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Make Plans to Join Us

Webmaster — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:19:17 +0000

Make plans to join your Timber Lakes neighbors for Beautify Timber Lakes events the first four Saturdays of June. From a community open house on June 2 to wildflower planting on June 23, it’s a great opportunity to find out what’s going on in our common areas and to get to know some nice folks. Ask the employee at the gate for a flyer with more details.

For more information, you can join the Residents of Timber Lakes group on Facebook , or email TLPOAcommonarea@gmail.com.

Theresa Gubler, TLPOA

Save these dates

Webmaster — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:50:37 +0000

Mark your calendars – June is Beautify Timber Lakes Month

June 2,5 p.m. Community Open House and pot luck dinner
June 9, 10 a.m. De-trash Timber Lakes Day
June 16, 8 a.m., Weedstock 2012
June 23, 9 a.m., Seedstock 2012
Trail building continues the second Saturday of each month. Ask the guard at the gate for a flyer with more details. And in the meantime join the Residents of Timber Lakes group on Facebook, or email us at TLPOAcommonarea@gmail.com

P.S. Please join Common Area Trail Boss, Dan Shoyer, to help build the “Westviews Trail”. Meet at 1:00 p.m. this Saturday, May 5, 2012 on the road by the Dome house (between lot #1307 – 1308 Beaver Bench Rd) . The tools of choice will be brush clippers, hoes, rakes, and pick axes. Perhaps one chainsaw might come in handy. Be sure to bring your gloves and water. Long pants recommended.

Theresa Gubler, TLPOA Secretary

Meeting Reminder

Webmaster — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:29:40 +0000

Just a reminder that our monthly Board Meetings are coming up next week and all Timber Lakes owners are invited and welcome to attend.

May 9, 2012 Murray City Library: Work Meeting 5:30 pm & Regular Meeting 7:00 pm

Theresa Gubler, TLPOA Secretary

Weeds and Feeds

Webmaster — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:59:00 +0000

They’re Here!

An early spring means an early arrival of invasive weeds. To help you get a head start on fighting thistles, houndstongue, and other noxious weeds, the Wasatch County Public Works Department has free herbicide for Timber Lakes property owners. Visit the weed control department at 1891 West 3000 South in Heber City for a free gallon. They are open 8 to 5 M-F. The herbicide is concentrated and you will need to dilute it yourself according to the instructions supplied. One gallon should be more than enough to treat a 1-acre property for one year.

For more information call 435-654-1661.

Free herbicide will also be available at Timber Lakes on June 16 from 8 a.m. until noon during our second annual WEEDSTOCK.

Also mark your calendar for Saturday June 2, 2012.

The Common Area Committee is planning a fun day to roll out “Beautify Timber Lakes Month”. We are inviting all owners to a get-together to introduce our new enhanced common areas and walking trails. We are planning a pot-luck or barbeque….more details to come.

Last Call for Candidates

Webmaster — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:15:23 +0000

The Association’s Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the Wastach County Senior Citizens Center in Heber City, Utah, at 10:00 am. There are three open positions for the Board of Directors that need to be filled by election. We encourage owners to run for the Board. Proper operation of Timber Lakes and appropriate protection of our assets requires the involvement of the owners. 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 now. We must receive the application form by May 1, 2012. Thank you.

Craig Allen
President, TLPOA

Common Area Committee

Webmaster — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:20:44 +0000

The Timber Lakes Common Area Committee will be meeting Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m., at the home of Terrie Schultz. Please join us to discuss priorities for the upcoming season and our plans for Beautify Timber Lakes Month, which will kick off June 2. Terrie’s address is 255 Lake Pines Drive. Please carpool as parking is limited and do not block the apartment driveway. Come help make the most of our mountain and have a say in projects near your home, cabin, or lot. For more information, join the Residents of Timber Lakes group on Facebook or send an email to TLPOAcommonarea@gmail.com

Thanks.

Theresa Gubler

Board Candidates Needed

Webmaster — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:03:43 +0000

The Association’s Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the Wastach County Senior Citizens Center in Heber City, Utah, at 10:00 am. There are three open positions for the Board of Directors that need to be filled by election. We encourage owners to consider running for the Board. Proper operation of Timber Lakes and appropriate protection of our assets requires the involvement of the owners. 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.

