values in a safe, park-like environ- ment.”

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President: Upcoming Board Meetings: Are your Jim Hollingsworth neighbors not 913-341-2110 June 13th @ 7:00 pm receiving up- Vice President: 10408 Grant lane dates and Al Guyot July 11th @ 7:00 PM Newsletters 913-888-1231 10402 Farley from Wycliff Executive Secretary: August 8th @ 7:00 pm HOA? Encourage them to send Tracy Honn 10305 Grant lane their email address information 913-981-3565 September 12th @ 7:00 pm to: Treasurer: 9505 W. 106th Street [email protected]. Bob Balsbaugh October 3rd @ 7:00 PM All communications are now be- 913-488-3974 9512 W. 104th Street ing sent primarily by email. Secretary: Bruce Bergner Overland Park Resource Guide 913-669-9604 Maintenance: Overland Park Mayor ; Carl Gerlach—913-895-6000 Drew Masters City Hall: 8500 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, KS 66212 913-904-8133 Overland Park City Council Website: Restrictions: http://www.opkansas.org/city-government/city-council/ Terry Anthony Notice of Public Hearings/Meetings: 913-492-1944 http://apps.opkansas.org/city-government/legal-notices/ Social Chair: Ward 3 City Council Members: Shelly Warren Dave White—Council Member Community Development 913-239-9430 913-492-5765 Hospitality:

Bob Miller [email protected] 913-492-4639 Jim Kite—Council Member Newsletter: 913-438-2183 Joe Kubec [email protected] 913-341-8956 Wycliff Spring Colors P A G E 5 Spring Fling at Johnny’s What a great HOA social lots of neighborhood con- event to begin 2017! versation. A big turnout of Wycliff Many thanks to HOA so- neighbors came together cial chairman Shelly War- at Johnny’s Tavern at ren for organizing this 95th Street and Antioch event to start out 2017. Road on April 21 for a Be sure to watch the Wyc- Friday evening happy liff Review and your email hour that included great for announcements of fu- food, good drinks, and ture HOA social events.

Monkey Island update

One of our HOA goals from the 2016 An- nual Meeting action items is to develop an improved landscaping plan for Monkey Island at 106th street and England Drive. Even thought this traffic island is technical- ly owned by the city, the HOA can pro- vide landscaping to improve it. Over the next months board members will be dis- cussing this with city engineers and receiv- ing proposals from landscaping firms. More in the next newsletter. WYCLIFF REVIEW P A G E 6 KIDS: Don’t play near the stream!

Parents, you have probably seen this sign that is dren, be sure to tell them about this danger and located on the bridge above the stream where is keep them from playing anywhere in the stream crosses 106th street by the golf course. Did beds that run through our neighborhood. This is you know that a child was actually swept away especially critical when flood warnings have been from our neighborhood during a storm and issued. Rain to our north can suddenly fill the nor- drowned in the 1970s. That is why this warning mally dry stream beds even when no rain is falling sign was placed there. If you have small chil- in our neighborhood. Wycliff Wildlife

This young lady was seen in late Remember to send your wildlife edition of the Wycliff Review. February hanging out in a back- reports and pictures to us at Many thanks to Sara and Mike yard near 103rd Street and Ben- [email protected] and Fisch for this wildlife report. son Drive. She stopped by for we will include them in the next the entire afternoon and was grazing on some early spring shoots. Don’t believe that white tailed deer don’t move during the day. They don’t lay down from dawn to dusk and when hungry, they will get up to feed and drink. However, when deer do feed during the day, it’s generally close to their bedding area and in places where they feel safe from predators. The warm weather and extreme drought last Winter means that we were seeing more deer as they looked for food and water. HOA to Circulate Petition in June and July: P A G E 7 Sidewalks and One Side Parking Along 106th Street

During June and July your HOA board members do. Approval for sidewalk construction requires will be visiting the neighbors who live along 106th 60% of all homes abutting the street, both sides of street to get their approval for two separate peti- the street. tions to the City of Overland Park, one to restrict Both the sidewalk construction and the no parking parking to one side of the street, and the other to signs will be provided by the city at no cost to the install a sidewalk on one side of the street. individual homeowner or the neighborhood. The The parking petition is to establish one side of the City of Overland Park has advised the HOA Board street parking from 105th and Farley and continue that the earliest the city could perform the side- along 106th and terminate at 104th and Antioch. walk construction is calendar year 2019 as their Approval will require 50% plus one of the homes schedule is full until then. abutting the street in the affected area. Board members will be meeting individually with The sidewalk petition includes constructing a side- each affected homeowner to get their approval. walk on one side of 106th Street. The older cen- Having one side parking and a sidewalk along this ter section of Wycliff does not have sidewalks alt- heavily traveled street will greatly enhance the safe- hough the newer East and West sections all ready ty for all of our neighbors, especially the children.

