Strawberry Point Bluffs – Voting on Dues Change Notice

Important Notice from your HOA board – We need your vote on a dues change

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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Informational Meeting on the Chain of Lakes Improvement Project, June 17, 7-9 PM, Hamburg Township Hall

Attached is information on a meeting to be held at Hamburg Township Hall, June 17, 7-9 PM.  This will be your chance to meet the new lake scientist and the Water Resources team from Washtenaw County.  There will be time for questions.
HRCOL 06172019 Meeting Notice

Also attached is a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the project.
Huron River Chain of Lakes Plant

Be sure to check the Washtenaw County website for other updates.Control FAQ 2019 06 06(http://www.washtenaw.org/huronCOL)

Notice: Strawberry Lake Treated for Weed Control Today – June 4th, 2019

The Washtenaw County Public Works Division has been requested by lake communities in northern Washtenaw and southern Livingston Counties to undertake a lake management program to control invasive weeds.

Strawberry Lake was treated today (June 4th 2019).

  • NO swimming for 24hrs
  • NO irrigation for 3 days.

This project will provide improvements to the Chain of Lakes by controlling invasive and nuisance weeds through the application of herbicides to the water and mechanical weed harvesting.

Full details can be found at: https://www.washtenaw.org/799/Chain-of-Lakes-Weed-Control-Activities

The Aquatic Services treatment calendar can be found at: https://www.aquaticservicesinc.info/schedules

Trash Pickup Information

Greetings Strawberry Point Bluffs and Strawberry Estates Homeowners!

Some neighbors have asked about competing rates for trash pickup. The Garbageman in Brighton offers special rates for our two subdivisions if 40 or more households sign up. If you wish to change to this service you would need to cancel your current service effective June 30, 2019 end of quarter, and sign up with the Garbageman in June to start pickup effective July 1, 2019. The phone for The Garbageman is 810-225-3001.

The rate we have been quoted for 40 households or more is as follows:

  • Quarterly Rate with cart rental $48.00
  • Quarterly Rate supplying your own cart $42.00
  • Recycling plastic large bags $10.00 per roll of 10 bags
  • Yard waste in Brown paper leaf bags $2.00 per bag.
  • Pickup is on Thursdays after 12 noon.

Services quoted are pickup for one trash cart plus up to 4 kitchen bags per week. Yard waste pickup is every other week April through early December. Call for your pickup.

I have had this service for the past few months and have had no issues. I have had no problem with getting them to answer the phone and give me information. The senior rate is $45.00 per quarter for regular customers with their own cart, so the subdivision rate is a little cheaper than the senior rate. I hope this is helpful to you and you are able to call the Garbageman for any other questions. We are trying to keep the truck traffic in our subdivisions to a minimum however prices keep rising so an alternative trash pickup service is being offered for subdivision rates.

Sincerely,
Beth Freiberg, Secretary Strawberry Point Bluffs HOA

Notice: Park Reservation Requests

To all whom are not aware, an events calendar is available to all SPBHA and SHEHA members to view and submit online event reservation requests for our park.

These links are both available in the drop down menu under “Events” in the main top bar navigation. Please submit an event request if you are planning on having an event down at the park so other members can plan accordingly.

Thanks and have a great summer!

A new committee has been created for the Strawberry Point Bluffs & Strawberry Hill Estates HOA’s

The Summer Picnics and Welcome Wagon Committee will be scheduling Picnics in the Park throughout the summer with one being the official “Welcome” to the neighborhood picnic.
Members are:
  • Nancy Greko 810-772-0352
  • Marla Alati 248-330-3817
  • Irene Gauthier 810-231-4958
  • Laura McGinity 734-276-1312
  • Norma Topp 810-231-4979
Look for a flyer soon. Events are also posted at http://strawberryhillestates.org/events.

2019 Park Cleanup Success!

The Joint Access Committee would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the overwhelming number of volunteers that contributed to the 2019 annual park cleanup. Everybody should be proud of themselves as we accomplished everything we set out to do this year. The park looks great! Thank you Thank you Thank you! Lets have great Summer!