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Chapparal HOA Board Meetings Mon., Sept. 8th • 7 p.m. Creekside Elementary School Chapparal Sage • A Publication of the Chapparal Homeowners Association • www.chapparal.org • September 2014 Mailbox for Chapparal HOA 7092 Chapparal Circle East – that is the new and permanent address of the Chapparal HOA. We have installed a mailbox to receive all of our bills, correspondence, ballots and the like to make it more convenient for every Chapparal resident. Please write the address down on your directory and begin using it immediately for snail mail corre- spondence to the Board, paying dues and so on. Weeds—Let’s Get Them Cut With the onslaught of rain we have received, we’ve seen a boom to our lawns. It has also caused major growth to the weeds in our ditches and our non-land- scaped areas. Please take a look and cut your weeds to enhance the neatness of Chapparal and to be safe, as we enter the drier autumn season. Please comply with our covenants and the Centennial ordinances – and make your neighbors happy! Fall Clean up! Make a plan to use the FREE dumpsters on October 4. We will have two commercial dumpsters available to the community from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. If there is still space avail- able after that day, then the following Saturday, October 11th, from the same times will be used for collecting items. Once the two dumpsters are full (and that means that they can not be filled above the top line), access to the dumpsters will be denied and the lot closed. Also indicate that items that can be picked up by the garbage trucks should be left at the bottom of each homeowner’s driveway. Prohibited items should also be identified after consultation with Waste Management. Let’s clean up together! Nature Workshop for Grandparents: Activities for the Children in Your Life Fri., Sep. 12, 9 am – noon, South Platte Park, 3000 W. Carson Drive, Littleton Build a thriving relationship with your grandchildren using fun, easy educational activities, songs and more from Project Learning Tree. Materials package and activity guide to take home is included in the fee. For more information, contact victorias@ sspr.org. C Chapparal HOA Board Meeting Agenda September 8, 2014 I. Call to Order II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Introductions IV. Review Agenda V. President Comments VI. Review and approve Minutes of August 2014 Meeting. VII. Treasurer’s Report - Adam Carmel a. Financial Statements VIII. Community Activities Update - Rolayne Sellers IX. Communications Update - Ken Brunk a. Newsletter b. Website c. Community Survey X. Legal Update - Pam Daiss-Sitzmann XI. ACC Update - Jeff Patton XII. Chapparal Metro District Report XIII. Cencon Report XIV. Old Business a. Street Light Repair Status b. Covenant Violation Process c. Dead Tree Removal XV. New Business XVI. Public Comments XVII. Next Meeting: October 13, 2014 at Creekside Elementary School. “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are.” —Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Transcript of Chapparal Sage • A Publication of the Chapparal Homeowners ... · Early Preventative Treatment...
Chapparal HOA Board Meetings
Mon., Sept. 8th • 7 p.m.Creekside Elementary School
Chapparal Sage • A Publication of the Chapparal Homeowners Association • www.chapparal.org • September 2014
Mailbox for Chapparal HOA 7092 Chapparal Circle East – that is the new and permanent address of the Chapparal HOA. We have installed a mailbox to receive all of our bills, correspondence, ballots and the like to make it more convenient for every Chapparal resident. Please write the address down on your directory and begin using it immediately for snail mail corre-spondence to the Board, paying dues and so on.
Weeds—Let’s Get Them Cut With the onslaught of rain we have received, we’ve seen a boom to our lawns. It has also caused major growth to the weeds in our ditches and our non-land-scaped areas. Please take a look and cut your weeds to enhance the neatness of Chapparal and to be safe, as we enter the drier autumn season. Please comply with our covenants and the Centennial ordinances – and make your
neighbors happy!
Fall Clean up! Make a plan to use the FREE dumpsters on October 4. We will have two commercial dumpsters available to the community from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. If there is still space avail-able after that day, then the following Saturday, October 11th, from the same times will be used for collecting items. Once the two dumpsters are full (and that means that they can not be filled above the top line), access to the dumpsters will be denied and the lot closed. Also indicate that items that can be picked up by the garbage trucks
should be left at the bottom of each homeowner’s driveway. Prohibited items should also be identified after consultation with Waste Management. Let’s clean up together!
