Check Your Gate Remote – Don’t Get Stranded!
Our new gates are up and running great! We hope they bring reliable security at a low cost for many years to come. If you haven’t already, please make sure we have your gate remote codes entered into the new system so your remote will work. If you have not done this, or have not tested your remote after having your code re-entered recently, they may not work and you will not be able to get in after security has left for the night. For the next month Security will be asking EVERYONE to use their remotes to come through the gate. They may not be automatically opening the gate for you even if they see your owner’s windshield sticker. This is so you can test your remote. Please be patient, this delay is to make sure your remotes work properly.

Remote Opener Batteries
You should consider changing the battery in your remote – A23 or L1028 are the sizes. You can get them in Heber at Days Market or Walgreens. They may also be available in other stores. DO NOT try to piggy-back, or follow another car too closely through the entrance – the gate arm will close on your car. Also, as you approach the front gate, dim your headlights, so security can more easily see your owner’s vehicle windshield sticker.

Free Waste Drop-off
Check out your annual bill from Wasatch County for Waste Collection Service (TLPOA dumpsters) from the Wasatch County Solid Waste Disposal District. At the bottom there is a “Cleanup punch pass, KEEP THIS STUB. Valid April – June 2015. Residential Only. One punch per pickup size load X X X”. This means you have 3 FREE TRIPS to take household garbage and bulky items to the Wasatch County Solid Waste Disposal District Transfer Station. The Transfer Station accepts large items like washers, dryers, couches, refrigerators, tree limbs, etc. They will NOT accept dirt, rocks, concrete or tree trunks. Normally these drop offs cost you. For more information (435) 657-3280, (435)654-1661, 1891 West 3000 South, Heber City, open Mon – Sat 9:00 -5:00.

Common Area Committee Planning Meeting
The Common Area committee meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 25th at 10:00 am at the TLPOA office. For more info read the Common Area Committee’s article in the newsletter.

Large Trucks Entering Timberlakes
Make sure to contact TLPOA security (435)785-8764 ahead of time if you have a contractor, service provider or delivery coming to your Timberlakes property. Depending on the road conditions in spring, winter and fall, some trucks may not be allowed into Timberlakes. Large trucks MUST be 4-Wheel Drive AND have chains with them. Large trucks, especially trucks over 10,000 lbs, require special permission to enter Timberlakes.

We hope to see you at the Board meetings.

Gary Hume,
President, TLPOA Board of Directors

1. We are holding our February board meetings tomorrow night. Please check the private, owners-only website for the agenda and location.
2. Please contact our security team ahead of time if you have a contractor or service provider coming to your property. Depending on road conditions (snow, ice, mud, etc) some trucks may not be allowed into Timberlakes.
3. Please dim your headlights as you approach the gate at night. This will help our security team see your owner’s sticker in time to open the gate for you.

We hope to see you at the meeting on February 18.

Gary Hume
President, TLPOA Board of Directors

Please stop by either the security gate house or the office and give us the two codes from the back of each of your remotes. You may also email us the information. We are deleting all current remote codes on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Your remote(s) will not work until you provide us with the codes from each of your remotes.

Click here for specific instructions on the information we need ==>> Download the Gate Remotes Form

Please complete this form and return it to us in person or by email as soon as possible.

Gary Hume
President, TLPOA

1. Happy New Year! We are are holding our first board meeting of the new year this week. Please check the private, owners-only site for the location, time and agenda.

2. We periodically post Health Updates. Check out the most recent Health Updates.

3. Get your 2015 ATV Stickers now! ALL recreational vehicles in Timberlakes MUST have a current TLPOA sticker. ONLY owners can apply for stickers. Annual owner stickers cost $15.00 each. There are also 7-day Visitor passes available for your guests’ machines, for $10.00 each. Forms for these stickers are available at timberlakesusa.com, the TLPOA office or the security gate house.

4. Line up your building projects now for spring – all external projects require you to submit a form to the TLPOA office. Visit timberlakesusa.com for TLPOA construction information.

5. Please be mindful of how busy Timberlakes has become and do not let your dogs stray from your property – for your pet’s safety and in consideration of your neighbors.

6. Snowman Contest! Send your pictures (with lot # name and names of anyone in the picture) to office@timberlakesusa.com to be considered for use in the Spring/March issue of the Timberlakes Times and on the website! Submissions due by February 18.

7. Attention Snowmobilers! Make sure you and your guests respect the easement across the LDS Church Camp property – stay within the marked boundaries. We don’t want to loose our precious snowmobile route to the National Forest.

8. We remind you that we have quiet hours for snowmobiles, ATVs and dirt bikes – 10 pm to 7 am – all year around.

9. The TLPOA is enforcing the warnings posted on our Road Safety Signs – do not attempt to drive on our winter roads without the proper vehicle, tires and equipment (chains). Our rules are for your safety. Make sure your service providers have the right vehicle to visit your property in the winter: 4-wheel drive or chains are required. They will not be allowed on the upper mountain roads if they are not outfitted properly, and if they choose to ignore our safety warnings you may be fined. Again, our community’s rules are for the safety of all our members and their guests.