Craig Allen
President, TLPOA

Common Area Committee Meeting

Webmaster — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:31:49 +0000

The Timber Lakes Common Area Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at the home of Terrie Shultz, 255 Lake Pines Drive. All owners and residents are invited to attend and volunteer for the projects nearest and dearest to your hearts—or lots—as the case may be. We will be discussing priorities and budgets for the upcoming season and solidifying a plan for Beautify Timber Lakes Month, which will be June 2012.

For more information contact TLPOAcommonarea@gmail.com. Look for more details in the next newsletter and/or subscribe to the Timber Lakes Board Blog (http://timberlakesutah.com/board-blog/) and/or join the Residents of Timber Lakes group on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/271354291557/).

Theresa Gubler

March Meeting & Employment Opportunity

Webmaster — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:23:13 +0000

Fellow Timber Lakes Owners:

We need to communicate two things to you.

The date and location of our next board meeting was incorrect in our last newsletter. The correct date and location is posted on our website. Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Murray City Library located at 166 East 5300 South in Murray. The work meeting begins at 5:30 pm, followed by the regular board meeting at 7:00 pm. Owners are invited to attend both meetings, but are only invited to listen in the work meeting. The regular meeting provides opportunities for owners to ask questions, make comments and offer suggestions.
We have a part-time security position available at Timber Lakes. The position requires weekend, holiday and evening hours. Please contact security for additional information and an application form.

Theresa Gubler, for the Board

Webmaster — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:45:34 +0000

We are working on the next edition of the Timber Lakes Newsletter and need your help. In addition to informative articles from the board members, we are trying to collect “slice-of-life” and personal input from our community – making the newsletter more personable, entertaining and even more informative. Communication is key!

Please send your stories about living in Timber Lakes, fundraiser info, charitable interests, school-related info, social group info, amazing travel experiences, etc. Also, PICTURES are greatly needed!

Please e-mail your stories and high-res digital pictures (let us know if you only have a hard copy of your picture and we can scan it) to Theresa.gubler@gmail.com. We cannot promise that all info and pictures will be included (pending ad sales and board approval of content), but it most likely will!

Again, our goal with expanding the newsletter content is to try to get more people involved and create an even greater sense of community here in Timber Lakes.

Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested – we need your help spreading the word! We are also always looking for advertisers – please let us know if there is someone you think we should contact.

Thank you,

Theresa Gubler
Timber Lakes Board of Directors

Subscribing to our blog

Webmaster — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:55:14 +0000

Over the past year, we have had intermittent trouble with Comcast blocking our owner subscriber list for owners using comcast.net (or Roadrunner) addresses. Currently, thanks to one of our owners, Dave Gangon, Comcast has lifted the block, but it has been lifted in the past, only to return within a few months. Recently, we contacted all of our owners that subscribed with a comcast.net or roadrunner address and asked them if they were willing to use an alternate address. About half of them provided us with an alternate. If you want to subscribe with a Comcast or roadrunner address, you may do so, but when Comcast blocks our email to you, you will need to work with them to remove the block. They will not respond to us. The reason they keep blocking us is two-fold. (1) In the past, another customer of the same company that hosts our website was a spammer and Comcast does not differentiate between clients of our hosting service. (2) One (or more) of our previous owners that subscribed to our email list got tired of receiving email from us. Rather than unsubscribe, he simply reported us to Comcast as spammers. They blocked our email to their customers three times last year, with the most recent block lasting several months before Dave Gangon got it removed this week.

If you are subscribed to our list with a Comcast or Roadrunner address and don’t need this hassle, you can change to an alternate email. Simply reply to this email, enter your alternate email address as the body of your message, and I will replace your Comcast address with your new one. I will confirm the change to you by email.

If you no longer wish to receive email from Timber Lakes, you can either click on the link at the bottom of this message and follow the instructions to unsubscribe, or simply reply to this email with the word “Unsubscribe” as your message and I will remove you from the database.

Thanks, and please attend the January meeting in Murray, Utah if you are able.

John Blickenstaff
Webmaster
Timber Lakes Property Owners Association

Trails

Webmaster — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:49:19 +0000

Hi Fellow Owners:

We just wanted to let you know that there are several hiking/snowshoe/x-country ski trails in the common areas that are open this winter.

The Moose Trail is located at the upper mountain (see map) and has a north and south trail. There is good parking area and a kiosk with signs.

