Important: Documents for 2012 Annual Meeting
The following documents are available. If you want any of them at the Annual Meeting, please print them and bring them with you so we can hold down the Association's reproduction costs.

• Minutes from Last Year's Meeting
• Treasurer's Report for 2011
• Proposed Budget for 2012
• Proposed Board of Directors
• Proxy Form

Notice: 2012 Annual Meeting on January 26    
The Annual Meeting of the Linene Woods Homeowners Association will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at the FSU Credit Union office on Sharer Road, (Heritage Plaza), in Tallahassee.

Matters to be considered include approval of the 2012 operating budget, election of the board for 2012, a report on the road assessment, and such other matters as may be brought up. Some useful documents are listed and linked above.

If you are unable to attend the meeting, please consider mailing (or emailing) a proxy. Sending a proxy will help ensure that a quorum will be present. Use the form above, or copy its wording into an email, and send to Bill Needham, Secretary-Treasurer, at: billn32312@yahoo.com; or mail to: P.O. Box 180593, Tallahassee FL 32318.

2012 Annual Dues. Bill Needham will be accepting annual dues checks at the Jan 26 meeting.  Please make your check ($200 per lot) payable to the LWHA.  Checks also may be mailed to LWHA, Post Office Box 180593, Tallahassee, FL 32318. 

Check the Website Regularly: Please check the Linene Woods web site regularly (www.linenewoods.org) for updates and activities.
 
E-Mail Addresses.  We request e-mail addresses from members to further reduce printing and distribution costs.  If we do not have your e-mail address, please send it to billn32312@yahoo.com.  

2012 Annual Meeting Agenda.

• Call to Order
• Approval of 2011 Annual Meeting Minutes
• Treasurer’s Report
• Approval of Proposed 2012 Budget
• Road and Drainage Project Update
• Board and Committee Reports
• Old Business
• New Business
• Election of Officers and Directors
• Adjournment

Road assessment to be due in 2012.     According to information received from the County, the road assessment has been delayed until fall 2012. The exact amount for each homeowner is not yet known but will be communicated to all homeowners as soon as it is available. If you sell your property in the meantime, you are obligated to disclose to the buyer about the road assessment. If you need a detailed explanation, contact Bill Needham (billn32312@yahoo.com).

Spring Fling 2011 Pictures    
Our neighborhood get-together on May 1 to enjoy the spring weather and celebrate the end of the road project was a great success. Here are some pictures of the event taken by Kim Pisano. They also are available on the Neighborhood page.

How to Connect to City Gas    
Several homeowners have expressed interest in connecting to the City of Tallahassee's natural gas lines to power water heaters and other appliances cleanly and economically. Some tips on how to connect may be found in this Connect to City Gas sheet. It includes people and contact info to learn more.

2011 Annual Meeting Notes    
The 2011 Annual Meeting was held on January 27. See below or the Meetings page for meeting notes and the (now adopted) 2011 budget.

• Notes from 2011 Annual Meeting
• 2011 Budget

E-Mail Request
If you did not recently receive a road project update via e-mail, please send your e-mail address to billn32312@yahoo.com. Thanks.

Road Project Update     (Updated November 30, 2010; see also the minutes from the 2011 annual meeting)
A meeting between members of the Association board and representatives from the County and the contractor was held on Nov. 18 to obtain a status report on the road/drainage project. The overall project is on schedule. Current work is focused on reconstruction of some road segments and on drainage repairs. Work will be suspended from Dec. 23 through the end of the year. The contractor hopes to have a revised work schedule in the near future. The final project cost should be known by early spring.

PAVING : The first layer of paving has been put down on most of the road surfaces and the contractor was told that the smooth riding is greatly appreciated. A final topping will be put down nearer the end of the project. Current drainage grates will remain at their current levels but the paving will be sloped to provide water flow and a gentle dip rather than a “bump.” Other utility access outlets will be raised flush with the final paved surface. Roots under the road bed have been removed and should not press up through the pavement.

SWALES: A decision is to be made on whether to pave the side swales. If the swales are paved, there will for awhile be a slight difference in appearance because of the different way the paving must be applied to swales. The contractor will prepare a more detailed cost estimate of paving the swales and will also show offsetting cost savings from less work that must be done on Rutland Loop. The LWHA board should have this information before the end of the year so that a decision can be made on whether or not to have the swales repaved. Paving the swales at driveways will be done as much as possible to tie in to existing drives to minimize a bump. However, any currently broken paving of the driveway itself will be the responsibility of the homeowner. Joe Brown said that if swales are not repaved, then weathering will eventually make the road surface and swales to have a similar appearance.

BARRICADE: The design of the Ridgeland barricade has not been completed and the County invited the LWHA input. Discussions with an arborist have been held but no final decision has been made on if any planting will be included in the barrier.

See also: the Road Project page.

The Minutes of the 2010 Annual Meeting, held January 28, are available. See the Meetings and Events page for links to the Minutes, 2009 Treasurer's Report, 2010 Budget, and latest report on the Road Project. Also on that page: minutes of the Jan. 12 meeting of the LWHA Board of Directors.

Light out? Street lights that are not working are a nuisance and a safety hazard. If you see a street light out, please feel free to report it directly to the city. Just call 891-4968 and give the street address nearest the light that is not working. This could be "to the right or left" of the address or the address "across from" the light. Please ask the city rep for a work order number. If you pass this number along to Jim Mann, head of the Maintenance Committee, he will follow up and make sure the problem is corrected. This usually takes 2-5 work days.

Do you have hazardous waste in your house? Leon County has a place to take it, out on Apalachee Parkway. Go to Hazardous Waste Center to learn more about it.

News: For the latest news, go to the pages for the Newsletters, Board of Directors, and Meetings and Events.

Note: Future newsletters will be available by email! To get on the mailing list, please send your current email address to Bill Needham: billn32312@yahoo.com.

"The Rules": A transcription of the Covenants and Restrictions, and an Introduction, Frequently Asked Questions, and Index, are available HERE. See the Rules page for more details.

Web page questions or suggestions?: email Gordon R Morgan at . And don't forget the r in the middle!

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