Wexford Hills Homeowners Association

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Please join us Please join us Please join us Please join us in welcoming our newest neighborsin welcoming our newest neighborsin welcoming our newest neighborsin welcoming our newest neighbors::::

Philip and Mary Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8193 Nature’s Way Doug and Jennifer Innanen . . . . . . . . 8242 Wrenfield Avenue Don and Jessica Morse . . . . . . . . . . . 8212 Wrenfield Avenue

Happy New Year from your Board of Directors Happy New Year from your Board of Directors Happy New Year from your Board of Directors Happy New Year from your Board of Directors

Roger Grant – President……………………………..258-3688 Jere Long – Vice President.........................................229-7115 Don Shepler – Secretary……..…………………..….645-4275 Ed Ballanco – Treasurer……………………..……...345-0902 Reggie Trainer – Director…………………..………..229-3660 Sam Lackey – Groundskeeping……………..……….259-7442 Al Beck – Neighborhood Watch……………….……565-5117 Jere Long – Architectural Review…………….…….229-7115 Grace Bascetta – Welcoming………………………..645-4774 Ron Holzhauser – Improvements……………………258-3630 If you ever have a question about the neighborhood, or comments/suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact a Board Member. Monthly Board Meetings are held the second Saturday of every month at 9a.m.. The Meeting locations are rotated among Board Members’ homes and are open to all Wexford Hills property owners. If you are interested in attending a Board Meeting, just call a Board Member for the schedule location

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One of the responsibilities that goes with being on the Homeowners Association Board of Directors is to enforce the Association’s Covenants, which benefits everyone by creating a safe and attractive neighborhood

and protecting our investments in our home and property. Our covenants, unlike several other Williamsburg developments, are restrictive enough to maintain an appealing neighborhood, but not so restrictive so as to be burdensome and unreasonable. That being said, when there is a violation (which is rare), a member of the Board of Directors will approach home owners to discuss the violation. Please keep in mind that this can be

uncomfortable for the board member as well as for the home owner, but that adherence to the covenants will benefit all of us. IMPORTANT REMINDER!IMPORTANT REMINDER!IMPORTANT REMINDER!IMPORTANT REMINDER! Wexford Hills Annual Homeowner’s meeting will be held on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 1:30 PM, at the James City County Library on Croaker Road. Be there to discuss important neighborhood issues, vote for new board members and meet your neighbors. Complete meeting details will be mailed to all property owners in February.

Expanded Neighborhood Watch 2010Expanded Neighborhood Watch 2010Expanded Neighborhood Watch 2010Expanded Neighborhood Watch 2010

Continued growth within Wexford Hills and 2009’s experience of vehicles vandalized and furniture stolen from an unoccupied home prompted the Board of Directors to reemphasize Neighborhood Watch. Three new Block Captains have volunteered. The number of families assigned to each captain was reduced and geographically compressed. The Block Captains are: Linda Howlett, Greg and Priscilla Caldwell, Kim Mallette, Jennifer Innanen, Jim Franklin, Susan Findlay, Tracy Schwartz, Loretta White and Cathy Koon. All nine Captains will meet with the Board and Master Officer Hal Diggs, be updated by him and given handouts from the Community Services Unit. They will be instructed by the Board and Officer Diggs to personally contact each of their families and to discuss important points toward providing enhanced neighborhood and home security. They will also give each of their assigned family households a list of addresses and phone numbers of the families for which they are responsible. The Board of Directors hopes each family will welcome their Captain to discuss some of these points and more. Captains are cheerleaders for the County Police and professors of Neighborhood Security for homeowners. Their job is to instruct homeowners on what to look for and when and whom to call. Of course, in the case of an emergency, homeowners should call the police directly rather than call their Block Captain.

