December 2012 / Volume 1, Number 4
Contact us
President
Patrick Loveless
847.658.1183
Vice President
Joe LaCalamita
847.854.2632
Treasurer
Bob Seiser
847.894.6134
Secretary
Mary Westenberger
847.458.0041
Assistant Secretary
Lori Bergmann
847.854.8316
BRPOA committees
- Architectural: Joe LaCalamita, chair
- Landscape: Lori Bergmann, chair
- Lights: Joe LaCalamita, chair
- Social: Joe LaCalamita, chair
Check out Email or call Patrick Loveless with website questions or other information you’d like to see posted.
Follow BRPOA Rules & Regulations
The Board welcomes your written comments (please include your name and property address) mailed to our post office address: P.O. Box 2174, Crystal Lake, IL 60039-2174.
Volunteer for BRPOA committees
Volunteer for a BRPOA committee and make a difference. We always are looking for your assistance and input.
Safety first
Drive slowly in our community!
Stop at all stop signs!
Lock your vehicles!
Call the Boulder Ridge Country Club—not the Board or the Frank Road Gatehouse—if you see trespassers on the golf course.
If you see suspicious activity in our community, call the Village of Lake in the Hills police.Remember that gatehouse personnel are not security personnel but instead provide community access control. /
BRPOA infrastructure needs lead to increase in 2013 annual assessment; installment plan offered
The BRPOA Board approved a 5% increase in the annual assessment for 2013 based on the need to continue to improve and replace aging infrastructure, such as gatehouse buildings, surveillance equipment, gate arms and tag readers. The 2013 annual assessment is $530 and is due on or before Jan. 31, 2013.As long as your accountis in good standing andyour assessments and costs from 2012 and prior years have been paid in full or received by the association on or before Dec. 31, 2012, your 2013 annual assessment CAN be paid inthree installments:
- Installment #1 (60% of the total assessment) onJan. 31, 2013
- Installment #2 (30% of the total assessment) onMarch 31, 2013
- Installment #3 (10% of the total assessment) on May 31, 2013
New for 2013: We will accept post-dated installment checks. Insufficient funds feeds apply only if funds are not made available.
Mail payments for 2013 and prior years to BRPOA, P.O. Box 2174, Crystal Lake IL 60039-2174.
If you have an open balance account on Dec. 31, 2012, you will be assessed fees and charges as outlined in the Schedule of Homeowner Fees and your full 2013 assessment will be due on or before Jan. 31, 2013.
If you do not remit your payment on time:
- your entire 2013 assessment will be immediately due and payable
- you will be assessed fees and charges as outlined in the Schedule of Homeowner Fees
- we will use all means—such as collection agencies, legal counsel and liens—to collect any and all past due accounts
- you will be responsible for all accounting and legal costs used in collecting your debt
- your transponder privileges will be suspended and your transponders will be turned off
- your homeowner association voting rights will be suspended
- your property address will be disclosed at quarterly homeowner meetings
Gatehouse won’t accept packages, other requests
Effective Jan. 1, 2013, the Frank Road Gatehouse staff will no longer accept any packages or flowers at the gatehouse for residents who are not home or fulfill special homeowner requests. The Board has asked the gatehouse staff to focus instead on its main duty of community access control. Please call or email a Board member if you have questions about this new policy, which will also be posted on the BRPOA website.New transponder decal forms, decals now available
New transponder/decal order forms, exchange request forms and refund request forms are now available on the website and at the Frank Road gatehouse. The forms were tweaked or developed as part of a year-long transponder audit—intended to verify the location of all transponders—and the turnover of responsibilityfor the transponder/decal process back to the gatehouse, which included providing gatehouse staff with written process documentation so that all transactions could be standardized. 2012 decals have expired; 2013 decals are available for purchase at the Frank Road gatehouse for $25.Social Committee develops Facebook page
The Social Committee’s new Facebook page is simply Boulder Ridge POA. It is intended not only for social networking but also for homeowners to make announcements, report lost pets, sell household items, plan events and report other information that will add to community socializing. So please “like” us at Boulder Ridge POA.Help us beautify BRPOA entrances
Next spring the Landscape Committee will need to decide how to make the three BRPOA entrances as inviting as possible, and we need your input on what you think we should do.Did you like the purple and red spring annuals and the fall mums we did in 2012, or do you have other suggestions? Should we move away from annuals and plant perennials instead? If so, which kinds?
You can have a huge impact on the way our community looks, either by joining the Landscape Committee or by letting the chair, Lori Bergmann, know what you think we should do next. Call her at 847.854.8316 or email her at .