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Volume 18, No. 7, July 2018Editor: Gary Reul

FOREST VILLAGE BOARD. Bob Eldred - PrqsidenVBoard . Neoma Lawrenson - Vice

PresidenVBoard . Bob McRae - Treasurer/Board. Roberta Erown - Secretary - (No vote) . Tim Brown - Board

. Karl Ehlers - Board. Don Miller - Board . Eme$ Woft - BoardUMBRELLA EIOARD REPS

. Mary-London Eldred. Mllton MoorheadUMBFIELLA BOARD A.LT

. John Baschen . Bob McFae

THEY ARE AMONG USOn the night of May 15 at6:56 p.m. a bobcat was spottedby Bill Eads wandering across his driveway (building194) headed down Providence Point Place SE towards theCrest. Around the same date Jessica Leibel spotted abobcat in her back yard, but this cat was being harassedby about 15 crows. The cat may have killed a crow andthe fellow crows were after the cat. For anyone new toForest Village you should know that there are manyvarieties of wild animals that wander through ourproperty every summer - deer being the most prevalent(watch that they don't leap in front of your car) and bearsa close second or third. Coyotes, mountain lions andraccoons have been known to frequent the streets ofForest Village.

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UMBRELLA BOARD MAY 22.2018. Tim Boone, Facilities Manager, reported that the fitnessroom was being renovated with new paint, recessedlighting, new equipment and HVAC improvements. iBuilding 209 in FV is having its siding replaced. rl ftefollowing list of insurance events for April are presentedhere to make you aware of things that can go wrong very

+easily and cause great damage - roof failure, deck leak,window leak, foundation leaks, washing machine leak,bathroom sink and toilet leak. Be vigilant for water leaks.{ patio fumiture has been put out and tennis courtpressure washed. J Work orders completed 193 and 111

open.. Ted Gamelin, chair of the Government AffairsCommittee, presented a lengthy commentary on all of thebuilding projects surrounding PP. ./ Spiritwood Cottagesare constructing 17 units that are next to Garden Village.{ Malard Bay project, located on the right as you start upthe hill from the roundabout, will have 34 detachedhomes. { Mainview Homes. located behind Meadow andGarden Villages, is well on its construction schedule forseveral detached homes. { Providence Ridgs:. just at ourentrance to FV, is finally rapidly building 30* homes twoyears after clearing the land. { Providence Heights, afterrnany years of battles between competing companies, aschool district and preservationists, seems to be comingto conclusion with the school district planning a highschool and an elementary school on the property. Allvillages will be affected by the school proximity. (Whenmy wife and I moved here 19 years ago we felt we wereliving in the wildemess. With the available land andexplosive growth, the wildemess is disappearing.). Sue Anne Boelens, Umbrella VP, outlined the changesmade for welcoming new residents. i Critical info isprovided to the buyer at closing such as insurancerequirements, parking spaces, age restrictions, not anassisted living property, etc. { PMO is hosting aWelcome and Maintenance Orientation twice a monthone during the day and the other in the evening. { Adocument has been produced that will outline a consistentexperience across villages. .l anO last a WelcomeReception will be held twice a year - October andMarch.. Marlowe Shoop, Pea Patch Authority chair,described the events happening for the city farmers. ./Residents have rented 201 plots, with 4 unrented planted

COMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIESluly 2 Town Hall -7-9 pm Collin HallJuly 3 FV Happy Hour, Tutta Bella (45 attended in June)

Contact Jessie Leibel Monday evening so she can giveTuta Bella a count {425-477-6046)

luly 4 Holiday - Umbrella Party at Town Hall - 1:00 - 4:00$10 for food - free if you just want to join in the fun.Buy your food ticket at Activities.

luLy 2,9,16,23,30 Happy Hour every Monday night 5:00 inthe South Community Building

July 10 UmbrellaBoard- 1:30p.m.July I 1 Town Hall - 7-9 pm Collin HallJuly 13 Town Hall - lO-noon am Collin HallJuly 13 Ladies'Breakfast - IHOP - 9:00 am.July l7 Forest Village Board 3:30 p.m.July 2l Home and Garden Tour l:00 - 4:00July 24 Umbrella Board - l:30 p.m.Iuly 27 Ladies'Breakfast - IHOP - 9:00 a.m.Iuly 27-29 White Elephant Sale Collin Hall

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for the food bank. r/ Most farmers are responsiblywatering and shutting off and restoring hosesappropriately. i Some farmers are planning on givinghalf of their produce to the food bank. { Audrey Woelkis the representative on the committee from FV.. The Code of Conduct was again postponed.. Sue Anne Boelens presented an 8-page report thatoutlined a two-year program of projects to examine areas

of PP and identifu opportunities for improvement inefficiency and/or services offered.. Note: All of the lengthy reports that are briefed abovemay be found on the PP Website.

