The Wickham Forest Homeowners Association annual meeting is scheduled for February 2010.  This meeting is important because it is when the homeowners get to vote for the Board of Directors and approve the 2010 operating budget.  This year is even more important because the ballot includes proposed changes to the Covenants and Restrictions that govern Wickham Forest.

Below are links to the proposed 2010 Ballot and the proposed Covenants and Restrictions for Wickham Forest.  These are DRAFT documents until approved by the associations attorney.  Each homeowner will receive an official copy of the ballot before the election.  Homeowners will also receive a copy of the final Covenants and Restrictions after the election.  The proposed Covenants and Restrictions shows the entire text of the new document, while the  proposed ballot show the OLD and NEW for each section being changed. This allows you to easily determine the changes being proposed.

The following is the proposed newly revised issue of the Wickham Forest Homeowners Association  Covenants and Restrictions. This is intended to replace all other issues of the Covenants and Amendments in the hands of  homeowners.

You will find that, in  many cases, not much has changed.  There are several instances where only a word or phrase was changed. In other places, some former amendments have been incorporated into the new document, and in other places sentences or paragraphs were deleted.

We are required by our Association attorney to underline full paragraphs where changes were made, even though only words of phrases may have been
changed or deleted.

Back in the June 2009 newsletter an article stated the problem of speeding and driving on the wrong side of the islands along Forest Run Drive.  For those who have corrected this behavior, it is much appreciated by homeowners along Forest Run.  However, it continues to be a significant problem.  Numerous homeowners continue to complain about illegal driving.  It was observed during Halloween night that people continued to drive illegally on Forest Run even with all the trick-or-treaters walking about during evening hours.

Please know that homeowners are reporting violations to the police in hopes of increasing patrols in our neighborhood.  All homeowners are encouraged to report illegal activity.  It's not as important to get plate numbers and/or addresses as it is to make a complaint with the police.  Patrols are assigned by the number of complaints within a specific region.  Call the police at 409-2200 and report what you are seeing - don't assume it will be handled by others.

The board recognizes this problem and is looking into adding speed humps on Forest Run to curb this behavior.  Because it is a city street, this is certainly an option that can be exercised.  The board would prefer not to add speed humps, and expects that a majority of homeowners do not want speed humps either.  However, if violators do not stop driving illegally on Forest Run the option of adding speed humps will be seriously considered.  This is your chance to prevent that from happening.  Talk with your neighbors, talk with your visitors, and talk with your kids - make sure everyone knows that driving behavior in Wickham Forest is being monitored at all times.

Consider this also - a vehicle doing 40 mph along the entire length of Forest Run instead of the stated 25 mph will save less than 30 seconds of driving time.  Driving illegally around the islands saves only a few seconds.  Are these seconds so important that homeowners in Wickham Forest are willing to risk having speed humps installed so that safety can be upheld in our neighborhood?  Please please be respectful of your neighbors, and obey the traffic laws in our subdivision on all streets.  This is a warning and chance to make a difference!