Stonecreek Homeowners Association

September Issue

Aug 04, 1999

STONECREEK NEWS
A MONTHLY NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 1999
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DIRECTOR'S CORNER:

THE TRAFFIC ON JUNIPER
Gary Thomas has not completed his traffic study. The Board of Directors will write a letter to the Town of Gilbert formally requesting that stop signs be installed at the intersection of Juniper and Stonecreek.

NEW POOL/ TENNIS COURT KEYS
We plan to rekey the two tennis court and the three pool keys on October 15, 1999. Only homeowners who are current
with the Association (dues, fines etc. ) will be issued new keys. The specific procedure that we will follow is found later in this newsletter. The contract to purchase the keys and to rekey the locks was awarded to Hicks Safe and Lock.

HOA WEB PAGE
The Board of Directors has started its WEB page. It is in the final stages. The URL is:
WWW.NEIGHBORHOODLINK.COM/STONECREEK (all lowercase letters.). If you have any thoughts on what you
would like to see on the Web Page, there is a place on the Web page to add your comments. The fine schedule should be
there by the time you read this. The ACC form is being revised, so it is not being put on at this time. The page currently has:
* A picture from the Arizona Republic of Stonecreek's grand opening in 1987,
* Borg Property Services phone #, mailing address & E-mail Address,
* Pacific Landscape phone #,
* Volunteer committee E-mail address and phone #,
* Town of Gilbert Code Enforcement phone #,
* A form by which homeowners can FAX Nancy (Borg Property Services) or the newsletter committee,
*Selected FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) from the Town of Gilbert.
* plus other useful (we hope) information.


ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE ACTIVITY (ACC) REPORT
If you are painting the raised stucco around the windows and garage ("pop-outs") an approved trim color, you do not need to fill out an ACC form.

Remember to call George, Frank, or Borg Property Services on all ACC issues.

The committee processed the following requests:
RECEIVED: - 4 APPROVED: - 1
DENIED: - 0 PENDING - 3

Please remember: Your CC&R's require that you have ACC approval before starting any projects that will change the
appearance of your home or yard. You can get ACC forms by calling:

(1) Frank at 926-4412 (Stonecreek Resident),
(2) George at 926-3619 (Stonecreek Resident) or
(3) Borg Property Services at 456-6927

Any questions regarding ACC issues should be directed to Frank, George or Borg Property Services. You can review the
approved paint and/or trim colors by calling Frank at 480-926-4412 (Stonecreek Resident). You can also join the committee by calling Sharon Howes. Please respect Sharon, Frank and George as fellow homeowners and contact them only between the hours of 10am-8pm, Monday-Friday. Leave a message if you get their answering machine.


VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE REPORT
Remember to call Sharon Howes if you want information on a committee or want to join a committee (480-497-8124).
Sharon will then handle the communications between the Board of Directors, the homeowners and Borg Property Services. A number of names have been turned over to Sharon and as a result, 1 homeowner has joined the ACC committee and 3 homeowners have been referred to the Landscape Committee. Thank you for contributing your time.


WORK RECENTLY DONE TO THE COMMON AREAS:
Arbor Care trimmed and/or removed 48 trees throughout the common areas.

Pacific Landscape will Hydro-seed the high profile areas in need of grass - the playground, pool area etc. by the end of August.

The Wrought Iron Fence Project is complete except for two issues. It was a huge project and the Board of Directors thanks Borg Property Services, the homeowners involved and the contractors (American Fence Co. and Painting by Danny S.
White.) who contributed to its success. A job well done by all!


CONTRACTS AWARDED/UPCOMING
none


VANDALISM
This was another bad month for vandalism, but not as bad as the past two months.

Remove human feces from the pool $83.00.

Pacific landscape had to replace 25 sprinkler heads and related items this month.
($589.54 = $1.21/lot)

A Power of Attorney has been executed and delivered to the Town of Gilbert Police Department. This will enable the Gilbert Police Department to arrest anyone caught vandalizing at the pool area.