RESIDENTIAL SERVICE PROTECTIONIf you see on your Wave bill a $30 charge for a servicevisit, contest it immediately. All residents have Wave'sResidential Service Protection plan that you pay $2 amonth out of your monthly assessment (dues). This plancovers all Wave visits to your condo unit. Wave charges$30 for every, visit - so your $24 that you pay per yearunder the RSP plan pays for itself with just one visit.Also, a $4 charge showing up on your bill could be for aDTA box, which is free in PP. Call Wave and have thatremoved from your bill.

WAVE SOLDA year ago, TPG Capital agreed to purchase Kirkland-based Wave Broadband in a deal valued at about $2.36billion and change. Wave continues to operate as abranded name and entity. However, some people are

finding different company names on their Wave billing -pay it anyway. With this acquisition the deal has createdthe sixth largest internet and cable operator in the nation.

ANNUAL WHITE ELEPHANT SALE COMINGSOONYou must donate no later than July 26 and then retum andstart buying in Collin Hall on July 28-30 to fill in thespots where you removed things to donate. The Bus Barnis open Mon., Wed., and Fri. 10:00 to noon to take yourdonations. A box is available outside for you to placesmall items when the doors are not open other times.

FUN EVENT - Julv 21 1:00 - 4:00This year the Garden Club is sponsoring a Home andGarden Tour in Providence Point. This is a fun event wellworth taking part in every other year. Buy your $25tickets in advance at Activities or buy them on the day ofthe event at Town Hall. If you bought your ticket already,you only received a lanyard with your ticket attached. Amap of the route and a booklet containing info about thehomes and gardens will be available on the day of thetour at Town Hall and each open house. A bus will shuttleresidents and guests around on a continuous route. Youmay park your car at any home or garden and get on thebus that will eventually bring you back to your car.

Refreshments will be served at the Garden VillageGazebo and the home of Jenny Yeeles - 22561 SE 45thPlace in Forest Village. Don't forget to invite your friendsand relatives for this event. The Garden Club uses themoney to purchase the hanging baskets that are sobeautiful each summer. The baskets cost around $10,000each year, which includes planting, hanging, dailywatering, cleaning up at the end of the growing time, andfinally storage ofthe baskets. There are34 baskets hungthroughout the 7 villages - 6 in Forest Village. Shouldyou have any questions, please contact Millie Carr at425-391-5631.

FOREST VILLAGE SOCIALEach month Forest Village residents have a social gettogether at Tutta Bella. This has been a good way forneighbors to get to know each other better. About 35 to45 people show up each first Tuesday of the month toenjoy the company of others and have a light dinner froman extensive menu and beverages. Where: Tutta Bella,715 NW Gilman Blvd., Issaquah, 4 to 6 pm. If you planto attend, please call Jessie Liebel by 6 pm Monday night- phone 425-427-6A46 or email leibeljess@gmail.com.

VOLUNTEERINGJohn Baschen wrote to the editor the followingmessage. "I would like to give recognition to someForest Village volunteers who are making asignificant contribution by working to improve theappearance of our Village grounds. Linda Brownhas adopted and cared for the steep triangular slopebehind the bench and crosswalk on Providence PointPlace SE. This is a difficult work area and she has itlooking pristine. Our new landscape chairperson,BiII Hickman, recently organized a volunteer $oupto weed, trim and clean up the street side planting onthe hill at226th Terrace. These volunteer activitiesand the people who are willing to donate their timeto improve the appearance of the Village truly makea difference."

