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Fall/Winter 2025 Newsletter
WATERFORD GREEN at KNOLLWOOD
FALL/WINTER 2025 NEWSLETTER
Dear Neighbors,
We hope you all are enjoying the fall in Waterford Green. Please note that our next
Annual Association Meeting is at 7:30 pm on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at
Knollwood Country Club.
The Board presently looks as follows and we are asking for your help to fill vacant
positions and replace others who may decide not to continue on in the present position.
Any ‘proposed’ replacements will be voted upon at the annual meeting. In order for you
to be a proposed candidate for the board you must be in financial good standing with the
HOA with no current unpaid dues. IF WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO FIND
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE BOARD WE WILL HAVE TO HIRE A
MANAGEMENT COMPANY WHICH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE
OUR DUES.
President Murray Rose mrose366@aol.com
Vice President Jeff Sanders jeff@jsand4mayor.com
Treasurer
Secretary Stefan Vogt Stefan.vogt1@me.com
Landscaping Amy Sanders amybsanders14@gmail.com
Architectural
Social
Communications
Board Member at Large
Lakes Christopher Schneider cschneid7@icloud.com
We thank everyone for their service and support of our neighborhood.
If you are interested in joining the board, please reach out to Murray Rose directly so he
can discuss the responsibilities (mrose366@aol.com or 574-286-3038). Participation on
the Board is not time consuming. We meet only four to five times per year. Thank you!
This past year has been a quiet year with only a couple of issues which have been
challenging for the Board to address. These issues were related to project completion not
being completed with the Bylaw requirements of one year, parking issues resulting in
restricted access for services and access to individual lots, and maintenance of property at
a level we want for our Subdivision. The issue is the Bylaws limit our ability to enforce
the rules which need to be discussed.
The present issue is lack of Board members to properly run the HOA and the need of new
members going forward.
FINANCE
We have had a good year as we focused on the outstanding and late fees resulting in only
one lot being more than one year behind. Thanks to Chris Schnieder and Kevin Wilcox
for their time and effort to clean up these accounts. We will continue to place liens on
homes with outstanding dues of more than one year.
As always, our funds are limited and the cost to maintain the subdivision continues to
increase. The present bylaws limit the amount that can be charged annually which we
will need to address by changing the Bylaw to allow the dues to be set based on the
approved budget at the annual meeting. This change in the Bylaw will require 51%
approval from the lot owners.
SECURITY
If you see something suspicious, please contact St. Joseph County Police. Please
remember to lock your house doors, lock your windows, close garage doors at night, and
watch out for our neighbors. If you see something suspicious, report it accordingly.
Important! Do not hesitate to call the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office in the
event of a potentially threatening situation—they are our best resource to protect
and serve!
St. Joseph County Sheriff: Emergencies: 9-1-1
Non-Emergencies (247): 574-235-9611
Please keep all these numbers in your phone contacts.
LANDSCAPING
Amy Sanders is the contact person for landscaping and snow removal issues.
The landscaping services contract between Waterford Green HOA and M.A.A.C.
Property Services, LLC ends with the fall clean up. By the time of the annual meeting,
the sprinklers will likely have been turned off and winterized.
M.A.A.C has done an excellent job for the last few years. That being said, due
diligence requires that we consider all submitted bids to provide landscaping services. In
general, we would need the bid to include maintaining the landscaping at the Fir and
Brick Road entrances, mowing the grass along Fir and Brick Roads and basic sprinkler
maintenance. The HOA has a detailed specification document that can be provided to any
company willing to submit a bid. We would prefer to have the contract for the 2026
Growing Season finalized by December 31, 2025. Please contact Amy if you can
recommend the services of a new company that is interested in submitting a bid to
provide these services.
As you know, the by-laws of the Homeowners Association provide that the
purpose of the WGHOA is “To promote the general welfare of the property owners.”
This means YOU! In order “to promote good neighborhood appearance” please accept
these exterior home landscaping, lawn care, and maintenance standards:
1) All lawns and landscape beds must be free of weeds and overgrowth.
2) Any bushes, trees, shrubs, plants, etc. must be properly maintained and not
overgrown.
3) Overgrown tree limbs, especially those obstructing street view and intersections
must be properly trimmed.
4) All property curbs and driveways must be free of trash, weeds, and debris. Any
storm drains in front of your property should also be maintained and free of trash
and weeds as this runoff drains into our lakes.
5) All post lights must always be unbroken and functioning from dusk to dawn.
6) All broken and/or leaning mailboxes must be repaired or replaced.
7) Fences which are broken should be repaired or replaced.
8) Any missing, chipped, broken, peeling paint or rotted siding, trim/trim accents,
windows, sun-bleached/ missing window shutters, shingles, fascia boards, or
broken non-functioning garage doors must be repaired or replaced.