10. We now offer 7-day parking passes (instead of 3-day)! All vehicles and trailers in the TLPOA parking lots are required to have a parking pass. Owners must be present when applying for a parking permit. Owners may email security ahead of time at FrontGate@StriderSecurity.com to get their guests a parking permit. During the winter, no trailers are allowed in the lower parking lot by the TLPOA Office – we just don’t have the room! Parking at Duck Lake is allowed during the WINTER ONLY and is ONLY for trailers with a vehicle or just trailers – NO SOLO VEHICLES. Solo vehicles are to park in the lower parking lot by the TLPOA Office. If you are parking both a trailer and the vehicle that towed it at Duck Lake, you need TWO permits – one for the trailer and one for the vehicle. To make sure you park correctly at Duck Lake, ask for the parking diagram for that parking lot. If you have questions about any of this ask TLPOA Security.

Thanks for your support and I hope to see you at the meeting this week.

Gary Hume
President, TLPOA Board of Directors

1. Dip into Chips – The wood pile in the lower parking lot has been chipped and you are welcome to help yourself. The chips are for TLPOA members only to use on their property in Timberlakes. In other words, the chips are not to be hauled out of Timberlakes. If you are hauling chips, please follow the road rules and DO NOT take tandem-axle trailers or vehicles without 4-wheel drive and/or chains up the roads marked with the red warning signs.

2. Architectural Control Committee – The TLPOA Board is looking for 3 to 5 owners who would like to serve on this committee to oversee the Association’s Architectural Control Regulations. For more information or to apply for the committee, please contact Cliff Lackman, TLPOA Board member in charge of Building and CC&R Compliance, at CliffLackman@timberlakesusa.com or (801)368-8798.

3. Chipping the Roads – We remind owners to make sure you have the proper 4-wheel drive vehicle, snow tires and equipment (studded tires, chains) when driving on Timberlakes roads. However, there are times when ice can still be an issue.

Gordon Huetter, TLPOA Board member in charge of roads, explained at our November Board Meeting how “chipping” (small rocks) is properly used on gravel roads. Gordon said, “Chips actually attract the sun and heat up, then melt the ice, possibly causing more ice during the night. Conditions must be evaluated before chips are applied. If the road is snow-packed chips should NOT be used, they can disrupt the base.”

Here is the list of the 6 self-serve chip barrels that have been placed around the mountain:

1) Cottonwood Lane & Blue Spruce
2) Ridgeline Dr. at Ridgeline Circle
3) Ridgeline Dr. at Cottonwood Court
4) Deer Creek Dr. & Blue Spruce
5) Blue Spruce between Aspen and Birch
6) Cottonwood Lane & Greenbriar.

Use chips sparingly, only to get you some traction. Refer to Gordon’s comments above in regards to overusing chips. When done using the chip barrels, put scoops back in the barrel and replace the lids.

4. Health Updates – If you are interested in reading a summary of what the road crew has been doing, we post a regular update, approximately once a month. Click here to read our most recent Health Updates.

Gary Hume,
President, TLPOA Board of Directors

Chip barrel

Meetings
We are holding our regular board meetings this week, on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 in Heber City, USA. The location, time and agenda are available on our private, owners-only website. All owners are invited and welcome to attend.

Removing Snow From Your Driveway
When you or your hired snow remover are clearing your driveway, you cannot leave your snow in the road. In other words, when you or your hired snow remover plow your driveway you must push the snow completely out of the road, and not leave any obstacles in the road or hinder safe travel in any way. Please do not endanger your neighbors.

Owners Removing Snow From the Roads
If you are removing snow on one of the TLPOA roads, please do not interfere with our main plow routes or get in the way of the TLPOA plowing crew if they are out when you are. The TLPOA road crew has the right-of-way – just like noted along the highways of our country, “Do not Interfer with Snow Plow Operations.”

Winter Driving
Timberlakes is a mountain community where you drive at your own risk. Winter driving requires skill, caution, 4-wheel drive and chains or snow tires. Please be careful.

Please slow down! It is more important then ever to respect the speed limits on the mountain. However, just because the speed limit sign says 25 mph it does not necessarily mean that you can safely drive at that speed. In the winter, the speed limit may be way faster than you can safely turn a corner or come down a descent.

Judging by the tracks this past weekend, many drivers found themselves in the ditch, spun sideways or worse. One driver slammed his or her vehicle into one of the concrete barriers on Blue Spruce after he or she tried to turn a corner going to fast. Slowing down greatly increase your chances of protecting yourself, your family and your neighbors.

When exiting Timberlakes, slow down before going over the traffic control spikes (a.k.a. tire rippers). This is clearly marked by our sign. Excessive speeds can result in you damaging your tires, for which the TLPOA is not responsible.

Snowmobile & ATV Stickers
Make sure you clean your snowmobile or ATV surface before affixing your sticker – if you lose your sticker you will have to purchase a replacement. The TLPOA is no longer replacing for free lost or fallen off stickers. Permit stickers must be placed on the left side of snowmobiles and the rear of ATVs and all other recreational vehicles.

