If you are interested in posting a letter to the HOA's website please send it to carolraeranch@gmail.com and indicate that you would like it added to the website. Please include your full name. November 30, 2010
Seasons Greetings! I am writing on behalf of A Place to Call Home. We are a foster care and adoption agency located in Mesa, Arizona. We will be providing a holiday celebration for foster children, adoptive children, and foster children and adults with special needs (200+). The party is also in celebration of all our amazing and dedicated foster/adoptive families who care for all the children and adults placed in our foster and adoptive homes. Our party is being held on December 11, 2010 at Mesa Golfland Sunsplash. For some, this will be the first time attending such an event and receiving gifts, as many individuals that come into foster care unfortunately have not experienced much joy and celebration, if any, for the holidays. We would like this to be a memorable event and are seeking your support. Any way that you would be able to contribute support to this event is greatly appreciated. In particular, we are in need of gifts for teens and special need adults (i.e. gift cards, music, clothing, video games, etc.) and gifts for infants (i.e. clothing; musical toys; etc.). Please refer to the letter attached to this email including our non-profit organization, Dorothy's Light, and additional details. We are open and welcoming of any and all ideas and means of support for this special holiday celebration, so please contact us to discuss anything further! In general, please feel free to contact myself or Jacqueline Destremps, our Recruitment Coordinator (jdestremps@tocallhome.com), with any additional questions or for more information about our invitation to help support Arizona's children in foster and adoptive care as well as special needs children and adults in foster care. With tribute to all of the children and adults we serve, we thank you for your consideration!
Michelle Trca Michelle Trca, Director (W) 480-456-0549 ATTACHMENT: Christmas Donation Letter 2010 November 16, 2009 My name is (Former HOA President) Rick Goulian, address 3727 E. San Remo Ave. I'd like to know what the HOA board is doing to address the graffiti on the common walls at CRR. There is a huge patch of grey paint on the common wall facing Guadalupe (west of Bridlegate), and another patch of grey paint on the north wall at the intersection of Bridlegate and San Angelo (near utility boxes).
These grey patches are very unsightly and should be painted a brown shade that matches the rest of the common wall. The previous board always made sure this was done within a week or two of the graffiti report. These grey patches have been there for at least 2 months. I would also like to request that the current HOA president post his email address on the website on the contacts page, as I did when I was president. Also, please post this letter on the CCR website letters section. Regards, Rick Goulian Color Palette Thoughts Mike Overson, Lot 152
In considering the various points of view that I’ve heard in the last year regarding the painting problem, I don’t think it is productive to limit the arguments according to “why we sacked the old Board.” Regardless of those motivations, we have a group of homeowners who are concerned about the color choices that are now available. In contrast to the approach of the previous Board, I believe it is in the best interest of the association to find a workable compromise. I’ll begin by highlighting areas where we can agree and then I’ll propose a compromise that I hope can meet the majority of our needs.
Areas where we agree: o In our neighborhood, we value a consistent color scheme that allows homeowners to be individual yet not look like a “patchwork quilt.” o ACC needs to have a system that is manageable. This means it cannot require a lot of time to research and give color approval. It also means low risk of making a compatibility error. o Homeowners need to have clear guidelines about what colors are compatible with neighbor’s homes but they also need flexibility to express their individuality.
Facts to note: o For each of the three sections of our neighborhood, the respective builder provided a palette of color choices with various rules about how it would be applied to roof color, trim color, and body color. Colors were restricted by the choices of close neighbors. Since then builders across the valley have changed and updated their color offerings according to the latest style. o In determining the “new” palette, the previous ACC/Board noted that most homeowners who had already painted requested a “darker” or “earth” tone. These color choices are consistent with the darker, richer, warmer choices that builders have switched to in recent years. The previous ACC/Board also noted at least one home that had painted in an incompatible color and desperately wanted to avoid that again. o In the future, the latest colors will continue to evolve and homeowners will want to be sensitive to that.
I’ll continue by explaining some notions that may NOT be reasonable: o To expect the ACC to independently evaluate each of the millions of color combinations that might be submitted by a homeowner. o To expect all of the homes in the neighborhood to be painted essentially the same color (many homeowners perceive the “new” color choices to be essentially the same). o To expect neighbors not to have an opinion about how your home looks. o To expect that once decided the neighborhood color palette will remain the same. o That the builder’s original colors will always be compatible with the neighborhood.
Here are some things that I believe should be reasonable to expect: o That the neighborhood will have some type of color palette. o That the color palette will change over time. Some previously acceptable colors will be retired over time, new ones will be added. o That individual homeowners will want/need to choose colors that express their individuality.
In previous conversations, others have mentioned several ideas that I think have merit. I’ve collected those thoughts into three points I think together make up a viable solution to our problem: o I propose that the color palette should be based on compatible color families rather than specific colors. Color families can be selected based on paint chips from Dunn Edwards. Take the “new” colors and expand the palette with others in those color families. o The color palette should be reviewed annually to remove colors that are old or are not being used. The ACC should add new color families that are being used by builders. The ACC should include those new colors that are “compatible.” I think we can expand the palette and allow homeowners more flexibility without producing a “patchwork” of homes. o If a homeowner requests a color outside of the current color families in the palette, the homeowner should solicit the approval of neighbors within five houses on each side and across the street to see if those neighbors agree to the exception. Neighbor opinions should be expressed privately to the ACC via email or on paper. The final decision still rests with the ACC. Mike Overson, Lot 152 April 24, 2009 |