Speed Limits

I spoke with the city today (Rich Oller) about the change in speed limits on South Shore Blvd and I am very pleased to tell you that it will be lowered to 35 this week. It was done in a hurry and without a lot of thought. In our conversation I mentioned that I had appeared before the Traffic Safety Committee 3 times and have been promised 3 times that we would get controlled crosswalks at Austin and South Shore as well as at Sandy Key or Brook Arbor and South Shore. Rich Oller assured me that the crosswalks will be done this year. The shortage of city funds will delay the installation until October, but we will have them at that time and be a lot safer for kids and MOMs crossing to the playground and in the summer to the pool.

Important Announcements

I am pleased to announce to the residents that in what might be my final act of achievement, the lighthouse at Broad Bay and Austin will soon have power and electricity and at no cost to the HOA. Ken Colquit of Eland Corp. has agreed to do this for us as it was in the original plans and somehow got ignored. Through the efforts of Mike Lee, Bob Taylor and I, we will also have a fix attempted to counteract the erosion problems at the linear lake, behind Kroger. MUD # 7 will do this as well as leveling the mounds at Tucker Lake. They will use 500 feet of mesh material to stop the erosion and if the test section works well then they will consider doing more. All in all it should improve the looks of the lake and halt the erosion. I am very thankful to Mike, Bob Taylor, Ken Colquitt and the MUD # 7 BOD for their aid and expertise and for taking the burden of paying for all of this from the residents of The Lakes. Mel Bogus.

Very Important Information

We have been very fortunate to obtain the services of Dan Reilly as our guest speaker at the annual meeting on the 17th. Dan is the Warning Coordiantion Meteorologist of the National Weather Service and will speak to us concerning hurricane preparedness and the role of the weather service.

Since the newsletter may not get out in time, please tell your friends and neighbors so we will have a good turnout for the meeting and the presentation by Dan Reilly.

Sincere Apology

I want to apologize to all the residents of The Lakes for what I put in the last newsletter. I announced that I would be running for re-election and I also put in a little bio for everyone to see.I am writing this to let you all know that I have asked that my name be withdrawn from the ballot and from your consideration. I have served 3 years as your president and I consider it a supreme honor to have done so. It is one of the highlights of my career.I have been on the opposing side of the last couple of issues that have come before the BOD and I do not want to continue going in a different direction than the majority of the board. You have intelligent, hard working and sincerely concerned BOD members and it is time for them to do what they feel is right for The Lakes. I have 2 more articles to do for the newsletter and I will look forward to seeing a lot of you at the annual meeting on August 17th.

Please attend and take the time to say hi to me as I cherish having met so many of the residents. Looking forward to seeing you all very soon

Mel

Good Information

If you are trying to reach HCM to offer a complaint or to solve a problem please contact Darlene Ingle. She is our Case Manager and handles all of our issues. Please do not call for Rikki or Belinda. Darlene’s number is 832-964-1273.

BOD Election

Our BOD election is coming up soon.  We will have 2 positions whose terms expire at the August Annual Meeting.  My term ends as does Mike Killian’s.  So far we have 3 candidates for the 2 positions.  I will be running again as will Mike and Dave Sanders.  The ballots will be mailed to all residents on or about July 1st.  Anyone interested in running please contact me or Darlene Ingle to be put on the ballot.  All candidates will be listed in alphabetical order on the ballot.  Please mail the ballots back at your earliest opportunity.

Very Important Date: August 17th, 2010

I have received confirmation of this date for our annual meeting.  The meeting and election will be on a Tuesday at 6:30 pm.  Please plan on attending.  We have always had about 50 or so residents for the annual but I would like to see 100.  Come out and join us for good company, a lot of information and be part of the process for the continuing success of The Lakes. Not only is the date important but the venue is equally important.  Now that the club is redecorated, we will have the annual meeting at the South Shore Country Club.

Be there or miss out on all the fun, prizes, laughs, information and just general frivolity.

Attention Earthlings...

Get Your Voice Heard on the Clear Creek ISD Advisory Board

Posted October 10, 2009 - submitted by a resident

Important message from MUD # 7 concerning Tucker Lake

Posted October 3, 2009

Major Complaints

Posted October 3, 2009 - Posted by: Mel Bogus

I receive an average of 6 concerns and complaints per day and I try and answer all that come to me on a regular basis. The overwhelming percentage, are on 3 items. Why don’t residents pick up and throw away the free newspaper in the green wrapper, why do so many residents continue to leave their trash cans outside where they can be seen and why are so many basketball goals on their sides? As you probably know I cannot answer any of those questions but I send them forward so you can know what seems to bother our residents the most.

Actually, there is an easy solution. The green paper comes on Thursday, and if you do not want to read it, please pick it up and throw it away. Trash cans I cannot answer! We keep ours in the garage and it seems no harder to put them inside than to leave them in front of the garage. Basketball hoops is a complete mystery.

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