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Hello Neighbors!
The Creekside Park Homeowners' Association Annual Meeting will be
Wednesday, February 10, 7pm, at the Mt. Pleasant Town Hall Municipal Court.

The agenda includes election of officers, review of goals and objectives, and announcing improvements to the boat landing.

CPCP dues will increase from $150 to $165, payable at the Annual Meeting or by mail to Dorsey Condon, Treasurer, 729 Creekside Dr. A drawing will be held at the meeting for the credit of 2010 dues ($165 value). One entry per household; you must be present to win.

The 2010 slate of officers:
President Mike Frenzel
Vice President Tom Riley
Secretary Nancy Harlan
Treasurer Dorsey Condon

2010 District Representatives (terms left):
1. Jeff Monts (3), 2. Millie Day (1), 3. Kellie White (2), 4. Kathleen Savage (2), 5.Becky Campbell (1), 6. Miles Jordan (3), 7. David Dangerfield (3)

Standing Committees
Have an opinion? Is there an area of concern in Creekside that interests you - but you don't want a big commitment? Short-term positions are available on the following committees: Social, Park, Boat Landing, Club Liaison, Architecture Review, and Communications. Contact Mike Frenzel at 971-1500 for more information.


President's Message: Your Creekside (CPCP) Homeowners Board had a good year! Here are Goals & Objectives we accomplished in 2009:
To Promote Camaraderie Among Neighbors:
1. Social Committee March 2010 Social planned;
2. District Reps distributed homeowner packets to new neighbors;
3. Guest speakers at monthly board meeting included Hunter Kerrison (Women's Club), Jay White (Men's Club), Fred Scott and Mark Ragsdale (Tennis/Swim Club).

To Ensure Neighborhood Safety & Security:
1. Mt. Pleasant Police Officer Meiner spoke on Crime Prevention;
2. Town Administrator Mac Burdette spoke on Hurricane Emergency Preparedness (see reports at www. creeksideconnection. blogspot.com);
3. Boat landing gate is scheduled for repairs.

To Enhance Neighborhood Beautification:
1. Parks and common property kept mowed and clean;
2. Tree maintenance, removal of dead trees and limbs;
3. Approved funding for city water and one additional light at the boat landing.

To Keep the Community Informed:
1. Summer and Winter newsletters distributed;
2. Residents invited to Board meetings;
3. Updated website.

To Be Fiscally Responsible & Accountable:
1. Treasurer's reports distributed and reviewed monthly;
2. "All" dues collected early in the year;
3. Money added to reserve emergency fund;
4. Increased 2010 dues to $165.

We look forward to seeing you at our CPCP annual meeting! I have enjoyed being President and consider it a privilege to serve this wonderful neighborhood in this capacity. Your excellent and enthusiastic Board made my job a lot easier. Betty White


Welcome New Neighbors:
Will and Erin Copenhaver
1044 Wharf Indigo

Ryan and Allison Knapp
789 Creekside Drive

Ellis and Ann Lesemann
724 Angus Court

Scott and Stephanie Meadows
954 Shetland Court

Robert and Jean Morgan
718 Dragoon Drive

Kelly Price
714 Creekside Drive


It's About Respect
Creekside is a wonderful place to live. To keep it that way, residents agree to follow the Homeowner Association's common sense by-laws. Yet, every year there are the same complaints: loose dogs, debris dumped in common areas, park access blocked, overnight parking in the street, abuse of the boat landing. It's enough to make the neighbors cranky. Ever wish you could give out tickets for dumb moves? Better yet, wouldn't it be nice to pass out respect.

Consider these friendly reminders: If you don't want debris in your yard, put it in your driveway - don't put it in your neighbor's yard or common areas.


Clean up after your dog. Pick up litter. Wear reflective clothing when walking at
night. Don't cut through a neighbor's yard. Keep track of your children.

