CPVA MEETING MINUTES

MINUTES APPROVED

Board Meeting Notes:

1. Note from the RDRC that one of the members of the committee has resigned because of other commitments.  Applications for persons interested in filling the open position will be accepted until close of business 7/26.  Applications are available and should be filed at The Woodlands Associations Building on Lake Woodlands Dr.

2. The official Design Review Committee of The Woodlands also has an opening.  This one requires experience in the RDRC world and, preferably, in the world of architecture.  The DRC handles appeals from RDRC meetings for various villages, handles projects individual village committees might not be able to evaluate comfortably, and handles disputes between residents not resolved at the local level.  Applications are available at The Woodlands Associations Building

3. Fire Service Update – the board of the Emergency Services District #4 (that’s the Needham Road fire station) will vote next month on our de-annexation request.  The official de-annexation would not occur until 12/31 for tax/accounting reasons.  We will still be obligated for payment on purchases made by the fire department while we were under their service.  The obligation should be completed in 2007.

4. Our TWA Director, Ted Stanley, reported that TWA did not meet in July.  This is the end of the acronyms.  This report is beginning to look like a government document.

5. Our 4^th of July float turned out great.  We had a great time building it and although we didn’t get a trophy, we can gloat: we were a float of note in the official float vote. 

6. The official treasurer’s report shows us to have a little more cash in hand than we expected.  Not true for my own bank account.  No significant changes occurred in the budget during the last reporting period.

7. We have a new Village Liaison: Alicia Klosterman.  Alicia let us know that the Paint-Your-Number kits are a little behind schedule.  These are different from the normal paint-by-number kits.  They’re not nearly as much fun.  No pictures of kittens or horses or landscapes.  These let you paint your house number on your driveway to help emergency vehicles or Aggie Homeowners find the house.  They are available free of charge at The Woodlands Associations Building.  Probably the best bet is to sign up for a waiting list.  They’re roughly a month behind in loaning them out.  

8. We have 3 tickets left for the Astros v. Mets game on July 30^th.  The $15 price tag includes transportation so that you don’t have to park your car behind the Bail Bonds joints downtown, like I usually do.  You can park at the Village Medical Center on W. Panther Creek Dr., take the bus at 4:30 and contribute in a small way to keeping Bonds away from baseball in 2005…what a coincidence…the same thing is happening with Barry Bonds…..

9. A new dog park opens at Bear Branch on July 30^th.  Dogs are not leashed there.  Owners are expected to de-fuse any bombs left.  Bad, bad place to bring a cat.

10.  Rumors have been floating about Harper’s Landing being annexed by Conroe.  Ted Stanley had some information on this one.  Ted is doing an outstanding job as our TWA Director.  He even addressed this one, standing.  Conroe has no interest in annexing us.  It would involve a minimum of a 3-year notice before occurring and is just not on the Conroe Top-Things-To-Do-in-the-Near-or-Distant-Future list.  Ted will keep us apprised of any changes.

11. Finally, Ted has also been in touch with the builders of the new shopping center on the east side of 242/I-45.  It’s supposed to be an upscale area – not Neiman’s but not Joe’s Jewelry-and-Car-Repair.   He can provide more details about the shopping area and about almost anything else in The Woodlands if needed.

Upcoming Events/Speaker:

1.      National Night Out. 

Date: August 2^nd.

Place: Harper’s Landing Pool and in Grogan’s Forest, on Rosewood Dr.

Food: Complimentary Chuck E. Cheese pizza, drinks and Kroger sheet cakes. 

Activities: ID the Burglar – we won last year and need volunteers for this year’s contest.  The idea of National Night Out is to meet neighbors and learn to identify suspicious folks.  ID the Burglar helps to do that.

2.      September 17^th  -- Fall Flea Market ticket sales begin

Randall’s in Panther Creek

3.      October 1^st – Fall Flea Market

    Market Street Parking Garage

4.      October 30^th – Halloween Spooktacular

Place: Harper’s Landing pool, once again

Time: TBD

Food: Yes

Games: Yes

More details coming later? Yes

Resident Issues and Concerns:

Resident expressed concern over basketball games on the courts, mainly on Sunday evenings.  We will ask a Park Ranger to stroll by and take a look.

Resident expressed concern about dogs off leashes.  Montgomery County and The Woodlands have leash laws.

Next meeting:

August 15.   Miles McKinney will speak on the status of the Quiet Zone (Railroad).