Memorial Day 2018 Refuse Collection

Just a reminder that we are losing one day of refuse collection due to the Memorial Day holiday.  Our refuse collection schedule is show below.

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Spring Flowers

Here are a few pictures of the spring flowers. I hope they last a while, but I'm afraid they're a bit short lived. Note that anyone who plants bulbs has faith in the future, as bulbs are commonly planted in the fall, then come up in the spring or summer. After that, we get to enjoy them until the squirrels and mice get to them.

Identity Theft

In a casual conversation with the Whitehall Police Department today, I leaned that theft of debit cards is on the rise.  Specifically, do not use your debit card at McDonald's, as one or more people have had their account emptied by a debit card thief.  The Whitehall Kroger store is also a problem spot, with the amount of transaction changing between the register and the credit card.

Things that help with credit card theft are:

• Keep all receipts for at least 10 weeks.  Amounts have been known to mysteriously change somewhere between the cashier and the credit card company.
• Don't use a debit card; use a real credit card that isn't attached to your account.
• Check your transactions on a frequent basis.  As soon as you see a transaction you didn't make, call the credit card company and report the card as stolen.

Because of Federal law, the card holder is not responsible for fraudulent charges on his credit card.  The cost of this crime is often split unevenly between the credit card company and the merchant.  Debit cards are not protected by this law.

In the case of a debit card, the bank will usually refund the entire amount.  The keyword here is usually.  About 2% (1 in 50) the card holder loses a large portion of the total amount stolen, and in some cases the card holder loses the entire amount.  Are you feeling lucky this week?  Hence the warning about debit cards and not using them for point of sale transactions.

Best to everyone, and please keep an eye on your credit and debit cards.

Spring Might Be Here

I thought it would be mid-July before we saw greenery or flowers, but thankfully I was wrong.

Trees in Bloom

HOA Meeting Minutes from April 23, 2018

McNaughten Village Condominium Association

5350 E. Livingston Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43232

(614) 861-1441

April 23, 2018

Director Meeting Minutes

Call meeting to order

·        Joanne Kitchen called the meeting to order at 11:00 AM

Establish Quorum

·        Board members Joanne Kitchen, Robert Jackson, Sandra Matthews, Nancy West, Joey Ashbrook and Judie Brenneman were present.

·        Bill Emery and Patty Gray were also present.

Reviewed the meeting minutes from March 26, 2018.

·        A motion was made by Nancy West to approve the minutes as read.  This motion was seconded by Joanne Kitchen and approved by all.

Property Managers Report as of April 23, 2018

·        As of this date you have $15,939.79 in your checking account.

·        As of this date you have $150,678.39 in your savings account.

·        As of this date you have $11,540.73 in your CD account.

·        There are three owners who currently owe the association money.

One is in foreclosure. No further action taken.

Old Business

·        The curb and sod repair damage created by the snow plows will take place in the spring.  Virgin Landscape has been notified and they will be making repairs.

·        Waiting on a proposal from Rescue Roofing for 1860-1862 Misty Way roof.  Tom will also be getting a proposal from Newman Roofing.

·        Bill Emery and the rules committee have met and reviewed the rules and regulations.  Bill will be proofing them and will forward them to the Board for review and approval.

New Business

·        The Board discussed the repeated noise violation coming from the son of a unit owner.  A motion was made by Judie Brenneman to send a letter and fine the owner for this violation.  This motion was seconded by Nancy West and approved with a four to one vote and one abstention. 

·        The Board reviewed a draft of the mass letter being sent out for spring clean up.  This letter will also include an owner information form and will ask for email addresses.  This letter will include sections of the rules regarding owners cleaning up their patios, removing ornaments and other items from the front yards and walls.  Painting and or repairing their front doors and garage doors.

General Discussion

·        The next meeting will be on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 11:00 AM.

Adjourn Meeting

·        A motion was made by Joey Ashbrook to adjourn the meeting at 12:02PM.  This motion was seconded by Judie Brenneman and approved by all.

Official Paint Color as of 3/28/18

The official paint color for garage doors Sandy Behr 710C-3 Gobi Desert.  This is available at the Home Depot on Brice Road.  Please see the link Behr 710C-3 Gobi Desert.

Advanced Reality Management Letter 3/28/18

Note that this is a copy of the official letter sent from our property manager, Advanced Reality Management, to all residents of McNaughten Village.

Advanced Realty/Management Inc.

5350 East Livingston Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43232-2865

(614) 861-1441 * (614) 863-7391 Fax

March 28, 2018

To: All Residents
McNaughten Village Condominium Association

Ref: Spring Clean Up

Dear Residents,

This letter is going out to all residents in the McNaughten Village Condominium Association.  The Association has a web site where the association’s document can be found.  The web site for the Associations is www.McNaughtenVillage.com.

Spring is upon us and it is time to clean up around the community.  There are many patio fences and interiors of the patios that are in need of repair and clean up.  The Board of Directors is requesting that all patio areas, limited common area, plantings, etc. be cleaned up prior to April 27, 2018.  This will give you plenty of notice to have this completed.  After that date the association will have any violations cleaned up at the home owner’s expense.  If you have any questions, please contact this office.