Family Tree Nursery to Sponsor the $50 Wycliff Yard of the Month Award

We are very pleased to an- even more beautiful. Family Tree Nursery has nounce that Family Tree Please support our sponsor, Fam- three locations in our area Nursery has partnered with ily Tree Nursery, with your own including 8424 Farley Street in Wycliff Homes Association to landscaping needs. Overland Park, 7036 Nieman sponsor the Yard of the Road in Shawnee, and 830 Month program for 2017. West Liberty Drive in Lib- Each Yard of the Month erty, Missouri. winner will receive a $50 When you visit them, be Family Tree Nursery gift sure to tell them that you card. are from Wycliff and that This sponsorship provides you appreciate their spon- a higher award level and sorship of our Yard of the also encourages the win- Month award. ners to make their yards P A G E 8 Cold and Damp for Stream Cleaning

Thanks to all of the Volunteers on April 1, Stream Cleaning Day. This annual Spring event is scheduled to pick up trash and debris throughout the city of Over- land Park. Every year, Wycliff residents join together and clean the Indian Creek tributaries that flow through our neigh- borhood. In spite of the cold and damp weather, everyone had a great time and collected a lot of trash as well.

WYCLIFF REVIEW P A G E 9 Great Weekend for the Annual Garage Sale

It was a sunny and bright weekend for the annual Wycliff neighborhood garage sale on May 4th, 5th, and 6th this year. Garage sale signs posted on all entrances to the neighbor- hood drew a good customer volume. Neighbors told us that the number of buyers was especially heavy on Thursday and Saturday mornings. “All of the professionals were here Thursday and we were just slammed” said one of the sellers. “We opened at 7am Saturday and by 10 am my stuff was half gone,” said another. Advertisements posted in both the KC Star and on Craigslist also added to the number of buyers. P A G E 10 History of our Neighborhood: Remember Metcalf South Mall

Metcalf South Mall opened in 1967, with a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring Mayor Duard Enoch of Overland Park and Debbie Bryant, Miss America of 1966. Nearly 10,000 people were estimat- ed to have attended the opening activities. Metcalf South was part of a national trend for totally en- closed shopping in the new developing suburban environ- ment of the 1960s. Retail sales grew dramatically throughout the 1970s. In 1972, the top area retail cen- ters were downtown Kansas City, the and Metcalf South. By 1977 Metcalf South had moved to number one. But too many shopping cen- ters were being approved by city councils for the amount of retail dollars being spent in Kansas City. In 1991, expanded to its current size with four anchor stores. , in Leawood, was dedicated in

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WYCLIFF REVIEW P A G E 11 History of Our Neighborhood: Metcalf South Mall

1996. The Great Mall of the Great Plains, in Olathe, opened in 1997. Through the 1990s Metcalf South Mall saw its stores closing and customers dwindling as they were drawn to other retail spac- es. Metcalf South Mall was una- ble to compete with only nearby residents as customers and by the early 2000s it had declined into a virtually vacant, dead mall. Kansas City metro area dead malls from over development during this this period include: Banister Mall, Indian Springs Mall, Great Mall of the Great Plains, Mission Mall, Metcalf South Mall, , and the Blue Ridge Mall. And, this list does not include the many small retail strip malls, like Wycliff West, that are stressed, dying, or dead. (continued next page) P A G E 12 History of Our Neighborhood: Metcalf South Mall

To learn more about dead malls in the Kansas City region, you can go to the following website of dead malls from around the country: http://deadmalls.com/ stories.html By not understanding the eco- nomic demand for retail space, city councils and developers continue to push for more large retail spaces. Today, they are open air plazas with associ- ated entertainment, apartment, and office complexes. Many believe that these develop- ments will just force existing retail spaces into bankruptcy, as happened to Metcalf South Mall, and create an even larger landscape of derelict buildings and empty parking lots in our towns and cities.

