April 5th & 6th
Pot hole repairs
With the weather clear and warn enough to do it, the remainder of the major pot holes on Kingsbury were filled on the 5th, and on the 6th the Bristol drive was done. Hopefully if all goes well with the village we wont need to repair pot holes next spring.

March 26th
KEEP YOUR CAR SAFE ! ! !
Sadly a couple of resident in our complex found out the HARD way why we have said numerous times NOT TO leave your car running and unattended or to leave your garage open and unattended.
Sometime on Monday March 10th, a resident did just that and their car was stolen. As well as tools from their garage. We also believe the damage to another garage in the complex was caused by this car being stolen.

Then on March 26th a SUV was stolen from another part of our complex.

These were crimes of opportunity. This means that whoever stole these cars were not looking for these particular  cars, but happened to be there when they saw them running with keys in it and unattended. It took less than a min for the car to disappear and the tools in their garage.

Police and investigators are working the cases and Hanover square management is working with them. Cars have been stolen from Larkspur and Old Salem as well, so this isn't just a Hanover Square issue.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!  DO NOT leave your car running unattended, not leave your garage open unattended. It is against association rules and STATE LAW to leave a vehicle running while unattended.

Here’s the Illinois law on unlocked vehicles left running:

(625 ILCS 5/11-1401) “No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any perceptible grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.”
 

It could EASILY happen again to any one of us.

March 17th
Light Pole repairs
After literarily YEARS of issues with Comed the pole between 7601 and 7602 is BACK UP AND WORKING!

MANY MANY thanks to Valerie for putting up with the DAILY calls from Hanover Square President Tom Schaefer, and her hard work dealing with both Comed and the electricians to get this done!

March 15th
Pot Hole repairs
On Saturday, pot holes will start to be filled in. This is a temporary repair as the board is still working for a total driveway replacement plan. It may take a couple of weekends to get them all filled in. low temps, rain, cold may delay the repair process, so pleas be patient.

Please drive slowly and avoid them until we can get them all filled in.

As of 2pm on Saturday March 15th, the pot holes on the main entrance of kingsburry and the court from 1301 to 1308 have been filled in. Weather permitting the drive for 1309 to 1315 will be next
 

March 14th
Light improvements and repairs
Once again, Comed is giving us major issues with regards to the two lights at 7601 / 7602. 
The poles have been rewired and are ready, but Comed has yet to come out to hook them up. First excuse from them was the old contact we had their is no longer with company. The NEW contact has now told us that Comed doesn't consider lights out a priority. They have been informed this issue has been going on for OVER 2 years and it IS a priority. and we were told that the contact will try to talk to HIS supervisor to move up the work order.

The lights in the 1300 court yard are out due to the power wires being damaged by AT&T when they did some digging by the 1309 & 1310 units. They still have not come out to finish their wire, repair our power line nor repair the landscaping. We have been calling them every day for the last 2 weeks.

The additional lights from the Police grant are still being worked on. we are in contact with both the village and the contractor about this and hope to see the lights going up soon.

 

March 6th
This winter and the costs
Its no secret that this winter we have seen MUCH more snow than we did last wither. This means we have also spent MUCH more this year than last with snow removal and salt.
We will have a break down listed here soon of the costs. We just need to compile them first.

The winter has also taken it toll on the roads. Yes we are aware of the pot holes, and once it warns up and dries out where we can patch the holes we will. But it doesn't make economic sense to spent the $$ now just to have them be pulled out and have to spent more $$ later to redo it.
So in the meantime.. PLEASE, drive around them, drive SLOWLY and be careful.

We have also had some damage to the property from the plows and piles of snow. Most issues have been corrected and a couple more will be resolved once ground thaws.

Storms have also cause some siding to come off. Again, this has already been repaired.

In other damage issues, AT&T has cut our power line to the lights in the 1300 court yard, causing the poles there to go out. We are in contact with them and will be making them repair and cover the costs of that repair. It was their fault and it isn't fair to have Hanover Square pay the cost for what they did.

March 6th
Web Site back up
Well we had some issues with the web site. But I am happy to report that they have all been resolved and site is back up and running!
The web host has moved the site to a new and faster server and this should help prevent crashes in the future.