January 2010

Expanded Neighborhood Watch 2010 Expanded Neighborhood Watch 2010 Expanded Neighborhood Watch 2010 Expanded Neighborhood Watch 2010 Neighborhood Watch = Critical Observation and Reporting of Unusual Events.

o Know your neighbors well enough to know if something is wrong.

o Know neighbors vehicles and usual times of departing and returning.

o Politely introduce yourself to strangers by offering assistance. If suspicious of a stranger’s motives, call 566-0112, the non-emergency number. Call 911 to report a crime in progress.

o Record license numbers, vehicle make and color. o If working, and neighbors wish, put empty recycling

and garbage containers out of sight. If you’re planning to be away, call the Police Daily House Watch Service at 566-0112. This service brings a squad car to the development daily and an officer will physically inspect the home. To optimize home security, call Police Home Security Survey 253-2481 or 592-6847.

For fire safety information and proper fire extinguisher use, call 253-0574. Participate in the annual National Night Out and the Wexford Hills Annual Block Party. Sleep with an auto key fob nearby, push the Panic button if you suspect intruders in your yard or garage. Keep these phone numbers readily available, and a pen and note pad in your car(s).

The Board of Directors and the Community Services Unit thank all homeowners for their active participation in this program, for welcoming Block Captains into your homes to discuss security, being constantly alert to unusual changes within your neighborhood, and being willing to call police. False alarms are not a problem. If you suspect trouble, call the neighbor to confirm that all is well. If your suspicions are aroused, call 566-0112 (the non-emergency number). Call 911 if you witness a crime in progress. Al Beck Neighborhood Watch Coordinator 565-5117 Annual AssessmentAnnual AssessmentAnnual AssessmentAnnual Assessment Annual Assessment notices will be mailed to all property owners in early January. The annual assessment for 2010 remains the same as last year’s $189.00 per Lot owned. Final due date is February 28, 2010.

Street Light Repair Street Light Repair Street Light Repair Street Light Repair

As part of the Neighborhood Watch Program we should all take an active part in ensuring that street lights in Wexford Hills are functioning. Anyone can call Dominion Virginia Power, 1-888-667-3000, to report outages or broken lenses. Light posts are individually identified. When reporting, please provide Dominion VA Power with the ID number and a nearby address or street corner location. The lamp post ID system is a bit confusing. Every lantern at the top of each post carries the number 7. Every post is also numbered M1842 near the base. Do Not use these numbers. Instead, just below the number M1842 is a combination of two (2) letters and two (2) numbers. This is the alpha-numeric ID to report. Below are the alpha-numeric post IDs and nearby addresses or street corners for Wexford Hills. POST ID NEARBY ADDRESS WH62 corner Newman Rd./Beechtree Ln. VH94 corner Beechtree Ln./Wrenfield Dr. UI52 6017 Beechtree Ln. WI13 8204 Wrenfield Dr. WJ60 8208 Wrenfield Dr. WJ07 8216 Wrenfield Dr. VK64 8228 Wrenfield Dr. UK90 8232 Wrenfield Dr. UJ87 8235 Wrenfield Dr. TJ36 8247 Wrenfield Dr. SH98 corner Wrenfield Dr./New Wilkinson Way TH11 8255 Wrenfield Dr. TG21 8268 Wrenfield Dr. RH75 6012 New Wilkinson Way RH10 6012 New Wilkinson Way RG21 6016 New Wilkinson Way RF31 6023 New Wilkinson Way QE67 6031 New Wilkinson Way QE16 corner New Wilkinson/Natures Way QD36 8193 Natures Way QE76 8201 Natures Way PF39 8201 Natures Way OG74 8219 Natures Way OG59 8220 Natures Way OH94 8231 Natures Way VG37 8104 Wrenfield Dr. VF38 8109 Wrenfield Dr. VF50 8116 Wrenfield Dr. VE02 corner Wrenfield/Richpress Dr. UC55 8131 Wrenfield Dr. UB29 8140 Wrenfield Dr. TC00 8147 Wrenfield Dr. TE30 6008 Richpress Dr.

