September 2015 eNewsletter
From: Honey Creek [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 8:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Neighborhood HOA E-Newsletter
This e-newsletter is intended for the homeowners and residents of the Honey Creek neighborhood in north Renton.
Honey Creek Neighborhood Updates
Greetings from the Honey Creek Homeowners Association Board!
We are your neighbors who volunteer on the Board of our Honey Creek HOA, a community of 100 homes. Like you, we want to keep our neighborhood running smoothly and looking good in order to maintain a high quality of life and preserve the value of our homes. We hope this newsletter will provide you with valuable information and resources.
Stay Connected
- The Honey Creek HOA Website is: www.honeycreekridge.blogspot.com. Here you’ll find the CC&R’s and by-laws governing our HOA, as well as meeting minutes, board contact information and pictures of activities in the neighborhood.
- The Honey Creek HOA Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/honey.creek.39 (you do not need a FB account to view this page)
- We would like to get e-mails and phone numbers for each household in Honey Creek. This information will ONLY be used for Honey Creek and will not be given out to any other organization. Please send your name, address, phone number and e-mail (or whatever information you’re comfortable sharing) to the HOA e-mail address: [email protected].
Fall Yard Maintenance
After the hot dry summer, many of our lawns and gardens are in need of an overhaul! Some plants didn’t make it through the summer and need to be pulled, weeds are popping up, bushes need trimming and some lawns have bare patches, etc. Thanks to everyone for your collective effort in keeping Honey Creek looking great!
- You can do yard clean-up yourself, or hire a company of your choosing to do it for you. One company that does work for many Honey Creek homeowners is:
- MJW Services, Inc.
- Mike Wehrle, GM
- 206-579-6267 Call or Text
- [email protected] Email
- www.mjwservices.com Website
Common Areas in Honey Creek Neighborhood
- We are working with the City of Renton to address the issue of the trees buckling the sidewalks in our neighborhood.
- We are getting bids to have the trees trimmed along the parking strips and in the islands.
- The mailbox on Lynnwood Ave. that was plowed down by a car in the middle of the night will be replaced soon.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
As part of “Ready in Renton,” the city will be training volunteers in first aid, search and rescue, fire suppression and more in preparation for possible natural disasters. We would love to have a team of people from Honey Creek attend these trainings so our neighborhood is prepared to help each other out following a disaster. CERT training will be every Tuesday evening at 6pm from September 22 – November 3, followed by a disaster simulation on Saturday, November 7th. Cost is $25 per person. More information is here: http://rentonwa.gov/cert/. You can sign up by calling 425-430-6700. Let us know if you’ll be participating so we know which Honey Creek residents will be part of our Community Emergency Response Team.
Neighborhood Welcome Committee
We are starting a committee to welcome new homeowners to the Honey Creek neighborhood. If you’re interested in joining this fun team and occasionally baking a pie or some cookies, please reply to this email and we’ll let you know more about it!
Volunteer Tree Planting at Sierra Heights Park
Come and PLANT TREES with us! Meet your neighbors; learn more about your local park, help your community thrive! Families, individuals and groups are welcome!
- Sierra Heights Park (the small wooded park between our neighborhood and Sierra Heights Elementary)
- Saturday, October 24th 10 am-2 pm
- Please RSVP by replying to this email ([email protected]) ~ or ~ contact Lina Rosa, Volunteer Program Coordinator with King County Parks at [email protected] to RSVP and if you have questions.
Save the Date
- Tuesday, Nov. 17th 7pm – 8:30 – HOA Annual Meeting at Sierra Heights Elementary. More details coming soon.
- Date TBD – Block Watch Meeting to work together to keep crime at a minimum in our neighborhood.
We would love to hear from you!
Sincerely,
- Your HOA Board:
- Khwaja Ali
- Paul Wallis
- Ellen Tennis
- Bob Leppke
- Mike Minato
- Marshall Gilmore
- Kathryn Mattila
- Mary Burton
From: Honey Creek [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 12:30 PM
To: Honey Creek <[email protected]>
Subject: Neighborhood HOA Newsletter
This e-newsletter is intended for the homeowners and residents of the Honey Creek neighborhood in north Renton. If you would like to be taken off this e-mail list or would like to change or add an e-mail address, please reply and let us know. Thank you!
Honey Creek Neighborhood Updates
We have had reports from some homeowners of suspicious activity in our neighborhood. The Honey Creek HOA Board wants to let everyone know about these incidents and provide some resources and tips we can all implement to deter criminals from targeting our community.