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Twelve Neighborhood Safety Tips from the City of Overland Park:

1. Meet and get to know your neighbors. Neighbors know what does and does not belong. A good neighbor always reports suspi- cious activity to the police. 2. Doors, keep all of your exterior doors locked (this includes storm doors), even when you are home. 3. If a stranger knocks on your door, answer the door, but do not open the door. Never open your door to a stranger. 4. When vehicles are left parked outside, always lock the doors and remove valuables (phones, purses, billfolds, briefcases, back packs, laptops, MP3 player, GPS). 5. House numbers at least 4” (6” preferred) clearly visible. Drive up to your house at night and see if you can clearly read your house numbers. 6. Household items (ladders, bicycles, garden hoses) secured when not used. 7. Garage door secured and kept closed at all times. 8. The front of your house should have adequate lighting (low voltage or solar path lights, dim soffit and landscape lighting), and motion sensing light on the sides and back of the residence. 9. If you have an alarm system, make sure everyone in the residence knows how to use the alarm. Over 99% of all alarms are false. Make sure a trusted neighbor or close relative can re- spond to your home in case of an alarm. 10. If you go on vacation make sure to arrange for snow removal/ lawn mowing. Have someone set out your trash. Leave emergency contact information with a neighbor. Have a neighbor or family member pick up mail, news papers, door hangers. 11. To report suspicious activity, the non-emergency number for the Overland Park Police is 913-895-6300. 12. The City of Overland Park provides a free security survey for residents. To schedule a sur- vey contact Crime Prevention at 913-895-6290.

WYCLIFF REVIEW P A G E 14 May Yard of the Month

Congratulations to Audrey and Yelena Skvortsova, 10324 Benson, our May Wycliff Homes Association Yard of the Month Winner.

The Yard of the Month $50 award is sponsored by Family Tree Nursery. See their advertisement on the last page of this month’s newsletter and be sure to tell them that you are from Wycliff when you shop there.

No yard waste pickup during gray shaded weeks in this calendar.

To nominate a neighbor for yard of the month, contact Drew Masters at 201-704-0655. P A G E 15

Wycliff Spring Easter Egg Hunt April 15 was a beautiful day for the Children’s Easter Egg Hunt this year. The weather was changing, the birds were singing and the grass was getting greener. These were all sure signs that spring was on its way. And, a near capacity turnout came to hug the Easter Bunny and try to find those multicolored eggs hidden in the lawn. There were lots of smiles and laughs and a great time for everyone. Thanks to Ken & Courtney McCain for sponsoring the activity again this year.

WYCLIFF REVIEW HTTPS//WWW.REPUBLICSERVICES.COM P A G E 16 Trash Talk

Separate your Trash and Recycle Containers at the curb: Our new trash contractor, Republic Services, has requested that we separate our trash and recycle cans by about two feet so that their automated dump- ling levers can reach between them. If they are placed to close together, one may be knocked over while try- ing to attach to the other one. Also remember that our neighbor- hood restrictions require that all trash cans must be stored so that they are not visible from the street. The trash collection day for Wycliff Is now Thursday, as shown on the yard waste schedule below (holidays in RED and yard waste pickup day in BLUE). Yard Waste: Grass Clippings, Leaves, Tree Limbs and Brush are consid- ered to be yard waste. Yard waste, except for tree limbs, must be packaged in compostable bags. Tree branches or limbs can be in 4ft length bundles with twine or string (no wire or plastic) and maximum weight of 50 pounds. Recycling: Glass or glass products are not included in Republic Ser- vices recycling services. Please consider recycling glass by taking it to any area Ripple Glass collec- tion site. There is a Ripple Glass collection site at the north-west corner of Antioch Road and 95th Street. Neighborhood Restrictions

Thanks to everyone who know about the neighbor- How to Obtain Approval: filled out a “Project Re- hood restrictions is on the To assist with the review and view” form for your website. They are here to approval process, the Board Spring and Summer pro- help keep Wycliff as beautiful has developed an Architectur- jects. We have had lots of as it was designed years ago. al Change/Addition Request packet. This packet can be projects approved so far They cover things like paint- received from any member of this year. ing your house, rebuilding or the Board or downloaded from You may have a new adding a new deck, a new the HOA website at neighbor as lots of new roof or adding an addition www.wycliffhomesassociation. com. If you should have any people have moved in. just name a few. Any changes questions, contact Terry An- When you meet to wel- to the exterior of your home thony or send an email to come them, be sure to tell need a “Project Review” form [email protected]. them about the HOA filled out. It’s very easy to do. This established process is website and the infor- Just go to our new web site the fastest way to obtain ap- mation there. and click on “Project Review” proval for your project. to open the page. Everything they need to

Our Wycliff neighborhood has written restrictions about how you can change the appear- ance of your property. When homeowners in Wycliff purchase a home, there are restrictive covenants attached. The restrictive covenants are attached to the land and do not terminate or move with the homeowners when the home is subsequently sold. If you do not follow the restrictions you can be legally ordered to change what you have installed. Some common projects requiring HOA review are:

 Fences

 Exterior structures

 Roofing

 Blocking Utility or Storm Water Easements

 Animal pens/enclosures

 Additions or Changes to the exterior of the residence including changes to paint color

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