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Published by Webmaster on 20 Oct 2010

Water Company Assessment

Let me begin this post by reminding you that we (the Timber Lakes Property Owners Association or TLPOA) are NOT the Water Company. See We Are Not the Water Company. If you have any questions or concerns about what follows in this post, please do not email me or call the Association. Instead, contact the Water Company. I will provide their telephone number and website at the end.

As a public service to the Timber Lakes property owners, I am providing my own summary of a legal notice printed in the Wasatch Wave on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 on pages C7-C8. The Timber Lakes Water Special Services District (the “Water Company”) placed the notice in the paper. Remember, we (TLPOA) are not the Water Company. The Water Company is a completely separate entity, governed by a completely different board. The property owners elect our Board. The Wasatch County Council appoints their Board.

The legal notice states that the total cost of improvements to the water storage and delivery system in Timber Lakes is $7,224,758.52. The lot owners will pay for this amount. The per-lot assessment is $4,778.28.

The Wasatch County Council has appointed a Board of Equalization and Review (BEAR) to hear and consider objections to the proposed assessments. The BEAR will meet with lot owners to hear and consider objections on Thursday, November 4 and Friday, November 5, 2010 between the hours of 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm at the County offices located at 25 N. Main in Heber City. On those two dates, the assessment list, plats and amounts of the proposed assessment against each lot will be available for review from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in the County offices.

If a property owner wishes to object to the assessment on his or her lot(s), the owner will need to appear before the BEAR at one of the two meetings listed above.

Finally, the legal notice states that a prepayment option will be available to property owners This means the owner can choose to prepay the entire assessment or to pay monthly for twenty (20) years. The final numbers should be available at the November meeting of the Water Company (Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 6:00 pm at the County offices).

The Water Company will mail a copy of the actual legal notice to the billing address and tax ID address of the owner of each lot, as well as deliver a copy to each cabin on the mountain.

What you are now reading is NOT an official summary of the legal notice and has not been reviewed by the TLPOA Board of Directors. It is my own opinion of what the legal notice states. While I am considered to be an expert on what my opinion is, this summary should not be relied upon for any factual content.

Additional information will be made available on the Water Company website, at http://timberwaterssd.com/. You may also call the Water Company at 435.654.0125.

Please do not contact Timber Lakes about water issues. We are not the Water Company.

John Blickenstaff, Secretary & Webmaster

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Published by Webmaster on 19 Oct 2010

First Response Team

Timber Lakes First Response Team is seeking new volunteers to join our team.  No prior medical experience is needed.  We will train you in CPR and First Aid right here in Timber Lakes.  We have monthly training meetings and ask our volunteers to sigh up for a 24-hour shift each month.  This is a great way to give back to your community, learn valuable emergency skills, meet new folk on the mountain, and possibly save a life!

Our next new member training will occur in November.

Please contact Barb Meierhofer at 435-785-8185 or barbmeierhofer@yahoo.com for more information.

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Published by Webmaster on 13 Oct 2010

Beautification Project This Saturday

We will continue to work on the Entrance Beautification Project on Saturday,  October 16th.

Please bring gardening tools, chainsaws, trailers, and good cheer. This could actually be fun! We have bulbs and wildflower seeds to start planting in the red rock garden in front of the Post Office. We will have more compost for the red rock beds so we can prepare them for next spring flowers.  We are also continuing to remove dead trees, noxious weeds, and designing new signage.

If you are interested, please meet in front of the Timber Lakes Office at 9:30 am on this Saturday, October 16th. The committee wants to continue the project and is asking for help from owners who can volunteer a little time.  Please contact Jeff with the time and date you are available to assist on the project.

Also, if you are putting hours in to remove timber and brush around your lot, be sure to track your time and complete the form included in the last issue of the Timber Lakes Times to submit for Matching Funds.

You can contact Jeff at 435.785.8185 or call the office and Martha will give you his email address.

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Published by Webmaster on 07 Oct 2010

October Board Meeting

We will hold our next regular Board Meeting on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Whitmore Library located at 2197 East Fort Union Boulevard (in Cottonwood Heights) in Salt Lake City. We welcome our owners’ attendance and participation. Our following meeting, the last one of this year, will be held in Heber City on November 10, at 7:00 pm.