The Jones Lake Trail is located mid-mountain, just off Lake Pines Drive (see map). You may have noticed the piles of red rock and some road equipment parked in this lot. This is also the location of the parking to access this common area. A trail starts at the parking lot and goes up through the trees to the south, and then over the dam and around Jones Lake.

Please enjoy and use the trails. Remember to stay on the trails and respect private property. The common area boundaries are marked with pink flags. If you are not in the common area, you are on private property that belongs to someone else!

We will resume more trail work in spring. In the meantime, use and enjoy the new trails in Timber Lakes. If you would like to volunteer to help build trails, let me know.

Also, if you are a Facebook member, there is a Timber Lakes Residents page that you may want to join as a way to stay connected with some of the folks/happenings on the mountain.

I hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday and a very merry new year!

Barb Meierhofer
For the Common Area Committee

Weed & Seed

Webmaster — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:26:46 +0000

Thanks so much to those who showed up to help us plant the seeds and bulbs in the flower “boxes” and in the areas on each side of Timber Lakes Rd. (just inside the gate)! We want to create a fabulous first impression as you enter Timber Lakes Estates. We are doing this by planting a wildflower blend of seeds and bulbs that are appropriate for this area and provide a variety of bold and delicate blossoms; with both early and late blooming wildflowers, daffodils, crocus and hyacinth for color throughout the growing season. Thanks to Steve Drew for the donation of Russian Sage, Don Christian and Mike Durr for backhoe equipment and volunteers Barb & Jeff Meierhofer, Beth and Gil Miller, Judy Eddins, Bonnie Armstrong, Al & Lynn Katcher, and Terrie Schultz. If you would like to be a part of this sub-committee of the Common Areas Committee, just contact Terrie Schultz.

Mike Durr
Vice President, TLPOA

Assessment for 2012

Webmaster — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:00:27 +0000

NOTICE: At the regular monthly meeting on November 9th, 2011, the Board of the Timber Lakes Property Owners Association approved by a vote of 4 to 3, an increase in the annual assessment for 2012. The assessment will be $650.00, an increase of approximately 6% over the 2011 level. This increase was approved to help cover costs associated with the Blue Spruce Project and the likely construction of a new fire exit road into the national forest area from the upper mountain. The fire exit road will vastly improve safety for the entire community and will cost approximately $187,000.00.

Craig Allen, President

Common Area Projects in the Works

Webmaster — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:24:14 +0000

Hiking/snowshoeing trails are accessible now. Come check them out and/or volunteer!

The Timber Lakes Common Area Committee and volunteers have started work on several key projects in our common areas across the mountain.

The first is called Jones Lake. It will have a picnic and improved year-round parking area with hiking, snowshoeing trails, and pond exploration around Jones Lake. This area includes Plats 9A, 10, and 11, and is accessible from Lake Pines Drive across from lot 946. Volunteers are designing the picnic area, which will include a natural play area. The hiking trail meanders through stands of cottonwood, around marshes (for good bird watching), and eventually into a large aspen grove. It will be marked for both winter and summer use. To prevent off-road vehicles from disturbing the common areas, a natural barrier will be included to prevent access where possible.

Chris Bala is volunteer trail boss for this site. Trail-building volunteers to date include: Gil Miller, Craig Jeppson, Matt Anderson, Carrie Bala, Barbara Stone, Tom Metcalf, Monty Botoson, Terrie Schultz, and Carolyn Rose.

The second project underway is improvement of the Moose Trail, on Plat 19, off of Raccoon Drive near the top of the development. This is a fabulous wildlife and wild flower viewing trail that cuts down the canyon through aspen and pine forest, crossing the creek several times. Trail bosses Barb and Jeff Meierhofer have led a team of volunteers to site the northern trail, build natural bridges, and place stepping stones in several creek crossings. This volunteer team includes Jim and Dixie Carroll, Daryl and Twila Sparti, Judy Eddins, Marie Barton, and Theresa Gubler. A four-car parking area is available on the north side of the street and is marked.

A survey has just been completed for this fall’s third project –a hiking/snowshoeing trail on Plat 13, called West Views. The plan is to create a scenic trail on this parcel, which is accessible from Ridgeline, Oakview, and West View drives. All of the sites are required to have safe, legal parking, so a four-car parking area will be created to access this site as well. Dan Shroyer will be the trail boss of this area.

The Clyde Lake common area, Plat 2, has been surveyed. Watch for announcements as work starts in this area. This area will be wonderful for pond exploration and hiking in the scrub oaks on the northwest side of the subdivision.

