Our annual meeting will be held at the community room in the police station. With limited numbers due to covid guidelines we are also working to broadcast live on FB as well.
This year we will be voting on one board position currently held by John Long. His current term has ended and he is planning to run again.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
1781 Zumbehl Rd, St. Charles, MO 63303
The much anticipated election results are in.
Our 2020 board members are:
Jennifer Alexander – Nov. 2020
Jason Sallee – Nov. 2020
John Long – April 2019
Thank you Cort Schneider for all of your hard work as a Hidden Oaks Board Member.
10-8-2020
Re: HOA Board Members Term Update
Dear Hidden Oaks Homeowners,
Due to the restrictions of COVID-19, regretfully we were unable to host the annual HOA meeting, as a result, we were not able to provide an update on the status of the board members. Two members of the board terms have lapsed. These two seats have been held by Jason Sallee and Cort Schneider, both of whom have continued to serve past the scheduled end of their terms. Jason is interested in serving another term, requesting to be on the ballot. Cort will be moving out of the neighborhood this month; therefore, not requesting to serve another term. This requires at least one new member to serve. We are excited to see who will fill his seat on the board. If you are interested in serving on the board send in your request via email at hiddenoaks63303@gmail.com. Or respond to the Facebook post found on the hidden oaks page. The deadline to express interest and ensure you will be added to the ballot is Thursday, October 15th, 2020.As far, as the voting process we will utilize mail-in ballots. You will receive a ballot to your home in the two weeks with a prepaid envelope. Ballots are due to the City and Village, prior to Friday, November 6th, 2020.
To recap:
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2019
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Canyon Oak
Event on Facebook
Bring your best pot to this chili cook off. Contests for the chili and activities for the kiddos.
Volunteers please contact the board by email or Facebook.
Tonight is National Night Out.
Date: Sept. 9, 2019
Time: 5:30 PM- 8:30 PM
Location: Canyon Oak
Activities for the kids such as games, bounce house, ice cream and treats.
Facebook Event Link
If you live in the subdivision and have not joined the Hidden Oaks Homeowners Facebook page please do so. This group is only for residents. This group will have links to more upcoming events and activities for residents.
Hidden Oaks Homeowners Group
Anyone can join the Hidden Oaks public Facebook page, even non-residents.
Hidden Oaks Facebook Page
The post says,” Good morning! I’ve been considering the idea of a HOHA adult party bus outing to either a winery, Cards Game, or potentially both on Sundays this summer. If you’d be interested in $20-$25 per person inclusive rate for the round trip transportation, please comment below with your head count and preferred dates in July or Aug. Yes, you may invite guests and pack coolers for the 4-5 hour experience! Exact Sunday dates TBD once I get some responses…”
Since we can’t comment on his post on the website, please email him at brian@jedlimousine.com if you are interested.
This year the garage sale will be at the very end of May and beginning of June.
Wed. May, 29th from 7am-1pm
Fri. May, 31st from 4pm-7pm
Sat. June, 1st from 7am-1pm
The newsletter stated that you don’t have to sign up, but we would like you to sign up if you know you are participating. It will help with making sure we have signs in the subdivision pointing towards your sale. We don’t know if we will be doing maps this year. It will also tell us how many homes are participating.
Please invite people to our Facebook Event.
As always we need volunteers. Please let us know if you can help.
The Annual HOHA meeting will be on April 24th at 6:30 PM at the St. Charles Police Station on Zumbehl Rd. All Homeowners should attend. If you cannot attend, please fill out a proxy ballot. You have received a letter about the meeting and a proxy ballot in the mail. We will provide cookies and water at the meeting. You have to be up to date on your HOA dues to vote.
It’s warming up outside. It’s time to freshen your mulch and powerwash siding and concrete. This year, also check your mailbox and make sure it is still in good condition. If it looks bad, please fix it.
In our covenants it says we are only allowed to display sale and rent signs in our yards. Please do not keep other signs in your yards.
(l) No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on any Lot, except one sign of not more than five square feet advertising the property for sale or rent, provided that there shall be no restrictions on signs used by the Developer to advertise the Subdivision during the construction, development and sales of Lots and Dwellings in the Subdivision by the Developer.
Our covenants can be viewed here: https://hidden-oaks.com/about
If you need to report a pothole, dangerous sidewalk, or something else to the city, you can’t use See Click Fix anymore. Here is a link to what the city is using now: https://stcharles.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=442f3e22f1ee407f9904472c5a8b7820&fbclid=IwAR1iy_kY4jT3zqza8I82J6-vm8vlp-XOTAopVO5izBoHQNheECXIkU8rGp0
To keep you and your stuff safe please lock and shut doors. The safest place for your vehicle is in a garage. We know that’s not possible for everyone. Make sure your vehicle doors are locked. Bring your valuables inside if you can, if not make sure they are out of sight. If a neighbor forgets to shut their garage contact them and let them know it is open, you might prevent your neighbor from being robbed.
