Special Meeting Highlights

We had an overwhelming attendance at the meeting last night. Thank you so much to the over 80 homeowners who showed up! Also, thank you to Michael Skates and Farhad Daroga from the City of Broken Arrow.

Topics of discussion were a vote for a keycard system for the pool and then the City of Broken Arrow joined us to discuss the benefits and procedures for annexation into the City. Highlights from the meeting minutes are below:

Keycard system – vote of the homeowners occurred – system was approved.

Benefits:
 Gate remains locked
 Delinquent homeowners cannot get access pool
 Cards can be shut off at any time if misused
 No need for a wristband
 Eagle Ridge HOA access only
 1 card per household
 Nominal fee for card
 No monthly charge
 Fee if card lost/stolen
 Will not increase HOA dues
 Auto-locks for bathrooms

Cost:
 $22 per household (this will come from dues already collected – there will not be a special assessment).

Annexation
Michael Skates and Farhad Daroga from the City of Broken Arrow came to discuss the annexation process.

Benefits:
 Trash $13.95 a month, 2 times a week, 10 bags maximum and $10 fee for special pick up
 We would stay on rural water
 BA police
 Animal control
 Code enforcement of issues like: trash, weeds, trailers, broken fences, basketball goals and broken down vehicles
 Take care of gun and weapon problems
 Storm sirens can be put in neighborhood after evaluation from the city
 Receive reverse 911 calls for surrounding areas if a problem arise
 See FAQs below for other information provided by the City.

Cost:
 $1 fee for light fee and $3 fee for storm water will appear on bill
 Per contact the HOA Board made to AEP – 5% increase in bill
 Per contact the HOA Board made to ONG – 2% increase in bill
 For July 4th fireworks, homeowner will need permit of $25
 Per calculation provided by HOA Board – approx. $20 increase per month in property taxes

To proceed:
 Need 75% of homeowners to sign petition for city to consider

Below are the handouts presented at last nights meeting:

~Financial information to support the approval of the keycard system:



~How to calculate your property taxes and how they would change if we were annexed into BA:



~4 page handout from the City of BA with FAQs regarding annexation:

Special Meeting, Monday, March 30, 7 p.m.

The Board of Directors has scheduled a special meeting for: Monday, March 30th at 7 p.m. to be held at Liberty Elementary. A letter has been mailed to each homeowner outlining what will be covered at this meeting. It is very important to have a good turnout, since the meeting will involve a vote as well as we have a special guest speaker. A copy of the letter and it's attachment are below. Most of the letters were mailed out on Thursday, March 19th.

Per the bylaws/covenants, if there are 2 homeowners for a property, they each get 1/2 of a vote. If you plan on attending the meeting w/out the other homeowner, please have them complete the proxy form in advance so that you can vote in their absence.

Thank you to the volunteers!

Thank you so much to those of you that volunteered your time to help with the landscaping, fence, etc. at the pool this past Sunday. We had beautiful weather for a work day and got most of the scheduled projects complete! Thanks to:
Lisa and Nick, Beau and Megan, Dewayne, Kim D. and the board members present. Also, I heard Lindsay helped finish up some of the work yesterday...let me know how much time you spent so we can get it logged!

Special Meeting scheduled: Monday, March 30th, 7 p.m.

The Board of Directors has scheduled a special meeting for Monday, March 30th at 7 p.m. Topics that will be discussed are:

~Annexation into the City of Broken Arrow – We will have a special guest speaker from the City of Broken Arrow to present to the homeowners what steps are involved to be annexed into the City and outline the benefits we would receive. He will also answer any questions you have regarding annexation. If possible, please forward specific questions in advance to: eagleridgehoa@gmail.com so that he can be better prepared.

~Pool keycard system – The Board of Directors would like to install a keycard system at the pool before opening this summer. The benefits of the keycard system are:
o It will provide the necessary security that we have not had in the past with the unlocked/unsupervised gate.
o It will eliminate the previously used wristband system.
o It will help to prevent children from accessing the pool without adult supervision (one keycard will be issued per family).
o It will prevent homeowners that have not paid their dues from having access to the pool.
o It will prevent unauthorized individuals from accessing the pool.

41st Street Fence

The 41st Street fence replacement is scheduled to start March 11th. They will start on the east end and work west. They plan to have the job completed in 4-6 weeks. If you back up to this fence, a letter was delivered to your home last night (Mon, March 9th)providing more detailed information.

Volunteer Day this Sunday, March 8th!

We'd love for you to come out and help! We'll be meeting at the pool at 1 p.m. We will be doing the following:

Removing bushes
Trimming trees
Planting ground cover
Fence work
Glass clean up
Trimming ornamental grass
Repair of leaking faucet
Etc.

If you have any of the following to bring, that would be great:

~Shovel (large and hand)
~Tree trimmer
~Gloves
~Loppers
~Broom/dust pan
~Trash bags
~Any other tool that might be useful

Don't forget to spring forward on Sunday!

Recycling Reminder!

Just a reminder that your items will be picked up that need to be recycled on Wed. March 4th between 9am-10am.