Watch out for your neighbors. There are no sidewalks so strollers, children, and walkers have to use the street. Park in your driveway - especially at night. Do not park overnight in common areas. Report suspicious activity. Get to know your neighbors. Submit construction plans to the Architectural Review Committee. Drive slowly. Be thoughtful. Participate in neighborhood clubs and activities.

In other words, be a good neighbor. You'll earn the respect of your neighbors and maybe you'll feel self-respect, too.
-Save the date-

CPCP Social for
Creekside, Hermitage, and Wharf Indigo
March 7, 2010
5-8pm
991 Scottland Drive
William and Janice Hussey
-
Sponsors wanted
($30 Suggested Donation)
Contact Paulette Cantey
884-5465
canteypa@mac.com

-See you there-

A Recap of the Summer Newsletter

Hello Neighbors!
The Creekside Park Homeowners' Association wants to inform, serve, and generate positive activities in our wonderful neighborhood. There are many clubs and committees to suit your interests and many ways to be involved - from single tasks to serving on the board. We invite you to attend a meeting, visit a web site, and join your friends and neighbors in caring for Creekside.

President's Message:
As July 4th approaches and we have thoughts of celebrating Independence Day, we are reminded of the many freedoms that we have in the United States. Under the Bill of Rights, we have the right to assemble.

As you read this newsletter, you will note the many opportunities we have in Creekside to “assemble” and to get involved. Your Homeowners CPCP Board invites you to join one of our subcommittees listed on our website (http://www.creeksideconnection.blogspot.com/). Just call one of the Board members on the subcommittee and tell him/her that you would like to be a member. We also invite you to attend our Board meetings, which are held the first Monday of every month (except July). We are blessed to be living in a neighborhood that not only has many worthwhile and fun activities (please note upcoming July 4th celebration), but that we are a caring and committed community! Betty White
Save the date
CPCP Oyster Roast February 20, 2010

CPCP Board
President Betty White
Vice President Rick Lambert
Secretary Nancy Harlan
Treasurer Dorsey Condon

District Reps
1. Jamie Bruce, 2. Millie Day, 3. Kellie White, 4. Henry Savage, 5. Becky Campbell, 6. Mike Frenzel, 7. Pat Tobin

Committee Chairs
Social Paulette Cantey
Architectural Review Rick Lambert
Parks and Playground Caroline Yarborough
Boat Landing Mark Ragsdale


Neighborhood Clubs

Creekside Tennis and Swim Club is a low country treasure featuring 11 lighted tennis courts, hitting wall, large pool with a tiki hut and a clubhouse nestled beneath grand oaks.

Club memberships are available at different pricing options depending on your needs. We offer family and individual tennis only, swim only and tennis & swim memberships. In addition, new in 2009, is a “pay as you play” tennis membership where members pay a small court fee each time they use the facility.

Creekside Tennis & Swim offers camps for children ages 5 – 18. There are tennis only, tennis & swim, and single day tennis options. Camps run each week from June 1st – July 27. The Club also offers a variety of tennis, swim and fitness lessons for adults and kids. We offer private, semi-private and group lessons.

Tennis Court Hours:
Monday – Saturday: 9 am to 9 pm or until the end of the last court reserved
Sunday: 9 am to 6 pm or until the end of the last reserved

Pool Hours
· Lifeguards Daily in Summer 10am-8pm

Mark Ragsdale is the club's president and Andrew Haefner is the manager. For more information and pricing call (884) – 6111 or visit our website at http://creeksidetennisandswim.com/membershipapplication.aspx

Creekside Men's Club is a very active group that supports the neighborhood year-round. Events include New Year's Eve Celebration, cooking for home swim meets, July 4th Parade and Creek Float, Halloween Hayride, and Christmas Parade Float. There are monthly men’s nights, donations to the Ronald McDonald House, construction and maintenance of the Tiki Hut, and numerous social occasions. Membership is open to all men in the neighborhood and fees are $100/year.