Weather
If you need to check weather conditions in Timberlakes, just visit our weather site on the Timberlakes website. Click here for Timberlakes Weather.

Duplicate Emails
We are consolidating our email database with the management company and you may receive a duplicate of this email.

Thank you and I hope to see you at our meeting this week.

Gary Hume
President, TLPOA

Meetings
We are holding our regular board meetings this week, on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 in Salt Lake City, USA. The location, time and agenda are available on our private, owners-only website. All owners are invited and welcome to attend.

Common Areas
The TLPOA Common Area Committee is having the Summer Wrap-up and 2015 Planning Meeting on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 7:00 pm at the Meierhofer’s home, 547 Greenbriar Rd. Please join us if you want to volunteer on this committee, or have input/ideas for the project.

We are seeking volunteers to help in the following areas:

• Become a steward or Trail Boss of an area
• Assist with maps and signage
• Weed and Seed
• Gate garden beautification
• Scout project liaison
• New area trail designs

If you want to participate but can not attend in person, you will be able to call into the meeting. Just let Barb Meierhofer know and she will send you the phone number. You can reach Barb Meierhofer at tlpoacommonarea@gmail.com.

Snowmobile Stickers
Get your stickers now, beat the rush! The TLPOA Request for an Entertainment Operating Permit by Lot Owner forms can be printed by clicking here or you can pick one up at either the security gate house or the TLPOA office. All recreational vehicles must be registered and have a sticker.  Only TLPOA lot owners can get stickers, and owners are responsible for their guests.  Owners’ season pass stickers cost $15 and visitor’s 7-day stickers are $10. Please remember not to trespass on other’s property. On a snowmobile, you can only exit at the top, and you must stay on the marked easement across the Heber Valley Camp property. Have fun, but do it legally.

Weather
Check out the new improvements on our Timberlakes weather page. We are still making changes to this page but see what what we have done so far.

Gary Hume
President, TLPOA

Roads
Starting October 15, 2014, the roads in Timberlakes will be closed to vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds. This could occur sooner if weather dictates. After October 15, access will be determined on a day-by-day basis, depending on the weather, and only by permission from Rich Parker, Mountain Manager. If you are building, it is your responsibility to notify your contractor.

New Office Hours
Effective Wednesday, October 1, we have new office hours, as follows:

Mon 9:00 am – noon and 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Tue 9:00 am – noon and 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Wed 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Thu 9:00 am – noon and 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Fri 9:00 am – noon and 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
1st Saturday of every month 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Closed on all Holidays

Chip Pile Closed
The chip pile is closed. Do NOT unload any additional material onto the pile. We are now making arrangements to have the pile chipped.

Meetings
Our October Board Meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2014 in Salt Lake City, USA. The location, time and agenda are available on our private, owners-only website. All owners are invited and welcome to attend.

Thistle
If your property has Musk Thistles that have gone to white heads, please remove the heads and place them in a bag in the trash (not into the chip pile). This will save thousands of seeds from spreading onto your or your neighbor’s property.

Wild Flowers
Late fall is a good time to plant wild flower and grass seeds in disturbed soil. Specialty blends are available for sale at the TLPOA office.

Gary Hume, President
Timberlakes Property Owners Assocation

The last day you can add to the wood pile at the lower parking lot is Sunday, September 21, 2014. After that date, the pile will be closed for chipping. We WILL NOT have another location to pile your dead wood so use this location while you can. Please clear your lot and reduce fire danger in Timberlakes.

Remember, no construction materials are allowed in the pile!

After the chip pile is closed you will need to take your debris to the Wasatch County Solid Waste Disposal, 1891 West 3000 South, Heber City.

Who is paying for the chipping?
The chipping can be paid for by a State Matching Funds Grant, but owners need to turn in a TIMBER LAKES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION MATCHING FUNDS FORM. You can find these forms at the kiosk by the chip pile, at the TLPOA office or online by clicking here. Any clean-up of dead debris on your property should be documented on the form – including how many hours you spent cleaning up. For example, if you and your spouse worked together for 10 hours each to clear dead timber and undergrowth from up your lot, that is 20 hours to report. If we collect enough hours we can reapply for the grant for this year.

Thank you,

Gary Hume
President, TLPOA

Meeting
We are holding our regular board meetings in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, August 20. 2014. Location, time and agenda are available on our private, owners-only website. All owners are invited and welcome to attend.

Signs
Our CC&Rs (Article IV Section 9) prohibit signs that are not approved by the Association. The Association has a Sign Policy and Procedures document that outlines what kinds of signs are allowed, how to obtain approval and the consequences for non-compliance. More information is posted here on our website.

Thistles
We recently sent out information about thistles and other noxious weeds. If you let one thistle plant bloom, it distributes more than a thousand seeds. Please control the thistle on your property. Click here for more information.

For the TLPOA Board,

Gary Hume, President