January 2010

Did you Know?Did you Know?Did you Know?Did you Know? Did you know the 4 digit numbers posted on the small signs attached to our stop sign posts are the State Route number of our streets? Beech Tree Lane is State Route 1671. Wrenfield Drive is State Route 1672. Richpress Drive is State Route 1673. New Wilkinson Way is State Route 1674 and Natures Way is State Route 1675. If you ever have the occasion where

you need to identify your street by the State Route numbers, well, now you know.

HomeHomeHomeHomeowner’s Insurance Informationowner’s Insurance Informationowner’s Insurance Informationowner’s Insurance Information Bud Jones of 8227 Wrenfield Drive was kind enough to share his good fortune with us regarding his homeowner’s insurance. Although not all insurance companies may use the same criteria for rating homeowner policies, there is no harm in checking. When Bud informed his insurance company that the York Country Fire Department, located only about 2 ½ miles from Wexford Hills, serviced our development, his premiums were cut in half!

If nothing else, this is good to know information about the Fire Departments serving us. Thanks, Bud. About 4 months ago JCC and York County finalized an agreement for fire protection here in Wexford Hills (and Riverview Plantation). This new agreement changes the fire response conditions between JCC Station 1 (Toano) and York Station (Newman Road) to “AA”, (Always Available), roughly meaning that York Station 5 will respond along with JCC. The next result is that because a responding fire station is within 5 miles, the community’s categorization changed from ISO 9 to ISO 4 – for much better rates! (ISO is an Insurance Service Organization code that somehow quantifies risk and directly impacts insurance rates; 9 meaning expensive, 4 is much better)! Fire protection is quantified for insurance rate purposes, in part, by 2 significant conditions: distance from the responsible fire station and distance to the closest fire hydrant. Under 5 miles and under 1,000 feet are the critical measures and both must be met for an ISO 4. Since we are in James City County, our “responsible or assigned” fire station is JCC Station 1 in Toano, about 8 miles away. The previous agreement between JCC and York Counties categorized the responsibilities between JCC Station 1 and York Station 5 as “MA”, or mutual aid, roughly meaning that the 2 counties agreed that the 2 stations would respond to each other’s calls if requested; however, they were not committed to respond. Since there was no obligation for York Station 5 to respond, the distance from JCC Station 1 (greater than 5 miles) resulted in our community being categorized as an ISO 9. With the new agreement, JCC Station 1 gets credit for a responding station within 5 miles (York Station 5 is about 3 miles away), and thus the ISO 4 category. This is probably not the case in Wexford Hills, but if your house is more than 1,000 feet from a fire hydrant (that 2nd critical measure for insurance rates), you may not be able to get better rates, but you might want to check your policy or with you insurance agent to see if it will help you. This information was obtained from Fire Administration in the JCC Fire Chief’s office (220-0626).

Attention Dog Owners!Attention Dog Owners!Attention Dog Owners!Attention Dog Owners! We can’t say this enough. Some dog owners continue to allow their dogs to defecate on other people’s property and don’t pick up after their pets. This includes leaving feces at the children’s bus stop areas and around other peoples’ mailboxes!! We are asking all dog walkers, whether adult owners or adolescents, to be courteous neighbors and please, don’t let others find what your dog leaves behind!

“Good to Know” Phone Numbers

• All Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911

• Police non-emergencies – for the vacation house watch program and all non emergency situations (routed through JCC Dispatch). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566-0112

• Police Administrative office . . . . .259-5171

• Game Police – to report hunter/hunting violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(808) 367-1258

• Dead deer removal . . . . . . . . . . . .566-3133

• Animal Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253-1800

• JCC Service Authority – outside water leaks i.e., fire plug leak, or water main leak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229-2471

• JCC Service Authority after hours (routed through JCC Dispatch) . . . . . . . . .566-0112

• VDOT – neighborhood road problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253-4832

• Dominion Power – street light outage or problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-888-667-3000

• Roger Grant H.O.A. President. . . .258-3688

• Jere Long H.O.A. Vice President . 229-7115

January 2010