Get ready for the Men's Club July 4th Celebration! Families decorate bikes,
golf carts, and pets, then meet at the Tennis and Swim Club at 8am for the parade around Creekside Drive, to Scottland Drive, down Angus Court and back to the clubhouse for refreshments. If you are not in the parade, come wave a flag as your neighbors pass by. In the afternoon, bring your favorite float to the dock and drift down Shem Creek. Time and tides to be announced. That evening, return to the pool for a band party. For more information, contact club president Jay White at psychologyboy@comcast.net.


Creekside Women's Club
celebrated a busy year full of holiday-related fanfare, neighborhood enhancements, charitable acts, and social gatherings. Activities included Easter Egg Hunt, garage sale, socials, Halloween Carnival, MUSC Charity Dinners, Yard of the Month, Christmas Carolling and luminaries, and neighborhood directories. Appreciation is extended to the membership. Notable leadership was recognized including Deanna Jordan, past president, and notably Cammie McInerney, Jessica Browning, Galen Howell, Ellen Henderson, Bessie Gantt, Kathleen Savage, and Amy Jenkins. Dues should be paid to Creekside Women’s Club by June 30. Drop off to Cammie McInerney, treasurer, at 934 Scottland Drive. Please note a change in dues structure. The membership fee for social and family events is $35 (reduced by 15 dollars). A new social membership only addresses the fact that some women are no longer participating in family events and wish to attend only social functions. For social, please pay $25 dollars. Mark you calendars for the Saturday, June 20 Creekside Yard Sale. Volunteers signed up for this year’s events and services, but there is lots more room for both leadership and helpers! We welcome your involvement on any level. Event and Service Chairs will take the place of the previous president position. Email Hunter Kerrison at Hunter@HHKmarketing.com or call 906-1910 for more information.

Additional Information from Mac Burdette

HURRICANE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
MAC BURDETTE
MT. PLEASANT TOWN ADMINISTRATOR

LISTED BELOW ARE BULLET POINTS FROM MAC BURDETTE’S TALK

BEFORE THE HURRICANE

1. There should be voluntary evacuation for Hurricanes, Category #2 or above.
2. Shelters will be crowded so it is advisable to leave town, if possible. There will be no shelters in Mt. Pleasant. All shelters are approved by the Red Cross.
3. Families should take only one vehicle and no boats. Second or third cars can be parked in a high parking lot or at Town Center.
4. If you have an elder family member in a nursing or retirement home, you need to take the responsibility to evacuate him/her. If there are “shut-ins” in Creekside, notify the Fire Department.
5. There is only one shelter for pets. Families should take the responsibility for evacuating their pets.
6. Important documents should be kept in one place in your home so that they can be retrieved quickly. Insurance, including flood insurance, papers should be included in your packet; check your policy now to make sure that you have adequate coverage. Having flood insurance, as well as earthquake coverage, is advisable.
7. There will be reversal of lanes on I-26.
8. You should anticipate three weeks without power/electricity.
9. Anticipate that many stores will be closed for some time interval, so plan to bring back necessary food, ice, etc. upon returning. Plan to be as self-sufficient as possible.