If anyone ever robs you, goes though your vehicle, or tries to open your doors; contact the St. Charles Police at 636-949-3300. They need to be aware of the situation and the information you give them may help them catch criminals.
Solicitors over the age of 18 are required to get a permit from the city to come to your door. You can ask them if they have this permit (they should be wearing it on the outside of their clothes) if they don’t you should contact the police at 636-949-3300. If you do not want solicitors you can put up a sign. If you have a sign and they still bother you can call and report them. The police station has No Soliciting stickers. Here is a picture you can print if you’d like.
The board has started discussing the common ground along South 5th Street. HOHA pays to maintain this land. Do you think we should ask City of St. Charles if they want to buy this land from us? If they do not want to buy it, would you consider donating to the city with stipulations that it becomes Hidden Oaks Park and that they would need to maintain some picnic tables there? Maybe we could add that if the tables are rentable that HOHA will not have to pay to rent them. If we sold that land we might have to worry about cell towers being built there. We can have a discussion on Facebook before the meeting and discus it further at the HOHA meeting on April, 24th, 2019.
This is a picture from the neighborhood charts. The area that is our common ground it traced.
This image is from Google maps. I put it on the chart picture and matched it up pretty close, so you can get a general idea of the area we are talking about.
Update: Our councilman informed us that the city is trying to get rid of similar pockets of land and would not be intrested in acquiring this land.
We are discussing how to update this island. We want to cut costs and make it look better.
–Mulch– We plan to remove excess mulch. Every year more much is added much is added and we now have a much mountain that is burring our sign and overflowing into the street. We may consider rocks instead of much. Rocks will not have to be replaced or updated yearly like mulch.
–Sprinklers– We pay a lot of money to Automatic rain to maintain and fix our sprinkler system. The sprinklers break often. People complain about their cars getting spayed. We are considering soaker hoses instead. They will need to be replaced once in a while, but should use less water and cost less. With soaker hoses we could probably eliminate the need for Automatic rain.
–Native Plants– We are talking about adding perennial flowers that use less water. They don’t all necessarily have to be native, but they do have to require as little care as possible. Right now we get new Annuals planted couple times a year. We could reduce costs if we didn’t have to pay Partell’s Lawn & Landscape LLC to plant all these flowers.
–The Words– We have discussed changing/updating the words Hidden Oaks to possibly be backlit or different, but we think we want to see what it looks like without the mountain of mulch before we decide if we want something different.
–Roses, Bushes, Tree– How do you feel about our roses, evergreen bushes and tree? Should they stay or should they go? Tell us what you think. https://goo.gl/forms/KyeI8IWDokuPB3F22
Karon has moved and will need someone to finish her term she has 1 year left. Angela is up for re-election for a two year term. Jason has another year left on his term. If you would like to be on the HOHA board please contact the board for more information.
You can Contact the board at hiddenoaks63303@gmail.com
Thanks, Angela, Jason, and Karon
2019 Annual Meeting
Hidden Oaks Homeowners Association
Hidden Oaks Homeowners Association annual meeting will be held on Monday, April 24th at 6:30 PM.
It will be held at the St. Charles Police Station on Zumbehl Rd. in the Community Room. This is a meeting for all residents of Hidden Oaks, and all are invited to attend.
The meeting will consist of the annual election of the board of trustees, the annual review of the association’s budget, and discussions of neighborhood items & events.
We will be electing two members to the board of trustees. If you are interested in being nominated, please contact the current board at the Hidden Oaks Email. We can discuss what is involved if you have questions. All new nominees will be nominated and seconded that night before the election. Any homeowner running for this office and any homeowner voting must be current in their annual association dues.
We would love for all to attend, but if you have a scheduling conflict and cannot make this meeting you can assign a proxy for your vote. Please, complete your proxy ballot which will be mailed to you. Put this ballot in the specially marked ballot box at 910 Chestnut Oak Dr. This letter and ballot will be set out sometime soon.
Any questions or needs about this meeting, please contact the board by email: hiddenoaks63303@gmail.com
Thank you,
Angela Layman, Jason Sallee Karon, McDonnell McCoy
Status of Board Members for Election
Karon – Karon has moved. We will be electing a new board member to take her place and finish her term. This term has 1 year left.
Angela – Angela has finished her 2 year term and is up for re-election. This is a 2 year term.
Jason – Jason has finished 1 year of his term and is staying to complete the remainder term. He has 1 year left on his term.
Hidden Oaks St. Charles 