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
Our neighborhood will turn 20 years old this fall. Yes, all our homes were built by three builders during the spring, summer and fall of 2001.
Are you planning to paint your home this year or perhaps get a new roof? Or possibly considering some other significant modifications to the exterior of your home such as landscaping? Spring and summer are just around the corner and it’s that time of year when we plan ahead for these activities as we all work to keep our homes looking great!
If you are planning some significant exterior work, please remember to submit the Foxwood Meadows homeowner’s resident modification form. The form is found on our Foxwood Meadows web site under the Architectural Change tab. The form is easy to complete and will be turned around quickly once submitted so you can proceed with your project.
What is considered ‘significant exterior work’? Good question! The basic answer is anything that is a big change or update to your home or yard that can be viewed from the street. This guidance is found in the Foxwood Meadows Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions or CC&Rs – also found on our Foxwood Meadows web site. Good examples would be painting your home, a new rock wall in your yard, or perhaps changes to your front porch, steps or driveway.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ann of Protocol Property Management at Association@protocolpm.com or one of your board members. Best of luck with your project!
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.
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.
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)
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.
Noticed all the recent land clearing along 183rd next to the Bailey Farms Apartments? What is happening there?
The foreman at the site was interviewed this week (Feb 19th) to learn more about this project. Yes, more apartments are planned for this property site, but they are not a part of the Bailey Farms property. The foreman was managing only the land clearing segment of the project and could not recall the precise name of the apartments, but it will be called something like Daniette Apartments.
Of interest, the small house located on the property is where Mrs. Bailey of the Bailey Farm lived until her passing sometime in the 1970s. The house will soon be recycled as a part of the land cleaning effort.
Once the land is cleared and drainage installed, the property will support two buildings of close to 40,000 square feet each. Each building will have about 19 units for a total approaching 40 apartment units.
The first building’s concrete pad is due to be completed by April 1st. The second building pad will follow once more drainage work is done. Construction will begin on the first building later this spring and continue on both buildings through the dry summer season. The foreman was not certain, but first occupancy may occur as soon as early 2019.
So anticipate additional traffic on 183rd later in 2019 as new residents move into these new apartments. In the meantime, be aware of construction crews, and their supplies and rigs moving into and out of this site, and along 183rd. That is the latest on this new construction along 183rd!
The topic of the new Washington Preparatory School on the property at the corner of Bothell-Everett Hwy (SR-527) and 183rd Ave was discussed at the recent annual HOA meeting. A few days later, HOA homeowner Hans shared a recent Bothell Reporter news article about the new school.
This news article expands on the Reporter’s article. Interim Head of Washington Preparatory School Joe Kennedy was recently interviewed addressing questions many in our HOA would like to know including traffic concerns.
Students – The school will begin with students from grades 6 through 9 starting in the fall of 2019 with about 110 students. They have a temporary school facility across SR-527 at this time. They plan to add a grade each year permitting students to graduate as seniors starting in 2022. By 2024, they anticipate there will be around 500 students attending the school with about 70 staff. 80 to 85% of the students will be from the local area. The remainder will be international students. These students will be in the U.S. under the J-1 VISA exchange student program or the F1 Student VISA program.
Campus Structures – They plan to build school and support buildings on the 13.5 acre property over the next 3 to 5 years. The first 35000 square foot building will open in time for school to begin in the fall of 2019. Other structures will include dormitories finishing in 2020-21. They also plan to build a Performing Arts Center and have an athletic field that will support soccer and other intermural sport activities. No athletic field lights are anticipated.
Transportation – The school plans to have their own bus system. Entrance to the school campus will be off Bothell-Everett Hwy (SR-527) with no access from 183rd. A new Community Transit Rapid Bus Line stop will be developed a little south of 183rd several years from now, but most students will arrive and depart via their own bus system.
The school wants to be a good neighbor. For instance, they are willing to share their Performing Arts Center and athletic fields. Joe Kennedy alsoindicated after consulting with the school’s board, they would like to work with local HOAs in addressing any traffic concerns including a traffic signal at 183rd and SR-527 to enhance safety around the school campus.