Nature Workshop for Grandparents:Activities for the Children in Your Life
Fri., Sep. 12, 9 am – noon, South Platte Park, 3000 W. Carson Drive, Littleton Build a thriving relationship with your grandchildren using fun, easy educational activities, songs and more from Project Learning Tree. Materials package and activity guide to take home is included in the fee. For more information, contact [email protected].
Chapparal Metro District Monthly Meeting
April 8th, 3 p.m.Fire Station #42 7320 S. Parker Road
Chapparal HOA Board Meeting
AgendaSeptember 8, 2014I. Call to OrderII. Pledge of AllegianceIII. IntroductionsIV. Review AgendaV. President CommentsVI. Review and approve Minutes of August 2014 Meeting.VII. Treasurer’s Report - Adam Carmel a. Financial StatementsVIII. Community Activities Update - Rolayne SellersIX. Communications Update - Ken Brunk a. Newsletter b. Website c. Community SurveyX. Legal Update - Pam Daiss-SitzmannXI. ACC Update - Jeff PattonXII. Chapparal Metro District ReportXIII. Cencon ReportXIV. Old Business a. Street Light Repair Status b. Covenant Violation Process c. Dead Tree RemovalXV. New BusinessXVI. Public CommentsXVII. Next Meeting: October 13, 2014 at Creekside Elementary School.
“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are.”
—Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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Chapparal Homeowners AssociationOfficers and Board of Directors
President: Jim Harrington, [email protected], 303-699-8272
Vice President: Pam Daiss-Sitzmann, [email protected], 720-935-2213
Secretary: Rolayne Sellers [email protected], 303-690-9142
Treasurer: Adam Carmel [email protected], 720-870-8700
Communications Director: Ken Brunk [email protected], 303-680-4034
Newsletter CoordinatorVacant
ACC CoordinatorJeff Patton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]
Chapparal Metro District Board MembersPresident: Garry Cornish . . . . . . . [email protected], 303-693-4431Vice President: Gerry Weaver. . . [email protected], 303-699-6033Treasurer: Tom Lash . . . . . . . . . . [email protected], 303-617-9911Secretary: James Neumann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-690-6823Director: Steve Cooper . . . . . . . [email protected], 303-807-3019
The Board meets the second Tuesday of the month at Fire Station #42 on Parker Road at 3:00 p.m.
The Chaparral Homeowners Association,a Colorado non-profit home-owners association, publishes the Chapparal Community Newsletter monthly. To submit articles, please call a Board member.
AdvertisingThe deadline for advertisements is the 15th of the month for
the next month’s issue except the Jan. issue which is Dec. 6th.
To place an ad, call Colorado Lasertype, 303-979-7499 To find the ad rates and discounts, go to
www.ColoradoLasertype.com and click on the “Advertising Rates” link.email: [email protected]
Appearance of an advertisement in this publication does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement by the publisher or the association of the goods or services offered therein. The opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the individual authors and not of the Board of 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.
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ACWWAFor any water or rate concerns, please contact Arapahoe County Water & Waste Management (ACCWA) directly at 303-790-4830. Location: 13031 East Caley Ave. in Centennial. For more information, please visit www.ArapahoeWater.org. Emergency/After Hours: 303-886-2059.
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Chapparal HOA BalanceSheet As of July 31, 2014 The balance sheet for the Chapparal HOA is shown below. As you will note, the HOA is on solid financial footing with having current assets of $91,117.07.Assets Current Assets Checking/Savings Preferred Money Market for… 61435.84 Business Interest Checking 19309.66 Total Checking/Savings 80745.50 Accounts Receivable Accounts Receivable 190.54 Total Accounts Receivable 190.54 Other Current Assets [email protected]% Due 08/05/14 10181.03 Total Other Current Assets 10181.03 Total Current Assets 91117.07 TOTAL ASSETS 91117.07 Liabilities and Equity Equity Retained Earnings 84625.12 Net Income 6491.95 Total Equity 91117.07
Pumpkin Patch DownloadScheduled. All Are Welcome! For the fifth year, pumpkins will soon litter the west lawn at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Centennial. All are wel-come to help with the offload pumpkins on October 11, 2014. Don’t miss an opportunity to foster new relationships with other Episcopalians and the community, and have fun with old friends as Good Shepherd parishioners prepare to reach out to the com-munity through the pumpkin patch. Join the merriment at 8:30 a.m. Helpers can attend a short service held on the patio to bless the Pumpkin Patch and its commitment to Outreach Partners who serve the hungry and homeless. Then at 9:00, workers will begin to unload a semi-truck full of pumpkins in fire brigade fashion. About 11:00, join everyone to eat a chili lunch after the work of offloading hundreds of pumpkins. Mark your calendars to join the festivities October 11, 2014. The Patch, now five years old, became a Jubilee Ministry for the work being done for Outreach and Social Action. It also is a suggested activity on the website kidsoutandabout.com. Find the patch’s latest information on either Facebook (Pumpkin Patch of Centennial) or the patch website pumpkinpatchofcentennial.com. It is a good idea to check the website for possible schedule changes due to weather or delivery glitches. All are welcome to participate in this joyful work for the Lord on October 11, 2014 at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church 8545 East Dry Creek Road, Centennial, Colorado.
