Renaissance Ridge Report

The Renaissance Ridge Homeowners Association Newsletter

September 2002

 

Welcome New Board Members

    At the August 17th Renaissance Ridge Homeowners Association Summer Meeting three new board members were elected for two-year terms:

v     Vice-President/President-Elect: Bill Provost

v     Treasurer: John Digenan

v     Director At-Large: Michael Springer

Moving from Vice-President to President will be Don Corbett.  Brett Waldbaum will complete the second year of his two-year term as Secretary.

    A huge thanks to the 2001-2002 board members who completed their terms!  Martin Dunn, President; Kyle Downey, Treasurer; and Katherine Hall, Director At-Large.

 

The Neighborhood Needs You! to Participate in a Committee

    Many neighbors have expressed interest in helping improve our neighborhood, but didn’t want to commit to board positions.  A great way to help out is to join one or more of our committees for the 2002-2003 year.  Just send e-mail to HOA@rridge.org or leave us a voicemail message at (425) 369-2110 if you want to sign up.  Committees typically meet once a month or once a quarter, and the first meetings will be in September or October.  The committees are:

v     Architecture Control Committee (ACC): Processes applications for architectural changes to homes; works with homeowners to find a mutual solution to architectural changes

v     Bylaws Committee: Helps the board interpret, clarify, and amend the CC&Rs and Bylaws

v     Environment Committee: Patrols the neighborhood for front lawn and landscaping maintenance violations, and other upkeep violations like peeling paint, etc.  This is a new committee for this year.

v     Finance Committee: Creates, reviews, maintains, and estimates the annual budget, as well as finding ways to save money for the HOA and increase income

v     Garden Club: Neighborhood entrance landscape improvement planning and planting events, as well as discussion of gardening in general

v     Safety Committee: Plans neighborhood events and disseminates information related to safety

v     Social Committee: Plans neighborhood events where neighbors can meet with each other and enjoy our beautiful neighborhood

v     Web Committee: Creates, maintains, and improves the www.rridge.org neighborhood web site

You can read more about the committees by following this link.

 

Renaissance Ridge Days has Record Participation

    Over 30 homes participated in the neighborhood garage sale.  23 people participated in the golf tournament.  And over 125 people attended the neighborhood barbeque!  The Renaissance Ridge Days, organized and conducted by the Social Committee, was an outstanding event with record participation.  Thanks to Kimberly Lester, Brent Newman, Janice Merdgen, Susan Barth, everyone on the Social Committee, everyone who donated food and raffle prizes, and everyone who attended!  For more highlights and pictures visit this page.

 

Back Yard Landscaping

    Good news to report: All 300 homes in Renaissance Ridge have finished installing their back yard landscaping!  Thank you to everyone for installing, maintaining, and beautifying their back yards.  Not only does it help with water and erosion problems, but it makes the neighborhood a more beautiful place!

 

Next Meeting: There will be an all-neighborhood meeting in early December to approve the 2003 budget and discuss other new business; date, time, and location to be determined.

 

Contact Information

Address:                                                                                   Board of Directors:

            Renaissance Ridge Homeowners Association                Don Corbett, President

            c/o Century Small Business Solutions                            Bill Provost, Vice-President

            229 South 4th Place                                                      John Digenan, Treasurer

            Renton, WA  98055                                                     Brett Waldbaum, Secretary

                                                                                                Michael Springer, At Large

Email:

            hoa@rridge.org                                                           

                                                                                               

Phone:                                                                                     

            (425) 369-2110                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Renaissance Ridge Report is a newsletter provided by the Renaissance Ridge Homeowners Association, a neighborhood homeowners association in Sammamish, Washington, for the neighborhood homeowners.  Please contact Brett Waldbaum, Secretary, at secretary@rridge.org, if you have questions or comments about this Report or would like to make an announcement in the next newsletter.

A copy of this month’s newsletter is posted on www.rridge.org, along with all previous newsletters.