THERE'S A HOLE, THERE'S A HOLE ...

Well actually there WAS a hole but now it is filled in with pumpable flowable pea gravel-laden concrete with 2000 PSI strength. It was ascertained that due to poor compaction around the two manholes and two storm drains the earth had loosened and settled. The pipes may seep a bit as well. The filler we added will hold the road well and in the Spring we will investigate underground more thoroughly.

The orange barrel will be removed.

You will also notice there are nice tidy asphalt patches on the road as well. This should hold us for the Winter.

BYE BYE PROPERTY TAX!

After a great deal of WORK and negotiation the Assessor of Utah County has waived ALL our Common Area property taxes for the past five years and ALL Common Areas are now re-classified as exempt. For more details feel free to contact Secretary Robin. One less thing to worry about, folks!

Flirting With Fall

It is getting cooler, wetter, and before you know it we will be covered in white. Now is a good time to caulk and seal your decks and driveways, reduce sprinkler times, have your heating system checked by a professional, and take the jackets out of the back of the closet.

Summer News 2008

We would like update our Cove residents with information of what your Board members have been doing for our community. Behind the scenes we are working hard on some projects to make things better, and also to correct a lot of problems that many of you might not be aware of.

• PLAYGROUND We have been working on putting a playground in for our children. We have been in ongoing discussion with SunCrest to make sure safety is considered but budget and aesthetics as well. That includes using a galvanized steel set, and shielding the park from view with raised berm landscaping treed with Aspen. If we can get some kind of approval from SunCrest then it will be put up to the residents for a vote. We want to give everyone the opportunity to vote on, make suggestions for, and make voluntary donations towards this project.

• LEGAL STATUS OF THE HOA We had a couple of residents questioning the legality of the status of our sub-association. Scott Hawker of Alpine Homes provided a comprehensive summary of all legal documents and had them reviewed by attorneys to make sure it was all recorded correctly. Secretary Robin has all the paperwork to back this up if you wish to see it. Please note that when the turnover from Alpine homes to the new Board occurred, all the filing documents and a corporate minutes book were handed over. They were never passed onto the present Board from the previous Board. We do have all the corporate financials though.

• INCOME TAX We recently filed the Cove’s income taxes for past two years. We found this was never done. Even though we are a non-profit company and don’t have to pay taxes it is law that they still need to be filed. This was another example of why we fired Community Management, (which was run by a CPA, no less.)!

• PROPERTY TAX We are also working on our property taxes for the Cove. We had never received any bills until now. It looks like the Assessor has these coded incorrectly as open land instead of exempt common area and we are working for a retroactive credit. This is a lot of work. We will update all owners promptly when this is resolved

• GATE Please see Treasurer Amy if you need an extra gate remote or new phone number added to the call box, or if you even want your personal gate code changed. And by the way, Gene Marcum, our incredibly helpful neighbor is a professional metalworker and will be taking down our gates to sandblast and repaint them. He also added a new type of hinge to the walk-in gate to ensure it automatically closes. Thanks Gene!

• ROADS We are doing some pavement patching in the next couple of weeks. We also replaced the broken grate near one of the mailboxes. That is not something you can just find at the mall but we managed to track down the right one for our private street.

• TRASH Just a reminder per the CC&R’s the trash cans need to be kept out of view of the street. If you want an extra trash can please see Amy. The cost is $7.00 a month, which is what the Cove is billed by Ace.

• LAWN SERVICE If you would like your backyard mowed, the cost is $12.00 per mow. Please see Amy and she will set it up through Prosecutive Landscaping.

• CC&R’s & BYLAWS If you need a PDF file emailed, please see Amy or Robin.

• RECEIVABLES Our current balance owed is $9,021.07. This makes it very hard to operate a HOA. We are going to have to crack down and find ways collect our money. The consequences will include cessation of trash and snow removal, as well as legal action for those who do not get current.

• LIENS We currently have two home liens placed. If you continue your past due balance of more than 30 days then liens will be placed and collection actions taken which will affect credit reports.

• SNOW As you may know with our last snow season came a pretty hefty bill we didn’t budget for. Past seasons we spent around $30,000 for snow removal. This year our snow was $10,000 more than that. However, “Hooray!” we just finished paying the last bill. We have also managed to stay current with lawn service. Even though we found ways to reduce costs in other areas we don’t have any extra money towards snow removal for this coming season. Let’s hope it is not a bad winter or we will have to make special assessments.

• ACTIVITIES Please look in the SunCrest Newsletter coming out. We are working with SunCrest’s OA to put together some group activities for each month. So far we have the Book Club, Wine Tasting Club, and “Mom and Tots” groups.

Thanks to the Neighbors Pitching In

Thanks to Eric and Karen Davis for carrying over to the common area the nice bark they had left over. It was so needed where they put it.

Also, thanks to Justin Fullmer for filling in around the trees in one of our common areas with stone. There is a good size area that he filled in and surely that was an expense for him. He also waters half the common area and Sparks do the other half. Thanks to you too!

Thanks to Scott Hawker and the Colemans for pitching in to water a vacant home's dying grass!

Notice the nice realignment of the gates the last couple of months? Neighbor Gene Marcum lent his expertise to have the gates repaired and realigned. Metalwork is his specialty and the excellent work shows. Kudos!

Playground On Hold

The Suncrest Design Review Board has disallowed our plan as posted and has mainly based this on the requirement that we use equipment that is of a commercial grade, rather than "backyard grade" or consumer grade, as we had planned. Our assertion that our plan was viable was twofold: based on our insurance company who did not require this for coverage and the city who did not require any approvals since our lands are private property. We had hoped we would be approved based on this information however this was not the case. Stay tuned for updates as there are volunteers looking into pricing and availability for various kinds of commercial equipment, both new and used.

Postponement of July 9th Meeting

Hello,

We do not have our SunCrest decision on the Corner Lot Playground as we had hoped today, so we will postpone the meeting until we do. After all this is the main issue right now. Stay tuned for updates.

Thanks for your patience!