Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee
Lake Ridge Today Newsletter - January 2010
Work
continues on updating our Association Governing Documents to accommodate
technology change, consolidate amendments since Lake Ridge was chartered and to
incorporate plain language for better understanding.
Your
committee of volunteer homeowners, Board members and LRPRA staff tackled the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and
Restrictions first, because it is the lion’s share of the tasking.As the committee reaches consensus on
Covenant Articles and has them reviewed by legal Counsel, they are referred to
the Board of Directors for approval, then posted to the Lake Ridge Association website
(www.lakeridgeva.com under the “Info”
menu heading’s submenu “Update Governing Docs”) for member input/comment.
Currently,
the committee is working on the “Assessments” article and will address “Membership
& Voting Rights” and “Architectural Control” after the Holidays during our
regularly scheduled meeting January 26, 2010 @ 7:00 at the TallOakesCommunity Center.Please plan to attend.Your input/ideas are welcomed.
Upon
conclusion of the review of the Covenants portion of the documents, your
committee will address the Articles of Incorporation of LRPRA and the By-Laws,
which cover such items as nomination and election of the Board of Directors,
meetings, committees, officers and their duties, etc.We expect the review of these documents to
progress faster than review of the Covenants.We invite you to review the LRPRA governing documents (they are on the
Association website under the “Covenants” menu heading) and offer your
suggestions, changes and thoughts.If
you are unable to attend our meetings, you may submit your comments to Sally
Vincent, Communications Director at:.
Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee Lake Ridge Today Newsletter- September 2009
The committee proposing updates to the Association’s governing documents continues to work on the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions. At their July 28th meeting members resumed their review of Article IV, Permitted Uses and Restrictions. This is the section of the Declaration that addresses such items as maintenance of property and landscapes, nuisances, trash collection and containers, common area obstructions, etc. The committee is removing extraneous and obsolete language from the original document. You may already be familiar with one reference in Article IV, Section 2E which states, "No improvements, alterations, repairs, excavations or other work which in any way alters the exterior appearance of any property within Lake Ridge … shall be made or done without the prior approval of the Architectural Committee, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Declaration." Come help us complete the draft Use Restrictions and Article VII, Covenant For Maintenance Assessments" at our next meeting on September 29 at 7:00P.M. at the Tall Oaks Community Center. Your input, suggestions and thoughts are very much welcomed and appreciated!
Janet Foot, Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee Member
Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee
Lake Ridge Today Newsletter Article - July 2009
The committee working to update LRPRA’s governing documents met on May 26. During this meeting, committee members proposed changes to the language used in Article IV of the Association’s Declaration Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions regarding permitted uses and restrictions that refer to animals, antennas, and improvements and alterations. The committee discussed simplifying and consolidating wording used in the Declaration and in the Architectural Committee Guidelines that refers to commercial vehicles and parking issues.
The next meeting of the Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee is scheduled for July 28 at 7P.M. at Tall Oaks Community Center. All Lake Ridge Association homeowners are invited to attend and to share their input.
Sally Vincent, Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee Member
Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee
Lake Ridge Today Newsletter Article - June 2009
The LRPRA Declaration, By-Laws, and Articles Review Committee continues its work to update the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions. Proposed changes, which have been reviewed by legal Counsel and the Board of Directors, can be viewed under the Info menu on the Lake Ridge Association website, www.lakeridgeva.com, by clicking on the submenu “Update Governing Docs.” The committee would like to hear any comments or suggestions our Association membership may have regarding these proposed revisions. We encourage you to submit your input to or call 703.497.7102. Currently Article VII (addressing assessments) of the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions is under review. No content changes are being made. For clarity, however, the Assessment Collection Rule (adopted by the Board in April 2005) and the Reserve Contribution Rule (adopted December 2005) are being incorporated. The next meeting of the “Docs” Committee is at 7:00P.M. on June 23rd at the Tall Oaks Community Center. Future meetings are posted on the website to encourage all LRPRA homeowners to participate and provide input to this important process. Subsequent meetings are scheduled for July 28 and September 29 at the same place and time. Meetings are also posted a few days in advance on the Association marquee on the corner of Old Bridge Road and Oakwood Drive. Come support your community!
Janet Foote, Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee Member
Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee Lake Ridge Today Newsletter Article - April/May 2009
The Documents Review Committee is working on the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions. The Committee expects to provide “plain language”, remove obsolete terminology and accommodate changes in law, technology and community practices (e.g. satellite dish vs. antenna, etc.) The Board of Directors and Legal Counsel have approved updating of the wording for the “Right of Way” provisions and “Association-sponsored trash service”. The Right of Way clarification offers plain language defining the right of Association authorized persons to access exterior property to exercise their duties and responsibilities without penalty of trespass. There are no substantive changes here. The Association-sponsored trash service codifies in the Declaration a Board-approved process that has been in existence since1993 to provide contracted trash service for any subdivision in which 50% plus 1 of the members have signed a petition in favor of this service. LRPRA then contracts for trash service and bills through the annual assessment process. You are invited to review and comment on the changes posted on the LRPRA website @ www.lakeridgeva.com. Click on the INFO menu, then the “Update Governing Docs” tab. The committee is currently working on “Assessments”, “Operation/Use of Property” and “Parking”. Please come to our next Documents Review Committee meeting 28 April at the Tall Oaks Community Center and share your thoughts/input. We meet every month and future meetings are shown at the above website. The Committee objective is to make the Governing Documents update a transparent process, open to all members of the Association and to present the final documents for approval at the 2010 Annual Membership Meeting.