9) Any green moldy residue on siding, roof, or driveway must be power washed or
removed.
10) No storing non-essential items around the side/front/back of home for an extended
period of time (30 days or longer) Garbage and recycle bins are permitted but
should be hidden or discreetly placed.
11) There should be no storage of trailers, boats, commercial vehicles, or
unregistered/ inoperable vehicles in driveways or on streets.
12) Shoreline rip grap (gravel/sand) should be maintained with a minimum of 2
feet” of rock/sand and free of weeds (lake homeowners only)
Thank you for maintaining your property in accordance with our neighborhood standards.
We hope you have a safe and joyous fall and winter. Please let us know if we can answer
any questions.
LAKES
We continue to improve the lake conditions to reduce weeds, and algae issues.
These issues are expensive to address, resulting in increased costs due to running the
pumps longer to maintain water levels and additional treatments to control the
environment.
The past year saw the need to replace the pump for the big lake, resulting in the
depletion of the reserve fund for pump replacement. Now we need to address refunding
this reserve going forward, hopefully before the need to replace the other pump. This will
result in the need to increase the Lake fees going forward from $175.00 to $225.00 per
Lake lot.
Winter Lake Etiquette: We continue to have issues with issues with geese, with
many neighbors complaining of the mess, as well as some complaining of aggressive
behavior. We do not want to attract more geese. Bubblers are not allowed on the lakes
as they keep the ice from forming, which attracts geese. When our lakes aren’t frozen,
we get all the geese. Additionally, people skate on the ice in the winter. Interfering with
the natural freezing of the lakes is a violation of item 9 of the covenants “Nuisances”.
Please note the regulations about tall plants by the lake shore - Paragraph #6 of the
Lakes Covenants notes that there should be no protective plant screening taller than 36
inches within 40 feet of the lake shore and no screen plantings at all within 30 feet of the
lake shore. We have received complaints about plantings taller than 36 inches close to the
lake shore on some lakes. Please take care to review and follow these covenants if you
live on a lake lot.
Social
Food truck nights
We organized several food truck nights again this summer and neighbors seem to really
enjoy these nights of connection and not cooking! If you are interested in hosting a food
truck in front of your home, please connect with Amy so we can spread throughout the
neighborhood next year to reach more neighbors.
Halloween trick or treat/ Halloween Parade
St. Joseph County Unincorporated trick-or-treat hours for Granger are typically
October 31 from 5-7 P.M. While driving, please watch for kids darting into streets as they
go from house to house. Parents, please make sure your children are crossing streets
safely. Leave a porch light on to let kids know they may stop at your house.
Our Halloween Costume Parade is planned for Sunday, October 26 th at 4:00PM.
We will gather at about 3:45 at Renwick Court to take a photo with the Clay Fire Truck
before we depart to march around the lake. Adults should make sure the younger children
stay a few feet behind the truck and stay in the right lane. The other lane is open to
traffic. Thank you for your help. Happy Halloween!
SNOWFALL AND PARKING
After a snowfall, please do not park cars on the street until after the county has
plowed the snow. Your cooperation will help the county clear the streets effectively and
save you from shoveling your automobile out of a snowbank! If you have questions or
complaints about the snowplowing, please contact St. Joseph County Highway Division.
SNOWMOBILES
Do not snowmobile on the knolls that border our subdivision. The noise, especially
late at night, disturbs homeowners. Furthermore, snowmobiles cause damage to the
grass, walk path, and sprinkler heads, raising our maintenance costs. If you see or hear
snowmobiles on the knolls, please call the county police (574-235-9611). For local
snowmobiles trail maps, see the Indiana and Michigan DNR webpages.
STREETLIGHTS
If you have a streetlight posted on or near your property and notice it is not
working, you may report it at the AEP website:
https://www.indianamichiganpower.com/outages/problem/streetlight You may also call
AEP at 1-800-311-4634 to report it. Be prepared to provide the pole number or
residential address. When filling out the form online; No you do not pay for the light and every pole number is 10.
COMMUNICATIONS / NEWS / NEW RESIDENTS!
Welcome new residents! Please go to our website (http://www.waterford-green-
homeowners.com/) to input your contact information and/or contact a board member, so
we can keep our residents informed of neighborhood news. This newsletter is emailed
and mailed out annually.
Please join our Private Facebook Group, “Waterford Green at Knollwood HOA.”
The purpose of this group is to offer another platform to share essential information with
members.
You can email the Board anytime by using the “Contact Us” form on the website
(http://www.waterford-green-homeowners.com/Contact-Us.html) or emailing
communications@waterford-green.com.
Thank you
Waterford Green HOA Board
