round rock ranch - november 2012

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ROUND ROCK RANCH

November 2012 Volume 2, Issue 11

Official Newsletter for the Residents of Round Rock Ranch

2012 SOCIAL EVENTS

CALENDAR

CHRISTMAS LIGHT CONTEST!Judging will take place

Saturday December 22ndWinner will be rewarded a $100 gift certificate

from Home Depot

*Please note that these are tentative dates. Due to factors beyond our control, some dates

may need to be changed.

Dear RR Residents,You all have probably received your letter of introduction to

Cen-Tex Association Management by now and are aware of the new changes here in our neighborhood. The pools are closed for the season and we are ready to settle in for the holidays! Please letus know if you have any problems with the transition and we will address it as soon as possible.

I would like to encourage each and every one of our residents to take advantage of the recycling center we have here in Round Rock. It is located at 310 Deepwood Drive, just west of Round Rock High School off FM 620. There are many opportunities to recycleitems that are not picked up in our recycling containers every other week. Did you know household appliances including hot water heaters can be dropped off to be recycled? Old cell phones, DVD’s/CD’s, Inkjet Cartridges, fluorescent and CFL bulbs, batteries andmany more items can be dropped off between 9:30 a.m. till 6 p.m. daily.

Please visit http://www.roundrocktexas.gov/recycle for additional items and informationregarding this amazing center we have here in our city. It is right up the road and onlytakes a little effort to make a big difference in our environment.

Thank you for helping make Round Rock Ranch a safe and great place to live!

Happy Thanksgiving!Lea Beth MunozPresident – RRR HOA

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSROUND ROCK RANCH BOARD OF DIRECTORSLB Munoz ............................................................... President940-1832 [email protected]

Jena Richards ...................................................Vice President608-1523 ....................................... [email protected]

Morris Winkle ..........................................................Treasurer244-9338 [email protected]

Lehi Garcia...............................................................Secretary 673-8743 [email protected]

Khris Tuffentsamer ...................................... Director at Large925-7322 [email protected]

ENCLAVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael Fontana ....................................................... President

Polly Middlebrook ...........................................Vice President

Jennifer Smith ..........................................................Se c re t a r y Enclave Board [email protected]

ROUND ROCK RANCH PHASE ONE HOACenTex Association Management ................... 512-759-3734............................................P.O. Box 114, Hutto, TX 78634.................................. 210 E. Hwy. 79, Suite 101, Hutto, TXFax/Email .........512-759-3713/[email protected] Kerri Hebert, Manager (pronounced "Abear")

ENCLAVE AT ROUND ROCK RANCH HOA www.pamcotx.comPreferred Association Management Company(PAMco)... ......512-627-5747 ...........PO Box 7079 Round Rock, TX 78683Doug Plas, Manager .............................. [email protected]

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The HOA runs on volunteers.Your talents and a little time can make a big difference.

To volunteer, call any Board member or committee chairperson.Contact info is above.

Email List for Announcements Every now and again, information about something

highly important to our neighborhood needs to reach as many households as possible. Certified Management of Austin is building an email list, slowly but surely, for announcements. Please contact CMA at [email protected] with your current email address so you don’t miss out on information you need to know.

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LEHI GRACIANEW HOA BOARD MEMBER

At the end of August, your board selected Lehi Gracia to serve the unexpired term of Leamon Lenham who moved out of state in order to advance his career. Lehi Gracia ( yes the “r” is before the “a” so it’s not Garcia) moved to Round Rock Ranch in 2004. He brings 2 years of experience having been elected to the HOA Board in 2007. He served as board president in 2007 and then as secretary in 2008.

Lehi, a software engineer, has three children who attend Round Rock public schools. He likes to keep in shape by running the Forrest Creek Drive stretch, preferably on a daily basis. Welcome, Lehi. We are glad that you agreed to rejoin the Board and welcome your expertise.

