August 2006

<---New links have been added to the website.

• Association Calendar - See what's going on in the schedule for the homeowners association.
• MLHOA Talks - To facilitate productive communication amongst the homeowners.
• Meeting Minutes - Read about what's being discussed during regular association meetings.
• Durham Public Schools Calendar - See what's on the calendar for any Durham County Public School.
• North Carolina Planned Community Act (NCPC Act)

Revised pages: NEWS, Our Association.

Marbrey Landing Homeowners Association Annual Meeting Ushers In New Volunteers

Our thanks go out to the members of our neighborhood who serve on the board of directors and as officers of the homeowners association:

• J. Kenyon
• K. Ketchum
• A. Naples
• M. Olson
• T. Graves
• S. Wheeler

For more information contact the management company, CASNC.

Next board meeting is rescheduled for April 12th at 7 pm.  Have you seen Roberts Rules of Order for meetings?

December 2005

Resignations
Jim Bury, President of the Marbrey Landing Homeowners Association has resigned for personal reasons.  The Board Chairman, Tuypeakus McKay has also resigned.  Your homeowners association needs fresh new volunteers to serve on the Board of Directors and as President, Secretary, Treasurer and on the Social Committee and the Architectural/Grounds Committee.

Annual Community Meeting
You have the opportunity to make a difference in your community by attending the annual homeowners association meeting scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 7 p.m. at the Oak Grove Ruritan Club at 301 Stallings Road near the softball field.  Let's see if we can exceed previous attendance records at this meeting.  We'll be discussing the 2006 budget for the Marbrey Landing Homeowners Association and we don't anticipate any increase in the assessment fee for the 2006 year.

A letter, postmarked December 2, was sent to all of the homeowners in the Marbrey Landing neighborhood from our contracted association managers at Community Association Services of North Carolina (CASNC) that contained a Revocable Proxy Form and a copy of the 2006 Budget Worksheet.  As stated in the closing of the letter, your attendance at this meeting is very important.  This is your opportunity to determine the future of your community.  If you wish to serve on the Board of Directors please call Allan Schwartz at (919) 403-1400 and ask to have your name added to the list.  For more information about the nomination and election and the duties of the Board of Directors or about Officers and their respective duties, please refer to the Association Bylaws.

Proxies
Every homeowner in this community has the right to attend, participate and vote at every annual meeting and we hope everyone attends this year's annual meeting, one vote per home, to ensure a quorum. If your certain you won't be able to attend the meeting, please complete a proxy representative form and return it to the address at the bottom of the form no later than January 10, 2006.  For more information on proxies, please refer to the MLHOA Bylaws - Proxies; Article III, Section 5.

2004 Annual Homeowners Association Meeting - The meeting will take place at the Oak Grove Ruritan Club building located on Stallings Road on Wednesday January 14th at 7 p.m.

Assessment Coupon Books - Please be advised that replacement 2004 Assessment Payment Coupon Books are being reprinted by the management company and sent to homeowners by mail.  They anticipate delivery to homeowners no later than the first week of January. The new coupon books will be reprinted to show "Marbrey Landing Homeowners Association" in place of "Old Sound Townhomes".

Please address checks as payable to CAS, Inc. c/o Marbrey Landing Homeowners Association, Inc. For additional information you may contact contact CAS, Inc. by telephone toll free at 1-877-420-9320 or by email at Community Association Manager - Allan Schwartz

Marquee Lighting - The marquee at the Stallings Road entrance is now equipped with two solar powered light units.  They may not get a good charge on a cloudy day like today and it may take a day or two to get a sufficient charge established by the photo cells.

February 2004:

• The Homeowners! Feedback/Registration Form and Search Form is repaired.
• Relocated contact information our home page to the Contact Info page.
• The website has been given a new look and is now being managed by new webmaster - Bruce Cunningham.
• New links were added to "Links" page.
• "Frequently Asked Questions" Page was added.
• "Covenant Book 2234" (Restrictive Covenants and Conditions) is easier to find and the Table of Contents was expanded.
• The layout of the Table of Contents for the Bylaws was changed.

2004 Annual Homeowners Association Post Meeting Survey - The meeting took place at the Oak Grove Ruritan Club building located on Stallings Road on Wednesday January 14th at 7 p.m.  Many homeowners missed the meeting.  We'd like to know why more homeowners didn't attend the meeting.  Please feel free to submit your response on the Homeowners! web page.  You may remain anonymous.

March 2004:

Durham City Police Department's District One Uniform Patrol will be here in Marbrey Landing soon - Starting on the week of March 1st, weather permitting, the District One Uniform Patrol will be spending some time in our neighborhood to monitor the speed that vehicles are traveling.  This will be the first in a series of steps to help reduce the occurrence of speeding on streets in our neighborhood.  The plan is to provide a trailer equipped with a radar and a visual display that will show you the speed you're traveling.  The display will remain in our neighborhood to give drivers the opportunity to observe the 25 M.P.H. speed limit throughout Marbrey Landing.  The display will be replaced by police officers equipped with radar units and traffic citations for those drivers who insist on traveling through our neighborhood at speeds in excess of the posted limit.

Expense Reimbursement Form - now available online in the forms section.

The Management Company will be submitting a letter to the Durham City Managers Office requesting an engineering evaluation of our local streets for the addition of speed limit signs and to discuss evaluating our neighborhood for speed humps in addition to other speed reduction measures. - Update: The management company is continuing with their efforts to get a date scheduled for the survey. No additional information is available at this time.

Grounds Maintenance - The Board has asked the management company to secure the services of a professional grounds maintenance company that will be responsible for routine maintenance of the lawn on the north and south side of Armitage Drive between Stallings Road to the first two homeowners' lots, in addition to maintaining the trees and plants on the Common Area at Stallings Road and Armitage Drive.