Past Events Log for Arbor Hills

Project Notice: Wetlands Study Commencing
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Atwell Group, formerly known as Atwell-Hicks, has been contracted by the Association to conduct a study of the Arbor Hills wetlands as mandated by the State for conservation purposes. The Atwell environmental engineering team plans to start the work next week, likely on Tuesday. The study will examine the health and sustainability of the wetland eco-systems and in their roles as storm water management filtration and retention compoenents. In addition to meeting the regulations of the conservation easements and Bylaws, the Wetlands Study is the initial phase of a more extensive goal to properly manage the conservation easements for wetlands and woodlands in Arbor Hills.

Please afford the environmental engineering team headed by Bobbi Roberson, your cooperation and courtesy while the conduct the study. On behalf of the Association and its co-owners, they have been granted permission to access the Arbor Hills common areas and exterior of Arbor Hills properties relevant to the study for the durdation of the work. We anticipate the wetlands study will be completed something in the next year, weather permitting.

Meeting Notice: Green & Plymouth Road Improvements
Thursday, December 17th, 2009

A public meeting will be held this evening at 7pm, Thursday, December 17th, at Clague Middle School Cafeteria by the City, headed by David Dykman, on the road improvements project being funded by the American Road and Recovery Act. Improvements to Green Road and Plymouth Road will include road resurfacing, curbs and gutters, storm water catch basin and drainage, ADA sidewalk ramps, and a 4 to 3 lane conversion on Green Road. We encourage those that can attend to participate, or provide feedback to Dave Dykman, ddykman@a2gov.org

Because of the last minute notice, the Association Board may not be able to send representation on behalf of Arbor Hills. The Board is hoping to have some email dialogue with Mr. Dykman on the meeting topics and the concerns the Association and its residents have regarding the entrance to Arbor Hills, the intersection of Green Road and Kliburn Park Circle.

Meeting Notice: Thurston Elementary School Lot Changes
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Thurston School Library to discuss a proposal of improvements to the Thurston Elemenatary School parking lot. The meeting is being hosted by Bret Springgay, the Thurston PTO Safe Routes to School Coordinator and the proposal includes the addition of a drop off lane and additional parking in the lot. Please consider attending if you are interested in providing feedback on the changes to the parking lot.

• Proposed Thurston Parking Lot Improvements Site Map(PDF Format)

Association Annual Report 2009
Open Positions on the Board of Directors

The Association's Annual Report was presented to those in attendance at the Annual Meeting. On the recommendation of some of our co-owners, the meeting format was changed and the Anuual Report was one of the new resulting changes. Please take the time to review the document and if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact the Association's Board of Directors about the contents of the Annual Report.

Because of the low turn out, there weren't any candidates or nominations for the elections to fill open positions on the Association's Board of Directors. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please contact the Association or Selecet Community Management.

Those Association co-owners in attendance, voted and approved to recommend a proposal to waive Association dues assessments for Board members in good standing for six months prior to the date of assessment. The proposal is to be vetted by the Association's Attorney and checked to see if a Bylaws amendment would be necessary.

Halloween Parade - October 31st, 2009

Join your friends and neighbors for a parade through Arbor Hills in your Halloween Costumes. The Parade will be led by an Ann Arbor Police Department unit. Light refreshmnets provided.

Association Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 27th, 2009

The Annual Meeting will be held at the Clague Middle School Library. Ballot distribution will start at 6:30 and the meeting will start at 7:00 pm.

There are three open board positions up for election this year with no incumbents running for re-election at this time. Steve Haddrill who has served on the Asspociation Board for well over 10 years, plans to take a re-motivational break from the Board. Ben Sayer will be completing his first full two year term, and has growing family obligations and we currently have one vacant seat.

The Annual Meeting format will be slightly different this year to allow for a question and answer session and more discussion. Instead of the usual presentations, short written reports will be distributed. These changes are being tried at the request of some Association members to allow for more interaction and feedback and to shorten the length of the meeting.

