FOREST COVE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

2002 ANNUAL REPORT

May 2002

The only reason for the existence of property owners' associations is to maintain and improve the qualities of their communities, so that individual homesteads retain the highest intrinsic value possible. Following are brief recaps of what has been done during the past year to address this mission.

Deed Restriction Committee: Jim Wallace & Jean Montes
Members of the committee made weekly tours of the subdivision and contacted residents regarding deed restriction violations. A total of 54 formal violation notices were issued. Most of these were for boats, trailers, and campers parked in front of the building line; general upkeep of property; dead trees that had fallen and had not been removed; and abandoned vehicles. Only a few of the notices have required subsequent follow up. The committee feels that overall, Forest Cove has a large percentage of owners who take pride in the community by living up to the deed restrictions they accepted when they bought their property.

Architectural Control Committee (ACC): Jim Suggs
The ACC reviews applications for building and construction proposals to insure conformance with deed restriction guidelines. It meets every week that permit applications are received. During the year the committee reviewed 39 applications. Of this total, 36 permits were issued and 3 were rejected. The committee also issued a "Standard Operating Procedure" as a guideline for future ACC's.

Property Committee: Walt Cook
This committee was established this past year and was charged with the maintenance and record keeping of the real property and facilities belonging to the association. The property consists of:
· 1.069 acres Civic Center Building
· 1.196 acres Swimming Pool and Grounds
· 1.633 acres Adjoining Civic Center
· 0. 633 acres Marina
· 2.089 acres Kersch Baseball Field Behind Civic Center
· 0.132 acres Adjoining Civic Center Across Drive to Kersch Field
· 1.980 acres * On River Across From Marina
· 4.030 acres At West End Of St. Andrews Adjoining Railroad
· 31.242 acres Ball Fields On Forest Cove Drive
· 1,905 Sq Ft Fire Station Building On Mustang Trail
Currently the Civic Center/Pool area, the ball fields, the Fire Station, and the marina are being utilized. Utilization plans for the balance of the property have not yet been developed.
* A recent notice was received that several thousand dollars in back taxes are owed on this property, even though for many years the tax bills have been sent to, and ignored, by a California financial institution, The board is currently working this problem with attorney Robert Soard.

Civic Center Building
Ruth Flake coordinates the Civic Center building activities. The building is rented for private parties and weddings. It is also used for civic functions such as FCPOA and committee meetings, youth group meetings, polling place, 4th of July activities, etc.
This past year, the Garden Club donated 10 new tables and 132 chairs for use by the Civic Center. This generosity is very much appreciated.
No significant structural or cost changes were encountered this past year. The gutters have been cleaned twice. The drainage on the west side of the building was improved and further improvements are under study. Significant tree trimming was done around the building by Bob Kotch, and there were many other instances of volunteer efforts by members of the community and the Northeast Christian Academy to keep our maintenance costs extremely low.
The building flooded during tropical storm Allison with about 6 inches of water. Volunteers from the community removed appliances, etc. before rising water could damage them, and then came back when the water had receded, to clean up the accumulated silt and slime. All of this effort kept the FCPOA's out-of-pocket expense, for the storm, under $100.

Marina
Kurt Hilarides has devoted considerable effort this year to reviving the Marina, including the establishment of a Marina Club. Membership in the club is open to all property owners, simply by paying a $10 membership fee and signing a membership agreement and disclaimer. There are currently 25 active members in the club, with more people joining every month. The cost of operating the Marina was reduced this year by eliminating a "pier fee" that was previously imposed by the City of Houston.

Swimming Pool
Paul Caramanian oversees the pool maintenance and the contracts with the swim team and pool maintenance company. During the past year the circulation drains have been enlarged, and new, safer, drain covers have been installed to meet standards. Another major repair involved replacement of the diving board which was unsafe and not usable. The swim team regrouted the pool coping.
Tropical storm Allison did not reach the level of the pool, however preventive action by the swim team and the pool contractor insured that if the water did rise that high we would not experience the equipment damage caused by prior floods.
During the coming year work will be done on the following items:
· Correct problems with the backwash line from the filter to eliminate an overflow situation at the physical line break.
· Fence repairs.
· Put up a partition in the Club House. This will provide storage space so a building that has outlived its usefulness can be removed, and a safety situation in the chemical area can be corrected.
· Rebuilding the front porch of the Club House.
· Resurfacing the concrete floor in the Club House

Fire Station
This facility is currently used as a storage building for FCPOA files, Girl Scout flags, items for the fourth of July celebration, and items removed from the Civic Center during floods. The roof was cleaned off this past year and it is currently being checked for leaks.

Ball Fields
The operation and maintenance of the baseball fields are under contract with the Kingwood/Forest Cove Baseball Association who repaired all damage caused by tropical storm Allison.

Mosquito Control
A contract was signed with ABC Pest Control for monthly spraying of all of Forest Cove from April through October in 2002.

Crime Watch Committee: Ben Neiman
A report is given on crime statistics for the Kingwood/Forest Cove area at each monthly FCPOA meeting. With rare exceptions the major causes of concern in Forest Cove continue to be burglary & theft, criminal mischief, and theft of motor vehicles.
An awareness of what is normal and what is not normal activity has continued to be impressed on Forest Cove residents, and correspondingly the reporting of incidents to HPD has improved.
We wish to thank Officer Ullrich and Lt. Hadaway, of HPD, for attending all of FCPOA's monthly meetings, and answering the questions of residents in attendance.

