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ANNOUNCEMENTS

(Apr 11, 2009)

The Annual Meeting held originally on March 14th needed a quorum of 20% representation of the homes in "good standing" (no delinquencies) either in person or by proxy. At that time there were fewer than 18 homes represented in order to conduct business. A Recall Meeting was set for April 11.

The Recall for the March 14th Annual Meeting was held at 3pm Saturday, April 11th at Firewheel Town Center. Per bylaws, a first Recall Meeting to conduct business only requires 10% representation of the homes, or 9 homes. There were homeowners from 7 homes who attended, but proxies from 11 other homes allowed business to be conducted.

First order of business was to elect homeowners for two positions that expire at the time of this year's Annual Meeting. Positions expiring were for K. Bonelli (HR) and K. Wee (HR)'s seats filled in 2007. Positions for S. Macadory (AT), C. Shane (HR) and L. Sawyer (WW) will expire at the Annual Meeting in 2010.

During the past year, S. Macadory and K. Bonelli had resigned from the Board. S. Macadory's position and remaining term was filled by R. Dietlin by appointment of the Board. K. Bonelli's position went unfilled.

Two homeowners were on the ballot to fill the Board positions for 2009-2011. They were K. Martin (AT) and K. Wee (HR). By unanimous vote, both K. Martin and K. Wee were elected to fill the open Board Positions. Officers of the Board of Directors will be selected by the Board Members at the next scheduled Board meeting.

One Amendment to the DCCR's was on the ballot for the Annual Meeting. Amendment changes require 2/3rds representation of the homes, regardless of "good standing". There were not 59 or more homes represented at the meeting, so the Amendment did not come up for discussion or vote.

(Apr 06, 2009)

As a service to Fall Creek, we will be posting emails received from the City of Garland.

That link will be: http://fallcreekgarland.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Garland.Communications, which can be found on the left side of the Fall Creek pages under Garland.

(Apr 04, 2009)

Detailed directions to Firewheel Town Center's Guest Services meeting room at:

http://fallcreekgarland.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.20090411AnnualMeeting#directions

(Mar 14, 2009)

Ten homeowners attended the Annual Meeting Saturday at Firewheel Mall meeting room suite 250. There was not enough representation to hold quorum for a meeting to vote on Board members for two positions opening up for new two-year terms. DCCR bylaws call for another meeting to be held not less than 10 days nor more than 50 days from the original meeting date.

Please check this website for a new date to be announced. Postcards will be sent with the new announcement.

Those who attended the meeting stayed for a 2 hour information session.

An informal gathering will be held next Saturday, March 21 to do brush cleanup along the Autumn Trail side of the Common Area greenbelt. Those who would like to volunteer their time can come to the Mossy Glen cul-de-sac at 9:00am. In case of rain, the cleanup will be rescheduled.

(Feb 25, 2009)

Detailed directions to Firewheel Town Center's Guest Services meeting room at:

(January 30, 2009)

Reminder of Semi Annual Assessment

(February 16, 2009)

Unwanted 'Briefing' newspaper from the Dallas Morning News

This is a resident update to address frequent complaints about the free newspaper circular from Dallas Morning News. This message was sent out to all owners on the email list. Please share the information with your neighbors since they may not have requested email updates from the HOA.

Many, many owners have called to request that the HOA do something to stop this nuisance.

Unfortunately, the neighborhood cannot address the issue as a whole. You may have seen the story on Channel 8 news a few weeks ago. The Dallas Morning News does not have any plans to discontinue the "service", but they have made a way for individual owners to request discontinuation.

Decrease the free circulation to help prevent the littered appearance of your neighborhood.

Here is the information from the website: http://www.dallasnews.com/briefing/

Contact customer care if you would like to temporarily pause home delivery of Briefing, if your copy did not arrive today and you would like to request a delivery, or if you would like to discontinue free home delivery of Briefing, please contact the Briefing Customer Care Team at (214) 977-8333 or fill out the form.