— Linda Messer
“You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To do the best you can do everyday.”
—Jason Mraz
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2nd Budget Public MeetingWed., Sep 17, 7 pm, Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial South Suburban Park and Recreation District will hold the second public hearing on its 2015 budget on Wed., Sept. 17 at 7 pm at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., in Centennial. The public is invited to attend the meeting, or submit questions and ideas. Citizens will have an opportunity to address the Board, regarding requests for new programs or facilities or improve-ments to existing facilities, parks, trails and open space. The public also may submit ideas to Executive Director, South Suburban Parks and Recreation, 6631 S. University Blvd., Centennial, CO 80121. Fax (303) 798-3030; or email: [email protected]. Please label your request, 2015 South Suburban Budget. For more information call (303) 798-5131 or visit www.sspr.org.
September Punch Card SaleValid Sep. 1-30 at 3 recreation centers: Goodson, 6315 S. University, Douglas H. Buck, 2004 W Powers Ave., and Lone Tree, 10249 Ridgegate Circle During September, purchase a 30-punch admission card and receive 5 FREE punches. Purchase a 15-punch card, and receive 2 FREE punches. Bring guests or family and use your punches! Punch cards never expire. Also, receive 10% off per-sonal training packages, facials and massages. Call 303-347-5999 for more information.
FREE-NFL Punt, Pass & Kick CompetitionSat., Sep. 21, 9 am David A. Lorenz Regional Park, 8422 S. Colorado Blvd. Boys and girls age 6-15 (age as of 12/31/14) demonstrate their football skills. Register the day of the event beginning at 9 am and compete between 9:30 and 11 am; final results
will be posted at www.sspr.org by 5 pm Monday, Sep 22. Each child must com-plete a registration form with parent or guardian signature and provide copy of their birth certificate. NO CLEATS OR SPIKES ALLOWED. Winners have the opportunity to advance to regional and national competition and will receive a
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Chapparal Homeowners Association MeetingAugust 11, 2014 The following homeowners were in attendance: Mary Ann Neumann, Doug MacCarthy, Rick Poppe, Doyle Tonkey, Kent Sellers, Eric Maurice, Don Ewigleben, Wayne Lauer, Sue Brunk along with board members Jim Harrington, Pam Daiss-Sitzmann, Adam Carmel, Ken Brunk and Rolayne Sellers. President Harrington called the meeting to order, introductions were made, the agenda reviewed and brief president comments were made. He discussed Chapparal community pride and the desire to have each homeowner maintain their properties to a high standard. There is concern about the number of dead trees in the neighborhood. The suggestion to contact a tree service to see about getting a bulk discount for cutting down trees was made. Pam Daiss-Sitzmann will call different providers to see what arrangements can be made. Adam Carmel shared many action items in his treasurer’s report. We now have the financial review from Source One of the records for 2011 to 2013. Full disclosure is available for anyone interested. The 2013 report will be posted on our website. Adam will file the necessary taxes for an HOA this week. We also had some discussion about the HOA money and the multiple accounts where it is held or invested. Adam may be looking for ways to get higher yield with an 18 month certificate of deposit. Waste Management is our big-gest financial operation. Adam will be the point of contact for our neighborhood. He will talk to all new homeowners to explain how to be a part of the trash/recycling contract. Our neighborhood has recycling on the 2nd and 4th weeks of the month. Adam will work
to get all Waste Management information on our website. The contracts for the D&O insurance were renewed. Dan Hartman will make recommendations about changing the internet provider in the future. Thanks to Kent Sellers for helping with our Clean-up days on June 28th and 29th. Twenty seven homeowners used the dumpsters at the pool. Look for them again on Saturday, October 4th with overflow on Sunday, October 5th if there is still space. We also had a crew clean the common areas. The 4th of July party was considered a success. Thanks to Rolayne Sellers for being the chair; Mary Ann Neumann for coordinating and buying all the food; Wayne Lauer for cooking; David Fletcher for arranging the fire truck and parade; Dan Hartman for the eblasts and sign up genius; Pam Daiss-Sitzmann for making signs at the entries; Adam Carmel for being the emcee for the whole event; Lina Sachs, Kathy Emmons, Pam & Doug Sitzmann, Kent & Rolayne Sellers and Laura for the set up and decorating. Thanks to everyone who brought salads, desserts, chips, and drinks. There were many supplies left from the previous years for the games and decorations and so the budget for the event was just under $500.00. We had some discussion about ideas for
