Updated emails

We’ve updated the email addresses for our 2012 Board members and Architectural Control Committee members on our About page. Bear in mind that for ACC review forms, and other association business, your first point of contact should be with the association’s management company, Durand & Associates.

7/13 Board meeting

Back story:

In 2003, the 3-member Eagle Valley Board created and approved (as our bylaws do allow them to do) the current Architechtural Control Committee rules with no community input. When homeowners contacted the board in 2003 to object to these rules, those objections were ignored. Since then, the association has never had a truly open discussion about the ACC rules under which we all reside. Now, the board is about to further codify those rules again, with no comprehensive homeowner input, this time with more “teeth” and enforcement requirements. If you think that 2 (or 4) people should not get to make these decisions without some broader community conversation with the 501 households of Eagle Valley, then do your best to get to this board meeting. Our board only needs a simple majority (2 out of 3 members!) to make these decisions for 501 households.

Come to the Eagle Valley Board Meeting!

Tell the Board You Have a Right To Speak and Be Heard!

Rule and Regulation Changes are Now Being Proposed and Will Be Made without EVER ASKING YOU WHAT YOU WANT. Fining Authority is Being Created and Soon You Will Be Subject to Fines! YOUR RIGHTS AND YOUR MONEY ARE AT STAKE!

Board Meeting: Wednesday, July 13^th at 6pm

Interior Care and Construction (behind the new SuperTarget)

451 Commerce Drive, Woodbury, MN 55129

Updates from the Annual Meeting

It has taken me a little while, but here are some of the things that I thought were valuable to learn at the 12/2/2010 Annual homeowners’ meeting.

• Tom Laska was reelected to serve for another 3 year term on our board
• There is a small group of neighbors that are meeting to review proposals from management companies. Currently, we use Durand & Associates, but this year, the board has asked three residents to help review proposals from Durand and other property management companies.
• The board has spent a great deal of time (and money) to work on legal issues regarding our bylaws, architectural control, rules & regulations, and who can enforce what. The Architectural Control Committee has greater latitude for enforcement of the association rules & regulations under the developed changes.
• The “Talkin’ Trash” committee is officially dissolved. There was still some interest in pursuing some kind of preferred hauler system, but not enough volunteer time to pull any kind of RFP or additional proposal together. If anyone is interested in pursuing this, contact the board.
• There seems to be significant interest in forming a formal or informal Neighborhood Watch group. Names were collected of those interested. If you weren’t at the meeting, but are interested in being part of a neighborhood watch group in Eagle Valley, please contact the board.

Those were my “take-aways.” Feel free to add comments to contribute your thoughts.

Hockey Rinks

Last year, a renter (not homeowner) constructed an extensive hockey rink in Eagle Valley. Current architectural control guidelines state that hockey rinks are not permitted. Do you think that rule should be changed to allow hockey rinks?

Bylaws Exploration

Eagle Valley Owners, what do you think? Should the board begin a process to review the current bylaws and architectural restrictions?