This is just a friendly reminder to be safe if you plan to spend the holiday weekend in Timber Lakes. Many of our roads are blocked off because of the water pipe construction project. Watch for detour signs and slow down. Westview is completely blocked and if you need to access the other side of the block, you will need to drive across a two-track trail off the Heber Valley Girls Camp road. Although the roads have recently been maintained, the heavy construction traffic has quickly contributed to their deterioration. Please obey the speed limits and slow down for pedestrians. There will be increased traffic this holiday weekend so you will need to drive on the appropriate half of the road. If you are planning to ride ATVs in the development, please stay on the maintained roads; everywhere else is private property. The State of Utah requires anyone under the age of 18 on an ATV to be wearing a helmet. Your ATVs will need a Timber Lakes sticker, which we are only issuing to owners. The rain this spring has created a lot of new growth which will increase the fire danger. Please remember that open fires and fireworks are not allowed anywhere in Timber Lakes. There is no hunting allowed here. The teenagers who have been hunting with compound bows in the development are being sought by the Utah DNR. If you know who they are, or see them, please contact Security. We hope everyone will slow down and enjoy the mountain. We wish you a happy 4th and hope you are happy to be living in America.

We have received so many telephone calls about the Found Dog blog post being incorrect that I am happy to post a revision. There is, in fact, no “Leash Law” in Wasatch County. The law actually specifies that when your dog leaves your property, he or she must be “under control.” A leash is one way to have your dog under control. Another way is to have a dog that obeys your command to heel, etc. This exact topic is discussed in the upcoming newsletter that we are mailing this week. The main point of the previous blog was to try to reconnect the owner with his or her dog, but I apologize to all of the dog lawyers who are upset with my misstating of the law. Please inform your dogs of the “under control” ordinance or at least tell them to call you collect if they find themselves in the County animal shelter.

In the meantime, the lost chihuahua is safely back at home. Thanks to Tiffany for the rescue.

A property owner found a frightened, lost chihuahua with no collar on Blue Spruce this afternoon. If this is your dog, please call Tiffany at 785.8885 (cabin) or 813.293.2600 (cellphone). We remind you that Wasatch County requires dogs to be leashed when they leave your property. Please inform your dogs of this ordinance.

We are holding our next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at the East Millcreek Library in Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. We appreciate input from our property owners and invite your attendance and participation.

Also, as a reminder, we are holding our annual trash pickup activity this Saturday morning, from 9-11. Please bring your own gloves and meet at the office. We will cleanup around the office, dumpsters, gate and entrance road. We will serve lunch when we are through. Come, bring your family, clean up the trash and then clean up your plate.

There is a Community Cleanup Activity on Saturday, June 6, starting at 9 am. We invite all owners to participate. Meet at the Timber Lakes office for supplies and assignments. Bring your own gloves. We will primarily focus on picking up trash around the office, dumpsters, mailhouse, gate and the road out to Lake Creek Drive. A lunch of sloppy-joes, chips and drinks will be available to all participants around 11 am. This is a great service activity for families, couples, singles - EVERYONE! Please join us for a few hours and help beautify the entrance to our mountain community.
Questions? Call Bill or Karla Kepsel at 435.654.9394.

I would like to make one additional invitation for property owners to step up and become candidates for election to the Timber Lakes Board of Directors. We have our annual election in July. We have openings on our board and it will be a better entity if the directors are elected by the owners than if the Board appoints directors. Please consider giving something back to our mountain community and run for the Board. If you are willing to become a candidate, please complete the Board Candidate Application Form and return it to the office ASAP. Thank you.

We are holding our next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors of the Timber Lakes Property Owners Association on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at the Wasatch County Sr. Citizens Center in Heber City at 7:00 p.m. We appreciate input from our property owners and invite your attendance and participation.

With regret, we announce the resignation of Rob Roueche’ from our Board of Directors. His situation at work has changed, which necessitated his departure from the Board. Rob has done an outstanding job with building plan reviews and keeping us straight on the CC&Rs. He put in many hours working with owners on their building plans and we appreciate his contribution to the Timber Lakes community.

Accordingly, we now have an opening on our Board. Inasmuch as we are getting close to our annual meeting, we would like to give the property owners the opportunity to elect someone to complete Rob’s term on the Board. We encourage you to consider filing an application to become a candidate. We have four positions open and welcome your participation in the process. We need owners to get involved on the Board and help us continue our efforts to improve life on the mountain.

Please complete the Board Candidate Application Form and send to the office by Friday, May 15, 2009.

We are holding our next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 (no, this is not an April Fools joke) at the East Millcreek Library in Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. We appreciate input from our property owners and invite your attendance and participation.

We have printed the latest edition of our newsletter and are in the process of mailing one to each of our property owners. It should arrive in your mailbox next week. If you do not receive a newsletter by the end of March, will you please contact the office and make sure we have your correct address and telephone number. We have recently had to rebuild our address database. In the process we discovered that many address changes made in the last few months are not valid addresses (according to the Post Office).