ARCHIVED NEWSLETTER

December 2008

Riverwoods Homes’ Third Annual Winter Holidays Night of Luminaries is set for Sunday December 21, 2008

We encourage all Riverwoods families to participate in the 3rd Annual Winter Holidays Night of Luminaries. Just show up outside your home at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 21st, to help your area representative place luminaries on the curbs. After, you can enjoy the view throughout the neighborhood.

Here is what we have planned:

• Set up luminaries on the curb in your area between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 21
• A group of carolers headed by Mary Anne and Leo Clark will stroll through the neighbor hood between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. If you wish to participate, you may join them at their home, 12007 Red Oak Court North at 6:00 p.m., or catch up with them anywhere in the neighborhood.
• We will meet at approximately 7:00 p.m. in the Commons Area for hot cider and holiday cheer!
• After the candles burn out, either later that evening or the next day, help picking up the remaining items for disposal would be appreciated.

If you have any questions please contact your area representative. Enjoy the holiday season!!!

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD:

• Free - A security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get into your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until you either reset it with the button on the key fob chain or the car battery dies. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house!
• The Burnsville Police can be reached for non-emergency calls at 952-895-4600; all emergencies use 911.

NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING: At its November 19th meeting violations of on-street parking were noted. Please note Burnsville City Ordinance 9-1-3: PARKING AND STOPPING states: It shall be unlawful for the owner and/or driver of a motor vehicle or trailer of any type to stop, stand or park the said vehicle or trailer on any street or roadway between the hours of two o'clock (2:00) a.m. and six o'clock (6:00) a.m. of any day, except physicians on emergency calls. The fine for violation of this ordinance is $29.00.

EMAIL ADDRESS: To date we have nearly 50 homeowners!! who are now on our email distribution list. The board would like to more effectively distribute our Newsletter and other information via email. Please be assured that this information will be confidential to Riverwoods Homes Association and will be used only for association business. Please send your email address to Suzanne Schanno (sschanno@comcast.net) or Bob Theis (bobtheis@comcast.net). Thank you for your cooperation.

WEBSITE INFORMATION: Please take a look at our website. http://riverwoods.info Watch for events such as the Holiday Luminaries in December. We have also provided many useful information links for those new to our community. Check out our schools, churches, government, newspapers, utilities, etc.

BURNSVILLE'S REQUEST TRACKER. The Request Tracker is a tool that can be used to report your concerns to the city. It can be used for reporting potholes, graffiti, parking concerns or other concerns. Requests are monitored from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. http://www.burnsville.org/requesttracker.asp

ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL GUIDELINES ARTICLE OF THE MONTH - ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1 –REQUIRED RECORDS: The Association shall keep adequate records of its membership, minutes of members’ meetings, minutes of Board of Directors meetings, committee meetings, contracts, leases and other agreements to which the Association is a party, and material correspondence and memoranda relating to its operations, and financial records sufficiently detailed to enable the Association to prepare the annual report and to comply with all applicable laws.

NEXT BOARD MEETING: The board will take a couple of months off but please contact any of us if you have an issue or concern. Our next scheduled meeting will be in March 2009! Enjoy our Minnesota winter. The board wishes you all a wonderful holiday season.