Adding chemicals to the pool water is considered vandalism by the Board of Directors and is therefore subject to arrest.


CRIME REPORT
The Board of Directors has obtained two reports from the Town of Gilbert Police Department. One report is of crimes
reported in Stonecreek and the other is a report of crimes reported in Freestone Park. Each report covers 8/1/98-8/1/99. A copy of either (or both) of these reports may be obtained by calling Borg Property Services. Since the reports are quite long, there will be a $5.00 charge per report to cover printing and postage.


GET INVOLVED:
It's getting to be PAINT PARTY Time again. The Board of Directors would like to have another paint party, possibly in November. If you are interested in helping the HOA paint a section of block fence, contact the Volunteer Committee for information. The last party took place on a Saturday morning. All supplies, food and pop were supplied by the HOA.

The Board of Directors would like to have a logo and would like to make it from the water feature. If there is a photographer who would like to help design and take the picture, they should contact Borg Property Services.

Join the Landscape Committee and get some exercise while you are helping to keep your Association property values high. They hold a short monthly meeting and walk an area other than their own once a month (usually the first week of each month).

We also need help on the ACC committee. Like the Landscape committee, they generally meet once a month to act upon
the ACC requests submitted.

You may contact the new Volunteer Committee for further information on a committee or for joining a committee.



WHO'S WHO?
Note: NEW Gilbert Numbers
FIRE/POLICE DEPT.
(EMERGENCY) 911
Fire Dept. (Information) 480-503-6300
Police (Information) 480-503-6500
Gilbert www.ci.gilbert.az.us
HOA www.neighborhoodlink.com/stonecreek NEW
Voter Registration/elections 506-1511
Borg Property Services 480-456-6927
Borg Property Services - BorgProp@AOL.COM
Sean Callahan - HOA Board of Director
Jeff D'Aurora - HOA Board of Director
Nick Koroulis - HOA Board of Director
Sandra Lescoe - HOA Board of Director
Judy Morgan - HOA Board of Director
Sharon Howes -Volunteer Committee 480-497-8124
Gilbert Police Officer Crime Prevention 503-6527
Can I burn in my fire place? 506-6400
Town of Gilbert (barking/vicious dogs) 503-6500
Town of Gilbert (dead animal removal) 503-6400
Town of Gilbert (graffiti removal) 503-6500



REMINDERS:
Leaving a tennis court or pool gate propped open has been a problem for a long time. We would like to remind everyone
that this is a serious violation of the Association rules. The fine for the first offense is $25.00.

If you have any questions for the Board of Directors or comments on the newsletter, call Borg Property Services.

All residents are encouraged to attend the monthly Board of Directors meetings. Call Borg Property Services for the time and location to insure that we have available seating.

When you walk your pet, please clean up any messes that it leaves behind. To leave their mess is an HOA violation and a Town of Gilbert Code violation.


MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
Sept 2 - Japanese Surrender *
Sept 6 - Labor Day
Sept 9. - California admitted to Union, 1850.
Sept 12 - National Grandparents Day.
Sept 17 - Citizenship Day *
Sept 18 - So Long to Summer Fest (Crossroads Park)
Sept 23 - Lewis and Clark Expedition Ends *
Sept 21 - Board of Directors Meeting (Tue)
Sept 19,24 - Black Friday *
Oct 19 - Board of Directors Meeting (Tue)

NOTE: An item in the calendar that either has an "*" or is underlined has a related article elsewhere in the newsletter.


SCLERODERMA SUPPORT GROUP
The Scleroderma Foundation of Chandler and Arizona Support Groups hosts monthly meetings at Mesa Lutheran Hospital
in the Saguaro Room (by the cafeteria), 500 W. Tenth Place, Mesa. They will hold the next meeting from 6:30-8:30 pm
Thursday, September 23. The speaker at the August meeting was Alice Goodrick R.D. and the topic was Nutrition & Physical Fitness. There was also a report on the National Convention in San Diego earlier last month.

