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Someone in your household has, a medical emergency and every second counts, it takes the ambulance a few minutes more to get to your home because they have to navigate (large vehicles) around cars

Your home is on fire, the fire is moving quickly and someone is trapped on the street on the second floor, the fire trucks are approaching your street and have to slow down to navigate (large

Your reflexes are slower and you re not exactly as sharp as you were early in the day. All you are thinking is about getting home, right? Suddenly a child/someone riding a bicycle, etc.

1 Bonbrook Community Newsletter Plantation NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS from THE BONBROOK PLANTATION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2018 HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE: 3 4 Participate In The Community page 3 Social/Events Committee News page 4 Photos From The Easter Social! page 5 PARKING WHAT S THE BIG DEAL? Someone in your household has, a medical emergency and every second counts, it takes the ambulance a few minutes more to get to your home because they have to navigate (large vehicles) around cars parked in the street. Your home is on fire, the fire is moving quickly and someone is trapped on the street on the second floor, the fire trucks are approaching your street and have to slow down to navigate (large vehicles) around cars parked in the street. It takes them a few extra minutes to get to your home. A few cars are parked on the street and your coming home form a long stressful day at the office. Your reflexes are slower and you re not exactly as sharp as you were early in the day. All you are thinking is about getting home, right? Suddenly a child/someone riding a bicycle, etc. pulls out in front of you from a blind spot behind one of the cars parked in the street and you hit them. Sounds far-fetched, it s not! Our streets were not designed with parking in mind. Our community was designed with two and three car garages and driveways to accommodate up to four vehicles. Please comply with the parking restriction s, it s a small price to pay for our safety. DID YOU KNOW...? We, the Board and Management, would like to send a big Thank You to all those homeowners that have already paid their 2018 assessments or already have a payment plan in place. This is a major help in keeping your community the wonderful place it is to live. For those homeowners that have not been able to make their assessment payments, we know life happens. We are asking you to contact Debra Willis at dwillis@sterlingasi.com, to request a payment plan. By requesting a payment plan, you will avoid having your account turned over to the association s attorney for collections and stay in good standing with your community. If your account is sent to the attorney, the amount owed is almost double the first two months in attorney s fees alone. Please let us help you set up a payment plan immediately. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS Upcoming dates and times for our quarterly Board meetings are: June 12:30pm at Rec center, September 10th and December 10th.

2018 Pool Schedule! Bonbrook Committees Events Committee If you would like to be a part of the Social Events Committee please contact Karla Keim at Karla.Keim@gmail.com.

2 2018 Pool Schedule! Bonbrook Committees Events Committee If you would like to be a part of the Social Events Committee please contact Karla Keim at Karla.Keim@gmail.com. Yard of the Month Committee If you would like to be a part of the Yard of the Month Committee please contact Jenn Mellette at jenn@sterlingasi.com. Landscaping & Holliday Lighting Committee If you would like to be a part of the Landscaping & Holiday Lighting Committee please contact Joel Raymond at joelraymond5@hotmail.com. Thanks to all the Committee Members for their hard work and time they donate, it is greatly appreciated. Fireworks: Did You Know? The use and discharge of firecrackers and other fireworks is prohibited within Bonbrook Plantation. Please help us keep the community safe by following this rule. Violators will be fined for discharging fireworks in the community. KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN & BEAUTIFUL Every minute a sack of fast-food trash gets thrown from a vehicle's window. Did you know that 33 percent of all littered garbage is fast food waste? Styrofoam containers take many years to decompose. It also takes many years for aluminum cans to biodegrade, of which these make up 28 percent of incorrectly disposed trash. Littering certainly doesn't help the environment but most importantly it hurts humans as well as resulting in the deterioration of our planet. Reversing neighborhood litter and pollutants back to green environments is our challenge. Littering is letting trash or garbage lie in an open place or area. Litter is not only an eyesore it also has very bad effects. Plastic shopping bags are an example. They have become a big issue as their light weight makes it easy for them to travel in the wind. This kind of litter gets stuck in trees, fences and storm drains. This plastic bag litter also impacts the health of smaller wild animals. If you see litter in the community, please pick it up and dispose of it properly. It is good practice to recycle the litter you ve collected, if at all possible. Contact Fort Bend County's recycling center ( ) for advice on whether certain materials should be collected separately, where they should be taken on how they should be disposed. To protect, save and improve our environment from litter it first starts making observations and changes at home where we live, in our neighborhood and beyond. Green is possible when we start by cleaning up our own litter. We should be doing this for the good of the earth and its wildlife and humans, as we are the only ones who can make that change. Thank you for helping to keep our neighborhood beautiful.

