Since the weather is conducive, we have started the 2016 painting schedule.
The townhouses on this year’s schedule include:
We will be holding our 2016 Annual Membership Meeting on March 31, in our Office located at 3402 South Belt Line Road, Grand Prairie, Texas. The meeting will begin at 7 PM.
There are 2 Board positions which need to be filled. For these 2 positions we have 3 candidates, 2 of which are incumbent Board members. On the Ballot are Bobby Gentry, John Moreno and Karen McCrary. Mr. Gentry and Mr. Moreno have been on the Board for many years and Mrs. McCrary is running for the first time. We appreciate these individuals expressing an interest in our HOA.
We are currently putting the 2016 Election Packets together and they will be mailed out in the next few days. Please remember to send in your Absentee Ballot or Proxy at least 10 days prior to the Meeting. Please do not include your assessment dues payment with these. We will not open any election related envelopes until the Annual Meeting has begun.
There is an Oncor subcontractor doing work on West Mountain Creek Drive, between number 9 and 42. They are replacing an underground electrical cable and will be drilling into the street at intervals to allow access. They did not indicate how long they will be working there.
We have recently updated both of the restrooms at the Pool with new partitions and privacy screens, wall panels, floor painting, new sinks and added lighting.
Our office will be closed today, February 23, due to an illness. We will open tomorrow.
Per the HOA’s Bylaws, the Nominating Committee met on Wednesday, February 17, 2015, to nominate individuals to fill the 2 Board positions whose terms end this year. This Committee was Chaired by Jerry Hopper, Board member, and included 3 homeowners, Dr. Bea Beltran, Luis Hinojosa, and Don Ryan. The incumbent Board members, Bobby Gentry and John Moreno, were nominated for re-election. As always, we will take Nominations from the floor at the Annual Meeting.
A day or so after the Nominating Committee met, we had a homeowner who expressed an interest in running for a Board position, so our 2016 Ballots will include:
The Annual Meeting will be held on March 31, 2016, at 7PM in the GPMCHA Office.
2016 Election packets will be going out later next week.
There was a vehicle accident this morning involving a pickup truck that sheared off a large tree, took down a Visitor Lot sign, totaled a car parked in visitor lot, shoved it into a fence and pushed a car under the carport towards the home. If the parked car was not there, the truck would have ended up in their home.
This accident happened around 6AM, apparently due to the driver falling asleep at the wheel, after working a double shift. The truck was North bound by all accounts. Luckily, no one was injured, just some property damaged.
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