As we approach the end of this eventful year for Saddle Club, I would like, on behalf of your HO Association Board, wish all a very happy holiday season and a most fruitful 2012!
This has truly been a good year for all of us who choose to live in Saddle Club at McKinney Ranch. Starting with the transition from DR Horton to us, the homeowners, in July, we continue to lay the foundation that will serve to make our community the most desirable place to live in McKinney.
To this end, we:
• Created a new homeowner association Board of Directors whose single minded goal is to serve the needs of the community.
• Held our initial fall festival. Although we had excellent attendance, we would like to see many more of our residents join in the festivities. Our social committee is already planning the spring festival, so stay tuned (or better yet, visit the website) to learn more.
• Reconstituted our committees with each one chaired by a board member. Over time, we would like to see the chair position rotate, but in the interim, the board chair will work to get it started. Thanks to all who volunteered to be on a committee.
• Created a brand new website that is not only visually appealing, but easy to navigate as well (http://www.saddleclubownersassoc.com/). Here I ask all residents to register on the website. The website will be the place that community information will be posted, legal documents are kept (including our CCR’s), meeting schedules will be posted, etc. In effect, the website will be the information center for Saddle Club
• Engaged a new management company, Neighborhood Management Inc. (http://www.neighborhoodmanagement.net/). NMI, for short, is replacing Lone Star Management, effective January 1, 2012. The board did a very thorough search for a replacement to Lone Star, and In NMI, we believe we have an outstanding partner that will serve the needs of our community in an extraordinary manner. Our association (property) manager for NMI is Linda Arquilla, CMCA, AMS. Linda can reached at linda@nmitx.com, 972-359-1548 x.123
Several of our residents have inquired about not receiving the dues notice that will cover the first six months of the year. Given all that is involved with making the management company transition as seamless as possible, and given the timing of the transition, the board has decided to extend the January dues assessment period for one month. Thus, the dues notice will be going out by the end of December with payment due on February 1, 2012.
The really good news in this is that the dues will remain the same for 2012.
Once again, a great holiday season and a wonderful 2012 to all.
Barry