3 How Can You Participate In Our Wonderful Community? In order for our community association to continue to protect, preserve and enhance our community assets and our property values, it is helpful for each member of our community to acknowledge their role in our community and, at times, be willing to expand their role to take on some added responsibility. For example: We all must obey our governing documents, we agreed to do that when we closed escrow. By obeying community rules and regulations, we contribute to our community and accept the role of a rule abiding member. Each year we conduct an Annual Meeting at which time we elect our Board of Directors. Although we don't have to participate in the election process, choosing to do so contributes to the success of our community. When we do, our role as a rule abiding member expands to include that of a voting member. We also have the opportunity to attend our Board of Directors meetings in order to better understand the business decisions made by the Board. When we choose to attend those meetings, our role as a rule abiding, voting member now expands to include that of a participating member. And when we choose to serve on community committees or the Board of Directors, we accept another role and become a rule abiding, voting, participating and contributing member. So, let's all work at recognizing what roles we can choose to accept in our community and work together at making our community the best place to live! Sterling Association Website The website personalized for Bonbrook Plantation Community Association is now available. To access your account, go to the Sterling Association Services, Inc. website which is Once at the home page, on the left hand side you can click on the link marked Member Login. If you do not know your account number or password, please servicedesk@sterlingasi.com to request it. You can access information to your account for financial status, compliance and contact information as well as association documents and an events calendar. We encourage you to take some time and review the features of the website so that you can use it to its full capacity. We also suggest that you immediately change your password to something easy for you to remember and add your address. Go to the Contacts tab options and Password/ID. For your convenience we have added a document entitled INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE YOUR WEBSITE located as a featured document on the left hand side of the home page once you log in. We are confident you will find this new website beneficial and helpful to you. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. YOUR HOME. YOUR COMMUNITY. Office & Recreation Information... The Summer Hours effective May 1st for Bonbrook Plantation s Office are as follows: Closed on Sunday and Wednesday, open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. The Summer Hours for Bonbrook Plantation s Fitness Center effective May 1st are as follows: Open seven days a week from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm. All homeowners should have an access card to gain entrance into the Fitness Center. For your own safety, please do not allow entrance to anyone without an access card, thank you. To obtain an access card, you must complete the access card registration form in order to obtain an assigned access card. You can drop by your clubhouse during open office hours or simply go to your community website: and select the Clubhouse Recreation Access Card Registration form. Complete and either bring into the clubhouse office or drop in the mail and we will issue your access card to you. NOTICE: the camera surveillance system is monitoring the recreational center and all access cards are monitored through the access card system, so all entry times are recorded 24 hours a day 7 days per week.

4 Bonbrook Plantation Events May 12th - Semi Annual Garage Sale June 10th - Quarterly Board Meeting July 7th - Ice cream/ pizza social by the pool September 10th - Quarterly Board Meeting 2018 at a Glance Social Committee Update: Thanks to all who attend and help out at our events throughout the year. October National Night Out 13th - Semi Annual garage sale 20th - Fall Festival November 17th - Thanksgiving children s event December 10th - Quarterly Board Meeting 10th - 14th Holiday Light Judging 15th - Holiday event with Santa We are looking forward to making this year s events even bigger and better! If you would like to help out in any way with this year s events please let me know. My contact info is below. If you or your business would like to sponsor something an event, we d love to have you! Throughout the year we have mini-events for our neighborhood kiddos. Every month or so we ll have a themed movie and a craft in our Rec Center Movie Theater (did you know we had one?) and of course we always have lots of goodies. We did a Halloween social where the children were able to paint pumpkins and enjoy cotton candy and popcorn. We had a bounce house and everyone had a great time. For Christmas we had pictures with Santa and his elves. We made homemade hot cocoa and had cookies and snacks. Our next scheduled event is July 7th. Hope to see you there! If you would like to get involved in the Social Committee or have any questions, suggestions, or concerns please contact your Social Committee Chairman: Karla Keim (832) karla@karlakeim.com Watch out for School Buses! Did you know that passing a school bus that is loading or unloading children is illegal? The law states that even if you are on the opposite side of the road, driving in the opposite direction, you may not pass the bus unless the road is divided by a median, the bus has begun moving again, they have removed their little Stop Sign or turned off their flashing red lights, or unless the driver has waived you on. Hefty fines of up to $1,000 for violators! Here are several safety measures drivers can take to help keep children safer: when driving in school zones, be alert and watch out for children, slow down and watch for children gathering near bus stops, look for children who might dart into the street without looking for traffic and know and obey the laws concerning school zones and school buses.