Craig Allen, President

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Published by Webmaster on 01 Oct 2010

Wood Pile Closing

The wood pile in the main parking lot will be closed for new accumulation after this weekend. We have arranged to have the pile chipped and need to close down the collection for this year. Please do not add to the pile after this Monday, October 4, 2010.

Mike Durr

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Published by Webmaster on 01 Oct 2010

Beautification Project Update

The gate beautification project is seeing progress. On Sept 25 th, we removed many dead trees, pulled noxious weeds, and prepared the planter box at the split of the road between Lake Pine Drive and Westview. Our next project will be to prepare the red rock planter box in front of the Mail House and the ones around the gate house. We need a backhoe volunteer (please).

The next work session is Saturday October 16th at 9:30 am. We will finish by 1:00 pm, so you have the remainder of your Saturday to do your own fall preparation!  We will be preparing for spring flower planting, cutting down a few more dead trees, talk about making the signage in the area look better, and using the wood chips from the chip pile to provide better ground cover.

Bring your equipment and participate for the last work session of the year.

Please call Jeff Meiehofer with any questions at 435.785.8185

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Published by Webmaster on 22 Sep 2010

Entrance Beautification Project

We continue to work on the Entrance Beautification Project. We are asking for volunteers to meet in front of the Timber Lakes Office this Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 9:30 am.  Please bring gardening tools, chainsaws, trailers, and good cheer. We will have compost for the red rock beds so we can prepare them for next spring’s flowers.  We are removing dead trees, noxious weeds, and preparing the red rock gardens for planting of wild flower and native plants. Jeff Meierhofer’s group wants to continue the project and is asking for help from owners who can volunteer a little time.  Please contact Jeff with the time and date you are available to assist on the project.

We sincerely appreciate Jeff’s willingness to spearhead this effort and ask you to please help out a little this Saturday. You’ll be glad you did because we will make you laugh.

Also, if you are putting hours in to remove timber and brush around your lot, be sure to track your time and complete the form included in the last issue of the Timber Lakes Times to submit to the State of Utah for Matching Funds.

You can contact Jeff at 435.785.8185 or call the office and Martha will give you his email address.

Mike Durr
m.durr@TimberLakesUtah.com

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Published by Webmaster on 19 Aug 2010

Community cleanup and lunch

We are holding a community cleanup for Timber Lakes common area around the office, dumpsters and gatehouse, as well as portions of Lake Pines Drive and Lake Creek Road. We will meet at the office at 8:00 am on Saturday, August 28 and return to the area about 11:00 am for a provided lunch. We will have trash bags and safety vests; we just need you and your pair of gloves. You will also need your appetite at 11:00 am.

If you missed out on helping Jeff Meierhofer and his crew, come help us clean up the trash that magically accumulates around the entrance.

All owners and guests are invited and we hope to see you there. Call 435.785.8278 with any questions. Come help us enhance the entrance to our community.

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Published by Webmaster on 18 Aug 2010

Dispute and Allegation

Dear Timber Lakes Property Owners:

It is with regret that my first posting to you as your new President involves a dispute with an adjacent property owner. An allegation has just been made that your right to use Spring Creek Drive and Blue Spruce from the end of Lake Pines Drive near the beaver pond to access common area and lots on the upper mountain is in question. The Association considers this claim to be spurious, but is not lightly reacting to the allegation.

In summary, the owner of that property has demanded immediate payment in the amount of $250,000, or a trade of some of our common area and a 99-year lease on other property owned by Timber Lakes. This common area addition would enable him to develop an 18-acre parcel bordering Timber Lakes, which he already owns. He has indicated this would be a commercial development. Should we agree to these demands, only then would he acknowledge the rights of TLPOA and its members to those roads.

I have asked our outside counsel to handle this issue. I plan to devote most, if not all, of the September monthly meeting in Heber City to this situation. I have no intention of making any decisions regarding this matter behind closed doors without owner involvement and support. You will be kept informed. That said, I would ask that you try to attend the next meeting, on September 8, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. As you know, our By-laws require a 2/3 vote of the membership to trade title on common area. I am also not going to write a check for $250,000, or any amount for that matter, without a clear mandate from the membership.

