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Willowbrook Homes Newsletter
President's Report - Mike Sarno
News & Notices
Summer 2016
New Neighbors
Our contracts with both Deffenbaugh
and Green Lawn are due to expire at
the end of the year. The Board has
reached an agreement with Green
Lawn to extend the current contract
another five years with a minimal in-
crease in price. The Board also solicit-
ed bids from all of the companies offer-
ing trash pickup and disposal services
in our area and received three with the
remainder of the companies declining
to bid. The Board has decided to re-
new the Deffenbaugh contract for a
variety of reasons including price (they
were the low bidder) and their willing-
ness to work with us on the size of the
bins they require. The other bidders
require residents to utilize 95-gallon bins
only for both trash and recyclables.
Our 6-year contract with Don Nylund
Painting remains in effect and the
Board has approved a minor increase
in the cost of painting each home for
the remaining three years. (The current
contract contains a provision for
reevaluating the pricing after three
years.)
I believe this is very good news since it
means the key contributors to our re-
curring monthly expenses will not in-
crease significantly over the next few
years.
The Board wants to recognize the ef-
forts of Dan Wilder in negotiating the
extension with Green Lawn and solicit-
ing and evaluating the bids from the
various trash companies as well as
Hank Bauer’s assistance in reaching the
agreement with Don Nylund Painting.
Contacting the Board
If you wish to contact the Willow-
brook Board for any reason, you
can either use the link on the Wil-
lowbrook website or send an
email to:
In either case your email will be
sent to each of the Board mem-
bers.
Please welcome the following
new residents to the Willowbrook
community:
Robert & Jan Ernst
8921 W. 142nd Court
Joe & Linda Jacobi
8815 W. 142nd Court
Linda Timberlake
8812 W. 142nd Place
Aeration and Reseeding
Green Lawn will be aerating and
reseeding our lawns during the
week of August 29th.
In order to complete that activity
and to allow the new seed to be
watered in, mowing will not take
place the week of September 4th
but will resume the following
week.
New Board Members - Mike Sarno
Three new Board members were elected at the August 2nd Annual Meeting.
They are Joyce Murray, Dennis Lemons, and Bryan Smith.
During the August 22nd Board meeting the Board elected the following officers
for the upcoming year:
Mike Sarno — President
Nestor Zuluaga — Vice President
Dennis Lemons — Secretary / Treasurer
Please join me in thanking the three outgoing members (Dale Atwood, Brian
Basel, and and Mark Stith) for their years of service to the community.
Board of Directors
Mike Sarno — President
Nestor Zuluaga — Vice President
Dennis Lemons — Sec / Treasurer
Joyce Murray
Bryan Smith
Reminder
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Willowbrook Homes Garden Club - Joyce Murray
The Willowbrook Home and Garden Club continues to look forward to interesting and informative programs. In April
we toured the Designers' Showhouse which has become an annual visit followed by lunch at a local restaurant; pro-
gram hosted by Annette Szulc and Jan Holmberg.
The month of May found us at Red Cedar Gardens, program planned by
Karen Lawrence, learning the correct way to pot our flowers. It's never
too late to learn a tip or two. We took sack lunches and ate them under
Red Cedar's beautiful gazebo and enjoyed their gardens.
The metamorphosis of
the butterfly was ex-
plained by Vicki Siebs in
her home with Tanya
Channell helping with the
hosting duties. This was
most informative resulting
in an eagerness to pro-
vide more of a habitat for the butterflies' migration.
Due to the monument being worked on at the 142nd Street entrance,
we were late in providing flowers for the urn on the south side. If a drip
line can be provided for the north side, flowers will "bloom" there as
well.
If you would like to join in the fun, please let me know. We meet the 4th Tuesday of the month at 10:00am.
Joyce Murray, President
(913) 851-0575
Lakes and Streams - Dan Wilder
The lakes and steams in Willowbrook are in pretty good shape this year with the usual weed growth in all three
ponds. We are treating the ponds with chemicals to keep the weed growth to a minimum but it is a never ending bat-
tle. We hired someone to remove the multiple islands we had popping up in ponds two and three and we have been
able to control the island issue since we have not had any rain to make additional islands. We had someone damage
our walking bridge on the ponds and Dan Wilder fixed the bridge during the first week in July.
We still have ducks in the ponds and they are fun to watch playing in the water. Our turtle population isn't to bad this
year so we lost fewer baby ducks this year to the snapping turtles.