If time and weather permit, the committee also hopes to complete surveys on the Bench Lake area (Plat 7), the south side of Raccoon Drive (Plat 19a), and the Harry/Parry Lake area (Plat 20a.)

Jim Barton is building kiosks that will be in place at each common area. The kiosk will contain trail maps, rules and regulations, and information about the local flora and fauna. If you have building materials to donate, please contact any member of the committee.

Thanks go to the Timber Lakes road crew and owner Don Christian for time and equipment required for the large-scale parts of these projects.

These projects are part of a master plan created by a committee of the TLPOA board this spring and are based on a commitment to create clean, safe, attractive, low-impact recreation areas that respect flora, fauna, and adjacent property owners, and are low maintenance and sustainable. To the best of the committee’s knowledge, Timber Lakes currently has 23 common areas. These areas range from 1 acre to 40 acres in size. They are spread across the mountain. The committee polled property owners, to learn our owners’ priorities; the results leaned heavily toward hiking trails, nature walkways, sledding and snowshoe areas, and docks and picnic areas around the common area lakes.

Engineering surveys will be completed to clearly define the boundary of each individual common area before any projects are initiated. These areas will be posted to keep users from trespassing on adjacent lot owners’ private property.

Common areas are accessible to all TLPOA members and accompanied guests, but not open to the general public. Access to these areas will be controlled/maintained by proper signage. Motorized vehicles will be restricted from common areas in summer. Rules for the use of each common area will be posted on an information kiosk at the entry of each area. Offenders can be reported to Timber Lakes’ security or to the Sheriff’s department.

Please take a moment to review the Common Area Master Plan on the Timber Lakes website. We would love to have additional owners on the volunteer committee. If you have questions or would like to get involved, please contact TLPOAcommonarea@gmail.com. Watch the newsletter and the Timber Lakes blog for updates on additional projects.

Mike Durr, TLPOA Board

Common Area Invite

Webmaster — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:54:30 +0000

Looks like we are going to have another nice day today. We are hoping to get some more work done to prepare our Common Area for hiking and snowshoe trails this fall/winter.

We know this is a last minute invite, but please come join us at the Jones Lake parking area (across from lot #946 on Lake Pines Dr) from 12:00 – 2:00 today (October 29, 2011). Bring your gloves, eyewear, and a tool: shovel, rake, hoe, hatchet, pruning shears, or chainsaw.

Barb and Jeff Meierhofer
785-8185

Recycling

Webmaster — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:05:56 +0000

We have posted two new items on our website about recycling. We would appreciate you taking the time to read them and we would appreciate even more your joining us in recycling your trash.

Click here to read about our recycle shed

Click here to read about recycling etiquette

Thank you,

Theresa Gubler, TLPOA Secretary

Help us build trails

Webmaster — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:45:04 +0000

Calling for volunteers! The Common Area committee is ready to build trails! A work party is planned for Saturday, October 22nd from 10:00 am – 12:00 to build trails in two areas. Bring your gloves, hoe, rake, shovel, chainsaw if you have one, hat and water. Meet the Trail Boss at either parking area : (1) at corner of Lot 1900 Raccoon, or (2) behind the Timber Lakes maintenance shed on the east side of Timber Lakes Drive – approximately Lot 930 near Jones Lake reservoir.
For more information call Barb or Jeff Meierhofer 785-8185 or barbmeierhofer@yahoo.com

Mike Durr, TLPOA

Thanks Dave!

Webmaster — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:08:47 +0000

Our new recycling shed is now fully operational. We encourage all Timebr Lakes owners to participate in our commumity effort to recycle our trash.

On behalf of all owners, I would like to thank Dave Read for the many hours of hard work he put into designing and building the recycling structure. We also thank those who assisted him in any way. Way to go Dave!

Craig Allen
President

Common Area

Webmaster — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:30:38 +0000

The Common Area/Open Space Committee is going to meet at the Timber Lakes Office at 10:00 am this Saturday morning, September 17^th. Please join us if you would like to volunteer on any part of this exciting community project. We are going to go over the master plan, and work on the next steps to get started with activities and projects. Also, bring a shovels, rake, or gloves if you want to help finish the rock gardens by the mail house.

Please forward this to anyone you think may want to be involved in this exciting time of enhancing our community.

Please call me for more information.

Jeff Meierhofer
435.785.8185