The 2018 Easter Party Was A Very big success!

shall be raised, bred or kept on any portion of the Property, except that dogs, cats,

born to a permitted pet prior to the time that the animals in such litter are three (3)

If, in the sole discretion of the Association, any pet endangers the health, makes

Dwellings or the owner of any portion of the Property it shall be removed upon request

Dogs and cats shall at all times whenever they are outside a Dwelling and or fence be

When walking your pets outside of your Dwelling unit, it is the Owners responsibility

Swimming Pools / Spas No above ground swimming pools are permitted.

5 The 2018 Easter Party Was A Very big success! Common Deed Restrictions Animals and Pets No animals, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred or kept on any portion of the Property, except that dogs, cats, or other usual and common household pets, not to exceed a total of two (2) pets, may be permitted in a Dwelling. The foregoing limitation on number of pets shall not apply to the removal of any litter born to a permitted pet prior to the time that the animals in such litter are three (3) months old. No pets are permitted to roam free. If, in the sole discretion of the Association, any pet endangers the health, makes objectionable noise, or constitutes a nuisance or inconvenience to the Owners of other Dwellings or the owner of any portion of the Property it shall be removed upon request of the Board. No pets shall be kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purposes. Dogs and cats shall at all times whenever they are outside a Dwelling and or fence be confined on a leash held by a responsible person. When walking your pets outside of your Dwelling unit, it is the Owners responsibility to clean up behind their animal and properly dispose of waste. Swimming Pools / Spas No above ground swimming pools are permitted. All swimming pools and spas require architectural approval. Outside storage and Trash Cans Trash may only be placed outside for collection the evening before collection. Such trash must be contained to protect from animals or spillage and trash cans must be removed from sight the same evening of collection. (continued on page 7)

Important Numbers: AT&T (Phone service) 800-288-2747 800-464-7928 Comcast (Cable, Phone & Internet) 713-341-1000 Si Environmental (Mud 155) 832-490-1600 Water/Sewer (Billing/New Service) Texas Pride

6 Important Numbers: AT&T (Phone service) Comcast (Cable, Phone & Internet) Si Environmental (Mud 155) Water/Sewer (Billing/New Service) Texas Pride Disposal Wednesday and Saturday pickup Recycling on Saturdays CenterPoint Energy (must provide 6-digit pole number and street address) CenterPoint (Gas Service) Direct Energy (Electricity) Power to Choose Ft. Bend County Health Department Ft. Bend Animal Control Ft. Bend Sheriff s Department Rosenberg Park and Recreation Rosenberg City Hall Rosenberg Police Department (non-emergency) Richmond Post Office Fire Department (non-emergency) Trident Aquatics Pool Management (Pool Management Company) Newsletter: Prepared Publications info@preparedpublications.com Schools Williams Elementary Polly Ryon Middle School Reading Junior High George Ranch High School Management Company Sterling Association Services, Inc. PO Box Houston, TX O / F services@sterlingasi.com Property Manager: Debra Willis dwillis@sterlingasi.com Assistant Manager: Jenn Mellette Jenn@sterlingasi.com To advertise in the newsletter, please call or Prepared Publications at: /info@preparedpubications.com.

Common Deed Restrictions...(continued) fences Homeowners shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair and /or replacement of all fences in existence at time of transfer from Builder to Owner.

This is a homeowner issue and cost, please make plans to replace your fence. Thank you.

forward of the building line comprising the Homesite.

