Opportunity to Help after House Fire

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Hi OHS Residents, this is Andrew Gibb (this login has been used by our board, though it says Escutia). We had a quick meeting today to discuss the many questions and desires to help after an early morning house fire at Jake and Courtney’s residence. I spoke with Jake this afternoon, and he was okay with me sharing information with residents. His spirits were very high and he was grateful his family is safe. Many of you are desiring to help and one of OHS’s residents, Melissa, has volunteered to act as a point person to collect any donations for the family. If you are desiring to make a monetary donation to help, you can go to venmo, then enter Melissa-levin to make a contribution. This is initiated on many of the residents’ behalf and will not be overseen by the OHS board, but we believe this will be a quick resource that can immediately benefit Jake and Christine. Some donations made earlier today have already been given to them! Thank you Melissa for stepping up.

In addition, the following are answers to some of the questions we are aware of at this time that we hope are beneficial. Some are related to this morning’s fire, and others are more general as related to summer.
-Jake and Courtney, along with their children were all able to safely escape the fire. Unfortunately, one of their dogs did not make it. Two firefighters were transferred to the hospital but are both okay and were released earlier today.
-This is the second fire in our area in a week, but the first was in Oak Hill. We are a separate subdivision, so that is the reason you are hearing information on this particular incident.
-I spoke with the fire chief on scene who stated this fire appears to have no ties to the fire last week (paraphrased).
-This may be a great time to talk with your families about fire safety and check smoke detectors.
-As a reminder, fireworks are legal in Lee’s Summit from July 2-July 4. On July 2 and 3, them may be lit from 10:00 am-11:00 pm. On July 4, 10:00 am – midnight. Illegal fireworks include bottle rockets, any other rockets with a stick, missiles with fins or rudders, roman candles, parachutes that suspend illuminated materials, sky lanterns, and those that shoot flaming balls and report. You may see further details on the home page of cityofls.net
-I spoke with the police officer who regularly patrols our area, and he informed me of a great step residents can take to assist with “neighborhood watch.” If you are going to be out of town for any length of time, you may contact Martha at LSPD who runs a Neighborhood House Watch program to let her know of the dates you will be gone. Officers will then routinely check the outside of your home during those dates. Her contact number is 816-969-1770.

OHS is very obviously surrounded by people who are ready to help one another out. All of the directors are humbled and honored to serve.

Rough Surfaces on Pool

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OHS Residents, concern has been expressed about abrasions or cuts on feet from the bottom of the pool. At this time, no foreign object such as glass has been found by Olympic pool company or residents. Possibilities discussed include a rough edge or area, but this also has not been located. It is also possible that a combination of semi-abrasive surfaces are causing gradual abrasions on toes, etc. which then begin bleeding, but not due to a one time puncture, etc. For the time being, it may be beneficial to check kids’ feet after swimming for 15 or 20 minutes to make sure they are still okay. If your child experiences this, please do your best to ask them if they know where it happened and email the board of directors to let us know. We are sorry this has occurred!! Thank you for keeping us informed.

On a different note, we have had a few complaints about chairs being thrown in the pool, the hose tied from ladder to ladder, trash left lying around, food thrown in the pool, etc. Due to the frequency of these concerns, conversation is beginning to occur regarding the need for a possible pool attendant. The obvious hitch here is the cost. Please… talk with all members of your family who use the pool about leaving it in equal or better condition than found so OHS can continue to spend money from dues on upkeep and updates, such as our pond aerators which are in working order as of yesterday. Thank you to all of you who are contributing to the improvement and success of OHS as a thriving neighborhood and the place to buy a house in an increasingly developing area of Lee’s Summit.

REMINDER: ANNUAL MEETING TOMORROW

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Just a reminder! Oak Hill South annual meeting tomorrow morning at 10am at Adundant Life Church in the Admin Bldg, not in the main church! Address is: 414 SW Persels Rd
Lee’s Summit, MO 64081

We will be discussing neighborhood improvements, we will elect a new board and need volunteers for all committees (pool, social, web, pond, and bylaws.)

We look forward to a large turnout!

Annual Homeowners Meeting 3/18/17

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Neighbors! Save the Date for the 2017 Oak Hill South Homeowners Meeting on Saturday March 18th at 10am at the Abundant Life Church (old Building). Lots of great updates will be shared about things done to improve our neighborhood in the last year. Also, we are looking to fill all positions except President of the board. All current members have served the for the last two years. We have lots of new neighbors and this is a great opportunity to get involved and meet your neighbors. Also, please be on the lookout in the next couple weeks for the dues invoice for 2017. Dues need to be paid no later than April 1. Let us know if you have questions and looking forward to a big turn out on 3/18!

**POOL IS OPEN AND POOL REMINDERS**

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Hi Neighbors,

The pool is going to remain open at this time.  We attempted to close it on Saturday so that the pool company could do additional work since 2 more people cut their feet on Friday. Unfortunately, when the pool was full of people even though there was a CLOSED sign on the door.  He did what he could on Sunday morning and hopefully all the glass is gone for good.  For now, the pool is open but please be aware of the possibility of leftover glass, so you are using the pool at your own risk.  If there is glass spotted again, we will close the pool to be completely drained.

