The Official Newsmagazine for HG July, 2010 Vol. 24, No. 5 www.heathergardens.org An Era Ends… Former General Manager Keith Schmaus and his wife Diane say good-bye to HG residents on June 17 Vote for Bruce Peterson Arapahoe County Commissioner Please join your Heather Gardens friends and other fiscally conservative Republicans and vote for Bruce Peterson Rep. Cindy Acree James G. Alsum Craig & Jean Baldwin Rep. David Balmer Bob Beauprez Robert D. Black “In these tough economic Alice & Ned Blau Hank Brown times, I offer financial Sue Butler expertise to make certain Margaret Congreve Bo & Lynne Cottrell your tax dollars are used Morris & Shirley Dickhart Jody Deisch carefully, a track record of Ronald & Donna Dissette General Jim Hall community leadership, and Darlene & Jerry Jump Debbie Lynch integrity you can trust in Mort and Edie Marks Dr. Erin McCarty your elected official. Thank Fred & Norma Skov you for your vote in the Senator Nancy Spence Bill Owens Primary Election!” Jim Peters Paul & Kate Tauer • 40 years experience in financial services Sheriff Grayson Robinson • Small business owner Leonarda Van Der Werf • Former president of 7 volunteer organiza- Frank E. Zook tions Endorsed by: Dr. Ron Yaros & www.BrucePeterson.net Aspenwood Dental Associates 303-691-6008 contents HGA extends for three years Blossoms Contract 5 No closure fees; No increase in rent, utilities TOPS …see page 17 Joint board meeting considers contract coordinator CC Construction Choices 8 Decides to let Architect pick part-time coordinator Residents may purchase first HGMD Sets Plan for Bonds 9 On sale to public July 13 20 years ago, Schmaus wrote a column GM Schmaus’ First 14 Was it prophetic? Do you remember it? 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Platte River Dr. Heather Gardens Breakfast Optimist Club Ice Cream Social Friday, July 16 6–8:30 pm Auditorium Regular and Sugar-Free Ice Cream Free Entertainment 7–7:45 pm by the HG Road Show Sweepstake Tickets – Valuable Prizes Buy from an Optimist Club member or during event You May Buy King Soopers Gift Cards to do your grocery shopping (All proceeds earned by the Optimist Club go to help various programs for youth.) Listing of Advertisers Attorneys- Health Services- Hotels & Motels- Martha J. Karnopp .................26 Affordable Hearing .................16 Fairfield Inn .............................37 David W. Kirch .......................10 Bayer Ear Clinic Inc. ...............40 Miscellaneous- Paul Mitchell ..........................28 Canadian Meds .......................45 HG Optimists Ice Cream ...........4 Auto Service- Cherry Creek Nursing .............21 TJ Group Inc ...........................44 Ellis Tire Pros & Auto Serv .....26 Gold Eagle Systems ...............45 U. Colorado Memory Resrch ....4 Firestone .................................47 Youcan Toocan .......................36 Realtors- Johnson Automotive ..............51 Home Furnishings- Keller Williams -C.Ford ...........20 Tapp Auto Service ..................21 Alfa Blinds ..............................46 Re/Max Masters -Fred Smith .50 Auto Sales- Bentley Baths ..........................51 Re/Max Unlimited -HG Team ..56 Ed Bozarth ..............................45 Home Improvements- Retirement- Dentist- BBS Handyman Services .......44 Brookdale Sr Living.................12 D’Amico & Assoc ....................37 Blue Sky Sun Room ...............44 Cherry Creek Retirement ........51 Dr. Nelson Joo .......................22 Dun-Rite Kitchens ...................18 Morningstar at Dayton Place .36 Election- Expressions in Flooring ..........44 Springbrooke...........................45 Bob Fitzgerald ...........................7 Grande Vista Windows ...........55 St. Andrews Village at HG .....32 Bruce Peterson ......................2,6 Granite Transformation ...........13 Travel- Estate Sales- Kitchen Tune-Up ....................32 Prime Time Tours ...................29 Metro Estate Brokers .............32 New Windows for America ......37 Financial Services- Renaissance Dome Lighting ..26 J.W. Lerew ..............................10 Stack’s Home Repair .............26 Food / Restaurants… LPL Financial .........................26 Home Care/Nursing- MetLIfe ....................................34 Elderlink ..................................44 Blossoms .............................. 23 Stifel Nicolaus .........................13 Home Health Care Pros .........45 Chambers Wine & Liquors ... 21 Coldstone Creamery ............ 18 Funerals- Pioneer Health ........................46 Horan & McConaty .................23 Dumitri’s at Heather Ridge ... 36 4 Heather ’n Yon, July 2010 HGA extends Blossoms contract after looking at construction closure issues Eight directors attended the June 15 meeting of suggested a shorter extension period for Blossoms, to the HGA Board. Joyce Angel was absent. Outgoing encourage a better product. He also suggested releas- General Manager Keith Schmaus and incoming General ing the contract for competitive bidding once the renova- Manager Calvin Eddy-White also attended. tion was completed. Residents offered their thoughts about extending Bill Dreiling, B222, disagreed with Dissette’s con- the restaurant contract with the current operator, Quina tention that Blossoms’ quality is poor. Dreiling said that Corp., owned by Carlos and Lisa Chavez, an agenda Blossoms’ performance is distinctly better than it was item that elicited extensive discussion during the meet- under the former restaurant operator. ing. A committee of two, HGA President Tim Jamison Treasurer Twyla Gaugenmaier voiced opposition to and HGMD Treasurer Bill Archambault, have been ne- the proposed new contract because it allowed for no in- gotiating with Chavez to create a new restaurant con- crease in rent, utilities and maintenance fees over the tract to cover the period when the restaurant is closed next three years. She noted that the costs of utilities and for renovation. maintenance are out-of-pocket costs, and are almost The terms of the new agreement will begin July 1, certain to go up. 2010 and end three years later, or 18 months after the “There’s no provision for us to recoup any of these,” restaurant is reopened following renovation, whichever she stated. is later, but in either case, no later than Jan. 2, 2014. Jamison explained that the flat rates for Quina Corp. The contract provides that Quina Corp. will pay $1,652 were designed as a trade-off to the restaurant opera- per month in rent, $398 per month as a maintenance tor. Because the restaurant will be closed for an un- retainer, and $1,200 per month for utilities. known number of months during construction of HG’s The agreement eliminates the non-compete clause new CC, Chavez will earn no income from Blossoms. contained in the contract that expires July 1. Taking out Construction-related parking problems could affect the the clause enables Chavez to pursue other employment restaurant’s business while it is still open. in the restaurant business or to open a restaurant near- Jamison said the object of extending the contract for by while Blossoms is closed for construction. three years is to guarantee Chavez at least 18 months of The agreement eliminated the penalty payment for operation after the construction months are subtracted the periods that the restaurant is closed for repair or ren- from the three-year period. ovation. Under the current contract, that was $1,000 per “We [the restaurant] should reopen Jan. 2, 2012. If day. There is no guarantee concerning parking for diners the restaurant opens late, we will extend the end date to while the new Community Center (CC) is built. give Chavez 18 months.” Jamison added that Chavez HG will buy unconsumed food and beverages when had the option of terminating the contract during the the restaurant is closed. This provision was carried over construction phase if the restaurant reopens too late. from the previous contract if HG were to terminate the Donna Dissette moved that the term of the con- operator without cause. HG will pay for storage of per- tract be changed from three years