SUMMER 2010

From the President:
We hope you like the newly designed newsletter and expect that you’ll find its reminders and content helpful. If you have suggestions for additional subjects that you think should be covered in the newsletter, please let us know. We will publish it on a quarterly basis, unless there seems to be a demand for it to be published more frequently.
We don’t have a name for the newsletter yet, so if anyone has any nifty suggestions, please e-mail me at jhburke@yahoo.com.
There is a section in the newsletter I’d like to call to your attention, Communication in the Community. We’d like to emphasize the need to have current e-mail addresses for all residents who have them. This will facilitate our ability to deliver more timely and cost efficient communication from us. Our plan is to move to communication via e-mail and publication on our website. In doing so we will eliminate significant copy and mailing costs. We recognize that everyone may not have e-mail or direct access to our website. If so, you need to let us know so that we can provide the same information as conveyed to others via e-mail. You can do this by calling Rhonda at APM: (860)657-8981.
One last reminder, there will be a community wide TAG SALE event on Sat., June 19, 2010 from 8:00 am until 1:00 pm. If you intend to participate, please e-mail me at jhburke@yahoo.com. We will provide directional signs to those cul-de-sacs where residents will be participating.
Thanks, and have a great summer!!!!

Spring Schedule

Spring Clean-up
General Landscaping will clean, edge, and mulch all foundation landscaping beds as part of the spring cleaning process. This normally is completed just prior to Memorial Day. If you haven’t removed your fire wood, the landscapers have been instructed to remove it. Unused wood tends to attract varmints, bugs, and other unwanted guests.
Planting Annuals
Unit owners are encouraged to plant flowering annuals within their foundation beds to brighten and beautify the community. Unit owners are responsible for the removal and proper disposal of any flowering annuals during the appropriate season in the fall.

June Tag Sale
Early spring is a good time to sort through any accumulated and no longer needed personal possessions. A community wide tag sale is a great opportunity to attract interested buyers. South Mill Village is supportive of coordinated association wide tag sales and will support one on Sat., June 19, 2010. Association provided signs directing buyers to individual cul-de-sacs can be obtained from the Association by calling (860)633-3467.

Advance Property Management, Inc.
172 Oakwood Drive
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 521; Glastonbury, CT 06033
Phone: (860)657-8981; Toll Free: (877)895-8082
Fax: (860)657-8970
Property Manager: Eric W. Schaefer; Assistant: Rhonda Swensen

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South Mill Village

REMINDERS
Replace batteries in your smoke detectors annually.
Dryer vents should be cleaned every other year.
Drive slowly through South Mill Village.
Treat your neighbor the way you hope they will treat you.

Pet Etiquette
Please remember that it is a privilege to be allowed to have pets in South Mill Village. As such, unit owners need to remember that we live in a community with neighbors close by.
Remember:
Pets must be on a leash or in a pet carrier at all times when outside the unit.
You must clean up after your pet every time the pet is walked. This means if it is raining or dark. Dispose of the waste properly.
No more than 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 dog and 1 cat, or 2 cats are allowed.

Use & Storage of Propane Tanks
The arrival of spring means the start of the outdoor cooking season. Just a reminder that only propane gas units are permitted for grills used for outdoor cooking on decks and patios. The use of any charcoal grill unit is strictly prohibited.
Care should be taken with the storage of propane tanks. Tanks should never be stored in basements or garages. Doing so presents a significant potential for explosion and fire. All propane units should be stored outside either on decks or patios.

Communication
in the Community
In an effort to facilitate more effective communication, the Association continues to make improvements to its website: www.southmillvillage.org. In addition, the Association is committed to the delivery of more information through e-mail delivery. Communications can be more timely and significantly less expensive through that route. Just a single page communication delivered by U.S. mail to all residents costs the Association over $75.00 when printing, envelopes and postage are totaled. E-mail delivery virtually costs nothing. Over the course of the year that can add up.
Since we have so many new residents, we want to be certain we have all the available e-mails for communicating with unit owners. The best way to let us know your e-mail is to send it to: rhonda@advanceco.net at the management company.
For those of you without e-mail accounts, we will make arrangements to send you hard copies.

Updated Rules and Enforcement Procedures

By now you should have received the updated Rules and Procedures for enforcement. They are posted on our website as well, www.southmillvillage.org. Conformity to the rules benefits everyone in the community and anyone planning on moving into the community. Please take the time to carefully read all the rules to confirm that you are in compliance with them.

There are several which seem to give rise to the greatest number of complaints. These are numbers 10-14 regarding vehicles, parking, and storage requirements; numbers 18-19 on animals, ownership, responsibility, and proper clean-up; and number 21 on the proper storage and use of garbage receptacles.