Orchard Down

July 14, 2025

Dear ODHA Members:

This week on Wednesday, July 16th at 7 pm we are holding our annual owner meeting. As last year, we will meet in the cul-de-sac of Thistle Place, in front of 3072 to 3077 NW Thistle Place.

If you cannot make it you may still consider sending a proxy vote for us to hold the meeting by sending a message to orchard-down-hoa@googlegroups.com.

The Board will have the usual landscaping, architectural, and financial committee reports, but much of this year's meeting will be dedicated to discussing the new Landscape Management Plan. Copies of the agenda and financial reports will be available at the meeting. We will also elect the Board for the coming year.

Cheers,

Michael Freitag

Secretary, ODHA

May 1st, 2025

Dear ODHA Members,

Every five years, the Orchard Down Homeowners Association Board of Directors reviews the ODHA Landscape Management Plan and writes a new plan to guide the next 5 years of management.  Input from the ODHA membership is essential to this process.  In order to ensure that our membership has ample opportunity to participate, we are inviting your input early in the planning process.  

The draft linked here contains a review of prior practices, and asks members to use the comment function in the document to share ideas regarding how the ODHA Property might be managed over the next 5 year cycle:

ODHA 2026-2030 Landscape Management Plan Membership Draft

Between May 1 and June 18th, 2025, ODHA Property owners with suggestions, questions or concerns related to Management of the Orchard Downs Property can use the comment function in this document to make suggestions and requests related to the management of the areas adjacent to their property.  

The ODHA Landscaping Committee will review these comments, balance them against the constraints of our current and projected budgets, and submit a complete draft of the plan, including a management plan for each section, a schedule of maintenance for each section, and a good faith estimate of projected costs over the next 5 years to the membership for review at the Annual Member meeting on July 16th, 2025.

If you would like to help in accessing this document, or would like to submit your comments by email, please contact the ODHA Landscaping Committee directly at:  odha-landscaping@googlegroups.com

Those interested in participating in the planning process are encouraged to attend the ODHA Board's May and June "Walk the Neighborhood" events.  The Board will meet at the corner of Jasmine and Arrowwood at 7:00PM on both of those evenings.  The ODHA's contracted arborist will join us for the May walk.  We hope to see you there.

Best,

Beth Russell and Tom Craven

The ODHA Landscaping Committee 

April 16 - Paving the worst sections of the asphalt path from Tamarack to Walnut has been completed.

The next regular Board meeting will be held on February 19th, 2025 at 7 pm 

in the Timberhill Athletic Club.

Paving of the asphalt path from Tamarack to Walnut scheduled for November 18-19 has to be re-scheduled because of the weather.

9/9/2024: Approved minutes of the 2023 Annual Owner Meeting have been posted.

3/27/2024: The Spring 2024 newsletter, invitations to the Annual Owner Meeting, financials for 2023, and assessment ("dues") notices should arrive during the first week of April. As agreed upon in 2021, dues will increase to $200 for 2024. This is the last year of three successive 10% rate increases. and the new level of assessments will surely be discussed at the July Annual Owner Meeting.

ODHA signed a new management contract with Fleming Properties LLC  and we will continue landscaping services with A&H Landscaping. 

1/18/2024: Dates and times for the 2024 monthly board meetings and the annual ODHA meeting have been posted to the "Board Meeting Schedule" tab. 

8/17/2023: Meeting notes for the past few years have been uploaded to the "Meeting Minutes" tab. 

ARC application forms are now digital! They can be found on the "ARC Applications" tab.