If you are unable to attend, please assign your vote to a prozy and bring your proxy form to a neighbor or board member, or send it by email or fax to .

The Annual Meeting Notice 2009 (PDF Format) includes the notification letter, candidate nomination ballot, proxy form, and designated voter form. .

Adopt-A-Park Trail Workday Postponed!
Tentatively Rescheduled to Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The Trail Workday originally planned for Saturday, August 22nd, is being rescheduled to Saturday, September 12th, 2009, as the City was unable to get our wood chips delivered in time for this weekend.

Coming up on September 12th, we'll be doing trail maintenance in the Oakwoods Nature Area, with trimming and mulching. The trails have become overgrown and some of the entrances are nearly inaccessible! If you missed the last Workday in the spring and wanted to participate, here's your chance! We'll also be doing a bit of weeding of the Kilburn Park flower beds before heading off to work on the trails. If there is a large enough of a turnout, we may have the opportunity to relocate some lilies from their inappropriate home in the Arbor Hills Nature Area to a more appropriate one around one of the Nature Area signs. Please meet at Kilburn Park at 10 am and we will walk over to the trail head together. Please bring your trimming and pruning tools along with rakes and shovels to spread the wood chips along the trail.

Arbor Hills Annual Picnic, Saturday August 29th 2009, 4pm to 6pm

It's time for the Annual Picnic again, Saturday August 29th starting at 4pm in Kilburn Park. There will be a jumpy gym for the kids and new this year there will be both a tent for shade, and a balloon twister making all sorts of crazy balloon contraptions for the kids and a face painter too! A raffle, for those who attend and are present for the drawing (one entry per unit). Drinks will be provided, and as in the past, please bring a dish to share according to the following:

Aldwych, Ashburnum, Bayswater and Cromwell - Side Dish or Casserole
Buckhorn, Dunwoodie, Elsinore, Strand - Salads
Earlmore, Kilburn Park Circle - Desserts

Arbor Hills' Annual Sub-Wide Garage Sale, Saturday August 1st 2009, 9am to 3pm

The Annual Sub-Wide Garage Sale is coming up, on Saturday August 1st! Starting at 9am and running until 3pm, expect lots of shoppers to show up, as the event is being posted in the Ann Arbor News, online at Craigslist and also with local signage. Thanks to Carrie Sayer and Lisa Branton for organizing this event! Make back a few of your hard-earned bucks, and clean out overstuffed closets, garages and basements!

Arbor Hills Spring Workday Postponed To Saturday, May 30th

Adopt A Park Kickoff Event

The Arbor Hills Spring Workday event, that was originally planned to be part of the Adopt A Park Spring Kickoff event is being postponed to Saturday, May 30th. The Spring Workday is only being postponed for work being done at Kilburn Park and Arbor Hills Park, and the citywide kickoff event will continue as planned at other city parks.

Please bring your rakes and gardening tools, and for comfort, gardening gloves. Please meet at Kilburn Park for the event.

Kilburn Park Work Planned

We will be working on the flower beds and trees that were planted last fall. Among other things, we will be refreshing the wood chips, weeding, and planting annuals in the flower beds, and replacing some perennials that didn't make it from last fall's work day. We are also going to be placing gator bags around the trees and give them a thick bed of mulch to help them survive the dry summer months.

Arbor Hills Park and Nature Area Work Planned

The wood chips along the trail across Arbor Hills Park leading into the Nature Area are getting very thin. We will be spreading new wood chips along the trail.

Streetlight Repair Policy Updated

In an effort to improve safety, the Board has reduced the time frame for streetlights to be repaired to three lights out or three months from the first burned out light (down from four months.) The Board also discussed reducing this further, but had to balance this with the cost of the boom truck for the repairs ($250 per trip) and will re-evaluate this in a year or as needed.