Washington Prep is an independent private school. Emphasis on learning will involve science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and entrepreneurship with the goal of building tomorrow’s leaders and permit students to thrive at universities and future careers. They are accepting student applications now. For more information about the new school, visit their web site at https://waprep.org/
At the recent annual HOA meeting, the subject of the status of our long fence leading into our HOA along 12th Drive SE from 183rd came up. The fence had developed a few small gaps and other maintenance needs. Eddie and Ted of your HOA Board stepped up to make some repairs recently.
The repairs involved three spots where a panel segment had separated at the top of a post. After acquiring permission from a homeowner on the east side of fence to gain access to make the repairs, the repair work was completed. In addition near the south end of the fence, a large tree branch that had displaced the fence was removed, permitting that last fence segment to be reattached to a post.
Your Help Wanted – In the near future, a small team of HOA homeowners will be needed to help trim away ivy that is poking through the fence and impacting the fence’s integrity. In addition, landscaping bark on the lower end of 12th Drive along the fence needs to be pulled away from the fence line to near the edge of the grass where more bark is needed. If you would like to help on an upcoming Saturday morning, contact Eddie at eddie.lawski@gmail.com and/or Ted at tornadoted@comcast.net. Probably a team of six people could get these tasks done in a few hours.
The fence is showing signs that it will need to be replaced in a few years. Yet efforts to extend its longevity will help keep our HOA looking nice, hold our property values up, and keep HOA maintenance costs down. Thank you!
Are you planning to paint your home this year? Or perhaps considering some other significant modifications to the exterior of your home such as landscaping? Spring and summer are just around the corner and it is that time of year when we plan ahead for these activities as we all work to keep our homes looking great!
If you are planning some significant exterior work, please remember to submit the Foxwood Meadows homeowner’s resident modification form. The form is found on our Foxwood Meadows web site under the Architectural Change tab. The form is easy to complete and will be turned around quickly once submitted so you can proceed with your project.
What is considered ‘significant exterior work’? Good question! The basic answer is anything that is a big change or update to your home or yard that can be viewed from the street. This guidance is found in the Foxwood Meadows Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions or CC&Rs – also found on our Foxwood Meadows web site. Good examples would be painting your home, a new rock wall in your yard, or perhaps changes to your front porch, steps or driveway.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Amy King of Protocol Property Management at amyk@protocolpm.com or one of your board members. Best of luck with your project!
Southern Snohomish County continues to grow as more homes and other dwellings are constructed. The demand for natural gas to serve these homes has grown as well.
Puget Sound Energy plans to upgrade the natural gas line that runs along the southern perimeter of our HOA as part of an overall line replacement project in 2019 that will extend much further to the west and east. The replacement gas line will have much greater capacity to help serve this part of the county.
The natural gas line along this path is planned for a major expansion in 2019.
The Northwest Pipeline survey team recently updated the projected path of the natural gas pipeline expansion that lies just south of our Foxwood Meadows neighborhood.
More details about this gas line project are expected from Puget Sound Energy and its contractor Northwest Pipeline through next year. At this point, this news serves as a heads up for you on this project and all the construction related activities slated for some time in 2019.
Here is what Northwest Pipeline public outreach manager George Angerbauer offered in a recent email.
North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project
April 2017 Update
Northwest Pipeline (NWP), a Williams company, is preparing to upgrade its existing pipeline to provide Puget Sound Energy with additional natural gas for the growing southern Snohomish County and northern King County areas.
To date, NWP has:
Conducted an open house (Dec. 6, 2016) for affected landowners
Completed surveys required for design and permitting
Discussed and consulted with Snohomish County and other state and federal agencies
Next steps:
NWP plans to file the project with the lead agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in May 2017
NWP has communicated with Native American Tribes that may be interested in the project
Around the third quarter of 2017, NWP land agents will contact affected landowners to begin land rights negotiations
Construction activities for this pipeline upgrade are planned to occur during the summer and fall of 2019. NWP has been and will continue to work directly with all affected landowners to address any project impacts.
If you would like more information about the project, contact George Angerbauer, public outreach representative, at (866) 623-4337 or northseattlelateral@williams.com. Also, check out our Common Questions and Answer page http://co.williams.com/expansionprojects/north-seattle-lateral-upgrade-project/common-questions-and-answers/.
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