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Early Voting Event!
The Hickory Ridge Community Association will be hosting an "Early Voting Extravaganza" on Friday, April 13th from 5:00 - 7:30 pm. This FREE open house event will offer voting opportunities for all ages, our annual jellybean jar contest ($50 prize!), tasty refreshments, trivia, and more!
Kids can help the Association decide which animal to adopt from The Maryland Zoo while adults cast their absentee ballots for the village election.
Stop in before dinner or on the way home from work and help us reach our voting quorum! For more information, call the village office.
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Candidates Wanted
Hickory Ridge Village Elections will be held on Saturday, April 21st, 2012. Residents will elect one member to serve on the CA Board of Directors and five to sit on the Hickory Ridge Village Board. CA's Board meets on Thursdays,  and our Village Board meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. All candidates must be members of the village association (live on CA-assessed property in Hickory Ridge).
Candidates must submit to the Village Manager by Saturday, March 17 at noon a statement of not more than 150 words. The statements will be published in a special election supplement of The Flier and in our village newsletter.
Questions? Call the Village Manager at 410-730-7327 or email jduvall@hickoryridgevillage.org.
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Draft FY13 Budget
The Village Board will approve the FY2013 annual budget at their April 16 meeting. In accordance with recent changes to the Maryland Homeowners Association Act § 11B-112.2, the annual proposed budget for the Association must be submitted to lot owners at least 30 days before its adoption. Interested residents can view the proposed budget on our web site at www.hickoryridgevillage.org. Copies are also available upon request by contacting the village office by phone or by e-mail. |
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Changing By-Laws
The Village Board has proposed changing the association's by-laws to eliminate a village election if there are no contested seats. As you may know, we have had difficulty reaching the required number of resident votes to constitute a quorum for several years. Per our legal documents, we must publish the proposed changes to the by-laws in advance of the election.
The following changes will be included on the 2012 village election ballot:
Proposed By-Laws Changes
Changes to be voted upon are underlined.
Article II - Board of Directors; Section 2.03. Election of Directors.
TO BE ADDED AT THE END OF THIS SECTION: ...Not withstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if, after the deadline date for candidate's statements has closed, the number of candidates meeting the requirements set forth in Section 2.03 is less than or equal to the number of vacant director positions, the qualified nominees shall be deemed to have been elected by the members and the Board of Directors shall appoint such nominees to the available director positions for the term provided for in Article 8 of the Association's Articles of Incorporation.
Section 2.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors or Columbia Council Representative position for any cause other than by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although such majority is less than a quorum. Any vacancy occurring by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. A director or Columbia Council Representative elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of members or until his successor is elected and qualifies.
Article IV - Officers; Section 4.04. Columbia Council Representative.
TO BE ADDED TO THE END OF THIS SECTION...The member elected as representative on the Columbia Council shall perform those functions, and shall have those powers, specified in the Charter of the Association and the Charter of The Columbia Park and Recreation Association, Inc. Not withstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if, after the deadline date for candidate's statements has closed, there is not more than one candidate meeting the requirements set forth in Section 2.03, the qualified nominee shall be deemed to have been elected by the members and the Board of Directors shall appoint such nominee to the position of Representative to the Columbia Council for the term provided for in Article 9, Section 9 of the Association's Articles of Incorporation.
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Cleanup Day
Hickory Ridge Community Association will hold a Community Open Space Cleanup Day on Saturday, April 14, from 9 am to 12 pm in the  Hawthorn Open Space. If you are interested in joining this effort, meet us at The Hawthorn Center's back parking lot at 9 am to receive maps of the area, gloves and trash bags. This is a great community service opportunity for teens and tweens! |
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Spring Egg Hunt
Join us on Saturday, March 31 from 10:00 - 11:30 am for the annual "Searching for Spring" Egg Hunt. The event will be held at the Columbia SportsPark in the Harper's Choice Village Center and will feature crafts, balloons, and a magic show by Turner, Dean of Magic. Children ages 2-8 (accompanied by an adult) should bring their own basket for the egg hunt, which begins at 10:45 am. Free tickets are required, and will be available at the Hawthorn Center starting on February 27th. Fore more information, call the village office. |
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Flea Market
Sign up now at the Village Office to stake your claim to a parking space at the annual Election Day Flea Market. The Flea Market will be held in the front parking lot of The Hawthorn Center on Saturday, April 21, from 9am-1pm. Sell your antiques, junque, crafts or business products. We charge $15 per parking spot or $25 for a double spot. We advertise the Flea Market in The Flier classifieds on April 19th. |
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Shredding-April 28
Hickory Ridge Village will offer free shredding services for Hickory Ridge residents on April 28th from 9am - 1pm at the back parking lot of The Hawthorn Center. You may bring up to 3 bags or boxes of paper. The company will notaccept plastic or cardboard. They will accept paper clips, hanging file folders and non-plastic binders and file folders. Shredding will be performed on site, and you can even watch your items being shredded on a video monitor! |
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Food Bank
You can help the needy by bringing nonperishable food items to The Hawthorn Center. The Columbia Community Church, a Seventh Day Adventist congregation that meets here on Saturdays, will collect the donations and take them to the Howard County Food Bank. Please check your items for expiration dates. The food bank cannot give out food with expired dates for freshness. |
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Reader's Exchange
FREE: Couch. Don't let the cat scratches fool you; couch would make a great basement / teenager / community space / 2nd couch. Very comfortable.
Call 410-480-8374. Free! |
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Schedule
Mar 17: Deadline for candidate statements
for Village Election
Mar 19: Village Board meets at 7:30 pm
Mar 20: Deadline for Exterior Alteration
Applications for Apr 4 RAC review
Mar 20: Deadline for Mar 29 issue of
The Log
Mar 21: Resident Architectural Committee
meets at 7:30 pm
Mar 29: Next Log publication date
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RAC Agenda
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The following applications will be reviewed
at the March 21st RAC meeting:
11249 Skilift Court Unit B:
11728 Bright Passage:
- Two apiaries (bee hives); Walkway; Patio; Rain barrels; Vegetable Garden; Retaining walls; Dry creek bed
6231 Bright Plume:
11605 Dark Fire Way:
12105 Gray Star Way:
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Online Updates
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Are you on Facebook? We are too!
Find us at www.facebook.com/hickoryridgevillage and become a fan! You may also have noticed our new, shorter web site address. We are now online at www.hickoryridgevillage.org. If you have our old address bookmarked, don't worry! Visitors will be automatically redirected to the new site.
We have made recent changes to the way we communicate by e-mail as well. You can go to our website and join one (or all) of our e-mail lists to stay up-to-date on Events, Board Meetings, Crime Reports, and even an online version of The Log. We will not share your e-mail address with others.
Keep your eye out for even more updates in the near future. If you have any suggestions for us, please contact Jessamine Duvall, Village Manager at jduvall@hickoryridgevillage.org. |
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Village Services
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- Photocopying & Laminating
- FAX sending and receiving
- Postage Stamps
- Notary Public
- Car Seat Loans
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