Incident #1:
Recently during the day, neighbors on NE 23rd PL looked out their window and saw a guy ducking in between two homes at the end of the cul-de-sac. He was wearing all black and a black straight-billed baseball cap and was carrying a backpack. He was fairly short. A woman was standing on the street, apparently acting as a “look out”. She was a white female, about 35 – 40 years old with dark shoulder-length ratty pinkish dyed hair, parted down the middle and straight down the sides; heavy make-up. She was wearing tight black leggings and a maroon pullover top. She also had a backpack or a big black bag. The owners of one of the homes drove up and the woman went back between the houses (we assume to alert the guy). The guy came out around the other side of the house and took off at a very fast walk down NE 23rd PL. and took a left onto Olympia. The woman proceeded down NE 23rd place after a brief exchange with the homeowners who thought she was looking at their house (she implied this) as it is for sale, and took a right on Olympia. When the homeowner checked around the house, he saw footsteps leading up the back stairs onto their deck. During all of this, the neighbors were watching out the window and were on the phone with the police. The police came but by the time they got there, the man and woman were nowhere to be found.
Incident #2:
A homeowner on NE 26th Ct. had their garage doors open while mowing the back yard. Later they noticed that half of their power tools were missing from the workbench. It was mid-day and only for about a half an hour. This was reported to the police.
Incident #3:
On Sunday September 20th at around 2am a vehicle hit one of our large neighborhood mailboxes on Lynnwood Ave NE and never stopped. At least three neighbors heard the loud impact. The cost and replacement of the mailbox is the responsibility of our HOA. It has been ordered and is expected to arrive sometime this week. If you can help with installation, please email [email protected]. In the meantime, the eight neighbors who use that mailbox are having to collect their mail from the post office.
Other Incidents:
Various homeowners have reported items being stolen out of their cars that are parked in their driveways. Many times these cars have been unlocked. Packages have also been stolen from people’s front porches.
Safety Tips:
- Keep outside lights on at night.
- Set automatic timers on a few indoor lights so lights come on in the evening even if you’re not home.
- Coordinate with your immediate neighbors to watch each other’s homes. Be sure to have each other’s phone numbers to stay in contact. Let neighbors know when you will be out of town and ask them to watch your house while you’re gone.
- Trim shrubs to keep areas around your house visible and not provide hiding spots for criminals.
- Do not leave valuables in cars that are parked in your driveway, and remember to lock them up at night.
- If you are having packages delivered and you won’t be home, consider having them delivered to your place of employment, or ask a neighbor who is home to retrieve the package off your front porch.
Resources:
If you have an emergency or see suspicious activity in the neighborhood, call 911.
File an Incident Report with the Renton Police Department: http://rentonwa.gov/living/default.aspx?id=1730
Notify the Honey Creek Homeowners Association of suspicious activity:[email protected]
Newsletter page on the Honey Creek website will have recent newsletters posted:http://honeycreekridge.blogspot.com/p/newsletters.html
Home and Neighborhood Safety Tips:http://www.ncpc.org/topics/home-and-neighborhood-safety
OTHER NEWS
Trees and Leaf Clean-Up:
- We are getting bids to have the trees trimmed, especially the lower branches that when wet, hang very low and impede driveways and sidewalks.
- Please do not blow or rake leaves from your property on to the sidewalk, parking strip or street for the HOA landscape contractor to clean up. Our contract with ProGrass is for them to remove leaves from the common areas which include the sidewalk, parking strip and street (not each of our yards).
- If storm drains get covered with leaves during wet weather, it would be great if all of us could help keep them cleaned out. City street sweepers do come through occasionally, but between those times, let’s all help to keep the storm drains clear of debris to keep rainwater flowing down the drains.
HOA Annual Meeting:
Tuesday, November 17th at 7pm at Sierra Heights Elementary: 2501 Union Ave NE.
New Middle School Will Serve Honey Creek Neighborhood!
The Renton School District is building a new middle school about four miles north of our neighborhood in Newcastle. It will open next fall 2016 and will serve the Honey Creek neighborhood. Click Here to read more and to view the boundary map.
Volunteer Tree Planting at Sierra Heights Park
Come and PLANT TREES with us! Meet your neighbors; learn more about your local park, help your community thrive! Families, individuals and groups are welcome!
- Sierra Heights Park (the small park between our neighborhood and Sierra Heights Elementary)
- Saturday, October 24th 10 am-2 pm
- Please RSVP by replying to this email ([email protected])
Sincerely,
Honey Creek Homeowners Association
- Board of Directors:
- Khwaja Ali
- Paul Wallis
- Ellen Tennis
- Bob Leppke
- Mike Minato
- Marshall Gilmore
- Kathryn Mattila
- Mary Burton
