Community Meeting, Picnic, Election!

The HCHA board has voted to hold a neighborhood meeting on Sunday November 4, 2007, from 2-4 PM at Heritage Park. Heritage Park is on Jenkins Road, near the intersection with East Brainerd Road, not far from the East Brainerd Road Pizza Hut.

At the meeting we will have an election for our HCHA Board of Directors. Voting is limited to dues-paying members, and ballots will be available there. If you have paid dues but cannot attend the meeting, please email president@hurricanecreek.com for a ballot.

The HCHA plans to make available soda and some light snacks. Please bring your own blankets, chairs, and any other things you would like for fun (football, frisbee, kite, etc.). We also expect to have a representative from EPB there to discuss their new initiative, Fiber to the Home. Finally, we hope to have a printed neighborhood directory to distribute to HCHA members.

Note one additional benefit of membership we plan to offer is to make available an online directory of residents' businesses and services. If you offer those services, you can have them listed there (with links to your business' websites). And if you want to find someone in the neighborhood who offers babysitting, tax preparing, financial planning, petsitting, or lawnmowing, you can use the directory to find those services.

Board Meeting 10/4: Agenda

1. Elections for board members
2. Community picnic at Heritage Park?
   
3. Treasurer's report
4. Recent home sales
5. Covenant database
6. Covenant enforcement policy
7. Updates to website/blogsite
8. Newsletter / frequency
9. Directory of residents

Residents who may wish to volunteer to serve on committees established by the board, and/or who seek election to the board, are encouraged to attend.

Next Board Meeting (NOTE: Change in Venue)

Thursday, October 4, 2007, 7:00 pm at Christ United Methodist Church's Community Room, which is located in the separate adult Sunday School building behind the sanctuary building.

Please bring a lap desk or a clipboard if you need one, as there may not be any table set up.

National Crime Night Out

At our meeting today, Janice Atkinson of the County Sheriff's Office mentioned a national community program that, according to their website, "promotes neighborhood spirit, police-community partnerships in our fight for a safer nation."

It is held annually on the first Tuesday in August, and enjoys a major sponsor: Target.

Several folks at our meeting mentioned that they would like to see us re-establish some community get-togethers, such as barbecues, ice-cream socials, or block parties. This would be an option that could be combined with the others mentioned as well.

If this is something that interests you, please let one of your board members know. We will keep a tally on neighborhood interest in this, and perhaps it is something we can do for next year.

Call for Board Members

At today's meeting, many of you expressed concerns about backyard sheds, off-road vehicles, trash, speeding, kids' safety on foot or on bicycles, and so on. Your homeowner's association board is working hard to keep Hurricane Creek an attractive and desirable place to live, but we can't do as much as we want to without additional board members and other volunteers. Please contact one of your board members if you are willing to serve your community in this way.

Our next board meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 4, 2007, at 7pm, at the Crye-Leike office location on Gunbarrel Road (before you get to Target, on the right, as you approach from East Brainerd Road). Bruce Gilliam, our outgoing Board President and a Crye-Leike Realtor, has agreed to let us use a conference room there at least one more time so we can find a new location for the December meeting (we meet every even-numbered month on the first Thursday night at 7pm). Please consider joining us.

Community Meeting a Success

Thanks to everyone who came out to our community meeting today. We were privileged to have had in attendance County Commissioner Larry Henry, City Councilman Jack Benson, and several representatives from the County Sheriff’s department. Each spoke a bit and gave us updates on the status of Publix moving in, road widening, repaving, and several suggestions regarding whom to call when certain problems arise. Thanks also to Dan Norey who procured refreshments for those in attendance.

Following this entry will be a series of posts which address some of the concerns voiced by residents at the meeting.

Community Meeting This Saturday

At 9:00am this Saturday, August 25th, the Hurricane Creek Homeowner's Association will be having a meeting for residents of the Hurricane Creek subdivision. The meeting will be held at the outdoor pavilion of Christ United Methodist Church, which is located at the intersection of Morris Hill Road and East Brainerd Road.

Refreshments will be served. Please come and share your concerns, questions, and above all, please support your homeowner's association by paying dues. Please also consider joining the board. We have a number of open spots to fill, and we need your help to accomplish great things for our subdivision. But we can't do it without volunteer support. Don't assume someone else will step forward - that someone else is you!

Besides, if someone else had taken stepped forward, we wouldn't have openings on the board.

Minutes - Board Meeting 8/9/2007

MINUTES
Hurricane Creek Homeowners Association Meeting
August 9, 2007

Attendees:

• Bruce Gillham - President
• Charles Kuhlman - Resident
• Dan Norey - Treasurer
• Michele Walker - Secretary
• Carl Westman - Board Member

