Redwing View HOA - Windows our neighbor-hood. Pet own-ers – please be responsible and considerate of your neighbors. Please pick up after your pets. 2014: Board members chose to

Premier Management for managing the pet waste stations throughout the neighborhood – an area that had been an issue in the past.

Murray Snow removal for going above and beyond in maintaining the association related sidewalks. For owners that are unaware - the village ordinance requires that all sidewalks adjacent to the owner’s lots are to be cleared within 24 hours of snowfall upon accumulation of 2 or more inches.

Premier Management for properly managing the transition of our HOA. Along the path we have had great success in homeowner com-munication, general maintenance, and ongoing evaluation of associa-tion responsibilities.

Thank You Inside this issue:

Thank You 1

Did you Know 1

Dues and How They are Spent 2

Brief History 2

Homeowner Concerns 3

2016 Focus 3

Save the Date 4

Redwing View HOA

SPRING, 2016

Did You Know…

* Failure to adhere to by-laws and covenants of the HOA may result in homeowner fines

Keep our children safe – slow down, STOP, and avoid parking on the streets to improve visibility. Parking on the street is not an eve-ryday privilege. In fact-our by-laws clearly state No Owner shall park or store vehicles on public streets or on driveways within his Lot if there is capacity for storage of such vehicles in the garage on his Lot.

Keeping it clean - garbage cans – many owners have their garbage cans, waste, or other items in their driveway or front of home. Our by-laws clearly state that all rubbish, trash and garbage shall be stored within the garage on the rear of the Lot in trash cans with sealed lids.

Landscaping/Architectural im-provements – If you are planning any modi-fications to your land-scaping or home, an approval from HOA is required. Please contact premier management or visit www.redwingview.com to obtain the Alteration and Addition Applica-tion.

Dumping near or around natural habi-tats and ponds is pro-hibited and leads to deterioration of the surrounding areas. Please refrain from dumping anything – including grass clip-pings.

Pet waste stations – please be in-formed that there are pet stations and bags through-out our neighbor-hood. Pet own-ers – please be responsible and considerate of your neighbors. Please pick up after your pets.

2014: Board members chose to re-place the management compa-ny and attempted to self-manage the property. The task of a self-managed association proved to be much more diffi-cult, with many laws, rules, regulations, administrative burdens and lack of experience in this arena.

2013: Board members experienced increasing neglect by a large property management compa-ny (Associa). This company was not giving the proper at-tention to our neighborhood – lack of general administration, maintenance and tasks were eroding the neighborhood appearance and financial well-being of the association.

2015: New management company (Premier) has been brought on board, allowing for the new board to have a proper partner in evaluating the financial vital-ity, property, and homeowner needs. Bids were evaluated and new contracts were signed for the upcoming year includ-ing snow removal, landscaping, ponds and habitat mainte-nance.

Dues and How They are Spent

Brief History

Several homeowner have com-mented on the high assessment dues. Each year the board informs the residents of the planned budget and the HOA dues. Homeowners are en-couraged to evaluate the ongo-

ing operations of the associa-tion. If the owners would like more information, we ask that you reach out to our manage-ment company or attend the board meetings. The board is working diligently with the new

management company to at-tend to our neighborhood needs. Please continue to in-form and participate to im-prove our community.

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“please continue

to inform and

participate to

improve our

community ”

Why are we not seeing re-sults? Progress takes time. Some residents have voiced concerns pertaining to cross-walk paint on the roads as well as parkway trees, trash around the property, and ongoing maintenance of the ponds. Playground area, cross-walks, streets, street lights, and parkway trees - These items fall within the Village of Antioch’s responsibility. Those are the types of services that we pay through our prop-erty taxes. The village recently marked the trees that they will be removing. If you have addi-tional questions or concerns in this area, please direct them to

the village at 847-395-1000. The board will be looking at all viable options in assisting the homeowners. Trash – This is typically not an ongoing part of our dues, how-ever the board will look into resolving this. Prevent this expense from occurring by being thoughtful when taking out the trash. Some clever ideas are to tie down your lids or wait until the windy weather passes. Funding spent on col-lecting trash takes away from other projects and responsibili-ties. Ponds – We have 7 ponds to maintain in our neighborhood – ponds are a major expense especially with only 182 homes.

New contracts have been signed and all 7 ponds will be a major focus for the upcoming seasons. Licensed experts will evaluate the needs of our com-munity and propose the proper solution to the problems at hand. We will look at every-thing - including algae, musk-rats, and any invasive or de-structive plants that lead to potential problems. Please keep in mind - do to their nat-ural environment, it will take time for the ponds to be re-stored to their proper state.

You Can Help Our Ponds:

Reduce algae growth - refrain

from dumping soaps and

chemicals into the storm

drains.

Pond Maintenance for 7 ponds – New contract with ILM - evaluate, plan and re-store Habitat Maintenance – New contract with Native Restora-tion Services—evaluate, plan and restore Landscaping – New contract with Balanced Environments

Snow removal – Remove snow from Association side-walks after 2” of accumulation In Progress: Reserve study - Evaluate the current reserve funds, account for future major improve-ments/projects are in line with existing

Irrigation Maintenance - New contract with Midwest Irrigation—utilize existing sprinkler system in front of our neighborhood

Homeowner Concerns

2016 Focus

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PONDS:

“Licensed

experts will

evaluate the

needs of our

community and

propose a

proper

solution”

Upcoming Board Meeting:

7:00 PM

1625 Deep Lake Rd

Lake Villa, IL 60046

Save the Date

With all the changes in the last few years, we are happy to volunteer as your board

members to restore the pristine look and feel of our community. We hope that

you participate in this ongoing process through board meeting participation,

communicating with the management company and engaging in constructive

conversation on our community Facebook page.

Phone: 847-415-2540 Fax: 847-415-2541 E-mail: [email protected]

www.redwingview.com

Management Company: Premier Residential Management 4180 Rt 83, Suite 15 Long Grove, IL 60047

Prescribed Burn Scheduled:

Native Restorations will be in

our area to perform a pre-

scribed burn, weather permit-

ting.

21 April 2016

THURSDAY

10 May 2016

TUESDDAY