The support group meetings are held to bring together people who have Scleroderma and their families who are in search of emotional support and information about Scleroderma. Call Joanne Brumage (821-9330) or Dawn Miranda (813-5898) for information.



NEED TO CONTACT YOUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY?
If you have a question or complaint concerning Stonecreek HOA, please contact our property management company, which
is Borg Property Services. If you should get their answering machine, please leave your name, phone number, the best time to return your call and a brief message. They will return your call within 24 hours (Monday - Friday). Their office hours are 9-4 M-TH and 9-12 Friday.

Send ALL correspondence and payments to:
Borg Property Services
1245 W. Guadalupe, #B6-306
Mesa, AZ 85202

Phone: (480) 456-6927 FAX: (480) 456-9439
E-mail: BorgProp@AOL.COM.

If you should have an emergency and need to contact either Borg Property Services or Pacific Landscape, the phone number listed above is the number to use. (The appropriate Pacific Landscape number will be on Borg Property Services' answering machine.) We define an emergency as something like the water feature overflowing after it was cleaned. Needing a pool key or needing to discuss a statement on a Sunday afternoon is not considered an emergency.


DID YA KNOW?
That CITIZENSHIP DAY was established by Congress in 1952 to give public recognition to all who became American citizens
in the preceding year? It replaced I Am an American Day and Constitution Day.

That on September 5, 1991 the Soviet Union changed forever when the Congress of People's Deputies dissolved itself. A
transitional state council was set up to decide the future of the country. Mikhail Gorbachev led the council.

That "...The first authorized U.S. airmail was flown between Garden City and Mineola, New York, in September 1911...The first regular airmail route in the U.S. was established between New York City and Washington, D.C., in 1918. Transcontinental service, between New York City and San Francisco, began in 1921; the scheduled flying time varied from 29 to 33 hours, but the planes flew only during the daytime. Day-and-night service over the same route was established in 1924..."(1)
(1)Airmail,"Microsoft?®Encarta?®Encyclopedia 99, ?© 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


BLACK FRIDAY
"Black Friday is a name applied to a short-lived financial crisis in the United States that occurred on Friday, September 24, 1869. The panic was precipitated when two financial speculators, James Fisk and Jay Gould, attempted to corner the U.S. gold market. On September 20 they began purchasing gold in New York City; by September 24 they controlled enough of the available supply in the city to bid up the price from about 140 to 163. This rapid increase in the price of gold threw the stock exchange into confusion, and the prices of commodities fluctuated wildly. The inflationary run on gold was halted toward the
close of the business day when U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George Sewall Boutwell announced that the federal
government had made $4 million of its gold reserves available for trading. Fisk and Gould probably made a profit of about $11 million by their manipulations, but many businesspeople claimed to have been ruined by the panic.

"The name Black Friday has occasionally been applied also to the Friday of September 19, 1873, when the New York Stock
Exchange suffered a major financial crash that ushered in the panic of 1873."(2)
(2)Black Friday,"Microsoft?®Encarta?®Encyclopedia 99, ?© 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


RE-KEYING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
The Stonecreek Homeowners Association will be re-keying all three pool gates and both tennis court gates on
October 15, 1999. The policies and procedures concerning this re-keying are as follows:

1. Only Stonecreek homeowners that are 100% current through September 30, 1999 will be mailed new replacement
keys. Homeowners must pay past due balances in full to receive replacement keys.
2. Borg Property Services will mail replacement keys at no charge to the individual homeowners.
3. The initial replacement key mailing will take place on or before September 30, 1999.
4. There will be a two-week grace period in which delinquent homeowners have until October 14, ?‘99 to get current to receive a free replacement key.
5. The Association will charge $25.00 for all replacement keys. New homeowners will pay $10 for their initial pool key. This $10 will be collected at closing of Escrow.
6. The Association will not issue keys to homeowners with a delinquent account as of the date of the request.

The Association reserves the right to change the above policy anytime as determined by the Board of Directors.