With this being said, please understand that there are ABSOLUTELY NO GLASS ITEMS ALLOWED in the pool area. This includes goggles, swim masks, drink bottles, baby bottles, glass dishes, etc.  People are in this area bare footed, and we can not risk the chance of any more broken glass and putting our neighbors in danger.  None of us want to have the pool closed and the additional cleaning is an additional expense for the entire neighborhood. Please make smart choices AND if you see someone in the pool area with a banned item, please remind the neighbor it is not allowed and you can report it to the board at officers(at)oakhillsouth.net.

Guests–we have had complaints already about excessive number of guests at the pool. We love for our neighbors to have friends at the pool, but lets remember this is a private pool to be used by 147 homes, so lets be considerate about how many guests we have at the pool.  3-4 guests are no problem for normal pool use. If you want to have a birthday party, etc at the pool, please reach out to the board to get approved and we will post to our neighbors about the party so everyone will know we will have extra people at the pool. Please do try to limit party guests to 8-10. Also, anytime you bring a guest to the pool, your are responsible if they break rules or damage property.  We already have a section of the fence broken from people climbing over it.  It will be an expensive fix and hopefully the last one of the season.

Lastly, we have already had 2 instances where teenagers were in the pool after it has closed for the night. Pool hours are 10a-9pm with Adult only swim from 9p-10p. NO ONE is allowed to swim after 10p and the Lees Summit police will be called if anyone is trespassing in the pool after 10p.  If your child is caught in the pool after hours, your card will be suspended.

Hopefully this week will be the only rough week we have at the pool this summer. Lets all enjoy this pool season.

***POOL UPDATE****

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Neighbors–our pool company is doing a final sweep this morning and the pool should be open around noon. They do believe they got all the glass, but please be aware that there is still a chance of little pieces being in the pool. if you see any additional glass, please email the officers at: officers(at)oakhillsouth.net. ALSO, a reminder, THERE IS NO GLASS ALLOWED IN THE POOL AREA!! NO GLASS GOGGLES AND NO GLASS BOTTLES.
 
One more item…we all signed pool rules this year to gain access to the pool. This is our neighborhood and if we see someone at the pool not abiding by the rules, anyone has the right to tell someone they are not following rules. if you see children at the pool unattended by an adult, please ask them to leave. If you see people throwing furniture in the pool, please ask them to leave. We have no full time management of the pool and while many people on the board are available most of the time, we may not be able to run up to the pool at any given time. If we know of rules being broken, we do have the right to suspend pool priveledges. Also, we have already caught teenagers up at the pool late at night. Parents–remind your kids that they are not allowed to swim after 9pm (9-10p is adult homeowner swim only). We can tell whose card gained access to the pool and this also will cause your pool card to be suspended.
 
Remember we enforce these rules to keep our pool maintained, our neighbors safe and our pool opened! Thanks for your support and enjoy the pool!

***URGENT–POOL CLOSED TODAY 6/1

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Hi Neighbors

The pool is going to be closed all day today 6/1. Someone’s glass goggles shattered in the pool yesterday leaving shards of glass on the pool floor, including the baby pool. Olympic will be vacuuming the floor in the entire pool today and cycling through the filter to remove the glass.  If this does not work, we may have to completely drain the pool. Thank you for your patience while we get this fixed for everyone’s safety.

 

OHS HOA Board

POOL OPENS ON SATURDAY

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***URGENT*** POOL REMINDER
 
The pool will be opening this coming Saturday. If you have not paid your 2016 dues AND signed and returned a copy of the pool rules, your card will NOT be activated. Please make arrangements to turn this in to an officer this week to pay/turn in signed rules if you want access to the pool this weekend. We will be going to the pool Friday night to activate cards of anyone who turns this in this week. Per the copy of the pool rules, we have up to 3 days to get your cards activated once you pay and turn in your signed pool rules. We will not be available this coming weekend to run up to the pool and activate cards if you pay past Friday. If you are unsure if you have paid or signed the pool rules, please send an email to officers(at)oakhillsouth.net. Thanks and lets have a great pool season.

WCA Trash Pick up Delays

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Good morning. I just called and spoke to WCA. I have personally called them twice this week about my own waste but I advised them it is a huge issue in our neighborhood and adjoining neighborhoods. they transferred me to a supervisor who has written a work order to have them all picked up by end of day tomorrow. She told me that they are down 17 drivers in the past 30 days and have brought in 5 teams from other areas to help with their backlog and that they should be caught up on yard waste pick up by 6pm Saturday, however all of OHS will be picked up by the end of the day tomorrow. I’m not confident in this but I will also call Deffenbaugh and Constable and inquire about HOA pricing. I believe if we go to HOA pricing it is paid by the HOA and has to be collected with dues, so we need to keep that in consideration that it would increase dues by $200 each year. Thanks all for your comments!