During the December holiday season, Foxwood Meadows homes are brightened with holiday decorations that represent our diversity in cultural and religious traditions.   The dates and length of holiday seasons are diverse as well.  We honor and respect that diversity. 

The Board would like to clarify that the Foxwood Meadows HOA Expectations and Consequences (Updated October 2009) prohibits out of season holiday decorations that are visible to other homeowners.    

The Foxwood HOA Board recommends that seasonal holiday decorations be removed or taken down within 30 days after the last day of the holiday.

We appreciate your efforts in making our community beautiful for the holiday season and complying with the timely removal of decorations once the holiday season has passed.

In the case of cultural and/or religious reasons (e.g., events, acknowledgements, celebrations, recognitions) which occur multiple times throughout the year and involve lit decorative lights, the decorative lights may remain on the exterior of the home throughout the year, but may be lit as celebrations of light, only during the time coinciding with the applicable cultural or religious reason.  Questions?  Contact any member of the 2022 Foxwood HOA Board

When our homes were built, AC smoke (detector) alarms with battery back-up
were installed in sleeping rooms and hallways throughout the house. Because
they are all AC connected, if one alarms “goes off”, they all “go off” with an ear-piercing 85 DB alarm sound.

We are familiar with changing the 9V battery in each
smoke alarm every 6 months. But did you know that the Smoke Alarms
themselves must be replaced every 10 years? Our homes in Foxwood HOA were
built in 2001. So, if your home has the original smoke alarms, you are 10 years
overdue in changing them. I found this out the hard way, just after midnight on
December 27, 2021, the night after the large snowstorm.

I was in bed, just about to go to sleep, when all the smoke alarms in the house
started alarming. I rushed around to all the rooms in the house, including the
attic and garage but found no smoke or fire anywhere. Not knowing why the
alarms were all going off nor how to silence them, I called 911. I reported that all
the house smoke alarms were going off, but that there was no smoke or fire. In
about 20 minutes, the Fire Dept. full-ladder rig came rumbling up the snowy hill
and parked diagonally in front of my house. The firefighters greeted me and
quickly went into the house to inspect all the rooms. One firefighter found that
the smoke alarm in my bedroom had a red indicator light on. When he
disconnected it, all the alarm sounds throughout the house stopped. He turned it
over and saw the manufacture date on the alarm was 2000FEB15. Another
firefighter found a downstairs smoke alarm that had no indicator light on. It was
completely dead. The firefighters reminded me that smoke alarms must be
changed every 10 years to avoid this type of “false alarm”.

Within a few days, I was at Home Depot and purchased 7 new smoke alarms.
Brand is Kidde FIREX Smoke Alarm 120V AC/DC Hardwired with Front Battery
Door 9V battery backup. I also had to purchase a Kidde wiring adapter (KA-F2) for
each alarm, to be able to install the new Kidde alarm to the older wiring harness
installed back in 2001. A package of 4 smoke alarms was $54.97, a single smoke
alarm was $16.97. The wiring adapters are $4.50 each. A neighbor was kind
enough to do the installations, with each taking about 15 minutes to install. It’s a
DIY project, or you could hire an electrician to come in and install them all at
once.

I was also able to recycle the old smoke alarms in a recycle area in the front lobby
of the Kirkland City Public Works at 123 5th Ave., Kirkland, WA 98033.
Is it time to replace your home’s smoke alarms? If you have the originals still in
your home, the answer is a definitive YES. Don’t wait for the “false alarm” that
brings the Fire Department to your front door in the middle of the night.

Questions?
Contact: Jan Radoslovich, Foxwood HOA Board Secretary
Cell Phone: (206) 718-3399
E-mail: jmrad8642@gmail.com

At the annual HOA meeting we devised a plan to try and help with the congested and sometimes dangerous parking situation in the neighborhood. Here’s what is happening as of January 2020.

1. Copies of the parking regulations document shown at the meeting will be placed in the mailbox flyer holders for all to see, and will also be sent out via email to the address on record for each home owner.
2. Reminder cards for placement under the wiper of vehicles who violate these regulations were distributed to houses, and you can download them here to print at home when/if you need more. (alternate versions with borders here)
3. When you place a card, please also follow up with the sheriff by filling out the traffic complaint form on their website.
   

If you have guests that need a place to park on the street but they have difficulty finding a spot, try suggesting they park on 12th drive under the trees. It’s the largest stretch of sidewalk without driveways in the neighborhood and is rarely used.

After a few months of these measures the board will look for feedback to see if they’ve been effective, and if not will consider some of the other options discussed at the annual meeting.