NEWS
Letter
from Neighborhood News Coordinator Jodie
This is a letter provided by Jodie Petry. Jodie is the
last person who sends out the newsletter for our community every
other month. Redland Springs compiles the content and then
we send to Jodie. Jodie mails and has the final
edits. As of March 2010 Redland Springs needs a new point
of contact to compile the information.
Sincerely, Roxanne Flick
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My name is
Jodie Petry, and I work as the Community Liaison for
Neighborhood News. We will be working together to produce
an exceptional and informative newsletter for your
community.
We look forward to working with you on the upcoming
issue for the Redland
Springs
newsletter. The next
due date for all articles is April 15th
for the May 1st publication.
The 15th
of the month deadline applies to all future issues
of the Redland Springs newsletter
with the exception of holidays.
Before the
deadline sneaks up on you, and it will, let us assure you
that we will be sending a courtesy reminder notice via
e-mail ahead of time in order for you to begin preparing
articles you will need to submit for the upcoming issue.
We do not begin layout of the newsletter until we receive all editorial in its entirety.
We work with one
editor to spare confusion, delays, and errors so there
should be only one contact person within your staff to
forward us all articles.
You can
expect to see a proof of your newsletter by e-mail within
2 to 3 days of us receiving all editorial. At that point
we ask that you send corrections or changes by e-mail and
let us know when we can proceed with production of the
newsletter.
We will need the
following in order to get started:
·
Email
all articles submissions to Jodie@NeighborhoodNews.com by
the deadline. Articles include ALL TEXT that you
want to run in the newsletter, board members, teen
services/sitters, meeting minutes, contact information
etc. in Word format. Any photos should be in jpg or tif format.
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Redland
Springs (updated)
resident mailing list.
See most current mailing list in the required U.S.
Postal Service format attached to this email.
The proof of the newsletter will be
sent via email in Adobe Acrobat for you to review. We
request a timely proofing turnaround to prevent delays in
delivery.
Feel free to contact me with
any questions via phone, fax or email provided below. We
look forward to a longstanding working relationship with
you.
Phone:
558-3160 Fax:
558-3163 E-mail:
Jodie@NeighborhoodNews.com
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Yard
of the Month starts back up in April.
Annual
Homeowners meeting-is scheduled annually in May
Newsletters-click
here to see previous newsletters
Christmas
Decoration Contest
2009,
2008
and 2007 pictures-click here.
Crime-If you would like to
view a list of police phone calls for our area go to http://epay.sanantonio.gov/pdwr/?res=1440&ver=true
Our neighborhood is
not listed by you need to put in the month and year at the top
and then go under "Eden Homeowners Association"
. Then you have to look through all the streets/addresses
to find the ones in Redland Springs. Remember this is
just phone calls-it does not mean necessarily that a crime has
been committed.
Regular
and Holiday Automated
Garbage Collection Schedule
Recent News
Meet and Greet-Thank
you to the neighbors who showed up at our Meet and Greet at El
Chapparal on September 17, 2009. Those who attended were
Jim and Lorraine Hanna, Theresa Cruz, Sherri and Jack Dugas,
Carlos and Velma Williams, Amy Connor and her children and the
Flick family. Five dollar Home Depot gift cards were given
out in drawings. Hopefully we can do another
one soon!
Mulch Work- Thank
you very mulch for the nice looking mulch work for Spring
2009. Two hours of work was contributed by Velma Williams,
Sherri Dugas, Jack Dugas, Mike Flick, Vic Helbling, Rosie
Helbling, Annie Helbling, Mike Nickels, Sylvia Nickels, Ross
Lowry, Carrie Cole, and Theresa Cruz.
Speeding-There
has been some concern about speeding on Pecan Gap as you enter
the neighborhood , south of Redland. Some discussion is
going on as to whether we need another speed limit sign or speed
h umps. To read more about Speed Humps go to http://www.sanantonio.gov/publicworks/trafeng/speedhumps.asp
General News
Mailbox break-ins There were reported mail box break ins on
June 2nd, 2008 at the following locations (or closest
streets references): Bulverde and Calico Creek, Pecan
Gap/Eagle Canyon, Pecan Gap (north of Driftwood Pass), Bulverde
Pt and Old Stable (this was perhaps not on the same day).
Channel 3/4 WOAI had a story on mail box break ins on the
news as it has been happening in other areas also.
SAFFE
officer told us we should really be putting our outgoing mail
into a Mail Box at the post office.
SAFFE Officer- our neighborhood
SAFFE Officer
is J.
Dave McDonald.
SAFFE
officers establish and maintain day-to-day interaction with
residents and businesses within their assigned beats, in order
to prevent crimes before they happen.
If you have a concern or a question about something that
is an ongoing problem he is the person to call instead of the
non-emergency police number.
He responds very quickly to email at jmcdonald@sanantonio.gov or his cell is 394-0626.
He is a great resource; do not hesitate to ask him any
questions.
New documents- Bulverde
lane closure proposal and Bulverde
Marketplace -click on file to view
Update on streets
in Redland Springs
As it stands right
now, all the streets in Redland Springs are scheduled for a
“redo” starting in the fiscal year of 2008.
The fiscal year starts in Oct. 2007.
Arroyo Oak MIGHT get fixed sooner.
The problem with that street involves SAWS and it is
quite possible that will be deemed serious enough to repair
sooner than Oct. 2007. -Sherri
Dugas
By
Laws Update
Several
discussions have been had within the HOA Board concerning the
fact that our current By Laws specifically state in Article IV,
section 2: "The Board of Directors shall consist of three
(3) directors, none of whom need be Members." The
past board felt that a member of the board of directors should
be a member of the association. We attempted to amend the
By Laws at the annual meeting in May 2007. However, there
was a problem with the wording and notification, so the change
was voted down. Well, it turns out that it will NOT be necessary
to change the By Laws. Redland Springs has Articles of
Incorporation which govern the Association. In this legal
document it states under Article VIII (c): "The affairs of
the corporation shall be managed by it's board of directors.
Such directors need to be members of the association." The
By Laws state under Article XII, Section 2: "in the case of
any conflict between the Articles of Incorporation and these
Bylaws, the Articles shall control.
Housing Market in
San Antonio-Housing market is cooling. Click here
for article.
N.E.I.S.D.
- Board Meeting Information
Regularly scheduled
board meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held in the
1st floor Board Room of the
North
East
Education
Center
,
8961 Tesoro Drive
unless otherwise noted. Special Board Meetings are
scheduled on an as needed basis. Board meetings are
regularly scheduled on the second Monday of each month.
Regular Board Meetings are posted on the North East web page
under Board
Meetings. (www.neisd.net) For
more information call 804-7000.
Compact
Fluorescent Light bulbs -Read our article in the latest
newsletter about how they can save you money! Read
here on how to dispose of them properly.