If you have comments or concerns, please send them in.

January Mailing Delayed: Dues Due on January 1, 2009

Please make an effort to make your January Association dues payment on time. The January mailing traditionally sent out to remind you of your dues payment has been delayed. The Association dues have increased to $495 per year, of which half, $247.50, is due on January 1, 2009. Please contact Select Management, if your account has other credits or charges for the actual account balance. Payments should be made through Select Management, and can be sent by mail to them or in person at their office, or electronically if you have arrangements to do so.

Fall Tree Planting Day

The Fall Tree Planting Day was a sucess! Due to a few diehard volunteers, who weathered the crisp cold on Saturday, November 22nd,, we now have three new trees planted in Kilburn Park, along with a few new daylilies in the front entrance flower beds.

Please contact the Association through the web site contact form, if you are interested in helping organize the Spring Planting Day.

Fall Tree Planting Day Postponed

Unfortunately, Saturday, November 15th turned out to be a very wet and rainy day and the event was postponed. The new date for the Tree Planting is Saturday, November 22nd, again starting at 10 a.m. The City Adopt A Park people delivered three nice, large trees - two oaks and a elm. Please come out and help plant!

Fall Tree Planting Day

Tree planting season has arrived, and the City of Ann Arbor's Adopt A Park program is providing three shade trees to be planted in Kilburn Park. Please join us on Saturday, November 15th, starting at 10 a.m. to plant those trees in the park. We will be digging the holes, planting the trees, mulching the trees, and watering them. Please bring your shovels, rakes, and watering cans to help with the planting. We hope to see you there!

Fall Newsletter

The Fall 2008 newsletter is out! Paper copies are being distributed as usual, and it is also available on the website in the Newsletters section.

Annual Meeting

As required by the Association Bylaws, the Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 30th at 6:30pm in the Clague Middle School Library. Please plan to attend, it is imperative that each household be represented for voting. If you are unable to attend, please fill out a Proxy Form with a designated proxy and send the form to Select Community Management. See the Annual Meeting packet for details (you should have received it in regular mail.) Also, the forms are available online here.

This year, two Board of Directors' seats are up for election, two year terms. Please consider running for a Board seat and help direct the future of our community! If you would like to run for a seat on the Board, please see the Annual Meeting packet for details on this as well.

Fall Work Day

Follow Up Article

Join us on Saturday, October 4th to make our neighborhood park more beautiful. We will be tree planting, shrub trimming, and replanting some flower beds in Kilburn Park. Bring your tools and helping hands. Starting at 10 a.m. at Kilburn Park.

• Replace dying maple tree near west park bench
• Trim shrubs by park sign
• Clear and replant small flower bed island with:
  • Salvaged lilies
  • Saliva
  • Purple Coneflower
• Plant bulbs in front of park sign
• Mulch tree and flower beds

Fall Work Day Planning Meeting

A planning meeting for the Fall Work Day is going to be held on September 10th at 9 a.m. at Kilburn Park. Nancy from the City's Natural Areas Preservations Office will be meeting with us to help plan the work day. The Fall Work Day, itself will be held on October 4th. Please join us at either event.

Open Board Meeting

The August meeting for the Association Board of Directors is an open meeting for the co-owners of Arbor Hills and is scheduled for Monday, August 18th at 6:30 p.m. Additional open board meetings for the rest of the year will be held in October and December. If you are interested in attending, please contact Select Management for the time and location.

Summer Newsletter

The Summer 2008 newsletter is out! Paper copies are being distributed as usual, and it is also available on the website in the Newsletters section.

Neighborhood Annual Picnic

It's time for the Annual Picnic! This year's event will be held on Saturday, August 23rd at 4:00pm at Kilburn Park. Please come and join your neighbors for a relaxing and fun-filled afternoon in the park. There will be raffle prizes for those who attend (presence required) and also a large air-filled bouncing gym for the kids. Neighbors attending should bring a dish to pass, as follows:

Cromwell, Earlmoore and Buckhorn - Side Dish or Casserole
Dunwoodie and Ashburnam - Hors d'ouevres
Kilburn, Aldwych and Bayswater - Chips and dip
Strand and Elsinore - Dessert

See you there!