1. Status of East Brainerd Road Widening Project: TDOT is undergoing the second round of revisions to the plan. No appraisers have yet been assigned. Earliest date to start would be the beginning of 2009.
2. Status of Publix: Opening date moved back to first of December at the earliest.
3. HOA Dues Invoice/ Mail out: Printed and mailed. Probably will be delivered around August 11.
4. Front Entrance Status: Plans to redo landscaping at entrance on hold until sprinklers can be repaired. Call has been placed for repair and awaiting response. Agreed to use evergreens versus crape myrtles.
5. Community Meeting: August 25 at 9am at Christ United Methodist Church in the outdoor pavilion. Water, juice, and donuts will be provided. Larry Henry, Jack Benson, and Sheriff Long will be invited to attend.
6. Website: Charles Kuhlman will check on possibly getting a new webmaster. Carl Westman suggested creating a Hurricane Creek BLOG to post news, etc. Future plans would be to include advertisements for businesses owned by residents.
7. Board Meetings: Meetings will be kept every other month (even numbered months) on the 2nd Thursday at 7pm. In the future, they may be increased to monthly.
8. Sewer Odor on Hurricane Creek Rd.: Moccasin Bend treatment plant will be notified when the sewer odor is a problem so that more chemicals can be added in Windstone.
9. Property at End of Swanson’s Ridge: The owner will decide what measures will be taken to keep vehicles from driving through his property to the undeveloped section. A fence with sign was discussed.
10. Restrictive Covenants Database: Charles Kuhlman is organizing information so that it can be entered into a database.
11. Driveways for RV’s: Gravel driveways and outbuildings are both violations of the neighborhood covenants. Letters will be sent out asking the owners of residences with these violations to bring their property into compliance with the covenants.
12. Weatherview Church: According to the county, this area is zoned for churches.
13. Yard Sale: Last Saturday in September.
14. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting scheduled for October 11, 2007 at 7PM.

Community Meeting & Dues Notice

The Best Reason to Support Your Homeowner’s Association

The value of your home is probably your largest single investment. The value of this investment depends on, among other things, its location in an attractive neighborhood with an appealing entrance, sensible covenants that are enforced, and friendly residents who look out for each other and for the neighborhood as a whole. By supporting the Homeowner’s Association through dues and volunteering, you are helping to protect the value of homes in our subdivision – including your own.

Community Meeting and Other News

We will have a community meeting on Saturday, August 25, 9:00 AM, at the outdoor pavilion of Christ United Methodist Church, just off Morris Hill Road. Refreshments will be served. Come and meet your neighbors, get to know your HCHA board members, and let your concerns be heard.

Your HCHA board is also working on several other issues, including the status of the East Brainerd Road widening project, Publix moving into the old Winn-Dixie location, miscellaneous covenant violations, littering of common areas, illegal and underage use of off-road motorcycles and golf carts, foul air near the Hurricane Creek Road split, and redesigning the hurricanecreek.com website.

Join the HCHA Board! Volunteers Wanted

Please join us on the HCHA Board so we can keep Hurricane Creek a desirable place to live. We have a number of open positions, so with your help, we can be more effective. If you would be willing to serve, please email president@hurricanecreek.com.

Dues for Homeowner’s Association

HCHA dues for the current year are only $35. Your dues go to pay for the upkeep of our subdivision’s front entrance (including water and plantings), islands, taxes and insurance on the entrance property, garage sales, and other décor and arrangements (holiday lighting and wreaths, yard of the season, etc). Please help keep your neighborhood attractive by paying your dues so we can keep these efforts going.

Annual Dues for Hurricane Creek Homeowner’s Association: $35

Name: _______________________________

Phone: _______________________________

Address _________________________________, Chattanooga, TN 37421

Email for future newsletters: _______________________________

Send to: Hurricane Creek Homeowner’s Association, P. O. Box 21268, Chattanooga, TN 37424

Minutes of June 2007 Board Meeting

MINUTES

Hurricane Creek Homeowners Association Meeting

June 8, 2007

ATTENDEES

Bruce Gillham – President

Dan Norey – Treasurer

Michele Walker - Secretary

Suzanne Guffey –Board member

Carl Westman - Resident

1. Status of Issues presented to Commissioner Henry: Swanson's Ridge Rd Trespassing- County came and looked at situation and determined that there is not a lot they can do. The trespassing is not being done on county land. It will take the owner of the property where the trespassing is occurring to step up and register complaints. The very best the county could do is post no trespassing signs. The property owner needs to contact the authorities.
   

• Golf Cart and ATV's- Needed the address of where these vehicles reside so the county can address. Addresses have now been provided.
  
• Church on Weatherview -According to the county, this area is zoned for churches. The only thing the county can address is traffic and parking. The county needs an address for the church.
• Construction trash and gravel on the corner of Weatherview and Windy Hill - County has visited the property and spoken to the builder. Issue is being addressed and it has been cleaned up.

2. Status of East Brainerd Road widening project: Bruce Gillham reported that it will be at least two more seasons before the widening will begin. The survey stakes indicate where the widening is going to be and how much of the wall we will be losing. As it stands right now the appraisers have not been out nor has the Association been contacted.
3. Status of Publix: Bruce Gillham reported that contractors have begun work at the site. Plans remain to have the store completed by September 2007.
4. Community Meeting: Michele Walker will check with Christ United Methodist Church about using their pavilion. Dates to consider are July 21 or 28 around 9AM.
5. 2007 Dues: Carl will check with local businesses for prices to do the mailers.
6. List of Assoc. Responsibilities: Received a list and discussed a couple of the duties. Bruce and Carl will check on possibly changing the company in charge of the website. We will consider storage for the signs and decorations.
7. Restrictive Covenants: Carl Westman has agreed to help with the covenants database.
8. 915 Shady Fork Rd Sale: Bruce reported that this property is no longer divided in the listing.
9. Trash in Common Area: Anyone noticing someone dumping trash should get a description of the person, vehicle, and license tag number and call 311. The city will then issue a citation. A “No Littering” sign has been placed in the common area. This issue will be discussed at the community meeting.
10. Sewer Odor on Hurricane Creek Rd.: A monitoring device will be placed on Windstone’s sewage collection system to tell if the correct amount of chemicals is being added.
11. Other business: None discussed at this time.
12. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting scheduled for August 2, 2007 at 7PM.