FV PRESIDENT'S COMMENTSI would like to continue with the thoughts presented byJohn Baschen in the item above. I want to sincerelythank several people for stepping up and taking on someimportant committee positions. Bill Hickman for movingright in to the Landscaping Committee chairmanship,after Don Miller asked to step down. He is already doinga great job. Bob McRae for taking on the very criticalposition of Treasurer when Dave Granik announced thathe and Kathy are moving. Bob's experience is muchappreciated as he has been a past Treasurer. Don Millerfor taking over the Safefy Committee chairmanship,replacing Mary-London Eldred, so she can concentrateon her duties as Umbrella Board representative. Finally, I

would like to thank John Baschen for his work behindthe scenes in recruiting many of these people. His helphas been much appreciated. All of these people and manyothers help to make the President's job much easier.There are always committees that can use additional help,so I urge any residents who are interested in volunteeringto contact me or any committee chair. Thank you ForestVillage. BobEldred-President

O nn1r,oooo....,......Last year I replaced all the windows in my house withthose expensive, double-pane, energy-efficient kind.Today,I got a call from Home Depot rvho installed them.The caller complained that the work had been completeda year ago and I still hadn't paid for them. Helloooo,

just because I'm a senior citizen doesn't mean that Iam automatically mentally challenged. So,I told him justwhat his fast-talking sales guy told me last year--thatthese windows would pay for themselves in a year---Hellooooo? It's been a year, so they're paid for, I toldhim. There was only silence at the other end of the line,so I finally hung up. He never called back. I bet he feltlike a fool. Source: Intemet

SOCIAL AT'TER BOARD MEETINGRoberta BrownFrom the Forest Village ad-hoc Social Group:Thanks to Carole Hudson who filled in for JessieLeibel -- in taking reservations and hosting May'sTutta Bella gathering, a lively event as always. Andthanks to Erica and Karl Ehlers for hosting thesocial hour after our monthly May Town Hall andBoard meeting, and to Pegry and John Baschen, forthis month's post-meeting social. Speaking of which,even if you have to miss the truly informative andoften firn monthly meetings, due to work schedulesor other responsibilities - stop by for these post-meeting social gatherings, anytime between around 5

and 6:30. Bring a snack or beverage if you wish, orjust simply show up. There is always plenty to goaround. Be sure to reserve the evening of August 9,for the second Forest Village "Celebrste theNight - Get Out and Meet your Neighbors!"event. Starting at7 pm (weather permitting), we willall celebrate this summer evening by strolling theneighborhood to meet and chat with as many of ourForest Village neighbors as we can -- whether thatbe on our grandson's scooter, on roller skates, on oneor two plain old feet -- in a comfu chair that rolls --in a car, or simply on a nice chair in front of ourhome. And who knows, some kind souls may feelinspired to leave a few cookies or libations out for

FITNESS ROOM OPENFrom: Common Facilities CommitteeJanet Eder, chair, Carleen Cafferty, Kat BurtonThe fitness room is now open for all to enjoy after a fewdelays in equipment delivery. \Ye are delighted with allthe positive feedback on the remodel. We have addednerv machines and created more space for floor exercisewith the help of a professional fitness equipment expert.New weights should arrive any day. The room is brighterand cheerier and more inviting to those of every fitnesslevel. There is now a mat table for those not wanting orable to get on the floor. We hope you will take advantageof this new fitness room soon.

UMBRELLA BOARD JUNE 12.2018. Kathy McMurtry-reported that hundreds of bookswere donated and dozens of people came to renew theirliterary works for their home library. The book sale was asuccess with $i,333 collected ($115 more than last year).Thanks must be given to all who donated, bought books,and worked on setting up and taking down. Only oneproblem happened. At the end of the sale there are alwayshundreds ofbooks left over. This year the usual agenciesthat piek up the remaining books rvere unable to retrievethem in a timely marlner, so our maintenance staff had totruck them down to Value Village. Mark your calendarfor the dates of May 3 1 through June 2, 201 9 for nextbook sale. McMurtry noted that the library has limitedincome and she would gladly receive cash donations insupport of the library.. The Code of Conduct policy was again brought up, butthis time in a very different format. After many months ofgoing back and forth the CC was still not adopted.. The lengthy eight page Continuous Improvement Planagain was reviewed, and may be viewed on our website.Town Hall Meetines will be held on the night of July 2and I I - 7-9 pm and-July 13 - 10 to noon am in CollinHall to nresent to residents the content of the plan andooen the floor for ouestions or comments.. Lorrie Palreiro submitted a listing of costs foradvertising in To The Point. Costs were broken down bysize of the advertisement and the length of time that itwould run. For example, a4" x 5" space would be $90 forone issue, $256 for three issues, $486 for six issues and