Fourth Of July Committee: Marian Burrows
We had a good turn out for our annual parade and barbecue. The weather could have been a little cooler, but all in all it was a great success due to the efforts of everyone in the community who volunteered their help. The permits for the 2002 celebration have already been received, so plan to join us for a good time with all of your neighbors.

Treasurer: Paul Caramanian
During the past year the FCPOA board of directors carried out a program to collect assessments from property owners who were seriously in arrears on their fee payments. The personal nature of this program and the willingness of the board members to work with individuals allowed a large percentage of these overdue assessments to be collected. It is anticipated that this format will be used next year and in the future to collect outstanding assessments.
Donations amounting to $1,000 by the Garden Club enabled us to purchase new, lighter weight tables, and some new chairs. This allowed us to replace equipment that was beyond repair, some of which was still showing the effects of the 1994 flood. The funds remaining after the Forest Cove Volunteer Fire Department was shut down, $1,168.64 , were also donated to the FCPOA during the year.
The final accounting for the year showed that the anticipated budget was underspent by $9,492.85. Several factors contributed to this favorable result. Among these were:
· Increased volunteer labor
· Reviewing and lowering taxes
· Reviewing and renegotiating insurance policies
· Replacing the garbage contractor
· Utilizing a volunteer deed restriction committee

Super Neighborhood Council: Kurt Hilarides
Forest Cove is represented on the City of Houston's Super Neighborhood Council (SNC). The purpose of the SNC is to deal with issues concerning the City of Houston that affect the freater Kingwood / Forest Cove area. In the past year, these have included:
· Opening Hamblen road to Woodland Hills and making it a four lane road. This request to the City was opposed by Forest Cove, and removed from the SNC capital improvements plan (CIP) request.
· City plans for a three million dollar Community Center for Kingwood / Forest Cove.
· Removing the stop light at Randalls shopping Center on Kingwood Drive.
· Additions to the SNC CIP, including:
· Add a sidewalk on Chestnut Ridge from St Andrews to Kingwood Dr. to the "Safe Sidewalks" plan.
· Conduct an evaluation of drainage & flooding problems in Forest Cove north of Golf Course and implement identified improvements and modifications.
· Add a dedicated right turn lane on Loop 494 for right turns from Hamblen Rd onto Loop 494 north.
· Add a dedicated right turn lane on the Southbound feeder road for right turns from Hamblen Rd on the west side of Hwy-59.
· Repair sink holes on west side of Chestnut Ridge in Forest Cove.
· "No Outlet" signs on Hamblen Road east of Red Bud Ln. and Castle Hill Trail at Laurel Springs
· Repave and repair Forest Cove roads.

"The Beacon" Newsletter: Kurt Hilarides
The Beacon was published in 2001 through the diligent efforts of Carol Williams, Bettye Norman, and James Bartley, after long time editor Billie Wray passed away in February of 2001. We wish to thank these people for their dedication to the community.
The publishing of the Beacon has been turned over to Tina Geldens, Bettye Norman, and Kurt Hilarides as of February 2002. Some changes have been initiated, including some format changes, as well as mailing of the Beacon to individual addresses instead of using a rural route address, to assure that all residents receive the newsletter in a timely manner. Additional actions are also being initiated to afford cost savings in publishing costs.

Post Oak Park At Kingwood Cove: Aka Vienna Woods: Max Pirner
An ad hoc committee was formed to deal with this mobile home park being developed to the west of Forest Cove and Hamblen Road Estates. A lot of time was spent determining what was involved with this development, and how it was approved. To briefly recap: The developer submitted plans to the City of Houston in late summer of 2000. These were approved by Houston in December 2000. We became aware of the project in July 2001 when tree cutting and sewer installation started. When the Houston Planning Dept. was asked why a public meeting had not been held with adjacent property owners, their answer was that the plans had been submitted before the city law was enacted requiring such a meeting.
Two meetings were held with the developer James Mahoney. It was learned that the first phase will be for 170 units, with a total of 246 units once the development is completed, and that the land for the mobile homes will be leased to the home owners.
The ad hoc committee has held 15 meetings during the past year and has made innumerable contacts with six City of Houston departments, Harris County, EPA, and the Corps of Engineers. At present the committee is concentrating on alleviating the cut through traffic on Laurel Springs Drive by requesting Houston's Engineering Dept. to do a traffic study in this area, related to the safety of our residents.

Other Significant Events For The Year
· A Drainage Control Committee was established to coordinate solutions to drainage and flooding problems throughout Forest Cove. Dennis Fikes was appointed chairman of the committee.
· The Forest Cove Christmas Tree was located on the grounds of the Civic Center this year. Our thanks to the businesses supplying the funds for the tree and the committee that arranged the decorating party.
· The Clean-Up Day sponsored by the Northeast Christian Academy in November. The students did yard work for nine elderly or incapacitated residents in Forest Cove, a service that was most appreciated by the recipients.
· A presentation by representatives of Reliant Energy/HL&P at the February FCPOA meeting. Their information on the power grid servicing Forest Cove, and the causes of power outages in the area, was quite informative.
· A presentation at the March FCPOA meeting, by Clay Haynes of the Harris County Flood Control District, related to Flood plain buy-outs in Forest Cove. See the write up in the April/May issue of the Beacon.
· Resolution of a lawsuit initiated in 1995/96 against the FCPOA, and FCPOA's countersuit on the same issue.
· A new resolution was adopted regarding "Home Businesses".
· The following bylaws were changed/modified during the year:
- Article II, Section 3….Services and Operation of Common Areas Fee
- Article IV, Section 1…Annual Meeting
- Article X……………..Suspension of Bylaws
- Article XIII…………..Amendments to Bylaws