Year: 2015

  • Master Landscape Plan

    At the Annual meeting yesterday, the Master Landscape Plan was on display and several of us grabbed photographs for reference, as it was referenced in discussion.  Here is the original file, received from City Hall today. This plan includes removing some specific dead trees, and planting trees and shrubs.  The developer, Kinban / Farmers Bank…

  • Check your mailboxes!  KINBAN / Farmer’s Bank has announced that it will be handing the HOA over to us on November 17th. KINBAN Inc. will be holding a meeting at their offices at 14231 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66223 at 6pm on the Tuesday the 17th.  All interested in the turnover should attend. The meeting will…

  • Watering Handout

    Here’s the watering handout Denise and Bev put together last month. (Mentioned in the Planning for Beautiful Lawns post) If you didn’t get a copy rubber-banded to your door handle, here it is online.

  • 2015-09-14 Meeting Minutes

    15 residents attended the meeting, representing 10 of our 29 occupied lots! Issues covered: Steep Sidewalk between Cul De Sac and 67th Lawn Fertilizer Shaunty’s Mowing Centennial Handover Deffenbaugh trash pickup lateness Financial Notes Water drainage Dead Tree Pits Security Camera at Entry Forming an HOA board next year Overnight Street Parking Full minutes were…

  • Neighborhood meeting at 7pm, next Monday

    There will be a neighborhood meeting at 7pm, next Monday the 14th at 6627 Wedd Place. Everyone is welcomed to attend for discussion of our plans as a neighborhood after ‘handover’ when we gain the option of changing HOA management companies or managing ourselves.  Handover is likely to occur late Spring, next year. Please come…

  • Quieter Train Crossings

    Originally featured in the Prairie Village Post: Thanks to Shawn in TR for finding this news! Timber Ridge is situated between two of Merriam’s three total level crossings, less than 1100 feet from two of North America’s busiest tracks. As such, residents have been able to count passing time by the train horns. — This is about to…

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    Everyone Mailing List

    I’ve finally set up a proper Email List for the neighborhood, with privacy in mind. I found a program called GNU MailMan and it seems to be working well in tests I’ve done. I’ve emailed the list’s email address to everyone. If any of us send an email to there, it goes to all of…

  • Concrete Dumping

    Last weekend, a pink dump truck with a white cab was seen dumping concrete in Timber Ridge. This dumping was not authorized, and the developer will get stuck footing the bill for removal. The developer, Farmers Bank, and builder, SAB, have filed a police report with the city. Farmers/SAB does allow TR residents to take/deposit…

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    Neighbor Contact Directory

    The neighbor contact directory is a combination of welcome letter, lot map, contact list and vendor list available to all neighbors in Timber Ridge by request. It will not be posted online.  (This is to prevent spammers/marketers from harvesting our private info.) To receive a paper copy of the directory: Leave a comment on this page…

  • Planning for Beautiful Lawns

    Watering: Our own Master Gardener, Beverly, shares a compilation of watering tips from Kansas State University and MU Extension, gleaned from soil scientists studies of Kansas City area soils. For details on best watering practices and saving water, see the TRV handout (coming soon). Frequent irrigation is the worst way to water an established lawn.…