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The EnclaveDid you know the Enclave Board is building an Email

List??? If you sign up for it, you would already have heard the following news. Send us an email at [email protected] to be added to our communications list. On Thursday, October 11th, the Board of Directors met with Doug @ PAMco for our first official meeting.

Things that Enclave Residents should be interested in:1. The Board voted to adopt a new collection policy that

was more in line with the routine that is already successfully implemented at PAMco. This includes notifications, collections and the terms of payment plans. If you are behind on paying HOA dues for the Enclave, you can expect to hear from them shortly. Please contact PAMco for more information: [email protected]

2. The Board voted unanimously to direct PAMco to partake in two projects ASAP:

A. Back Up Battery units for each Exit Gate B. Fire Hydrant inspection3. Jennifer Smith has stepped down as President of the

Board of Directors and Michael Fontana will finish off the

rest of the term.4. Doug also brought us a draft budget for 2013 which is under

review and should be approved before the end of the year. The Board agreed to make saving money for the pending Roads Project a priority. Reminder: Saturday, November 10th is Enclave Clean Up Day! 9:00am

The more people who sign up, the broader the scope of work we can accomplish. The Board will purchase donuts and beverages for participants. Please email the Board [email protected] if you would like to participate and we will make sure to send you a reminder email.

Next Spring, Michael Fontana is organizing a “Pup Share” for all Round Rock Ranch Residents. By “Pup”, he means the small offspring of native and adapted plants for landscaping use. If you

have a plant in your yard that is easy to cultivate, take a cutting/shoot/pup, get it to root and come meet and trade with other residents. If you would like to be kept informed, Michael can be reached via the Enclave board email address: [email protected]

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The concept of kWh is difficult to visualize since most of us have forgotten the details of our high-school physics class (for those of us that actually took high school physics). Power, energy, time?...how can we define kWh? If you turned on twenty 100-watt lightbulbs in your house and left them on for 1 hour, you would have used 2 kWh (20 lightbulbs x 100w x 1 hour = 2000 watt-hours). And if you used your clothes dryer for an hour and your dryer is rated at 5000 watts, then you used 5 kWh (5000w x 1 hour). While each family uses electricity differently based on their living habits, here's a website that will give you an idea on

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PET CORNERCAN I GIVE MY DOG THANKSGIVING SCRAPS?

Submitted by Kristen WestWe know it’s tempting, but most Thanksgiving scraps are not

safest treat for your pets. Cooked turkey bones are a big no-no as they can splinter and result in a trip to pet ER. Additionally, overindulging your pet in other fatty foods can lead to stomach upset, diarrhea or even life-threatening pancreatitis. Other items to avoid are onion, sage, garlic ... and please, don’t ever give your pet alcohol.

If you can't turn away from those puppy-dog eyes, a bite or two of pet-safe veggies like plain broccoli, sweet potato or carrots, or a small taste of plain turkey is usually OK. Put the treats in a Kong or other puzzle toy while you sit down to eat with your family so that your furry begger is happily preoccupied!


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Would you like to help us make the holidays brighter for hundreds of Central Texas foster children! Secret Santa is a special holiday gift program of the Adoption Coalition of Texas (ACT) helping Child Protective Services and foster families provide gifts and spread holiday cheer to Central Texas foster children through the generosity of community donors.

If you would like to be a Secret Santa this year and purchase holiday gifts for a Central Texas foster child, please email your name, email address and contact phone number to [email protected]. The gift drop-off days will be at several Austin-area locations on Wednesday through Saturday, December 5 – 8, and caseworkers will be picking up the gifts the following week. Once you sign up to be a donor, we’ll send you all the details. Last year, thanks to the kindness of people like you, we brought smiles to the faces of more than 350 foster children!

The Adoption Coalition is a partnership of nonprofit adoption agencies and Child Protective Services working together to find forever families for abused and neglected children waiting for adoption. These are usually older children, sibling groups and children with special needs. For information about ACT and adoption, visit www.adoptioncoalitiontx.org.

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