New Board Members Elected

Following the announced application process and subsequent discussion - the Single Family Village Board elected Julie Bixby to fill the vacancy following Dan Sjoquist's resignation.  Julie continues to be an active volunteer in our neighborhood.  She has Chaired the Social Committee for the last two years, and is very knowledgeable on the issues that the SFV Board and the Master Board are currently working on.  The Board welcomes Julie and looks forward to working with her.

The Single Family Village Board also elected Michael Warner as its representative to the Master Board.  According to the Bylaws, the SFV is entitled to two representatives.  Mark Vlker also currently represents the SFV on the Master Board.  Michael's transition to the Master Board should be very smooth, since he's knowledgeable of  many of the Master Board's issues already.  He's been a very active volunteer in our the SFV and currently serves as our Association's President.  Master Board members have welcomed Michael, and look forward to including him in Board discussions and Master ARC decisions.

More SFV business was discussed at last night's Board meeting.  Full minutes will be posted on our SFV Association's page in a few days when they become available. 

SFV Board Meeting set for Jan. 27, 6:00PM

The next meeting of the Single Family Village Board will be held: 

Tuesday, January 27

6:00PM at Victor Gardens Neighborhood Activity Center

Agenda available on the Single Family Village Association page

Also: Community Development Inc. and the Master Board will be correcting an error related to Victor Gardens (Master) Bylaws Section 6.1.1.1.  The Bylaws provide for an additional Single Family Village representative on the Master Board due to the population of SFV.  This representative will be chosen at the upcoming Board meeting.

Ryland Homes Requests Amendment to Previous ARC Approval

A few residents have asked Casey Groff and myself about one item in particular on the next master Board agenda.  "Ryland Homes Request for Amendment to Guidelines" I will try to offer a little more background info on this topic.

Ryland Homes requested the Master Architectural Review Committee (ARC) make an amendment to their "blanket architectural approval which limits Type A homes (garage forward) to a maximum of ten lots".  Ryland Homes has requested the amendment due to "current market conditions".  

The Master ARC has the authority to review, approve or reject plans for new buildings.  The blanket ARC approval that Ryland Homes refers to pre-dates our transitioned Master Association.  Victor Gardens developer, CPDC had granted this "blanket approval" in 2006 to specific styles of homes, (Caldwell, Rutherford, and Holmdel) and restricted the number of those homes to ten.

The Master Board, acting as Master ARC, will discuss Ryland Homes' request at the next Master Board meeting on Wednesday,  January 7, 2009.  Residents interested in related historical context can find more information available on the Single Family Village Association page on this website, including early concept drawings of the above-mentioned model homes.  Residents may share their opinions on this or any other issue during the "Resident Forum" held at the beginning of each Board meeting.  

For the full agenda, please follow this link:  http://www.victorgardensnews.org/files/agendas/vgca_agenda_jan09.pdf