Our
Community Web Site
Check out www.oakmontregime.org , our official community web site.
Here you will find a wealth of information concerning just about every aspect of
our community including schedule of community events.
Board of Directors:
President Joe Lutian 525 Bay Dale Ct.
V. President Tim Campbell 530 Bay Dale Ct.
Secretary Dorothy Theisz 506 Bay Dale Ct.
Treasurer Bruce Kittinger 503 Bay Dale Ct.
Dave Chomicki 523 Bay Dale Ct.
Pete Kruszon 528 Bay
Dale Ct.
Tom Matthews 509 Bay Dale Ct.
Rules and Regs Committee
Chair: Bruce Kittinger
Architecture Committee Chair: Pete Kruszon
Landscaping CommitteeChair: Tim Campbell
The Board has been active with several projects this year and would like
to update you on them:
Sealing the
South Parking Lot:
The newly paved parking lot was sealed last spring to keep it properly
maintained. This cost was included in
the original paving project.
Settlement
of Dog Violations:
You may not be aware of this issue, but your Board of Directors has been
involved in a series of pet violations by one homeowner for the past several
years. This very time consuming issue
finally culminated in legal proceedings and the homeowner has since moved.
Updating
the Rules and Regulations:
An effort began in 2007 to update the original Rules and
Regulations. The project has finally
reached the stage, after seven versions, to be presented to you, the homeowners
for review. A hearing will be held in
the near future for you to relay any comments or concerns to the Board before
they make their final vote for approval.
Updating
the Bylaws:
A revision of our Bylaws has been reviewed by the Board and we are pausing this project until after the Rules and Regulations
are approved. The reason for this is
that we feel some Rules or Regulations changes may require adjustments into the
Bylaws in order to make both documents consistent.
Annual Home
Inspections:
The Board has been focused for the past several years on reestablishing
our home inspections. Our goal is to use
our management company’s process to perform fair and consistent inspections to
ensure that our property values do not decline due to neglected home
maintenance or violations of our rules.
Spring
Community Day:
Last May, we had a successful day of trimming bushes and trees, doing
some minor maintenance and planting the flower beds by the drives. Thanks to everyone for their help and the
cookout was appreciated very much.
Tree
Pruning:
All of the large trees in front of the units and along the streets were
pruned in September. This was a major
project we budgeted for this year at a cost of $5,000.
Building
Reserve Accounts:
Our reserve accounts are funds set aside for specific maintenance or
replacement of our community assets. We
have established a long range plan for capital needs and we are saving funds
according to that plan. For example, the
north parking lot will be repaved in 2010 and we will need the funds to cover
that project, as well as others in the future.
We currently have about $26,500 in reserves and we will need $36,000 in
2010 for the parking lot. We are
currently doing well tracking to our plan – and if we do not have much snow
through December and no insurance claims, we will be able to put an additional
$4,500 into reserves.
2009
Budget:
The Board is currently working on the 2009 budget and you will be
getting a notice for the annual budget meeting soon.
PARKING LOT SAFETY
When driving in the community, please keep an extra look out for our
youngsters riding their bicycles, skateboards, scooters and playing ball in the parking areas.
There are blind
spots entering and exiting our parking lots where extra caution is needed.
Driving S L
O W is good. Also, please be sure your children
are careful, while playing outside, to look out for the numerous cars driving
in and out of our neighborhood.
PARKING LOT CONSIDERATION
Please be considerate of your neighbors by taking up no more than two
parking spots in front of your house. For parking more than two vehicles,
please use available parking spots between the buildings and on the street.
As we strive to be a community with excellent curb appeal, property values,
and community atmosphere, please note the following requests:
The fronts and backs of our community should always look neat and clean.
Nothing is to be stored in the front of our units, behind the bushes, or
anywhere within our parking areas or front and rear common areas. This includes
but is not limited to:
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Trash Containers
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Recycle Containers
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Trash of Any Kind
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Bags of Dog Waste
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Cigarette Butts
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Equipment such as brooms, rakes, ladders, etc.
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Bikes, Toys, skateboards, tricycles, etc.
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Hoses should be stored so they are not in plain
view.
Please take a
look at your property and responsibility to our community. Your cooperation is greatly needed and
appreciated. If you have any questions,
concerns or suggestions, please contact Joe Lutian at 410-757-1901 or joelut@comcast.net
Within our
common areas there is opportunity to improve our community’s appearance. The
flowerbeds at the parking lot entrances and the bed of plantings on the west
end of the north parking lot have not been maintained as well as they could be.
Since it would be costly to hire a contractor to beautify these areas, we are
seeking to accomplish this task on a volunteer basis with your help. Please
contact Tim Campbell at 443-336-6691 or defiremedic@verizon.net, if you have ideas for flowerbed design, plant selection, or
if you are interested in helping with getting cost estimates of plants
purchase, or doing the planting and landscaping for this effort. If several
folks step forward soon, it will be possible to make some progress with
landscaping improvements this fall.
Recently, our lawns were aerated and seeded, please do what you can to
nurture the health of our lawns by watering during dry times and not walking on
areas where the grass coverage is thin.
Community
Clean Up Day
We are
looking to schedule one weekend day in mid October for volunteers within our
community to help with sprucing up our grounds. Keep a look out for a notice of
this event. Please contact Please contact Tim Campbell at 443-336-6691 or defiremedic@verizon.net if you have any requests for items to
be done.
County Dumpster (10/6)
The county will
be providing a dumpster on October 6th and 7th for our
community to clean out unwanted items.
Please do not put any toxic substance in the dumpster or any of the
following:
Junk Automobiles Hazardous
Wastes
Trailers Boats
Gas or Propane Tanks Tires
Tree Trunks Logs
Oil Drums or Tanks Paint
Liquids Refrigerators
Air Conditioners
For your convenience we have listed below licensed professionals who may
be able to service your repair needs. Please
understand, we do not endorse or promote their services. You are free to use any contractor of your choice.
Cross Electric 443-871-7898
Cook Electric 410-266-9040
Weisman Electric 410-643-1019
AGS Plumbing and Heating 410-760-1564
Heidler 410-263-7361
Charles Pastrana 410-263-4297
B.C. Bassford 410-647-8787
Ornamental Iron 410-757-0434
Zelco Glass & Lock 410-263-4545
AXIS Property Maintenance
410-570-0669
Economy Pest Control
410-266-6611
East Coast Fence 410-544-1201
Timberline Tree Service
301-649-5990
Bay Tree Service 410-721-3842
Richards Tree Service
410-757-5793
Benjamin Moore Paints (Clements Hardware) 410-647-4611
Duron Paints 410-266-8220
Rental's Plus 410-793-0767
(ladders, power washers, etc.)
United Rentals
410-268-7173
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