UPDATE: The picnic has been cancelled due to the expected rain this afternoon.
The JAC will be hosting another event at our park access on Sunday August 18th, 2019 from 2-6pm. Pulled pork and hot dogs will be supplied, bring a dish to pass.
All members are welcome, we’ll see you there!
Help the Joint Access Committee raise money to maintain the park.
When: Saturday, Sep. 14th Rain Delay – Sunday, Sep. 15th
Where: SPBHA and SHEHA Park, 5333 Gallagher Blvd
Who: Community Members & Family Members Only
Time: Starts at 11:00 – Completion of Tournament
$20.00 Per Person Donation Fee – Double Elimination
Registration and Donation is Required by September 7, 2019
Contact Steve Scheuring at (734) 660-0304 for Registration
Partners will be chosen by drawing
First Place Team – 20% of Collections
Second Place Team – 10% of Collections
Additional Donations are Welcome and Encouraged
There will be a Joint Access Committee (JAC) Meeting – Sunday August 4th @ 10:00am at the park access. If the weather is bad, the meeting will be moved to the Greko residence at 5206 Gallagher.
As always, all Strawberry Point Bluffs and Strawberry Hill Estates HOA members are welcome to join. See you there!
As many of you have noticed there is a new padlock at the entrance to the Park. In order to re-lock it, your key must remain in the lock in the vertical position. Please remember to replace the chain and re-lock our Park every time you enter or exit. The key you already have will still work in the new lock.
Thanks to all from your JAC
Bluffs Homeowners – Thank you for voting
the proposal to change the annual dues has passed!
After the meeting on Tuesday July 16 we had 42 yes votes and 3 no votes. We continued to accept votes after Tuesday and now have 51 yes votes, a full 2/3 of our HOA members. The board planned to accept ballots through the end of July, as voting was not “closed” as of our Tuesday evening meeting date.
The new dues amount of $125 is effective with next year’s dues payment March 2020. Homeowners who want to take advantage of a dues price of $105 and prepay up to 3 years of dues can make out your check to SPBHOA and mail it to our PO Box 612 Hamburg, MI 48139. We plan to mail a letter out by the first week of August to make sure all HOA members are notified about this prepay option.
Thank you for your support
Your HOA Board members,
Marge Andres
(313) 402-6240
margeandres@aol.com
Jim Dwyer
(586) 899-4195
jimmarydwyer90@charter.net
Beth Freiberg
(810) 923-1389
mbethf@gmail.com
John Greko
(717) 254-9170
john.greko@gmail.com
Craig Haitz
(313) 909-9055
c.a.haitz@gmail.com
Frank Nelson
(248) 767-3389
franklyours582003@yahoo.com
Saturday July 20. Notice: Indianola at exit of the subdivision is closed. There is a downed wire. They will be back to fix hopefully soon. Do not bring your car as it is a downed wire and hard to turn around. They taped it off a couple hours ago.
The JAC has organized an official “Welcome Picnic” for our neighborhood to welcome the newest neighbors to the neighborhood! The event will be held at our park on Sunday June 23rd @ 2pm. This event will double as the “Summer Kick Off” picnic that was rained out last month.
Food! Friends! Fun! See you there!
As we discussed at our annual HOA membership meeting in April to be able to properly fund our homeowners association we need an increase in our annual dues. With the two insurance policies we pay for each year (liability for the park and directors liability) and a few other annual fees we incur we use up about 80% of our annual dues without even contributing anything to our park property or spending anything to benefit our neighborhood. Assets at the park need annual maintenance and we need to be able to replace items when needed. We also need to be able to pay for legal fees when needed to uphold and defend our HOA building and use rules.
Back in 1973 the developer had set the dues at $30 per year. Based on inflation $30 in 1973 would equal over $170 in 2019 dollars based on inflation.
Your HOA board is asking for your vote to increase our dues to $125 per year effective with our dues payable next year. With our dues at $125 per year we would have proper funding each year to be able to run our HOA. Just like our own individual households the association needs proper funds to be able to pay its bills and be able to operate. As you know board member positions are volunteer. We need volunteers for our board each year to help run our association, and our board needs to have adequate funding to run the association.
You can download an absentee ballot here. We ask for everyone׳s participation in this very important vote.
We have a special meeting scheduled for July 16, 2019 at the Hamburg Township Senior Center at 7:30pm. Meeting attendance is not required for you to be able to vote. The meeting will be available for questions and discussion concerning this change in dues.
Thank you for your support
Your HOA Board members,
Marge Anders (313) 402-6240 margeandres@aol.com
Jim Dwyer (586) 899-4195 jimmarydwyer90@charter.net
Beth Freiberg (810) 923-1389 mbethf@gmail.com
John Greko (717) 254-9170 john.greko@gmail.com
Craig Haitz (313) 909-9055 c.a.haitz@gmail.com
Frank Nelson (248) 767-3389 franklyours582003@yahoo.com
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