Board Continues to Update BRPOA Infrastructure

Boulder Ridge Property Owners’ BOULDER BLOG Association www.boulderridgepoa.net March 2013 Volume 1, Number 5 Board continues to update BRPOA infrastructure Next meeting: 7 p.m. April 17 at BRCC The BRPOA Board has approved these infrastructure updates:  Replacement of lights at all three entrances with LED lights (wiring reworked as needed; Algonquin entrance complete except Contact us for one light; Frank and Miller entrance updates coming, with President expected completion by end of April) Patrick Loveless  Replacement of DVRs (to record gate activity) and readers (to 847.658.1183 “read” and recognize transponder tags) at gates (DVR replaced at [email protected] Algonquin entrance; new reader placed at Algonquin inbound gate) Vice President  Replacement of two inbound Frank Road gates Joe LaCalamita  Purchase of additional supply of transponder tags 847.854.2632  Installation of safety gate to basement entrance in Frank Road [email protected] gatehouse

Treasurer Bob Seiser Looking for Board members; election set for June 5 847.894.6134 [email protected] The two-year term of the current BRPOA Board expires this year. The election is scheduled for 7 p.m. June 5 at Boulder Ridge Country Club. Secretary Two members of the current board, Lori Bergmann and Mary Mary Westenberger Westenberger, are not seeking re-election. 847.458.0041 [email protected] The Board has worked hard to establish what the BRPOA owns and is responsible for and what infrastructure is in need of updating, repair, or Assistant Secretary replacement. Lori Bergmann 847.854.8316 Please contact Mary Westenberger at 847-458-0041 or email [email protected] [email protected] if you wish your name to be put on the ballot.

Election materials will be mailed to homeowners in May. A quorum of 267 BRPOA committees votes or proxies must be met to hold an election. Architectural: Joe LaCalamita, chair Streetlight gas payments straightened out Landscape: Lori Bergmann, chair The BRPOA Board worked with the Fairways Board to determine that the cost of operating all eight of the BRPOA streetlights has been included in Lights: Joe LaCalamita, chair the Fairways monthly gas billing. We have reimbursed the Fairways for Social: Joe LaCalamita, chair 2012 operating costs and have now established a separate BRPOA billing account with Nicor Gas.

Social Committee schedules tea tasting event before April 17 BRPOA homeowners meeting

The BRPOA Social Committee invites homeowners to attend a tea tasting BRPOA website event before the homeowners meeting on April 17 at Boulder Ridge Country Club. The tasting begins at 6:15 p.m. and ends at 7:00 p.m., Check out when the homeowners meeting starts. This is a chance to meet your www.boulderridgepoa.net. neighbors while sampling several natural organic teas, such as Earl Grey, Email or call Patrick Summer Romans, Roibush Carmel, and Asian Pear, from Loveless with website TeaGschwendner, a company owned by Boulder Ridge resident Agnes questions or information Rapacz. TeaGschwendner, which is underwriting this event, is located at you’d like to see posted. 1160 E. State Street, Chicago, IL 60610; its phone number is 312.932.0639 and its website is http://www.tgtea.com/. Follow BRPOA Rules & Regulations Landscape Committee eyeing spring plantings The Board welcomes your The Landscape Committee met March 12 to discuss plans for the three written comments (please gate entrances this spring. Committee members (Lori Bergmann, chair; include your name and Dan Shepard; Marianne Tamm-Campo; and Mary Westenberger) will be property address) mailed performing walkthroughs of each entrance on April 6 to obtain a better to our post office address: idea of the best landscape design. We also are looking to work with P.O. Box 2174, Crystal Boulder Ridge Country Club to match each other’s color schemes on Lake, IL 60039-2174. annual flower planting throughout the Boulder Ridge community. Volunteer for BRPOA committees BRPOA Board meets with other homeowners boards

Volunteer for a BRPOA The BRPOA Board met with members of the Fairways and Greens boards committee and make a during a March 20 executive session. The boards discussed ways in difference. We always are which to strengthen relationships and exchanged various ideas. The looking for your assistance boards agreed to meet again in the near future. and input.

Safety first Long-term contracts coming up for bid this year

Several long-term vendor contracts are coming up for bid this year. The Drive slowly in our snow removal contract ends April 1, while the entrance landscape community! maintenance contract ends November 1. Stop at all stop signs!

Lock your vehicles! Have a question? Call the Boulder Ridge Country Club—not the The BRPOA Board holds public meetings four times per year. Bring your Board or the Frank Road questions, concerns, and compliments to the Q&A session held at the Gatehouse—if you see end of each meeting. trespassers on the golf course. Did you know? Report suspicious activity in our community by The BRPOA Board publishes various documents and forms on its website, calling the Village of Lake including Rules & Regulations and Bylaws. The Board does NOT publish in the Hills police. its financial statements on the website. Remember that gatehouse personnel are not security Our community is a private community. We do not allow entrance to our personnel but instead community for solicitation or political campaigning. We have asked the provide access to our Village of Lake in the Hills police to issue village trespassing tickets on all community. incidents.