The board has ordered some new chairs for the pool, but they are not in yet and probably won’t be in until after the 4th of July.
If you are going to the pool (especially over the weekend of the 4th) you probably want to bring some extra chairs in case of a crowd.
Please remember that we are all in charge of keeping the chaos down at the pool, so if there is something going on that shouldn’t be:
1. ask them to stop/leave
2. Call the management company (number listed on the pool gate)
3. Call the police or 311
Do what you feel is necessary to keep you and your family/friends safe at our pool and to keep it a family friendly environment.
If you need a pool key, please call the management association and ask them to send you the paperwork to sign to get a new pool key.
First 2 keys are free, after that there is a minimal charge ($5 or $10 – I can’t remember) You can have 2 keys activated at one time, so if there are 3 keys out there – the first will be deactivated (or the one you request, if not the first one issued).
If you have any questions please email the board using the link on the website www.hillcrestconnect.com.
Thanks!
Lorell L
Our Hillcrest pool will be open daily starting May 1st, please enjoy. We are very proud of this feature in our neighborhood. If you don’t have a key, please contact Alliance (328-6100) to get this taken care of so you can enjoy our beautiful pool.
Your HOA Board was approached by an area swim club , South Austin Area Barracuda of the Capitol City Summer League, last week. Their pool will not be ready for another week and wanted to rent our pool on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon for 3 hours each day this week. The instructors are lifeguard trained and do have insurance to cover our pool during this time. Since the pool is not open to the homeowners this week the board agreed to rent the pool for the 3 afternoons. The rent they are paying will offset the price of the new pool furniture we needed to purchase this year, saving money from your HOA dues. We are only allowing this pool rental for three reasons:
-The pool was not going to be opened to our homeowners at this time.
-We wanted to cover the price of the new furniture.
-Some of the swim team members do live in Hillcrest
**During the rest of the pool season, private functions are allowed, but we will not close the pool to other homeowners during this time.
Thank you,
Janie Guill, President
Hillcrest HOA Board of Directors
Meeting
March 24, 2010
Board Notes
1. Discussion of different management companies’ services and expertise.
2. Review of HOA management responsibilities.
We discussed the role of the management company and that we needed a more comprehensive financial report to us at each meeting.
3. Discussion: Review of vendors – their service and effectiveness.
Greater Texas Landscape handles the community landscaping – general agreement that they do an adequate job though questions came up about the plants at entryway that didn’t survive the winter. The playground does not have camera, and we discussed the lighting – perhaps it can be re-directed to focus more on the play area rather than homes.
4. Discussion: pool security and cleaning.
Generally, reports show that vandalism is down in the pool area with the cameras. The security will begin on May 1, 2010, for 4 hours/day; on Saturday and Sunday they will work 7 hours/day beginning the first of June. We discussed chairs that needed to be discarded because they are broken.
5. Discussion/Decision: Delinquent policies review regarding delinquent payments.
We reviewed delinquent accounts and methods to retrieve past-due payments.
6. Miscellaneous Items:
Target publication: Next Newsletter out in mid-May instead of June to make important summer announcements.
Garage Sale this weekend.
Next meeting on April 21
The bulk pick up day is not until March 29, so the neighborhood garage sale has been postponed until March 27th (Saturday).
Shred Day 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Austin High Parking Lot
1715 W. Cesar Chavez
With the increased awareness of identity theft, it’s important to dispose of personal records carefully. To highlight this, the Austin Chapter of ARMA International, Financial Fitness Greater Austin and the City of Austin is sponsoring a Free event to help individuals and families with:
Home records management
Identity theft protection
Recycling
Households can bring up to five file boxes of paper records for shredding. Mobile shredding trucks from Austin Shred, a Balcones Resource Company, CenTex Shred, Certified Shred LLC, Iron Mountain and Intel Armor will be on-site to shred the material.
Restrictions:
No wet material
No plastics/binders
No electronic media
No three-ring binders
In lieu of a fee for the service, monetary donations will be accepted for the Capital Area Food Bank.
For more information contact Jannette Goodall at 974-9045 or via email at Jannette.goodall @ci.austin.tx.us
Well it looks like I’m going to be still doing the website updates…. at least for a while 
The Annual meeting was pretty uneventful – (no drama) which is good. We did however vote for 2 new board members. You’re new Hillcrest HOA board consists of (in no particular order): Curtis Whiting, Janie Guill, Louis Dye, Nancy Harlan, Henry Allen – I have served my 3 years and am moving on to smaller and better things
Steven and Lorell Loosle will be serving as your new social committee chairs – we welcome all input and help!
First board meeting with the new board is tonight (February 17) at 7 PM at Janies house (email for address and RSVP if you’d like to come). They will be discussing positions of board members, vendors and relationship with management company, among other things.
(From Jerry: oljer@austin.rr.com) The annual “It’s My Park Day!” clean-up event coming up on Saturday March 6th (9am to 1pm) needs a leader or two for the Hillcrest side of the Slaughter Creek Greenbelt. The focus will be on the trails closest to the creek. The leader(s) will help organize the event and set up the welcome table, sign-in participants, hand out the free t-shirts, and assign work areas to participants. If you can volunteer as a leader, please let me know. Thanks!!
The social committee is looking into possibly helping out with the Slaughter Creek Greenbelt – “It’s My Park Day”. So keep your ears and eyes open for our first events of 2010!
The notices for the annual meeting should be out soon – sorry for the delay –
The annual meeting is January 28th (Thursday)
7:00 PM
Manchaca United Methodist Church
Manchaca Rd and FM 1626
Refreshments will be served -
If dues are up to date, you’ll be able to vote for your new board members.
We need at least 50 current home owners or the meeting will have to be postponed.
If you have any questions please contact a member of the board or call Alliance Management.
This weekend the Yard of the Month committee will be driving the neighborhood choosing the lucky winner! Get your decorations out ASAP Questions? Contact the board!
Working on bids and with insurance for front entrance
Bid received for large pool maintenance – waiting on one more bid.
Board would like to have winter hayride in Dec. Lorell working on putting together info.
Newsletter out by Dec 1.
Cothryns to update camera system
Board voted to include convicted sex offender website in newsletter and on website: https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/DPS_WEB/SorNew/PublicSite/Search/index.aspx?PageIndex=Search&SearchType=Zipcode
Type in our zipcode for list of convicted offenders in our area.