Arbor Hills' Garage Sale

It's time again for the Association's annual neighborhood garage sale. The event has been posted on the Internet (craigslist.org) as well as in the Ann Arbor News. All you need to do is have your goods out on Saturday, June 28th from 9:00am until 3:00pm.

A big thank-you to Rochelle Noel for again organizing the event!

Halloween Parade

Please come join in the fun for the annual Halloween Parade on Sunday, October 28th at 4:00pm. Children (and adults) should meet at Kilburn Park, dressed in spooky costumes. We'll parade around the neighborhood, and afterwards we'll have some special treats for all!

Annual Meeting

As required by the Association Bylaws, the Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 25th at 6:30pm in the Clague Middle School Library. Please plan to attend, it is imperitive that each household be represented for voting. If you are unable to attend, please fill out a Proxy Form with a designated proxy and send the form to Select Community Management. See the Annual Meeting packet for details (you should have received it in regular mail.) Also, the forms are available online here.

This year, three Board of Directors' seats are up for election, two year terms. Please consider running for a Board seat and help direct the future of our community! If you would like to run for a seat on the Board, please see the Annual Meeting packet for details on this as well.

Arbor Hills' Annual Picnic

It's time for the Annual Picnic! This year's event will be held on Saturday, August 25th at 4:00pm at Kilburn Park. Please come and join your neighbors for a relaxing and fun-filled afternoon in the park. There will be raffle prizes for those who attend (presence required) and also a large a ir-filled bouncing gym for the kids. Neighbors attending should bring a dish to pass, as follows:

Aldwych-Casseroles, Ashburnham-Casseroles, Bayswater-Casser oles, Buckhorn-Salads, Cromwell-Casseroles, Dunwoodie-Salads, Earlmore-Deserts, Elsinore-Salads, Kilburn Park Circle-Deserts, Strand-Salads

Arbor Hills' Garage Sale

Clean out your closets! Gather your goods! It's time for the Association's annual neighborhood garage sale. Signage and advertising will be provided by the Association. All you need to do is have your treasures out on Saturday, June 23rd from 9:00am until 3:00pm.

If you would like your specific address included in an ad to be posted on the Internet (Cra ig's List,) please e-mail Rochelle Noel at rnoel@inbox.com before Wednesday, June 20th.

A big thank-you to Rochelle for organizing the event!

Memorial Day Parade

Come join our Memorial Day Parade! It's on Monday, May 28th starting at 10:00 a.m. at Kilburn Park. Kids can bring their decorated bikes line up for the parade around the block. Everyone is invite for refreshments afterwards in the park.

Open Arbor Hills Board Meeting

The May meeting of the Arbor Hills Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, May 9th at 6:30 p.m. and is open to all owners and residents of Arbor Hills. The Board of Directors has four meetings a year that are open to Arbor Hills residents and co-owners. If you are interesed in attending or have a topic that you would like to present, please contact Dave Wilson at Select Management.

Spring Clean Up Day

Saturday, April 22nd at 10:00 a.m. at Kilburn Park. Thanks to the seven neighbors and three kids that showed up for Spring Clean Up Day. They voluntarily helped clean up the trash in the neighborhood that the blustery winds had blown in over the seasons. Gift cards were handed out as raffle prizes to the voluntee rs.

November General Election

Please remember to vote on Tuesday, November 7th in the Michigan General Election. Residents registered to vote with Arbor Hills addresses are part of Precinct 2-9 and vote at Thurston School, 2300 Prairie Street. Polls are open until 8 p.m.

