2011 July Post Oak News

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Post Oak News

Congratulations Yard of the

Month Winner, Cindy Burke!The Yard of the Month (YoM) Contest runs July – October. To beconsidered for YoM:

1. You must be current on annual assessments.2. Property must not be in violation of and DCC&Rs.

3. You may only win once per calendar year.4. Upkeep can reflect the efforts of the resident, professional

landscaper or groundskeeper.

Winners receive a $25 gift certificate and a sign to display in their yard

for the month.

Post Oak Pool

Open thru Labor Day

Sunday – Thursday 6AM-9PM

Friday – Saturday 6AM-10PM

Monday, closed for cleaning

Adult Swim:

Tues & Thurs 8PM – 9PM

Saturday 9AM – 10AM

IndependenceDay Celebration

July 4, 2011

The Kyle FireworksShow has moved to thesouth-west corner of

Kyle Parkway andKohler's Crossing. To

begin approx 9:30PM

HOA Meeting

August 11, 2011

@Word of Life Church

7PM-8PM

J U L Y 2 0 1 1

In this Issue

New website

July YoM Winner

Water Use and Fire Prevention

Classifieds

Local News and Events

Post Oak Pool Updates

Check out our

new website!www.wix.com/postoak1hoa/home



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POST OAK NEWS JULY 2011

Water Use & RestrictionEffective June 1, 2011 the City of Kyle went to

stage 2 mandatory water use management.

What does this mean for us?Mandatory twice per week watering schedule remains in

effect, but may be upgraded to once per week as conditions

warrant.

Residential Odd-Numbered Addresses

Wednesday and/or Saturday

Residential Even-Numbered Addresses

Thursday and/or Sunday

Outdoor irrigation is allowed under the following

conditions:1. Watering is done by a handheld hose or handheld bucketat any time during the day or night;

2. By a hose and sprinkler, a soaker hose, or drip irrigation, before 10am or after 8pm, on your designated day.

3. By a permanently installed automatic irrigation systemfrom 12:00 midnight to 10:00am on an outdoor water use

day as designated in the water conservation guidelines; or forproperty which a person obtains a variance from the City

Manager or his designee to divide the property into sections,to be watered on different outdoor water use days.**For more information please go to www.cityofkyle.com

By Margaret Somma

Many of our residents’ homes border theundeveloped land to the south. The City of Kyle

and the Fire Marshall have said our developer,Rick Jenkins, has fulfilled his obligation to mow

the undeveloped land 30 feet out from homes. If we, as residents, choose to try to water that area, it

is then considered "an attempt to maintain," andwe would be held responsible for it's mowing. Even

with the watering ban in place, there are still things

we CAN do...

Remove any trash or combustible materials from

your yards and inside your garages

Start your lawnmower outside on a hard surfacesuch as the driveway or sidewalk. In a semi-

enclosed area such as a garage; gasoline vapors canignite from a heat source even a few feet away,

such as a lighted cigarette.

Check electrical cords used for outdoor lawn work

Fire Prevention Ti s In and Around Your Home

equipment for frayed at the plug or cut spots. If

necessary, replace the cord or repair with electrical tape.

For those of you with chimneys, have them cleanedprofessional when necessary. Cover chimney outlet with

a non-flammable screen mesh 1/2 inch or smaller of youdryer after every use.

For those of you with raised wood decks, remove any

vegetation or combustible material from under the deck,and enclose it with fire retardant materials.

When outdoor entertaining, fill a small colorful bucket

with sand for cigarette butts.

When driving, please resist the urge to toss your still-litcigarette, and use your cars ashtray instead.

These are only a few suggestions for fire

prevention. Anyone wanting to add to the list, pleasefeel free to post them on our HOA facebook.



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Classifieds

For Sale

1993 Ford Ranger, Automatic, A/C works and

runs cold, 80k miles, asking $1100. 512-496-

5648.

Services

Need an occasional babysitter? Call Samantha,28, CPR certified and majoring in nutrition.

512-284-0846

Wanted

Don’t use the coupons from the Sunday paper?

Drop them off at 314 Discovery in the content

outside the front door or call 512-461-3178 and

I will pick them up!

Would you like to place an ad/service or have

something to sell? Email

[email protected] before July 25 to

make August’s issue of the Post Oak

Fresh strawberry pieThis is my grandmother, Margaret Lynch’s,

strawberry pie recipe. Enjoy!4 cups strawberries, divided

1 cup sugar

3 tbsp cornstarch

½ cup water

1 (9”) pie crust, baked

Arrange 2 cups of

strawberries in pie shell.

Mash remaining strawberries

and mix with sugar in

saucepan.

Bring to boil over medium heating

stirring frequently.

In a small bowl, mix cornstarch

and water. Gradually stir mixture

into boiling strawberries. Reduce

heat and simmer until thickened,

about 10 minute, stirring

constantly. Pour mixture over

berries in pie shell. Chill for at

least 3 hours before serving.



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Local News and Events

City awarded $450k to build two projectsBy Kate Hull

Buda was awarded $450,000 on May 3 to complete two of the

three projects the city presented to the county in December as

part of the $30 million Hays County tax bond for parks and

recreation that was approved in 2007. Buda has also agreed to

match the county’s allocated funds by using funds acquired in

past development projects set aside for park space.

