The Water Company’s contractor, Sunroc Construction, is delivering materials to the mountain and will begin construction on the water distribution system next week. The work is commencing at the top of the subdivision, above Raccoon.

The Water Company has mailed an important piece of paper to every lot owner discussing combining lots for purposes of minimizing the amount you will need to pay for the upcoming water distribution system improvements. We are not the Water Company. If you own multiple lots you should go to their website and read this document carefully. Their deadline is September 30, 2008. This is NOT THE SAME THING AS COMBINING YOUR LOTS WITH WASATCH COUNTY.

If you have any questions about lot combinations for water, you must contact the Water Company NOW. If you have questions about combining your lots with Wasatch County, you must contact the County.

We, the Property Owners Association have nothing to due with lot combinations. It is not possible to combine your lots for the purpose of eliminating our annual assessments.

If you have noticed the increasing frequency of 3-5 second power outages, or if you have to reset your clocks every time you come to your cabin, please contact John Blickenstaff.

On behalf of your Board of Directors, thank you for contacting us with your concerns, questions and suggestions. Thanks to you who are volunteering to help us do things. Thanks to you who are coming to our meetings each month. We are listening and we value your input. The reason we are not moving quicker to address issues is that there are only nine of us. Nine people cannot possibly run the business affairs of the Association. If you are willing to help, please contact us; your assistance always makes things happen quicker.

I want to especially thank those of you quietly giving service: those who pick up the trash after the weekend crowd tosses it on the ground at the dumpsters, those who clean up the floor of the mail house, those who look out for their neighbors, those who comply with our CC&Rs, those helping us straighten out our address database, those who made the Annual Meeting happen, those who are volunteering to be on call with the First Responders. Thanks to everyone who contributes to the quality of life on the mountain.

If you have questions about your water being shut off, your water bill, combining your lots with the Water Company, watering outside, watering inside, or any other item having to do with water, please contact the Water Company. The Timber Lakes Property Owners Association is not the Water Company. Still.

We have received several emails and telephone calls about the new Timber Lakes Directory. Many of you are upset that your unlisted telephone number and/or address was included in this directory. Please be assured that Timber Lakes Property Owners Association does NOT release your owner information without your permission, with the exception of cooperating with law enforcement agencies and other inquiries where we are required by law to divulge owner information.

We did not provide any information, permission or support for the printing of the directory. We do not know how the information was obtained. This was the sole effort of one property owner who was operating on their own and we suggest you contact that individual with your concerns and complaints. Her name is Rachel Deggerman. I did not purchase a copy of the directory but I assume that it lists her telephone number.

As always, thank you for contacting us when you have a concern.

The County has a crew in Timber Lakes spraying for noxious weeds on the roadsides this week. We encourage property owners to do the same on your lots. Some weeds, including Musk Thistle, Scotch Thistle, Leafy Spurge, Square Rose Knap Weed, Yellow Star Thistle, Yellow Toad Flax and Russian Knap Weedthistle, will take over if they are not controlled.

Thanks.

John Blickenstaff

We held our annual meeting this morning (Saturday, July 12, 2008). We had approximately 125 people in attendance and about that same number voted by mail.

John Blickenstaff, Mike Durr and Gifford Ely were elected to three-year terms as members of the Board of Directors. Brad Denney ran a nice absentee campaign. He was unable to attend the meeting but was nominated from the floor and received many votes, but not enough to win a seat.

We announced our discussions with All West Communications about improving the services they offer in Timber Lakes and look forward to working with them on these enhancements. Regarding one of those items, a non-binding poll of those present showed an overwhelming majority favor getting cell phone coverage on the mountain.

Ernie Giles, Wasatch County Fire Chief, announced the County has decided to build a fire station in Timber Lakes. He was applauded and expressed appreciation by stating that he is not usually applauded when he shows up. Both the County and the Property Owners Association still have some hoops to jump through to make this happen, but the prospects are exciting.

We will summarize the rest of the meeting in the minutes, which we will post as soon as we have a chance to compose and review them.

Following the public meeting, the Board of Directors met and elected officers for the fiscal year (July 2007 through June 2008). The results:

John Blickenstaff — President
Ole Smith — Vice President of Administration
Gary Hume — Vice President of Operations
Charlie Richards — Treasurer
LaMar Hadley — Secretary

I would like to thank a bunch of people. First, thanks to John Young, our outgoing President. John did a remarkable job of organizing the Board’s workload and refereeing between strong opinions. He and his wife, Ilse, put in untold hours worrying about details, getting the newsletters organized and printed, creating meeting agendas and talking to property owners, The Young’s have served our mountain community well and we will miss him as our President.

I also want to thank Grant Fairbanks and his election committee for handling the ballots and counting the votes. Grant has tackled this project for several years and we appreciate his civic spirit and willingness to provide service to the rest of us.

I appreciate Connie Hadley, for taking minutes and keeping us all honest. She has a big task just riding heard on LaMar, but she also finds the time to communicate with the rest of the Board and keep us informed of issues that she knows we need to look at.

I want to thank each of you that took the time to vote in this election, as well as those who voted in the Pebble Creek matter. We will be back to you shortly to ask you to approve another couple of important items.

Finally, thanks to you property owners who have contacted a Board member with a concern, suggestion, complaint or question. We appreciate your input. If we have not addressed your problem yet, it is not because we do not care; it is because we do not have enough property owners volunteering to help us. If you are willing to help, please let us know.

Our Board will meet in two weeks to map out our priorities for the coming year and pledge to keep trying to improve the quality of life on our mountain.

John Blickenstaff

At the public meeting held on June 25, 2008, the ballots for the proposed Pebble Creek annexation were counted. The proposal was overwhelmingly approved. Here are the numbers:

1. 499 Ballots Returned
2. 446 Valid Ballots
3. 420 Voted Yes
4. 26 Voted No
5. 53 Ballots were invalid
6. 94% Approval of the proposal

The next step is for Pebble Creek to request annexation into Plat 2 from Wasatch County. The request must be approved by both the County Planning Commission and the County Council. This process will take a few months. If the annexation is approved by the County, then Pebble Creek will become part of Timber Lakes.

We appreciate everyone who participated, asked questions, attended the meetings and took part in this matter. We will keep you informed as the process continues.

Thanks to you folks who braved the cold weather and showed up on Saturday, May 24, to help pick up trash. We filled up a dump truck and left many orange bags full of trash for the County to haul off for us. The area around the office, dumpsters, gate and entrance road is now trash free. I never cease to be amazed at how thoughtless litterers are. Thanks again, for helping to clean up the mess left behind by others.

There will be a cleanup project on Saturday, May 24, 2008 from 8:00 am until noon. We need volunteers to meet at the Timber Lakes office at 8:00 am for an assignment. We will be cleaning up trash, debris and dead wood around the entrance road, gate, dumpster area, mail house and office. Lunch will be provided at noon in the office parking lot. Please bring your family and come spend a few hours helping us make our entrance area more attractive.

John Blickenstaff