Arbor Ridge Home Owners Association

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Arbor Ridge Home Owners Association PO Box
201 Crestwood, KY 40014 HOA_at_ArborRidge-Crestwood.c
om
Volume 3
Arbor Ridge Times
Arbor Ridge Home Owners Association General
Membership Meeting
The annual meeting of the Arbor Ridge Homeowners
Association will be held on Sunday, December 2,
2007 from 5- 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in
Room 2 at the South Oldham Fire Dept. in
Crestwood on Old LaGrange Road off the 329 bypass
just South of the 146 intersection and the train
overpass. Please put this date on your
calendar. The primary purpose of the annual
meeting is to elect directors for the upcoming
year and to present the proposed 2008 budget to
the membership at large. Approval of the final
2008 budget will be the responsibility of the
newly elected Board of Directors. At the
meeting, the current Board will briefly review
its activities during its term in office and
present the estimated actual financial results
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
The First Amendment to the Bylaws stipulates the
number of directors shall be seven (7) and that
nominations for directors shall be made from the
members entitled to vote i.e. association fees
are paid. A secret ballot will be conducted by
the membership present at the meeting. One vote
will be allocated for each lot owned.
Nominations for directors will be accepted in
writing to the ARHOA PO Box address prior to the
meeting and verbally at the meeting. Please
submit name and address of nominees. Self
nomination is encouraged but if you should
nominate someone other than yourself please
ensure that the person will serve if
elected. There will also be discussion and a
vote regarding the installation of a North
Entrance Sign.
East Wind Way Gas Line Easement
Vectron Gas Co. has begun some work along the
East Wind Way Gas Line Easement. It appears they
are activating a once dormant line and need to
test the line at key points. As of right now,
they have only dug up one spot and that is all
that is planned for now. Based on several
discussions, Vectron does not plan to re-plant
any of the trees they have uprooted. It is
possible that Vectron is planning to remove all
of the trees from the easement area, but no plan
for when is established. We have looked through
some rules and regulations and it appears we
dont have much of a leg to stand on in trying to
save our screen between the church and our East
Wind Way neighbors. As we learn more, we will
continue to communicate.
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Arbor Ridge Home Owners Association PO Box
201 Crestwood, KY 40014 HOA_at_ArborRidge-Crestwood.c
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Arbor Ridge Times
Stop Signs and Speed Limit
Solicitation
Due to numerous complaints over the summer, the
board voted and approved the posting of No
Soliciting signs at both entrances. The intent
of these signs is to keep external solicitors
from annoying our neighbors and to increase our
safety awareness. Internal solicitation for
school and activity functions will be permitted.
The Board would like to thank all of our
neighbors for their cooperation over the past few
months. It has become quite evident that since
the North Entrance Stop signs were moved, the
traffic speed through that area has slowed
tremendously. Lets continue to be diligent in
complying with our own regulations as well as
keep an eye out for non-neighbors who may be
disregarding our neighborhood safety concerns.
Social Committee
Several neighbors will be forming a Social
Committee as part of the ARHOA . An information
flyer was distributed within the past few weeks.
If you have interest in joining the committee or
helping out, please contact Leslie Bowman at 6500
Westwind Way.
Did you Know?
The Arbor Ridge Home Owners Association is
responsible for upholding our by-laws and deed
restrictions. Here are a few wed like to remind
you about 1. Street Parking 2. Construction
Approvals 3. Fence Approvals 4. Trailer, Boat and
RV Storage 5. Motor Driven Vehicles (ATVs
etc) (Please review your Deed Restrictions and
by-laws regarding these topics)
ARHOA Website
Please take the time to visit the neighborhood
website. The address is http\\www.arborridge-cres
twood.com. All communications, forms, directions,
and information for the community can be found
here.
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Arbor Ridge Home Owners Association PO Box
201 Crestwood, KY 40014 HOA_at_ArborRidge-Crestwood.c
om
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North Entrance Arbor Ridge Sign
The board is looking into sign options for the
North entrance. The 3rd quarter news letter will
contain drawings of 3 or 4 designs that we will
consider. These drawings will also be posted on
the website at that time. A vote will be held at
the annual membership meeting in December for the
approval of the expenditure of the signs as well
as the selection of the design. Photos of these
designs can be found on the website as well.
Proposed Designs
Design 3
Design 2
Design 1
Landscaping and Tree Plantings
Please note that in the late fall/early winter,
we will have Boone Nursery come through and
perform some minor trimming and pruning to some
of the trees in the easement areas of the
neighborhood. Trees that are leaning in one
direction may be staked and straightened. Minor
pruning of dead branches might help the trees to
fill in and grow better. We will communicate with
homeowners prior to any work to be performed to
the trees near your property.
Information
Please note that the Home owners contact
information list will be revised during
December07/January 08 and distributed with the
2008 Dues notification. If you have information
that needs to be added or changed, please send
that information to the ARHOA PO Box address.
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Arbor Ridge Home Owners Association PO Box
201 Crestwood, KY 40014 HOA_at_ArborRidge-Crestwood.c
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Ash Trees
Some of the defining characteristics of the Arbor
Ridge Subdivision are the Ash trees that were
planted in the front easement of each lot. A few
of these trees were destroyed as a result of
storms in 2006. The Board felt it important to
replace these trees, as well as to plant trees
where builders overlooked them. The newly planted
trees appear to be doing well thanks to the TLC
provided by the home owners.   Homeowners with
existing Ash trees are asked to remove any stakes
that may still exist, to prevent damage to the
tree. Some of you may be aware that a severely
damaging exotic beetle, the emerald ash borer,
was discovered in Michigan in 2002 and is
spreading south into Indiana and Ohio. The larvae
feed on the inner bark of the tree, disrupting
the tree's ability to transport water and
nutrients. Strong efforts are in place by
authorities in the affected states to prevent
further spreading.   Disease, adverse weather
conditions, and poor cultural care affect the
overall health of ash trees. Repeated events wear
down tree defenses causing slow or abnormal
growth, branch dieback, and tree death. Three
common diseases causing branch dieback and tree
death include ash yellows, verticillium wilt, and
cankers. Ash yellows typically causes the
formation of what looks like witch's brooms on
the main trunk. These brooms lack a central stem
and appear as a yellow-green proliferation of
growth. Witch's brooms are often confused with
salt spray damage or natural sprouting on healthy
trees. To identify salt damage, simply determine
whether the tree was exposed to salt spray.
Verticillium wilt typically causes wilting and
tree death. Branches in the upper crown or along
one side of the tree often wilt first, as leaves
on infected branches turn brown from the leaf's
edge inward. Verticillium is often confused with
winter injury, stem girdling roots, and drought
stress. These factors also cause drought-like
symptoms. Identifying verticillium is difficult
and usually requires a professional diagnosis.
Canker diseases typically cause swollen,
sunken, or target-shaped wounds to develop
randomly on the branches or the main trunk. These
wounds often girdle that portion of the tree
causing it to die. Canker diseases are easily
confused with mechanical injuries.
Unfortunately, there are no effective treatments
available for control of these diseases. As a
result, the only beneficial control strategy is
to improve tree health. Trees should be watered
during dry periods, mulched, properly fertilized,
and protected against soil compaction. Severely
affected trees may not recover. For more
information, call your local Extension office or
visit the Yard and Garden web site at
www.extension.umn.edu. (Taken from The University
of Minnesota Extension website at
 www.extension.umn.edu)
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