Sincerely,
MaryKathryn Sherrard, Owner, Community Manager
Village Association Management, L.L.C.
P.O. Box 460057
Garland, TX 75046-0057
Phone: 214/552-1629

Email: mks@villagemgmt.com
Fax: 866/735-1082
On the web at: www.villagemgmt.com

(February 16, 2009)

Let's keep Fall Creek safe

There was a police report filed last month on January 21 for "Criminal Mischief $50 L/T $500" occurring on Harvest Run at 01:00.

There are MANY police report incidents in the neighboring streets on Lavendale, Pueblo and Bosque.

To help minimize this in Fall Creek, this is a reminder to be good citizens and good neighbors and to be on the lookout for suspicious activity in our community. Please report suspicious activity (break-ins, theft, criminal mischief) to the police at 911. For non-emergencies (eg, code enforcement), call 972-485-4840.

You can review police report incident summaries at the City of Garland's weblink, also linked on this website at "Police Reports" under "Garland".

Fall Creek is in police district 32.

This is a summary of police incidents filed in Fall Creek or for streets feeding into Fall Creek two blocks or closer since January 2008:

(October 20, 2008)

Fall Trash Bash and Fun Day

Have you noticed things are looking a little better around the neighborhood?

Your Fall Creek Landscape and Beautification Committee has done all the legwork in making over the front entrance.

This past weekend, Fall Creek participated in the City of Garland's Fall Trash Bash city-wide event. Fall Creek homeowners turned out to pick up trash and trim trees along the Greenbelt starting at Ravine Crossing/Overlook and heading east.

We topped Saturday off with the Fall Fun Day in the Mossy Glen cul-de-sac with food, fun and prizes for parents and kids.

We'd like to thank the volunteers who set up the events and the neighbors who came in for a good cardio-vascular workout sweating off some pounds and spilling blood from some thorny patches.

In addition to three Home Depot gift cards from the HOA, we acknowledge donations from the following organizations and individuals:

• T-shirts and trashbags from the City of Garland
• Gloves and ropes from Rudy Castro of Consumers Choice Construction
• Cases of water from Paul Smith
• Two bottles of Fall Creek label wine from MaryKathryn Sherrard of Village Association Management
• Mystery prize from Eva Wu. (What did your wife think of the prize, Lazerick?)

This is not the end. The beautification of Fall Creek will be continuing. Expect dramatic changes along Pleasant Valley in the next few months.

And we will continue cleanup along the Greenbelt this winter after the leaves have fallen. Expect another call of arms and muscles and sweat to join Committee members, Board members and neighbors who regularly volunteer their precious weekend time on these neighborhood events.

More details and photos to come on the following webpages:

• http://fallcreekgarland.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Committees.TrashBash2008
• http://fallcreekgarland.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Committees.FallFunDay2008

Vitality Grant - Phase I

Accolades to the Landscape Committee for their work in bringing to fruition Phase I of our Garland Neighborhood Vitality Grant funds -- the redesign of the Fall Creek entrance and addition of magnolia trees along Shalimar (click for larger pictures):

The work on the entrance was done by NatureZone of Melissa, TX. (Jim German, 972-727-4857).

September 2008 Yard of the Month

Congratulations to 1502 Mossy Glen for being September's Fall Creek Yard of the Month.

The Dietlins win a $50 gift certificate from The Home Depot.

• Past winners:
  • 2005 Yards of the Month
  • 2006 Yards of the Month
  • 2007 Yards of the Month
  • 2008 Yards of the Month

(August 1, 2008)

More flexibility in paying HOA Dues

(July 24, 2008)

Increasing Fuel Costs Prompt City of Garland Environmental Waste Services Rate Increase

Announcement from the City of Garland:

(May 03, 2008)

16 persons from 13 homes attended Tuesday's make-up Annual Meeting with proxies from 29 other homes for a total representation of 42 homes. However, 4 of the 42 homes were not eligible for voting on amendment changes due to not having their HOA dues current.