AFTER THE HURRICANE

1. The first job for the Town of Mt. Pleasant is rescue. It will do damage assessment and inform the county, governor and the President of the United States.
2. The Town of Mt. Pleasant has a mutual agreement with Greer and Rockhill that, in the event of a disaster, they will support each other. Biloxi will also probably help since we helped them after Katrina.
3. ECCO, East Cooper Community Outreach, will provide services. The staging location is the North Charleston Coliseum.
4. There will be localized communication sites throughout Mt. Pleasant, about a mile from each other. These will provide information to and take information from neighborhoods and individuals. They may be located in a tent or empty building, i.e. KFC.
5. Mt. Pleasant’s “essential” personnel will not leave town. “Non-essential” employees return within 8 hours. The Recreation Department will be responsible for food distribution for employees only.
6. All roofers and construction workers must have “permits.” Make sure that all workers you use have permits.
7. The County will contract for cleaning up debris. There will be “grids” and contractors will bid on jobs in grids.
8. FEMA will be back. There will be teams to survey area and report back to the Town of Mt. Pleasant. FEMA will help pay for debris removal, but with Hugo, we had to get the debris to the streets for pickup.
9. Mt. Pleasant will have PODS for distribution of water and food for the public at central locations.
10. If Mt. Pleasant experiences a hurricane like Katrina, 25% of the houses will be uninhabitable. Creekside will not have a surge, but will have rising water.
11. As with the attitude of the people after Hugo, people helping each other and organizing clean-up in their neighborhoods will speed up recovery immensely.
12. More injuries and deaths were “after” Hugo, i.e. chain saws, electrical.
13. Shelters will be open after a major hurricane.
14. There should be garbage pickup after 2 weeks, as we had after Hugo.
15. No one should die because of a hurricane if they prepare, evacuate, follow outlined procedures and are cautious during clean-up.
16. Emotional support is as important as practical/physical support!

September Meeting Minutes

MAC BURDETTE
MT. PLEASANT TOWN ADMINISTRATOR
SPEAKER, CREEKSIDE (CPCP) HOMEOWNERS BOARD MEETING
September, 2009

Mac Burdette, Mt. Pleasant Town Administrator, was the speaker at the Creekside (CPCP) Homeowners Board Meeting in September. He gave us a very informative and reassuring talk on Emergency Preparedness prior to a hurricane as well as actions that “will” and “should be” taken in the aftermath of a hurricane, both by the Town of Mt. Pleasant and its residents, respectively. Mr. Burdette reminded us that Hurricane Hugo was the first costly hurricane and first major disaster in decades and that much planning had been done since it hit our shores and devastated our community September, 1989. He outlined the extensive plans that the Town of Mt. Pleasant has taken since that time to organize and better prepare before and after a hurricane. He cited the resiliency of the people after Hugo and how that alleviated both the emotional and physical impact. He said that without that, the recovery would have even taken longer. The clean-up of debris took 6 months and it stretched for 4 miles, was 60 feet high along a stretch of land where I-26 was being built.

In reading past minutes and records of the Creekside Homeowners Association after Hugo, we were reminded that there had been a $200 per lot special assessment for removal of debris, etc. from common property areas. We lost more than 1000 trees (mostly pine) in our parks. The cost of the tree cutting, tree trimming, cutting logs, piling debris, stump grinding, loading , hauling and clean-up was about $33,000.

Listed below are bullet points from Mac Burdette’s talk.

August Meeting Minutes

MESSAGE FROM OFFICER MIKE MEINER

BE VIGILANT!

Mike Meiner, from the Mt. Pleasant Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit, spoke at the Creekside (CPCP) Homeowner’s Board Meeting August 3rd. He reported on current criminal trends in Mt. Pleasant. He said that there were many car break-ins with items stolen such as GPS’s, but that 80% of the cars were “unsecured” or unlocked. Many scams and fraud schemes were circulating among neighborhoods and we need to be aware (and beware) of these. He said that people cannot solicit in Mt. Pleasant without a license. Fraudulent checks are a problem because people are throwing into the trash, bank checks and the checks that come in the mail. Officer Meiner highly recommended shredding them. He said that we should not pre-pay for construction work because we have little recourse when workers skip town before work is completed. Keeping beer in unlocked refrigerators in garages is a temptation and a no-no. Officer Meiner also said that professionals come in town, especially on holiday weekends, and burglarize homes for silver and jewelry. Others steal electronic devices.

The best prevention and crime deterrent is VIGILANCE! Officer Meiner said that we need to look out for each other and report any suspicious activity—including attempted child abductions!

We were advised to contact www.mountpleasantpolicedepartment.com for daily crime reports, reports of suspicious activity and crime statistics. We can also call 884-4176 for residence checks when we are out of town.