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next year. We want to keep this activity to encourage a sense of community. We will also work on making sure all the Chapparal events are posted on the website. The communications committee is working on ideas for our newsletter. They will present ideas about how we can communicate with the neighborhood at our September meeting. We had some discussion about putting together a new neighborhood survey to go out in October for us to use in preparing the 2015 budget. Dan Ewigleben will help with this survey. Pam Daiss-Sitzmann will give us any legal updates if needed. We are now working with Cavanaugh and no retainer is needed. Wayne Lauer reported for the Architectural Control Committee. Homeowners have responded to letters of concern. The committee is follow-ing the guidelines in the community covenants, and will base any decisions on those documents. We will have more discussion about this in our September 2014 meeting. The Chapparal Metro Board report was from Jim Neumann via Mary Ann. Metal edging is around the pool because some bushes were removed. Stone edging will replace it soon. There was a discussion about how the codes are working at the pool and tennis courts and the hours these are working. Ken Brunk and Doyle Tinkey are working on the street light situation. We do not pay for the lighting, it comes through IREA. There could be an engineering study about moving, adding and changing lights. CMD doesn’t think this is their responsibility, neither does CenCom. Ken will get information about the study and report back to us. There is a new HOA mailbox that we will use for all HOA business. The address is 7092 S. Chapparal Circle East. For new business Adam reported that the first draft of the 2015 budget will be presented in October to adopt in the November meeting. Public comments were concerning renters in Chapparal and how we can work with them. The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
National Sewing Month A time to indulge your passion for sewing, and also the perfect opportunity to introduce yourself to the craft of sewing and embroidery if you’ve never tried it before.
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South Suburban Recreation Centers Feature Local Artists in September South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s Douglas H. Buck, Goodson and Lone Tree Recreation Centers are featuring temporary art exhibitions by local artists during the month of September. Richard Long’s watercolor paintings will be displayed September 1-30 at Goodson Recreation Center, located at 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial, 303-798-2476. Paint Box Guild’s varied array of art work will be on exhibited September 1-30 at Lone Tree Recreation Center at 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree, 303-708-3500. Bill Utter is presenting his photography exhibit September 1-30 at Douglas H. Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, 303-797-8787. South Suburban’s Public Art Committee encourages Colorado art-ists to submit an application to display their artwork on a temporary basis at various South Suburban recreation facilities. For a complete list of guidelines and an art exhibition application, please visit www.sspr.org or contact Darcie LaScala at 303-483-7072.
Coyote TrailsMon., Sep. 22, 6-7:30 pm, South Platte Park, 3000 W. Carson Drive, Littleton Coyotes are the ultimate survivors. Explore the Park with a naturalist seeking coyote dens and pups; learn about their role in the environment and how to live with them in your neighborhood. For more information, contact [email protected].
Introduction to Self DefenseSat., Sep. 13, 1-4 pm, Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial This introductory workshop will teach you how to be more aware, avoid dangerous situations and be able to defend yourself in the event of an assault or attack. This is a hands on class where you can practice the techniques you learn under the direction of an experienced martial arts instruc-tor. Ideal for age 9 to seniors, and for all abilities. For more information, contact [email protected].
