Author Archives: John Turck

Landscaping work at the main entrance

Over the weekend of May 15-16 you might have noticed a bunch of people working hard at the Ann Arbor/Woodland entrance to the sub. The volunteer crew included Susan Miklovich, Kirsten Eye, Patty Palombit, Mary Rentschler and Scott Rentschler. They did a lot of work, including moving some plantings, removing others, putting in new plantings (they looked at drought- and deer-resistant plants), and other things. They are also going to add mulch to the area over the new few weeks, but are timing that to help minimize the risk of losing new plantings. If you see them out and about, please thank them for their great ideas and hard work.

We are also going to look at what we can do about the deteriorating condition of the wooden sign at that entrance. We might be able to get away with some light touch-ups (paint) to it and put off replacing it until 2022, but we will begin looking around at options.

Mailbox clusters replacement

On Thursday, October 22 we are going to replace the four mailbox clusters closest to the following addresses: 1152 Colony; 716 Foxboro Ct; 947 Wiltshire; and 1061 Heritage. (We have contracted with Pop-A-Lock, who is scheduled to meet with a Post Office rep that day to install the new clusters and get them labeled.) We are replacing the clusters as needed, and are spreading them out over the years to spread out the associated costs.

Board member Sarah Brooks, who has been working hard to make all of this happen, is going to deliver new mailbox keys to those affected homeowners on Wednesday after 7:00 pm. If you are not going to be home then, or would like to make alternate arrangements to get your keys, please either call Sarah directly at (734) 905-9291 or you can email us at [email protected].

2020 annual meeting update

At our August 25, 2020 Board meeting we spent a lot of time discussing the possibility of holding the October 13th annual meeting as a combination of both in-person and virtual (Zoom), but the logistical challenges are significant enough that we decided to hold the meeting by Zoom, only. We are going to do everything we can to be as efficient with our time together as we would if we were meeting in person, so between now and then we will be working on how to accomplish that goal. We will mail a letter to all homeowners in the next few weeks with the Zoom details; if you do not receive the letter, please let us know and we will mail you another copy or email it to you. If you lose the letter and need us to send you the Zoom sign-in details (which we are not going to post publicly, for security reasons), please email us at [email protected] plan to begin check-in at 6:30 pm and then begin the meeting as close to 7:00 pm as possible. It will greatly help if everyone would check in early; if we get a rush of people right at 7:00 pm, that will prevent us from being able to start on time.

We encourage everyone in the neighborhood to attend and participate in the meeting, so you can know more about what we are doing, what we are spending your money on, and so you can ask whatever questions or raise any concerns or complaints you might have. If you are interested in volunteering to serve on the Board (two-year terms), we would especially like you to participate in the meeting, because we will be holding elections for three open Board positions.