Of interest to homeowners, Michigan Proposal 4 addresses an amendment to the Michigan Constitution regarding the use of eminent domain. More information on this and other proposals and election candidates are provided in the League of Women's Voter's Non-partisan Michigan Voter Guide 2006.

The City of Ann Arbor has posted City Ballot and Candidate information

Neighborhood Repairs Completed

The street and drain construction and repairs around the neighborhood should now be completed as of Monday, November 6. All traffic routes and parking have returned to normal. Thank you for your cooperation and patience.

No Street Leaf Collection

Because the streets in the Arbor Hills neighborhood are privately owned, the City will not be collecting leaves off of our streets during their next fall leaf collection in this section of the city on Tuesday, November 14th.

Neighborhood Street and Drain Repairs

On Monday, October 30 repair work of some storm drains and a road resurfacing is scheduled to start. Please be aware of the construction, and be courteous of any barriers or signs that may be present. Once the work is completed, work areas will be accessible only when DCAM has removed the barriers or has authorized management to do so.

Homeowners of lots: 61, 62, 63, 34, 20, 21, 43, 44, and 45 will need to:

• Cars parked on the street will need to be removed by 6 a.m.
• Sprinklers systems will need to be turned off by Sunday, October 29 at 6 a.m.

The specific repairs will be:

• Resurfacing of a 1200 square foot area of the street on Kilburn Park, at the exit or west side of the street
• Two storm drains and a raised manhole cover in the area near the intersection of Earlmoore and Dunwoodie
• A storm drain repair on Cromwell Court

Halloween Parade
Sunday, October 29, 4:00 p.m.

Pull out that Halloween costume and join the Neighborhood for this year's Halloween Parade! This event is primarily for the kids, but adults can come too! Show off your costume and have fun! Ann Arbor City will be sending a police unit to lead the way and in years past, everyone has had a great time.

Everyone meet at Kilburn Park prior to 4:00pm to get organized! Let's have some fun!

Arbor Hills 2006 Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 26, 6:30 p.m.

This year's annual meeting will be held again at the Clague Middle School Library. Many items will be on the Agenda that are important for neighbors to discuss and vote upon. Most importantly, we will need a quorum (35% of the households) in attendance/or in proxies to validate our meeting, so use your proxy if needed! We will be discussing and voting on the following items:

• Nominees for 2 open AH Board positions
• Schedule for Wetlands maintenance
• Neighborhood survey results
• Report on street light pole painting
• Report on street maintenance projects
• Report on 2006 neighborhood inspection
• Report about common areas use and abuse
• 2007 Budget presentation
• Setting of 2007 annual dues
• Hiring grounds service to clean common areas
• Open items

Download Forms for the Annual Meeting

• Proxy Form
• Candidate Nomination Form
• Voting Representative Form

Arbor Hills Garage Sale
Saturday September 16th, 9:00am-3:00pm

Carrie Sayer has graciously volunteered to organize this year's Arbor Hills Garage Sale. She will be taking care of the advertising and signage. The event will be held on Saturday, September 16th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. So, whether you have a lot or a little bit of extra stuff, take a few minutes to clear out your closets, basements and garages and make some quick cash! Thanks, Carrie!

Annual Picnic
Saturday August 26th, 4:00-7:00pm

Come and enjoy time with the many families that are here in our subdivision!

There will be a 'Air Castle' for kids. Also, there will be a drawing for a waiver to pay the Association dues in 2007 for one lucky household. To win, you must bring a food dish as assigned by the street you live on and an adult member of the household must be present at the time of drawing. Tickets will be given to you when you check in with your dish and the drawing will be held sometime between 5 and 6 pm.

If you are planning to attend, please bring the following food dish per your street name below:

Cromwell and Earlmoore - salads
Dunwoodie, Buckhorn and Kilburn Park - casseroles
Aldwych, Strand, Elsinore, Ashburnham and Bayswater - desserts

We hope to see you at the picnic!