$9 I 8 for one year. In 2017 we received near $ 1 6,000 inrevenue and we are on track for the same amount in 2018.There are 12 solid advertisers who have been advertisingfor years. To producelprint the newsletter it costs about$1,200 per year. The board reviewed the list.. The board approved the addition of pickle ball lines onthe tennis court at a cost of $1,500. This will allow twogames to be played at the same time.. The revised policies concerning alterations proceduresand landscape management plan personal gardeningagreements were removed from the agenda at the request

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of the village presidents who indicated it needed furtherrevision.

PP WEBSITEFrom January I to May 21,2018 the PP website had52,288 page views. Broken down, the following viewswere recorded: Current listings 8,04i - video 1,377 - ourcommunity 1,036 - contact us 768 - sitemap 765 -community amenities 745 - work order status 457 -

Activities 415 - plus 14 more categories.

FOREST VTLLAGE BOARD MEETINg 6-19-2018. Ernie Wolf reported on the emergency exit gateslocated at the end of the parking lot at the Lodge. Withthe participation of the Fire Marshall, Tim Boone andNate (PP Maintenance), it was discovered that a secondKnox Box had been placed atop a very tall post justinside the upper gate of our back exit. That must havebeen done many years ago prior to the SammamishHomeowners Association erecting the upper gate. Thissecond box is now installed on the outside of the uppergate where it can effectively be used by emergencyvehicles needing to enter Forest Village. The Knox Boxthat had been on the inside of the lower gate is nowmounted outside, on the opposite side of the same post,again for entry into our village by emergency vehicles.Of course keys to the locks are inside these Knox Boxes.We still have access to both gates with two keys in thewhite box on the village side of the lower gate. If youhave not located these gates, take time one day and take alook where they are.. A message from Bill Hickman, chair of the FVLandscape Committee. There is a mistaken impressionthat FV does not get its "fair share" oflandscapingservices in relation to the other villages. We, your FVLandscaping Committee, want to dispel this impressionby sharing with you how landscaping services arehandled. The first thing to realize is that though ForestVillage is one of seven villages in PP, it is roughly thesame size as the other six together. For this reason weactually get more attention than do any of the othervillages. It may be hard to believe, but it is true! NLSruns two crews five days a week. One crew is focused oncutting grass each week during the growing season. Theyare responsible for cutting and trimming the lawns andfor blowing the clippings off the walkways anddriveways. If that does not occur, please let one of us onthe committee know. The mowing crew will be workingweekly starting Monday June 18. Separately, NLS has acrew that rotates between the seven villages performingwork requests anO doing bed maintenanci. It is here thatFV actually gets more attention. The NLS crew spends aweek in each of the six villages on the other side, but twoweeks in FV. One week they focus on the area from tJre

entrance to the Crest the next week they focus from theCrest to the top of the hill. This latterNLS crew will be in

FV starting the week of June 25 and will stay in thevillage for the next two weeks. After that it will be 8

weeks before they are back to perform rvork requests. So,

if you have any landscaping concerns, now is the time toput in a work request.Other members of the committee: John Baschen, LindaBrown, Dode Eastman, Erica Ehlers, and JennyYeeles. Tim Brown, chair of the Building Committee reportedthe following. After significant delays, rvork is underwaywith a full team on the repairs of building #209. We stillbelieve rvork will be completed near schedule. TheBuilding Committee has authorized two efforts to assess

potentially needed repairs this year. The first is testing allthe unit main water valves that have not been checked inthe last fwo years. This is 103 units; all the units south ofthe bridge except the Crest which rvas tested last year.

The second is that we are seeking bids for re-coating thedecks on the Lodge, rvhich are seven years overdue. TheCommittee rryill meet rvhen the the tests and bids are

completed to decide rvhat to recommend to the ForestVillage Board. Window rvashing will start in ForestVillage on June 19 starting rvith the Crest and the Lodgeand continue to July 10.

POOL OPEN. SEE SCHEDULEThe pool is open daily 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. When thegrandkids come over take them for a dip in the pool. Seethe schedule below.

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