Silverhawk HOA Board of Directors are pleased to announce the annual director elections.  SilverHawk Board of Directors has three seats to fill in 2021. If you would like to run for a board position, please complete and submit the online self-nomination form at http://www.silverhawkhoa.com/2021-election-information.html no later than Friday, January 29th, 2021.  Ballots and instructions will be available on Monday, February 1st, 2021. Election ballots will be collected until Friday, February 12th, 2021. The election will be held during the annual neighborhood meeting via Zoom 7:00pm on Tuesday, February 16th, 2021.

We need candidates who are willing to serve the HOA diligently to maintain the neighborhood and move important projects forward.  The candidates need to possess exceptional organizational skills and have computer skills necessary to work with electronic document keeping systems in accordance with HOA policies. This is an exceptional opportunity to hone your leadership skills. Each elected Board of Director will serve a two-year term.

​To recap the timeline:

Announce self-nomination period – Jan 17th
Close nominations – Jan 29th
Election ballots available – Feb 1st
Election closes – Feb 12
Annual meeting (announce election results) – Feb 16th
Executive Board Meeting – Feb 23rd 
Regular Agenda Meeting w/ New Board– March 9th

Candidates who have self-nominated can be found at 2021 Candidates - SilverHawk HOA.

Great news! The pool is opening today, Saturday, May 23. ​

We want to acknowledge that there are some cosmetic concerns with the pool and it has been addressed with the new pool company.  We even obtained a second opinion.  There is nothing wrong with the levels of the pool so rest assured, it is safe to use.  However, it will require some additional work in the coming weeks but it was important to us that we open on time for Memorial Day (in full transparency, the pool will have to be shut down for 2-3 days when this work is done).


The Board is aware of the condition of the fence behind the pool and the overgrowth in the playground and the board will address this soon. Thank you all for your patience.
 

Summary: We have two Director positions that need to be filled immediately. A third Director position will need to be filled at the end of the year. Please let us know if you're available to serve the neighborhood by filling out the form below.

Background: The Silverhawk Bylaws require the Board to be comprised of five Directors. One Director stepped down before the September Board meeting. Though my baby was due November 21, I had planned to stay until the end of year. Those plans (and many other of my plans) were completely derailed when baby arrived six weeks early. Not only have I learned that preemie babies have special needs since they are still developing skills and strengths that are normally refined in utero, but we're also still scrambling to complete the Before Baby Arrives To Do list, such as finishing off the nursery. Considering that I'm lucky on most days if I find time to shower, I owe it to the rest of the Board and the entire neighborhood to step aside and make room for someone else who has the time to serve.

Furthermore, Mandy Lunsford announced at the beginning of the year that after five years of service this would be her last year on the Board. IMO she has more than earned a reprieve. If every homeowner in the neighborhood volunteered as much time as Mandy has, Silverhawk would be the crown jewel of Edmond.

Details: Board members are required to abide by the Silverhawk CCRs and ByLaws, attend regularly scheduled Board meetings, and check email on a frequent basis. Though we are able to and do contract out much of the neighborhood management, the Board is responsible for all of the activities that require an HOA member's input, such as acting as a point of contact for general HOA members, hiring contractors to do maintenance work on the common grounds, clubhouse, and pool, enforcing rules and covenants, and pursuing improvement projects.

If you care about the value of your home, if you see areas where improvements can be made in the neighborhood, if you have a couple of hours a week to give to the neighborhood, please consider volunteering on the Board of Directors. You can contact any of the current Directors if you have questions about Director positions or the Board in general. Let us know of your interest using the below form.

Autumn Harting, {Former} President

The Aynes Enterprises design proposal for the entrance/clubhouse landscaping has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 6pm in the Clubhouse.

Unfortunately, Aynes Enterprises has to postpone their presentation due to a death in the family. We'll let you know of the new presentation date. However, you are still welcome to join us for the Board meeting for the regular session. See the agenda for details.

Our next HOA Board Meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 17th, 7pm at the Clubhouse. The full agenda can be found on the Meeting Agenda page. Contact the Secretary if you have additional items to discuss.

The main focus of Tuesday's meeting will be a presentation from Aynes Enterprises regarding a re-design of the landscaping at the entrances and clubhouse. Linda Cameron, an HOA member but not a Board member, came to the Board and said, "Something needs to be done about the entrances, and I'd be happy to help." She met with four landscapers about giving the landscaping a facelift and, based on those conversations, narrowed the field down to two designs. Aynes Enterprises will pitch their plans on Tuesday, and we'll have the other contending design plans at the meeting for neighbors' review.

This is a fairly significant project. We've received complaints from a number of neighbors who feel the entrance landscaping needs improvement. We couldn't agree more. The entrances are the first impression anyone receives of the neighborhood, and negative first impressions tend to be lasting impressions. If the entrances are rundown, shabby, or not well tended, one might assume the neighborhood and the homes within are of lower value than in surrounding neighborhoods. So by investing in the re-design and continued maintenance of the landscaping inkey areas, we hope to boost the home value of every home in the neighborhood. We also hope to set a standard that everyone may try to live up to, further increasing values.

We'd love if you could attend Tuesday's meeting to weigh in with your thoughts on the landscaping and design plans. This should be an exciting project that will hopefully see completion before Spring 2020.

Finally, many thanks to Linda Cameron for the work she's done on this project. If you have a major neighborhood concern and would be willing to give your time toward seeing it addressed, we'd be happy to work with you.

Turns out the Villas homeowners do have two options for paying the road conversion assessment. If you choose not to pay the lump sum as billed, the city will convert you to annual payments over 10 years that will accrue interest at the rate of 9% per year and will be due annually August 5th. It does seem strange that the city would not have mentioned this in your bill, but thanks to our Secretary for researching this. You may want to call in to the city to confirm.

The Board has been notified of the lump sum Oklahoma City bill received by Villas homeowners for the road conversion completed in 2018. As documented in the numerous posts on the road conversion project, through multiple conversations with the city we were led to believe that the assessment would be spread out over several years (we were told "most likely 10 years"). It appears that the City Council met last week and decided at that time to charge the assessment in a single bill. We have contacted the HOA attorney to see what our options are for addressing this problem. We'll keep you posted through the blog unless the information is sensitive or input from neighbors is needed.