There is one other part of the claim of which you should be aware. This individual has also postulated that years of grading and plowing Blue Spruce has caused silts to alter the size of the beaver pond that he owns. He has asked us to restore that area. I have asked the Association’s General Liability Insurer to investigate and defend that specific claim. I do not want our membership bearing the costs for others’ actions. Anyway, I felt it important that you be informed. We should have a better understanding of all positions and facts by the time we meet in September.

If you have any information or facts that your Association should be made aware of, please provide it to us as soon as possible.

Best Regards,

Craig Allen – President, Timber Lakes Property Owners Association

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Published by Webmaster on 18 Aug 2010

Important Gate Remote Notice

Notice to lot owners who possess gate remotes to Timber Lakes.

We are asking all owners that have remote gate openers to take a few minutes to stop by the Timber Lakes gate security building or Timber Lakes office and give us the remote number of your remote or remotes (each remote has a different number).  We will collect the codes for several months and then we will erase all the codes out of the current system and add back into the system the codes that we have been given by owners.  Those of you that have not given us your specific codes, will no longer be able to use your remote to open the Timber Lakes gate.  We can add your code anytime – but just remember,  if you have not given us your unique code(s) in advance, we cannot add your remote(s) back into the system. This means your remote(s) will not work until we have your specific code from the back of your remote.

If you cannot stop at one of the two areas that can collect  your remote information,  you are welcome to fax or email it to us and we will enter it into the system.

Click here to download a form which you can complete and either fax or email to our office.

If the code has worn off the back of your remote, you can open the remote by removing the screw on top. The code is on the white tag attached to the inside back cover.  Copy that number and send it with the above requested info. Remember, if you copy the code down wrong, it will not let you open the gate.

We will collect the codes for about two months. On November 1, 2010, all remote numbers will be erased and only the numbers you have supplied to us will be entered into the system. If you have not supplied us with your code, your remote will not work after November 1, 2010.

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Published by Webmaster on 05 Aug 2010

Office closed

Our office will be closed on the following dates:

1. Monday, August 9, 2010
2. Friday, August 20, 2010
3. Monday, August 23, 2010

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Published by Webmaster on 29 Jul 2010

Entrance Beautification Work

We will continue to work on the Entrance Beautification Project next week. Please bring gardening tools, chainsaws, trailers and good cheer. We are removing dead trees, noxious weeds, and preparing the red rock gardens for planting of wild flower and native plants.  If you are interested, please meet in front of the Timber Lakes office at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. We will also be working Wednesday evening, August 4th from 6:30-8:30 Jeff’s group wants to continue the project and is asking for help from owners who can volunteer a little time.  Please contact Jeff with the time and date you are available to assist on the project.

Also, if you are putting hours in to remove timber and brush around your lot, be sure to track your time and complete the form included in the last issue of the Timber Lakes Times to submit for Matching Funds.

You can contact Jeff at 435.785.8185 or call the office and Martha will give you his email address.

Thanks for pitching in and helping out.

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Published by Webmaster on 29 Jul 2010

August Board Meeting

We will hold August meeting of the Board of Directors on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Whitmore Library located at 2197 East Fort Union Boulevard (in Cottonwood Heights). We welcome our owners’ attendance and participation. The September meeting will be held in Heber City on September 8.

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Published by Webmaster on 18 Jul 2010

Entrance Beautification Project

Jeff Meierhofer, Chairman of our volunteer Entrance Beautification Committee, reported that 11 people helped on Saturday to remove dead timber and weeds from Lake Creek Road to the Timber Lakes entrance gate.  Thanks to those who showed up to help out. They made progress, and although there is more work to be done, it was a good beginning to the Entrance Beautifcation Project.  The group has a total of 30 hours work that will be turned into the State for matching funds (fire) to determine if the State will help us with additional funding for common area brush removal.

We will continue to collect down and dead wood, remove noxious weeds, and prepare the red rock gardens for planting of wild flower andnative plants. Jeff’s group wants to continue the project and is asking for help from owners who can volunteer a little time.  Please contact Jeff with the time and date you are available to assist on the project.

Also, if you are putting hours in to remove timber and brush around your lot, be sure to track your time and complete the form included in the last issue of the Timber Lakes Times to submit for Matching Funds.