May Board Meeting Minutes

CREEKSIDE (CPCP) HOMEOWNERS BOARD MEETING


Minutes May 4, 2009

The regular meeting of the Creekside (CPCP) Homeowners Board was held Monday, May 4, 2009, at the home of Betty White. Members in attendance: Betty White, Dorsey Condon, Jamie Bruce, Kelly White, Becky Campbell, Mike Frenzel and Carolyn Yarbrough. Members absent: Nancy Harlan, Millie Day, Henry Savage, Pat Tobin.

Guest Speaker: Hunter Kerrison discussed the organization and activities of the Creekside Women’s Club.

The minutes of the April meeting were read and approved.

Dorsey Condon, Treasurer, distributed the Treasurer’s Report and stated that 11 families had not paid their dues. She said that she would send certified letters, at the end of June, to those people with dues still outstanding. Subsequent action, i.e. fines and liens, would be discussed at a later meeting.

Jamie Bruce reported that new neighbors, Scott & Stephanie Meadows, had moved into a house on Shetland Court, in his district. He said that he would take a new homeowners packet to them.

PARKS & PLAYGROUND

It was reported that tree limbs and yard debris were being put in the easement areas, blocking the entrances to the park. Carolyn Yarbrough said that they would check the easement areas, as well as other areas in the park that need to be cleaned up. Carolyn also reported that the Women’s Club members, with Garden Club donated money, had planted around the Creekside sign.

BOAT LANDING

It was suggested that, at the annual meeting, new boat landing keys be distributed by the Treasurer, Dorsey Condon.


GOALS & OBJECTIVES:

CAMARADERIE SUBCOMMITTEE

Kellie White and Becky Campbell reported on the planning of a neighborhood “Social” and said that Paulette Cantey had agreed to chair the committee. They said that the former 2008 committee members were being contacted to see if they wanted to serve again this year. Suggestions: barbecue, block party, oyster roast.

SAFETY & SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE

Jamie Bruce suggested that someone from the Police Department speak at the CPCP Annual Meeting about keeping our neighborhood safe. Kellie White reported burglaries and attempted child abductions in other Mt. Pleasant neighborhoods. Jamie said that he would talk to the Mt. Pleasant police about possible programs and security measures. It was suggested that various safety precautions be put in the next newsletter.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION SUBCOMMITTEE

Kellie White said that the Creekside newsletter would be issued at least twice a year, possibly June and January—prior to the annual meeting. Other flyers could be distributed at times when urgent communication is needed.

The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Betty White
Acting Secretary

April Board Meeting Minutes

CREEKSIDE (CPCP) HOMEOWNERS BOARD MEETING

Minutes April 6, 2009

The regular meeting of the Creekside (CPCP) Homeowners Board was held Monday, April 6, at 707 Angus Court. Members in attendance: Betty White, Rick Lambert, Nancy Harlan, Dorsey Condon, Kelly White, Becky Campbell, Mike Frenzel, Carolyn Yarbrough. Members absent: Jamie Bruce, Millie Day, Henry Savage, Pat Tobin.

The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Betty White. The minutes of the March meeting were read and approved.

The Treasurer, Dorsey Condon, distributed the Treasurer’s Report and stated that 82% homeowners dues were paid; 27 families were outstanding. Carolyn Yarbrough said that she would contact those on the list. The US Mail will be used next year to send invoices.

Guest Speakers: Fred Scott and Mark Ragsdale reported on the management, activities and fiscal state of the Creekside Tennis & Swim Club. Fred also gave a history of the club.

BOAT LANDING

Mark Ragsdale said that the dock had been rebuilt and two loads of dirt were used to fill pot holes. A new fence and gate are needed. The creek needs to be dredged.

PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS

Carolyn Yarbrough reported that Jason Shamis will charge $11,100 per year for the park mowing ($925 per month). This includes cleaning some areas.

The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Kelly White made the motion to adjourn. The motion, seconded by Becky Campbell, carried.

Respecfully submitted,
Nancy Harlan
Secretary