Janet Foote Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee Member
Declaration , By-Laws and Articles Review Committee
Lake Ridge Today Newsletter Article – March 2009
The Documents Review Committee is working on the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions. During the February 17 meeting, the committee reached consensus on updating the wording of the “Right of Way” provisions granting authorized right of access over and through the exterior of properties for official duties.
Also an agreement was reached for the inclusion in the Declaration of the Trash Collection Service Option resolution directing management to implement and provide to the members a trash collection service petition by subdivision to be signed by a simple majority (50% plus 1) of the members in a subdivision or by the members in the Annexation area known as East Lake Ridge in order to initiate Association-sponsored trash collection within the subdivision (or East Lake Ridge).
After review by legal counsel, the proposed revisions will be forwarded to the Board of Directors for review and posted on the Docs Review webpage @ www.lakeridgeva.org (click the “Info” menu, then “Update Governing Docs”). You are cordially invited to our next meeting at Tall Oaks Community Center on March 17 at 7:00 P.M. to offer your input and meet our Docs Review team.
Janet Foote, Declaration By-Laws and Articles Review Committee Member
Declaration , By-Laws and Articles Review Committee
Lake Ridge Today Newsletter Article – February 2009
Review of Lake Ridge Association’s governing documents has begun to update obsolete terminology and accommodate changes in law or technology (e.g. satellite dish vs. antennas, etc). Your committee members are:
Board MembersVolunteer HomeownersStaff Members
Hal Johnson, President. John Gray Ron Pereira, Gen Mgr
Richard Lee, Vice President Bobby Sansale Sally Vincent, Com Dir
David Fram, Treasurer Janet Foote Martha Nelson, Covenant Dir
Ronald Yoho Frederick Knox Jennifer Francis, Finance Dir
Yvonne Wilson
Tom Dearmond
Meetings of the Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee are open to all Lake Ridge homeowners. All of the next scheduled meetings are at 7 P.M. at the Tall Oaks Community Center on the following dates: February 17, March 17, April 28, May 26, and June 23. You are cordially invited to attend and bring your ideas and suggestions!
All homeowners are encouraged to be a part of this effort by signing up to the Lake Ridge Association’s website, www.lakeridgeva.com, and indicating you preference for receiving e-mail correspondence. Additionally, you will find news about the committee’s progress under the website’s “Info” menu heading by clicking on “Update Governing Docs.”
The committee expects to complete the review and update for presentation to the entire membership for consideration by the 2010 Annual Membership Meeting. Throughout the process you may find information about the committee’s progress on the Association’s website.
Janet Foote
Declaration, By-Laws and Review Committee Member
Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee
Lake Ridge Today Newsletter Article – January 2009
Many homeowners have expressed concern that the governing documents (Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions) of our 37-year-old Lake Ridge Parks and Recreation Association (LRPRA) community need to be reviewed/updated. With several community volunteers solicited from our September 2008 issue of the Lake Ridge Today newsletter, the LRPRA Board of Directors, Association General Manager/staff and our legal counsel, we began a review of our governing documents this past October.
Our objective is to simplify and clarify the language and to update with recognition of current issues, technology and legislative changes affecting a vital community of 7,200+ homes and a population of nearly 35,000.
All meetings of our governance working group are open to the LRPRA membership and will be announced in advance in the Lake Ridge Today newsletter and on the Lake Ridge Association’s website, www.lakeridgeva.com. As members of the Association, you are cordially invited to attend and provide input. Our next meeting is January 13, 2009 at 7P.M. at the Tall Oaks Community Center, 12298 Cotton Mill Drive. Look for updates on our progress in upcoming issues of the newsletter.
We would like to express our wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Article written by Hal Johnson, Board President Committee Chair,
Janet Foote, Committee Member
Homeowners Needed on Committee to Update LRPRA’s Governing Docs
Lake Ridge Today Newsletter Article – October 2008
While the Lake Ridge Association’s governing documents have served well for 35 years, the Association’s legal counsel has recommended the Board of Directors consider updating the documents to correct several instances of out-dated terminology and provisions (e.g. the Declaration’s restriction on outdoor antennas has been superseded by the FCC regulation requiring that satellite dishes be allowed).
The Board has designated five of its members to serve on a documents update committee and would like to complement those members with several homeowners not on the Board of Directors. Additional representation from homeowners would be very helpful in obtaining a broad cross section of opinions and perspectives to ensure we produce the best possible product. The first meeting of this Declaration, By-Laws and Articles Review Committee will be held on Tuesday, October 28 at 7 P.M. at Tall Oaks Community Center at the corner of Cotton Mill and Hedges Run Drive. Subsequent meetings will be held once a month.
Our membership will be kept abreast of the committee’s ongoing progress through articles in the Lake Ridge Today newsletter and postings on the Association’s website, www.lakeridgeva.com. Once the committee completes its work, the proposed update will be presented to the entire membership for their consideration.
If you would like to be part of the review and update team, please call 703.497.7102 to voice your interest in joining the Declaration, By-Laws, and Articles Review Committee. Also, please consider attending the quarterly Board meeting’s Open Forum at 8 P.M. on October 21st to find out more about this effort.