The proposed amendments to the DCCRs were not brought up for a vote due to insufficient representation from enough eligible homes (defined as homes with HOA dues current).

There was enough representation (25%) for a vote on two seats for the HOA Board. Chris Shane's and Rich Dietlin's seats were up. A motion to re-nominate Chris Shane was accepted by Chris Shane and motion was seconded. A motion to re-nominate Rich Dietlin was declined by Rich Dietlin. A motion to nominate Larry Sawyer was accepted by Larry Sawyer and motion was seconded. Voting for approval of the two nominees was passed.

(April 29, 2008)

The Fall Creek Annual Meeting held on March 18 at Nicholson Memorial Library did not have enough people for quorum to hold a meeting.

The make-up Annual Meeting is being held today, again at the Nicholson Memorial Library at 7:00pm. The library is located at 625 Austin Street in downtown Garland.

The same agenda will be followed:

(March 19, 2008)

8 homeowners and 7 proxies were in attendance at the Fall Creek Annual Meeting on March 18 at Nicholson Memorial Library, short of the 22 combined homeowners+proxies required for quorum to hold a meeting.

Without quorum and the ability to hold the Fall Creek Annual Meeting, the Annual Meeting will be postponed, tentatively set for Tuesday, April 22. The proxies will valid for 60 days beyond March 18th.

Details of the make-up Annual Meeting will be announced here at a later time.

(March 10, 2008)

• Topics:
  • Financials update
  • Vitality update
  • Amendments to DCCRs
  • Voting for 2 board members (terms for Rich Dietlin and Chris Shane expiring)
  • Committee updates
• Meeting documents

Proposed Amendments to DCCRs	Proxy

(Feb 25, 2008)

• A meeting was held at 7pm on Feb 16th at 2218 AT to discuss the Amendments to the DCCRs that will be voted upon at the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 18th at 7pm at the Nicholson Memorial Library, 625 Austin Street in downtown Garland.
• Attendees included homeowners from: 2101 AT, 2125 AT, 2218 AT, 2014 HR, 2110 HR, 2229 HR, 1517 TL
• No changes to the proposed amendments were made, so the document will be voted upon as-is.
• Copies of the amendments and proxy will be available for viewing online and downloading.

(Feb 4, 2008)

(Dec 27, 2007)

• Congratulations to 1505 Turning Leaf for being the 2007 Holiday Home winner. The Cumming family wins a $50.00 gift card from The Home Depot for having the best decorated home for the 2007 Holiday season.

(Dec 6, 2007)

• FALL CREEK REQUEST FOR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GRANT APPROVED BY THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL !!!
• Some proposals and concept drawings available here.

(Sept 1, 2007)

• The Fall 2007 Fall Creek Homeowners Meeting will be held Tuesday, October 23rd at Lister Elementary.
• The Fall Creek Fall Festival will be held at the Mossy Glen cul-de-sac on Saturday, October 27th from 5pm-7pm. More details here.

(May 2, 2007)

• The Fall Creek Homeowner Association has a new management company.

New

• March 27th Annual Meeting minutes (agenda) -- added 3/28
• City Council Representative Doug Athas' blog with new businesses and restaurants in District 1
  • "Looking at Recent and Future North Garland Development" -- March 27 entry
• Nursing home approved on 7 acres at SW corner of Naaman School and Pleasant Valley -- added 3/28
• Updates to Landscape & Beautification Committee home page -- updated 3/28
• Updates to Safety Committee home page -- updated 3/28

Documents

• Articles of Incorporation of Fall Creek Addition Homeowners Association, Inc.

Forms

• Architectural Control Committee (ACC) Modification Request Form
• Check Request for reimbursement of expenses
• City of Garland Alarm Permit