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IMPORTANT: New Laws Affecting Homeowner Associations Mean Revisions to the Hammersmith Bylaws.
Read a draft of the new bylaws, with changes highlighted. This will be found in the residents-only section of the web site. You will need the username and password for access. If you do not know these, please check with your block director. Click HERE.
The revised bylaws will be voted on at the January 2012 annual meeting of the entire association. Please keep in mind that these changes are legislatively mandated and were not initiated by the board of directors or any other Hammersmith body. In other words, there's not much point in arguing.
Security Patrol On Guard
A police officer is currently patrolling Hammersmith in an unmarked vehicle a number of hours each day/night, here to thwart mal-intentioned evil-doers. He has been engaged not because there have been crimes here, but rather to make sure we don't have any at this highly susceptible time of year. Patrols will continue until after the first of the year.
On the advice of the Houston police, do not leave anything of value visible in your car, not even sunglasses.
2011 Holiday Open House Photos
Sponsored by the Garden Club, each December three Hammersmith homes open their doors to all the residents of Hammersmith to stop by and visit, enjoy food and libations, and visit with their neighbors in the holiday spirit. Each homeowner has help, of course, with a group of neighbors pitching in. It's a long-standing Hammersmith tradition that everyone looks forward to.
This year, Beth Ilse was the photographer. Thanks Beth! Click HERE to view the photos in this site's photo gallery.
Who's Your City Councilman?
Here He Is:
Oliver Pennington
Houston City Council Member, District G
(832) 393-3007
(832) 395-9571 (fax)
Architectural Control Committee Home Improvement Approval Form Available
The form to request Architectural Control Committee approval of planned home improvements is available online. Click HERE to open and print the form in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Instructions are on the form. Submit the completed form and attachments to Gary Gondzur.
So Long, ANVIL!
After many years of being published and distributed to each home quarterly, the Hammersmith Anvil is no more, having suffered its demise because nobody has stepped up to replace the editor, who has resigned.
Don't look for an Anvil to be delivered after the January meeting. There will not be one.
If you want your Anvil back, and you're willing and able to become the new editor, please let either Peter Feldman or Irenka Douglas know. We'll sign you up, give you a cigar, and train you in the dark arts of Anvil editorship.
On the other hand, if nobody wants the Anvil back as a quarterly newsletter, printed and distributed to each home, it may be resurrected later in 2012 as an online publication - either as a blog or part of this web site. Those without web access will not be able to access it, unfortunately.
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