You can contact Jeff at 435.785.8185 or call the office and Martha will give you his email address.

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Published by Webmaster on 14 Jul 2010

Cleanup this Saturday

One of our owners, Jeff Meierhofer, is forming a committee to clean up and maintain the entrance to Timber Lakes. The area of concern is from Center Street/Lake Creek into our development up to the parking lot and wood collection area. Jeff is asking those interested in helping him to bring any tools (chainsaws, shovels, rakes, trailers to haul wood to the wood pile) they can think will be helpful to the Timber Lakes office at 9:30 am this Saturday, July 17. They will work until 12:30 pm and make assignments of future efforts. His ideas for cleanup include removing dead fall, pulling noxious weeds, planting the red rock garden in front of the mail house, etc. (Not all of this needs to be completed this Saturday.) Please call Jeff with any questions.  He will be confirming with the land owner of the entrance area that this cleanup will be OK. The Board sincerely appreciates Jeff and other owners who are willing to get involved in helping to make Timber Lakes a great place to own property. Jeff Meierhofer, Lot 547, (435)-785-8185

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Published by Webmaster on 14 Jul 2010

Mountain Lion

An owner reported seeing a large mountain lion in the driveway along Tanglewood last weekend. When you are outside in Timber Lakes, be aware that large animals are in the area and take appropriate cautions, especially when you are outside with children and domestic pets. So far this summer, owners have reported a cougar, bear and mountain lion.

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Published by Webmaster on 11 Jul 2010

Annual Meeting Summary

In advance of the official meeting minutes, here is a quick summary of our annual meeting, which took place on Saturday, July 11, 2010.

We had status reports from the board members, heard an update from our County Councilor on the progress of the fire station, and elected three board members for three-year terms.

The two incumbent board members, Ole Smith and Shane Olson, were reelected and one new member, Milt Taylor, was elected.

Following the Annual Meeting, the board met and elected new officers for the fiscal year.  Assignments were also juggled a bit. Here is the way things break down:

President                                        Craig Allen
Vice President Admin                       Mike Durr
Vice President Operations                 Shane Olson
Treasurer                                        Milt Taylor
Secretary                                        John Blickenstaff
Security                                          Gary Hume
Compliance & External Relations       Ole Smith
Compliance & Safety                        Andy Berry
Legal                                              Rondo Fehlberg

Along with their other duties, Craig Allen will handle Risk Management & Insurance, Mike Durr will serve as the State Fire Liaison and handle Fire Safety and John Blickenstaff will continue to manage the Website.

Other assignments that will be made soon include Cabin Plan Approvals and the Newsletter.

We will update the website contact information. In the meantime, if you have a question, email it to one of the board members and we will make sure it gets to the right person.

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Published by Webmaster on 24 Jun 2010

Election Ballots Version 2

This is what happens when we move too fast to fix a problem.

We want to maintain the secrecy of your ballot. To clarify the previous email, write your lot numbers on the return mail envelope, not the internal envelope you use to seal your ballot. When we check your lot numbers to make sure you are eligible to vote, we will write down the number of lots you own on the internal envelope. That way, when the ballots are unsealed, the election committee counting the votes will only see how many lots you are voting, and not the specific lot numbers you own.

Please be assured that those who open and count the ballots will not be able to identify you.

Craig Allen, Secretary

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Published by Webmaster on 24 Jun 2010

Election Ballots

We inadvertently sent out incorrect instructions with our recent ballot mailing. If you own multiple lots, you do NOT need to submit one ballot form per lot. Simply write your lot numbers on the envelope into which you seal your ballot. When the ballots are unsealed and counted, you will be given credit for one cast ballot for each lot you own. Assuming you have paid up your financial account in full, you will get to vote each lot you own. We apologize for the confusion.

If you come to the Annual Meeting to vote in person, do not mail in your ballot. We will give you ballots at the meeting.

Craig Allen, Secretary

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Published by Webmaster on 07 Jun 2010

June Board Meeting

We will hold our next regular Board Meeting on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Whitmore Library located at 2197 East Fort Union Boulevard (in Cottonwood Heights) in Salt Lake City. We welcome our owners’ attendance and participation. Our annual meeting will be held in Heber City on July 10 at 10:00 am.

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