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How To Improve Neighborhood Ponds Discussed At Length; Annual Luminaria Set For Dec. 16

How to improve the quality of the neighborhood ponds was a big topic of discussion at the November board meeting. The board also set the dates for this year’s annual luminaria and holiday decorating. Catch up on all the neighborhood news in this month’s board minutes.

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Neighborhood-Wide Yard Sale: Nov. 4, 2023

If you’ve been thinking of clearing out the garage or closets, here’s your chance. Secret Woods will be holding a neighborhood-wide yard sale on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, from 8 a.m. to noon.

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Board Discusses Possibility Of Taking Electronic Payments

Would you like to be able to pay your annual dues via smartphone, tablet or computer? The Secret Woods board is looking at the possibility of adding e-payment capability to the existing secretwoods.com website or possibility moving to a website vendor. The board is also looking at how to enforce the recently passed amendment regarding rental homes. Catch up on all the neighborhood news in this month’s board minutes. (more…)

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Board Discusses Enforcement Of Neighborhood Rentals Amendment

Now that the neighborhood has passed an amendment [link is to PDF] that places restrictions on rentals the board is looking at how to enforce it. That and other neighborhood news is in the August minutes.  (more…)

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Neighborhood Dues Payments Hit 100%

Read this month’s board minutes for all the neighborhood news.

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2023 Annual Meeting Highlights: Amendment Passes

An amendment that prohibits Airbnbs in Secret Woods and lays out new conditions for home rentals has passed.  Here’s a round up of news from the minutes of the 2023 annual homeowners’ association meeting. (more…)

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Secret Woods Pool Is Ready For Summer

You’ll be sitting pretty at the Secret Woods pool. The new seat cushions have arrived.

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Dozens Of Families Still Haven’t Returned Their Amendment Ballots

Secret Woods homeowners face an important decision that has the potential to impact property values and how property’s can be rented or monetized.

The  board is urging homeowners that haven’t done so to return their property amendment ballots. If you’re voting “yes,” the vote must be notarized. If you’re voting “no,” return the ballot to a board member or place it in the neighborhood box at the mail center.

You’ll find the current vote count at the time of this post’s publication and other neighborhood news in this month’s board minutes.

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Board Takes Action To Get Pool Area Ready For Spring

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The Secret Woods board is working to make sure families have a good experience when pool temperatures warm back up and a proposed amendment is moving to the next step.

Details are in this month’s neighborhood board minutes. (more…)

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Renters Amendment Expected To Go To Homeowners In January For Vote

A revised amendment to the Secret Woods covenants has been approved by the board to send to homeowners for their consideration. The details along with other neighborhood news are in this month’s board minutes. (more…)

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