APPROVED PAINT COLORS:
BASE COLORS: (DUNN EDWARDS or equivalent)
Pheasant, Baja White, Desert Dawn,
Navajo White, Bone China

If the house will be all one color, then no ACC approval is needed provided you use an approved Base color. If you are
painting the "pop-outs" (raised stucco surrounding the windows and/or garage) an approved trim color, then you do not need to submit an ACC form.

TRIM COLORS:
Original Cinnamon, Briar, Dry Earth,
and ADOBE SOUTH (NEW!)


ROOF TILE = Monier #1604 or equivalent Lifetile #108

To review these colors call Frank at 926-4412 (Stonecreek Resident). The chips may be reviewed in their home or
checked out to review at home.

If you choose a different color than those approved by the ACC, then an ACC form must be submitted with a large sample of the color you wish to use. You must allow 45 days for approval of a new color.

Homeowners have painted the following locations if you would like to drive by and check them out.

1326 E. Mineral - Desert Dawn (no trim)
1414 E. Mineral - Bone China with Dry Earth
1501 E. Commerce - Desert Dawn with Dry Earth
1513 E. Commerce - Baja White with Original Cinnamon
634 N. Cobblestone - Bone China with Dry Earth.


JAPANESE SURRENDER
"Japanese officials formally surrendered to the Allies on September 2, 1945, aboard the United States battleship Missouri. Japan's surrender brought an end to World War II (1939-1945)." (3)
(3)Japanese Surrender,"Microsoft?®Encarta?® Encyclopedia 99, ?© 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION
"...Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led an expedition to explore the region from the Mississippi River to the Pacific
Ocean...beginning in May 1804 and ending in September 1806. The expedition was commissioned by President Thomas
Jefferson and led by army officers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The exploration covered a total of about 13,000 km (about 8000 mi), from a camp outside St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean and back. Like other scholars in his time, Jefferson believed in the existence of a Northwest Passage, or some kind of water connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The principal goal of the expedition was to locate such a route and survey its potential as a waterway for American westward
expansion. Although Lewis and Clark did not find this route, the expedition succeeded in making peaceful contact with Native Americans and uncovering a wealth of knowledge about the peoples, geography, plants, and animals of the western United States."(4)
(4) Lewis and Clark Expedition, "Microsoft?®Encarta?® Encyclopedia 99, ?© 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


MONTHLY MAINTENANCE TIP:
BUG OUT
"APHIDS AND WHITE FLIES
These bugs are attracted to bright yellow and can be trapped by placing a yellow board or other yellow objects such as yellow poster board, oleo lids, or sticks painted yellow, coated with heavy motor oil, petroleum jelly or Tack Trap?® near susceptible plants. Re-coat when the traps dry out.

"APHIDS ON ROSES
Use 1 ?½ teaspoons of baking soda per pint of water and apply every seven days. This method is user-, earth- and child-friendly.

"GRASSHOPPERS
To deter grasshoppers, plant basil around the flower bed borders. Grasshoppers will eat the basil and leave the plants alone.

"ANTS
For ants on the counter, wipe the counter down with undiluted white vinegar.

"To prevent ants from coming in the house, or getting into cupboards, sprinkle dried mint or red pepper where they are
entering the house and in the cupboards.

"To get rid of ant hills, pour 3 gallons of boiling water down them. This is best done when the ants are active and near the surface. Do not do this close to flowers or they will die too....

"COCKROACHES
To keep cockroaches out of the cupboards, place some bay leaves on the shelves...." (5)
(5)Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean


SELLING YOUR HOME?
Please help yourself by telling your title company that a sale is pending and that they must notify Borg Property Services of the pending sale. Borg Property Services has seven (7) days to inspect your house before the sale can be completed. (House bill 2299) If the inspection must be done in less than seven (7) days because Borg Property Services was not notified, then we will charge the homeowner an extra fee. Title companies have been known to ask for a rush inspection because they did not notify Borg Property Services, and the homeowner is the one charged the extra fee.