2005 September newsletter

I have only one request to make of each of you this month. Please cast your vote. You should now have received your ballot (or soon will receive your ballot) to vote on our building restoration project. If you have already returned your ballot, thank you. If you have not, please do so now. Your vote, either for or against, counts!

I again reviewed the issue of including both Scenarios B and D on the same ballot with our Garden Homes Association attorney. It was again recommended to put only a single issue on the ballot for the purpose of simplicity and clarity. Therefore, the ballot you received is a vote to approve Scenario B, the Composite Envelope Replacement. Should this vote not be approved, we will mail out a ballot for approval of Scenario D, Minimal Repairs and Painting with a $168 monthly dues increase. At your request, we are also having the ballots handled; mailed out, returned to, and tabulated by, an independent legal firm.

Regardless which option you may prefer, please vote your ballot. As most of you are aware, never in our community's history, have we had a bigger issue to address. More homeowners have put in more hours and effort to get us to this point than they have for any project we have ever undertaken. We have employed professional help all along the way. While we have a few homeowners still not happy with the options we have before us, no viable, well thought out alternatives have been presented. A few individual homeowners are still promoting ‘fear and doubt' or throwing out appealing sounding alternatives that could stop or delay this process. The fact remains however, the only real options before the homeowner is whether or not this is the time to “renovate”, Option B, or simply “repair and paint”, Option D.

I encourage each of you to consider the fact that the community effort put forth to this point has brought us to a position that will ensure the viability of our association into the future. It is unfortunate that both scenarios are expensive and there is such a large dollar gap between them. This simply is the way things are and we have a clear choice about which is the right direction for each of us going forward. We have much work before us in either case, and I ask each of you, to vote this ballot and the one that will follow should this one fail. We have spent over a year getting to this point, now is the time for each of us to be heard by voting.

The Board of Directors wants to thank everyone who helped make our two Town Hall meetings a success. Our homeowner participation was unprecedented. Eighty percent of our homeowners attended one or both of our June and July town hall meetings to get educated on and review our building restoration project. 99 of our 142 homeowners attended our July meeting. 33 attendees at the July meeting did not attend the June meeting. 66 homeowners attended both meetings. 14 attended the June meeting but not the July meeting. For anyone that is interested in reviewing the information handed out at the July meeting, please check our Website at www.turtlerockglen.com where you will find the information.

The Landscape Committee has assisted in obtaining multiple bids to remove approximately 30 trees from our association. These trees are either dead or dying or causing potential problems to the community. This work will hopefully be completed by the end of September. Their next effort will be to obtain proposals to address the pruning of our large trees.

The Board of Directors is considering ways to enforce existing parking rules and regulations in response to a number of homeowner complaints. The Board is looking for homeowners who would be willing to donate a couple of hours each month to serve on a Parking Committee. If you are interested, please contact Yvonne Avila at Optimum Property Management, Inc.

GARDEN HOMES MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David Wise President

Ray Clark Vice President

Don Siriani Secretary

Larry Rutherford Treasurer

Eileen Morris Member at Large

Standing Committees:

Architectural Don Siriani

Budget Liz Rutherford, Chair

Communications Sharon Roadman,

Lea Peterson, Co-Chairs

Landscape Dave Wise, Chair

Maintenance John Gustafson, Chair

Parking Vacant

Community Website:

www.turtlerockglen.com

Please note the new street sweeping dates will be on alternating Tuesday's of each month:

The Board of Directors meets every month on the 4th Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the Turtle Rock Community Center . Homeowners are welcome and encouraged to attend the general session. The homeowner forum portion, which is when the homeowner may address the board with questions or concerns, is held right at the start of the meeting at 7:00, so be prompt if you wish to speak.

If you are unable to attend a board meeting, you may also submit your requests or concerns in writing to the Board of Directors, c/o Optimum Property Management. Your written request will be included with the Directors Report and reviewed by the board at their upcoming meeting.

GENERAL INFORMATION

STREET SWEEPING

BOARD MEETINGS

MANAGEMENT COMPANY