HOA ANNOUNCEMENTS

A Letter from our HOA Secretary – November 2024

Well – we had a successful day on our Volunteer projects.

The trees got trimmed (Travis Morris, Mark Lindeman,and Pete Bicknell), the railing on the bridge got painted (Aaron Stein and Melissa Ehrlich), and the drainage channel got shoveled out (Sarah and Ian Dembrowski, Peter Bicknell, and Martin Meyer) – see attached pictures.  The only downside is the bridge got “tagged” again with graffitti after the railing was completed (I will be out again on Friday with our super “Commercial Goo Gone” to address this when the weather is warmer).
Thanks to everyone who participated!  No new projects on the planning board until the Spring.  The next HOA Board Meeting isn’t until January, so we on the board would like to wish all of our members “Happy Holidays!”
Regards,
Martin Meyer
HOA Secretary
PS  We are still missing emails for about 30 of our households.  Please encourage your neighbors to sign up if they are interested, not that everyone has a feel for the “push style” communications.  Please share with them that these are always sent as “blind copies” (BCC), so non additional people can get their email addresses.
Thanks!

Winter/Spring 2024 Update

Some changes are being made to provide better service and interaction with the Meadowbrook Heights community.  First, we are returning to our original schedule for the annual meeting to happen the second Tuesday in May (May 14, 2024).  This date should work better to ensure the maximum numbers of owners are available for this meeting (prior to school getting out).  We have also decided to not serve a meal, but ask homeowners to possibly bring a dessert to share, to shorten the overall meeting duration

The board is currently planning the owner requested HOA area yard sale for mid-June (tentative dates June 22/23).  We will work with all interested parties to provide a higher level of communication (and hopefully, turnout) so that this event has the best-possible attendance.

The new Meadowbrook Heights HOA Board is currently engaged in updating our HOA By-Laws (to bring the HOA into full compliance with current State of Colorado HOA guidance).  We have started taking a look at updating our Covenants to address similar guidance criteria, but changes to this document will require review and approval by a quorum of the HOA homeowners.  We may not be ready for this type of event by the annual meeting.

In an attempt to keep every home owner fully aware of what activities the board is working on, we are attempting to gather all of the home owner’s preferred email addresses so that our monthly meeting agendas and minutes can be sent to each home owner once reviewed and approved (a “push” communication) versus hoping that our owners log into this website to see what is going on (a “pull” communication).  If an owner is not interested in reading the information, they can quickly delete the email.  If interested, please send an email to [email protected] to be added to the communication list.

Finally, in adapting to potentially drier summers in Loveland, we are assessing modification of the south facing slope along First Street (where it is difficult to maintain a grass type lawn).  We are reaching out to Colorado State Extension Service to potentially help us develop a plan to replace the planting in this area with native grasses and other plantings that require a lot less irrigation to thrive.  We hope to be able to offset some of the one time cost with a state grant, as well as lower our maintenance costs by not regularly watering and mowing this fairly large section.

Summer 2023 Update

Meadowbrook Heights HOA board is excited for summer! Its wonderful to see the green greenbelt and to have homeowners enjoying the space more now that the snow has melted.  We look forward to seeing you all at the annual meeting in August.  Information for the annual meeting will be coming this next week with the annual dues letter.  There is a $50 increase in the dues this year as the costs continue to increase for postage, water, and other services.  We are also working to save up for some future projects that the board will share with you at the meeting.  We are asking homeowners to provide an email address for future communications and to curb the cost of sending mailers.

We hope that everyone has fun and relaxing plans for the warmer weather. Last annual meeting the board heard that neighbors would like to have a community garage sale.  The board will place a sign and balloons at the entrance to the neighborhood as well as online notifications.