As stated in the bylaws and rules and regulations, the doors and garage doors are an owner responsibility.  There are several doors and garage doors that are in need of repair and or replacement.  This becomes a violation if not maintained.  Please have these doors and garage doors repaired/painted and or replaced prior to April 27, 2018.  If it cannot be done by that date, please have a plan submitted to the Board of Directors prior to that date, so it can be reviewed and approved.

We have noticed that there are a couple of vehicles that are either parked for extended periods of time or are being worked on.  These are violations of the rules and regulations.  Do not work on vehicles in the common area.  Also do not park a vehicle in the common area for more than 48 hours without the prior approval of the Board of Directors.  Violators are subject to be towed at the owner’s expense.

Please notify the management company should you see any exterior repairs that are needed.  You can either e-mail me at tom@advancedrealty/mgmt.com or drop a note off at Joanne Kitchen’s, 1862 Misty Way.

As a reminder, I have included some of the Association rules that deal with the owner responsibility.  Please review.

Limited Common Areas

Limited Common Areas, as described in the Bylaws, means those Common Areas serving exclusively one Unit or more than one but less than all Units, the enjoyment, benefit or use of which are reserved to the lawful occupants of that Unit or Units either in the Bylaws, or by the Board, and is that portion of the Condominium Property constituting “limited common areas and facilities” of the Condominium under the Condominium Act.

Limited Common Areas Uses:  Limited Common areas consist of a front concrete stoop and the patio area and existing fences at the rear of each unit and the improvements inside of the patio.  These areas are reserved for the exclusive use of the Unit owner and occupants of the Unit.  The Unit owner is responsible for cleaning, moving, plowing or ice removal of the stoops and patios.  It is the Unit owner’s responsibility to repair or maintain improvements within the patio and the interior surface of the patio fences, and to remove snow from the sidewalks. (Remove snow from sidewalks when it exceeds 2” in depth.)

When an owner removes a fence for any reason, they shall be held responsible for replacing said fence prior to the sale of the unit.

IV.    Decorative Items

C.    The American Flag
The American Flag may be flown or displayed at anytime following normal flag protocol.

D.     Structural Integrity
Nothing can be done in any Unit that impairs or changes the structural integrity of the Unit.

E.    Flower Pots
Flower Pots must be placed in the mulched areas with the exception of (1) pot being allowed on the porch. They are not to be placed on the sidewalk or on the driveway.

F.    Vegetable Plants – Are not permitted in any outside area or surface, other than the owner’s patio.

V.    Flowers/Landscape Plants

A.    Flowers
Flowers may be planted inside the patio fence or existing mulched area.  Maintenance of the flowers is the responsibility of the resident and dead annuals are to be removed at the end of the season.  The landscape company will remove annuals that are not maintained during the growing season and the cost for removal will be billed to the resident.

B.    Landscape Plants

1. Planting of new shrubs outside the patio fence must receive advanced approval.
2. Additional landscape plants may be considered will be of a species already in use in the community and which; at maturity will not exceed the height of the patio fence.  Nothing is to creep over the fencing.
3. Any new planting beds will be limited in size by the Board of Directors.

XI.    Parking/Vehicles

A.    The Board may pass rules and regulations restricting or prohibiting parking.  Here is a summary of the parking rules:

1. Since Misty Way is a private street belonging to the Association, no person or guest shall drive a motor vehicle on the street in reckless violation of any posted or un-posted restrictions.  Little Brook Way, being a city street, is subject to street restrictions of the City of Columbus.  The speed limit on Misty Way is 10 M.P.H.
2. No person shall park a motor vehicle on Misty Way except under special permission of the Board.
3. No person shall stop or park any motor vehicle on Misty Way or in a common driveway in such a manner as to obstruct vehicles access to or from said street or driveway, common green area or parking area.
4. No person shall park a disabled or inoperative vehicle nor perform mechanical work on a vehicle on any Association street or driveway, common green area or parking area.
5. No person shall park a boat, truck, trailer, or recreational vehicle on any Association street or driveway or parking area for more than 48 hours without prior written approval of the Board (Revised 2006)
6. Inoperable vehicles (with flat tires, expired license tags, etc), which cannot be identified as belonging to a resident, or vehicles involved in any illegal activity which are parked in any common or limited common area for more that forty-eight (48) consecutive hours may be towed off the premises at the vehicle owner’s expense (Revised 2006)
7. See “Penalty & Enforcement Fee” section for enforcement procedures.  The Board also has the right to have vehicles towed, or to take such other actions as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate (See Article III, Section 2(f) of the Declaration and By-Laws).

XIX.    Patios

• Patios are to be kept clean and free of debris.  All patios are to be cleaned by the Unit owner by June 1st of each year.
• Those patios out of compliance are referred to on page 9 (decisions and sanctions).

XX.    Quiet Time

• No excessive noise – stereos, TV’s, construction, etc. – after 11:00 p.m. weekdays, 8:00 a.m. weekends.
• Children under the age of 18 are to be supervised by a parent, guardian, or other responsible adult after curfew in accordance with the City of Columbus and Franklin County curfew ordinances.

Should you have any questions, please contact our office.

Sincerely,





Tom Jones
Property Manager