Monthly Newsletter for The Tiffany Homeowners Association • A Covenant Protected Community Calendar April 2017 Vol. 12 No. 04 • Circulation: 175 of Events 2017 Upgrading Telecom Lines April 15th: Easter Egg Hunt The Xfinity/Comcast folks are upgrading the Telecom lines from Dry Creek Road 10:30 a.m. In our park to Milwaukee for the Tiffany neighborhood. They are using a horizontal directional April 22nd: Park Clean-up Day drilling, (HDD) machine to drill 4-5 feet below the ground to install new cable and con- 9:00 a.m. In our park duit. The utility easement runs behind the houses and along the property lines between May 26-29: Dumpster Days houses. The contractor should request access before entering your yard or opening a gate. The City of Centennial has issued a building permit for these folks. Call the City June 3: Spring Walk Thru of Centennial if you have any concerns or questions. June 9-10: Annual Yard Sale — Tom Wood July 4th: 4th of July Parade Starts at Milwaukee Way/ Fillmore Circle Park Clean Up Day August 13th: Neighborhood Picnic 5 p.m. In our park & Plant Swap All residents are invited to park clean-up day on Saturday April 22 at 9 a.m. We can pull weeds, pick up trash and sticks, trim bushes, and more. Does your garden need a change this Spring? Bring your unwanted perennials to Board Meetings the park during clean-up day. Trade them for plants someone else brings. Or take some June 19: Board Meeting – 6:30 p.m. perennials from the park. Leftover plants will be planted in the park’s flower bed. In our Park Contact Debbie Rasor. September 11: — The Board Board Meeting – 6:30 p.m. November 9: Annual Meeting – 6:30 p.m. December 4: Board Meeting – 6:30 p.m. AHS April Events Don’t forget to check Get ready for the spring musical at Arapahoe High School! out our website at In honor of Mrs. Parmenter who will be retiring this year, the www.robertaallenblog.wordpress.com Warriors will be performing “Parmageddon” April 20th - 22nd at 7 p.m. in the AHS Theatre. Admission is $8.00 for students & $10.00 for adults. For tickets, visit: http://bit.ly/2nRcBpr Check out other activities going on this month here: http:// Website bit.ly/2byNjI4 After a very long conversation with — Caitlin McKoy GoDaddy, our website host, our web address can now be used directly. Use Tiffanyhoa.org to access our web site. FINALLY!!! A very big thank you to Ladies Night Out Sheldon Spiegelman for his patience Tiffany Ladies Night Out group gets together on the 3rd Thursday evening of each and persistence in making this happen. month. We have a variety of planned activities many that take place in the neighbor- We have paid our website in advance hood. All ladies are welcome. For more details, contact Idette Hunt, 303-770-6954. for three years so there should be con- April 20th –Attend play at Arapahoe High School - contact Judy ASAP if you want sistency and non interruption of ser- tickets. Spouses invited too. vice. May 18th – Dinner Out — Roberta Allen June 15th – Outdoor concert TBD July 20th – Salad/Patio Party — Idette Hunt Page 2 www.tiffanyhoa.com / Tiffany Homeowners Association / April 2017 Tiffany Homeowners Association CENCON Update Fire District: There is a complete ban on any kind of Directors and Volunteers open burning. All three fire districts may be moved to under www.tiffanyhoa.org • PO Box 3392, Centennial 80161 one umbrella. Tiffany is currently served by Littleton Fire Contact any board member by email, [email protected] District. (Three Districts are Littleton, Cunningham and President: Roberta Allen, [email protected] ...303-779-0361 South Metro) Past President, Maintenance: Tom Wood, .....................303-721-8412 Sheriff’s Department: There was a card skimmer Vice President: John Huber ..................................................303-770-6518 found at a Shell gas station at Quebec and Arapahoe Road. Secretary: Mike Wood, [email protected] ..720-639-2467 Skimmers can immediately begin using your information Member at Large: Jeffrey Huston, [email protected] ..303-332-1932 and have your card maxed out by the time you get home. Treasurer/Advisor: Sheldon Spiegelman ............................ 