Thank you to everyone who came out to the picnic.  It turned out to

 be a beautiful day and we had a good turnout!  A special thank you

 to those who came to help set up and to Ryan Fisher for running

 the bounce house so the parents could relax. 

Look for a newsletter coming out soon.  Please mark your

calendars for Thurs. Oct. 28th for the Annual meeting. 

 We will have 3 board positions open.

******* REMINDER *******

SUB PICNIC THIS WEEKEND

1-4 AT THE PLAYGROUND

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE !!!!

There have been some recent complaints of dogs

running into the street and after residents/children when

they are out walking or riding bikes. 

Per 6.8 in your by-laws, animals need to be leashed and 

accompanied bu a responsible person - no animal shoud be

running loose. Please adhere to your by-laws as well

as the township requirement. 

PLEASE SEE LINK BELOW REGARDING THE

PRESERVE ANNUAL PICNIC !!

AUG 21st  1-4PM

SEE DETAILS IN THE LINK!

** Please continue to weed your yards, mow your

 grass, and pick up trash where needed to

keep our community looking nice.

As you can notice, several drains are in the process of being repaired

 throughout the subdivision.  The association owns the drains and we are

 responsible for repairing them. After several inspections, we found that

 several of them are in need of immediate repair and we are dealing with

those drains now.

THE ANNUAL PICNIC IS SAT. AUG 21ST @

THE PLAYGROUND ON FIELDWAY TRL

1-4 PM

LOOK FOR A FLYER IN YOUR PAPER BOXES

SOON

WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF 1 NEW BOARD

MEMBER, PLEASE CONTACT US IF INTERESTED.

REMINDERS:

The annual garage sale is May 20-22 !!

 Please submit your dues if you haven't already to avoid more late charges !!

  If you need to make arrangements for payments, please contact us asap!!

 Mark your calendars for the picnic which will be on August 21st at the

 playground.  Stay tuned for more information !!

 ***  WE ARE NEED OF ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, PLEASE

 CONTACT US ASAP IF INTERESTED ***

 Look for the Spring newsletter in your paper boxes!!

Thank you to those who made their 2010 annual

 dues payment. 

Here is a recent article that was online from GB news regarding the snowplowing:

Discussions begin on future of snowplowing in Grand Blanc Township

By Scott Atkinson | The Flint Journal

April 06, 2010, 7:57PM

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Michigan  — To plow, or not to plow?

That was the question at today's Committee-of-the-whole meeting.

The answer? No one knows just yet.

After deciding to phase out snowplowing by the township all together in October, then rescinding that decision after a backlash from residents, the Township Board has to decide what it should do with the plowing policy that's been in place for about 25 years.

"It's a very sensitive issue," Township Manager Richard Dunnill said. "It is one that we are not responsible for. It does belong to the (Genesee County) Road Commission, but it is one we have provided as a service for a number of years."

The board's initial decision to phase out snowplowing was due to declining revenue. Trustee Paul Bush said that after hearing from some residents, he's not sure whether it should be cut from the budget or not.

"All of us have probably heard from individual citizens in this community, how they want us to try to provide essential services that are important to them and keep those with less money," he said. "Maybe (snowplowing) is an essential service that we want to keep."

Trustee Hans Rodgers said the decision over whether to plow roads or leave it all to the county is a more difficult question to answer than it sounds.

"I myself went and perused all the equipment last week that we have massed as a township over the years of doing this. There are several million dollars of assets. So to just choose plow or don't plow, is not an easy choice," Rodgers said. "If we were to just try to unload that equipment tomorrow we'd take an incredible beating, and that's an investment we made with taxpayers' money. "

Dunnill said the board needs to look at this issue now so that they can plan for the coming winter and let local communities know whether or not the township will be plowing their roads.

 Reminder: Association dues are due by midnight March 31st.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Here is your new Board of Directors for 2010

Paul Wright - President

Kim Holbrook - Vice President

Treasurer - Doug Knapp

Corresponding Secretary - Jeff Parisi

Recording Secretary - Joe Hendrix

Please note:  Christmas lights and decorations are required to be taken

down by Martin Luther King's Birthday, which is today, January

18th.  White lights should be in the coach lamps by today as well.

Thank you to those who came out last night for the

meeting.  We were able to meet quorum with the help of several

residents who collected absentee ballots.  A big thank you to them !!!

Congrats to Brian Pickell, Laura Kopec and Linda Carter for

winning the cash prizes!!

Doug Knapp, Joe Hendrix and Paul Wright were elected to the

board and positions will be decided at the next meeting.

Robert Buell the Township Engineer attended our meeting as well.  He was a

huge help in getting our snow plowing back for this year.  They are looking to

eliminate his position and he is asking that residents come to the Township

meeting tomorrow night to support him.  Please see the link at the bottom

of this page for more information.

THE ANNUAL MEETING IS TONIGHT !!

TUES.  JAN. 12, 2010

CHECK IN STARTS AT 6:30

MEETING WILL START AT 7:00 PROVIDED WE HAVE MET QUORUM.

LOCATION:  GENESYS BANQUET CENTER

Please note there will now be 3 seats open for the Board of

Directors.  If interested, please contact the Board via email

at preserveofgrandblanc@yahoo.com.

Please see the pdf file below regarding the snow plowing in our sub.

Please note this was written by a resident and did not come from the Board.

Due to the lack of absentee ballots mailed back and lack

of attendees last night, quorum was not met and we will

have to reschedule another annual meeting.  Details to be

announced at a later date.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE

ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU

MAIL YOUR SIGNED BALLOT BACK ASAP

TO COUNT TOWARDS QUORUM.

**** ANNUAL MEETING ****

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th

SIGN IN AT 6:30 PM

MEETING STARTS AT 7:00PM

GENESYS BANQUET CENTER

(LOCATED IN THE GENESYS HEALTH PARK)

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE PRESERVES BLOCK PARTY ON

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH.  FLYERS WILL BE IN YOUR

MAILBOXES THIS WEEK.  THE FLYER CAN BE VIEWED BY CLICKING

ON THE BLOCK PARTY ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS

PAGE!  HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE !!

If you haven't noticed, the 15 mph speed limit signs have been removed.

This was done to allow the Grand Blanc PD to monitor and patrol the

speeding in our subdivision.  The correct speed limit for our subdivision is

the same as any other residental area - 25 mph.  Please continue to watch for

children.  ***  If you have any questions, please contact us via our website.

There have been several complaints sent in regarding vandelism and items being

taken from residents homes.  Let's continue to watch out for our neighbors and

report any suspicious activity to the Grand Blanc police.  Several residents asked

that we post a note to please talk to your children and make sure they understand

these actions are not acceptable.

MARK  YOUR CALENDARS !   THE SUBDIVISION  PICNIC

WILL BE ON SAT. SEPT 12TH !!  THIS YEAR IT WILL BE

AT THE PLAYGROUND... MORE DETAILS TO COME !!!

Please see the following attachment

regarding dead tree(s) on your property.

Attachments:

tree letter.doc	[ ]	28 Kb
BLOCKPARTY.doc	[ ]	70 Kb
Snow_plowing_problem_solution_[1].pdf	[ ]	566 Kb
Robert Buell.pdf	[ ]	77 Kb