See complete story at www.impactnew.com

City of Kyle Summer Programs @ the PoolDive in movie at the pool

July 29, 20118:30PM-11:00PM

Despicable Me

Join your Kyle Parks and Recreation Department for our firstever Dive in Movie. Bring a tube or a small float, or a chair and

sit back in the serene setting of our pool to watch a movie. Nocharge to enter! Pool maximum occupancy (250) will be

enforced, so get there early to get in. No food or drink will beallowed in. Concessions will be available. Gates will open at

8:30 pm, movie starts at dark.For more information go to www.cityofkyle.com

City of Kyle Movies in the Park Movies begin 30 minutes after sunset and are shown at Gregg-Clarke Park. All movies are rated G or PG, and are free to the

public. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and snacks.

July 15, 2011

Shrek 4-Ever After

Back to school!Hays CISD students go back to school August 22, 2011.

August 11, 2011 11AM-7PM or August 12, 2011 8AM-4PM

Lehman Schedule Pickup for all grade levels

August 18, 2011 6:30PM

Elementary Back to School Night

August 18, 2011 Noon-6PM

Middle School Schedule Pickup



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Post Oak Pool Season begins with a SplashBy: Leanndrea Zaczek-Gillenwater

As many of you may already know, our community’s pool

season began with a splash. Post Oak pool rules were created

several years ago to maintain the pool because it is a

common property owned by all property owners in Post Oak.

Over the years, we have had several issues with the pool.

From water quality, to broken/stolen furniture, to

inappropriate behavior, etc., the monitor is there during peak

hours to make sure the pool is an enjoyable experience for

everyone in our community.

Because of many transitions occurring just before this year’s

pool season began, we’ve had to overcome some challenges.

A new community manager was assigned late last year, a

new board of director was elected in April and new board

officers were elected in May. And if you’ll recall our pool

season began on Memorial Day weekend.

Facebook has opened a portal of unprecedented

communication for our community. The pool has been a hot

topic well before it was even opened. Many residents have

requested a longer pool season, compromise during adult

swim times, as well as other amendments to particular pool

rules. At he HOA meeting in June, all of these topics, among

others were discussed.

Our community has a budget that must be taken into

consideration. To stay in budget this year, when negotiating

the first pool monitor, it was suggested to minimize the

number of hours the pool monitor was onsite and to close the

pool one hour earlier on week nights. The board and the

monitor agreed to the contract. While still over-budget for

our pool monitor we were considerably closer to our

budgeted amount.

Unfortunately, there were issues with our first pool monitor

being present. After several incidents over the first few

weeks, it was decided to terminate the contract and hire

someone local.

When the second monitor came on board, they hadn’t been

properly prepared. For example, the first night they were on

duty, they didn’t know about Adult Swim or what the

protocol was for it. They also learned and expressed to the

board officers specific things they were having trouble with,

for example, it would be helpful to have the rules in Spanish,

as there are many community members who only speak

Spanish. The pool monitor was also told explicitly by th

community management company to enforce a rule that

wasn’t written involving cover-ups.

After several incidents and little support from our

community management company our second pool

monitor gave its required notice. The incidents leading

up to notice for termination of contract by our second

monitor involved several verbal threats from community

members and a few visits from our local police

department. Some of Post Oak community members

challenge authority at the pool. This is not the first year

this has happened; it has gone on for several years now.

The pool should be a safe, enjoyable place for everyoneto enjoy.

A new monitor has been hired to enforce rules at the

pool. We hope to see a mutually beneficial relationship

form between our new monitor and our community.

Amidst all of this the board officers were trying to amend

some of the pool rules where you’d expressed concern

over.

New amendments were made to the pool rules. Sixteen

year olds, with a picture id, may be at the pool without

adult supervision. They may not supervise children

under sixteen. A parent from a household may supervis

all children from their household that are listed on the

acknowledgement form that is filed with our community

management company, and a household may have up to

four guests. The pool will be open on Monday, July 4.

However, so that the pool may be properly cleaned it

may be closed Tuesday, July 5, since it is opened on a

Monday for holiday when it would typically be closed fo

cleaning. The board has asked to allow t-shirt cover-ups

but the issue has still not been resolved. Please try to bepatient as we are working diligently to make these

changes. We’ve also come to a compromise with Adult

Swim, children and their parents may be in the splash

pad area or children 5 and under and their parents may

be in the baby pool during Adult Swim Tuesday and

Thursday from 8PM-9PM and Saturday from 9AM-

10AM.




Check out our group on Facebook!

Search “Post Oak 1 HOA” or go to

http://www.facebook.com/ group.php?gid=118977334783977.

The group pages give frequent updates to events in our community,current and previous newsletters, announces winners to seasonal contest

and allows for homeowners to ask questions and get answers from your neighbors.

"The ‘Deed Restrictions’ for the Post Oak One Homeowners

Association, Inc. specifies that all improvements as defined in the

Deed Restrictions must be approved in writing by the ArchitecturalControl Committee before the improvement begins." The

Architectural Control Committee Approval Request Form, ACC

Form, can be found on our facebook group page, our new website aswell as on the Real Manage’s resident portal.

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