720-291-5500 These are professional theft groups. If the credit card device Events Planner: ..............................................................................VACANT looks broken, covered over, red security tab is broken, or it Newcomer Welcome: Barb Grauel .........................................303-694-6369 looks different from the other devices you have seen, don’t Newsletter Editor: Caitlin M., [email protected] use it and report it to the business owner immediately. There Newsletter Coordinator: Debbie Rasor, [email protected] was a bomb scare at the courthouse, police department and ACC Comm: Dan Westhoff, 7354 S Fillmore Cir, jail. When these threats come in, it requires a tremendous 303-770-7649, [email protected] amount of resources to investigate. Spoofers are arrested Sue Eisen, 303-475-8956, [email protected] and charged when found. There was a helicopter emergency Alan Siderius, 303-694-4202, 7470 S. Steele Circle landing on Dry Creek and Holly. Plenty of emergency vehi- Remember – Tiffany is a covenant-controlled community. You cles there but it was quickly cleaned up. I didn’t even realize need to contact an ACC member whenever you change the visu- it was going on. There was a chase of a murder suspect that al appearance of your home, including your backyard changes. started behind Hobby Lobby and wound through Centennial The ACC request form is on our web site or you can call an ACC finally ending at Aspen Grove where there was a foot chase. member to get one as well. Roof replacements must be approved by the ACC prior to beginning the work. Thank you – The Fortunately, it started at 9:12 in the evening and ended at Tiffany Board 10:55. They used a “midnight sun” which uses a high power News Articles light from a helicopter to follow the suspect vehicle. All The deadline for news articles is the 15th of the month before the drones within a 5 mile radius of any airport must call the next month’s issue, except for the Jan. issue which is Dec. 6th. airport for permission to fly. Drones must fly under 400 feet. Please email news articles to the editor at thetiffanynewsletter@ There is a legal “cone” extending up 200 feet above your gmail.com. Articles can be no longer than 250 words and must have house that makes it illegal for drones to fly through. the author’s name and phone number attached. All articles must City of Centennial: The City has been laying fiber be approved by the editor for publication, or as space permits. optics cable under our roads since 2013. Each time a road Advertising needs to be paved or water and sewer service, the cable is The deadline for advertisements is the 15th of the month for the inserted before it is paved back over, saving time and money. next month’s issue, except for the Jan. issue which is Dec. 6th. The backbone should be fully built in 18 months. The back- bone includes Arapahoe Road, University, Dry Creek and To place an ad, call Colorado Lasertype, 303-979-7499. other major roads. We will become a “Smart City” using Email: [email protected] the system to regulate our street lights, traffic congestion To find ad rates and discounts, go to and accidents. It will connect to the Fire Department and www.ColoradoLasertype.com Sheriff’s Office to improve speed of service. Eventually, and click on the “Advertising Rates” link. the fiber optics system will be used to transmit high speed The Tiffany Homeowners Association newsletter is published monthly by the Tiffany Homeowners Association, a non-profit homeowners association. Appearance of an internet to homes in Centennial. Not regular high speed like advertisement in this publication does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement we have now. High speed that can transmit a large medical by the publisher or the association of the goods or services offered therein. The opinions file in seconds instead of minutes. expressed in this newsletter are those of the individual authors and not of the Board of — Summary by Roberta Allen Directors of your association or the publisher. Neither the Board, publisher nor the authors intend to provide any professional service or opinion through this publication. See Something Wrong? Speed Limit If you see anything in our neighborhood that needs attention, such as a water leak or something broken, please call a Board There have been a number of complaints from worried Member to let us know. We try to keep a close watch on every- parents and general homeowners about the speed of traffic thing but your help is always appreciated. Thank you. moving through our neighborhoods. The speed limit is — The Tiffany Board 25 but I think it should be reduced. In any case, cars are traveling far above the posted speed limit endangering both We would like residents to consider using Pro Disposal Trash Company people and pets, especially through Fillmore/Steele Circle. so that we have only one trash company per week going thru our neigh- borhood (instead of four days). The vast majority of residents already Reports are that these speeding cars are not being driven just have Pro Disposal. It will reduce visual, noise and air pollution by hav- by teenagers but by adults as well. Please, slow down! Help ing only one trash company one day a week and, best of all, Pro Disposal keep our residents safe.