Improvements All Members replacement, repair and restoration practices as to the improvements on Property within the Subdivision are subject to the prior approval of the ARC and must comply with all

General Nuisances No portion of the Property shall be used, in whole or in part, for the storage of any property thing that will cause it to appear to be in an unclean or untidy condition or that

7 Common Deed Restrictions...(continued) fences Homeowners shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair and /or replacement of all fences in existence at time of transfer from Builder to Owner. The fence that encloses your back yard is your responsibility. Many iron fences on the lakes and facing Gaps are rusting out or fallen over; it is time for these to be replaced. This is a homeowner issue and cost, please make plans to replace your fence. Thank you. General Maintenance Each Owner shall maintain and keep in good repair his or her Dwelling and all structures, parking area and other improvements, including mail box, driveway and its apron portion forward of the building line comprising the Homesite. All structures and other improvements designed to be painted must be kept painted and the paint may not be allowed to become faded, cracked, flaked or damaged in any manner. Improvements All Members replacement, repair and restoration practices as to the improvements on Property within the Subdivision are subject to the prior approval of the ARC and must comply with all Guidelines. General Nuisances No portion of the Property shall be used, in whole or in part, for the storage of any property thing that will cause it to appear to be in an unclean or untidy condition or that will be obnoxious to the eye; nor shall any substance, thing, animal, or material be kept upon any portion of the Property that will emit foul or obnoxious odors or that will cause any noise or other condition that will or might disturb the peace, quiet, safety, comfort, or serenity of the occupants of surrounding Homesites, Recreational Sites, or Common Areas. No noxious, illegal, or offensive activity shall be carried on upon any portion of the Property, nor shall anything be done thereon tending to cause embarrassment, discomfort, annoyance, or nuisance to any person using any portion of the Property. The use and discharge of firecrackers and other fireworks is prohibited within the Property. YES, WE ARE EXPANDING! NOW IN ROSENBERG, SUGAR LAND & KATY Safe & Effective Pest Control For Roaches, Fleas Ticks, Ants, Termites and More! RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL DOWELL PEST CONTROL FREE INSPECTION / BONBROOK RESIDENT NO CONTRACTS REQUIRED VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS 10% OFF FOR NEW CUSTOMERS

8 HOA NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING WORKS! Grow Your Business Today PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID HOUSTON, TX PERMIT #8327 Advertise In Bonbrook Plantation s Newsletter! Call: (281) info@preparedpublications.com Spring Gardening Tips: Spring has sprung and now s the time to do a little work in your flower and plant beds. To help, here are some tips: Prune or plant roses. Now is the time to begin applying rose food on a monthly basis. Use an organic fertilizer if possible. Start seeds or set out plants for spring flowers and herbs. Plant now and get established before heat sets in. Good herbs to plant include basil, dill, chives, cilantro, fennel, oregano, mint and parsley. Plant fruit trees, shade trees, and ornamental trees. Be sure to apply mulch around the root zone to keep moist and avoid weeds. Make sure trees are watered regularly during first few years of growth, while tree is getting established. Add mycorrhizae to planting hole to also aid establishment of the tree. Use a root stimulator every few weeks for the first three months after planting. Plant shrubs such as roses and azaleas. Use a root stimulator every two weeks for the first few months after planting. Feed hibiscus, bougainvillea and plumeria with plant food. This will help plants to put out new lush growth and plenty of blooms. Prune trees and shrubs while dormant. Prune spring-flowering shrubs such as azaleas, spireas, and redbuds after they ve bloomed. Feed with plant food, once after they bloom and then again in June. Apply dormant oil to smother insects before they become a problem. Apply to hollies, magnolias, and camellias for scale. Release Lady Bugs to control insects like aphids and whitefly. Plant color annuals such as marigolds, fuchsias, petunias, osteospermum, perilla, bachelor buttons, coleus, forget-menots, dusty millers, annual phlox, geraniums, impatiens, begonias and more! Plant sun perennials such as shasta daisy, rudbeckia, gaillardia, verbena, coreopsis, lantana, perennial salvias, bee balm, porterweed, mist flower, jatropha, and skullcap.

Spring is on its way...

Spring is on its way... IN THIS ISSUE MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD 1 COVENTRY - BE AWARE 2 COVENTRY COVENANTS & REMINDERS 3-4 CONTACT INFORMATION 4 SAMPLE ARCHITECTURAL CHECKLIST 5 IN & AROUND COVENTRY 5 Be