We hope you have a great summer and we will talk to you again in the Fall Newsletter.
Pool Committee - Dennis Lemons
So far this year 90 homes in Willowbrook have checked out a pool key! The Wednesday Happy Hour has been a big success with high attendance and many people using the pool to cool off while visiting with neighbors. We had to make a minor adjustment in the pool gate and replace the spa motor in July, but otherwise everything has been working well. We continue to receive complements from residents on the new furniture and flower pots.
Annual Fall Picnic - Karen Lawrence
SAVE THE DATE: the 4th annual Willowbrook Fall Party will be a catered lunch on Sunday September 25 at the
pool. More information will follow.
Karen Lawrence
913-608-5888
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Green Lawn’s Landscape Summer Schedule
August
Weekly Lawn Mowing
Core Aeration and Over-Seeding
September
Weekly Lawn Mowing
Application #5 Turf Rebuilder Fertilizer + Broadleaf Weed Control
Brown Patches in Your Lawn?
During this time of year, brown patches might appear in your grass. If you do not see brown patches in your lawn, your
lawn is fine. On the other hand if you do see these patches, there is a chance that you are seeing the disease Rhi-
zoctonia Brown Patch. It appears as blighted or browning grass as the disease begins to affect the lawn. The disease
will spread as long as conditions are favorable. Recent weather conditions have been favorable for this type of dis-
ease as night time temperatures have been frequently over 60-70 degrees with high humidity days and a wet spring.
Increased moisture from recent rainfall helps induce this problem.
Several fungicides are labeled for control of brown patch on tall fescue. Before applying a fungicide, consider wheth-
er the application is necessary. In most cases, brown patch causes temporary injury to the lawn. However, research
indicates that the turf often fully recovers from blighting after two to four weeks without fungicide treatments. Never-
theless, initial damage from the brown patch disease is unsightly and often unacceptable to some homeowners.
Points of Contact for the Lawns and Grounds Committee
If you have questions, comments or concerns regarding lawn and ground issues, please contact a member of the
Lawns and Grounds Committee. The committee members are the following:
Dale Atwood 851-1181 [email protected]
Karen Johnson 681-6266 [email protected]
Mark Stith 685-7340 [email protected]
Streets & Lights Committee - Mike Sarno
The streets continue to be in very good condition and will need a minimum of repair this Fall. We will evaluate all of the
streets before the end of August to determine exactly what needs to be done before Winter sets in. At this point it ap-
pears there are just a few cracks that require sealing and an area or two damaged by tree service vehicles will need
to be repaired. The street lights have been very stable this year with just a few bulbs and a single ballast that needed
replacement.
We are continuing to work with Google Fiber regarding installation of their infrastructure in our community. The Right of
Entry Agreement proposed by Google Fiber provided so little protection in terms of their willingness to repair any dam-
age to HOA or Homeowner property that we retained an attorney to assist the Board in drafting an amended version
which was submitted to Google Fiber a number of weeks ago. We should receive a formal response by the end of Au-
gust.
Paint Committee - Hank Bauer
The paint committee (Hank Bauer, Mike Sarno and Dan Wilder) has been working with our paint contractor, Don
Nylund Painting. The weather has been very uncooperative this year. The continuous spring rain and then unbearable
heat has enabled our contractor to complete only 7 homes, as of July 1st. Don and his crew are working diligently to
finish the other 13 as soon as possible.
Don’t forget—if your home is scheduled to be painted this year and you want to change colors you must submit the
Request for Architectural Change form for approval in advance. (The form is available on our website.) The signed
approval will be required for the painters to proceed with the change.
Lawns and Grounds Committee - Dale Atwood
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Feedback & Submissions - Mike Sarno If you have any feedback or would like to express an opinion or concern regarding information contained in the News-
letter you are invited to submit it to [email protected]. It will be forwarded to the appropriate individu-
als upon receipt.
If you would like to submit an article for the Newsletter please email it to me at [email protected] for considera-
tion. We would welcome any articles about neighborhood activities, clubs, or events.
Architecture Committee - Nestor Zuluaga
You can now obtain the form to submit a Request for Architectural Change to your property directly on the Home
page of our website (http://www.willowbrookhomes.info)by clicking on the link in the right sidebar to download it or by
contacting Nestor Zuluaga at [email protected].
Spring Pond Cleanup “Thank You”- Dan Wilder
Thank you to all these fabulous volunteers who didn't mind getting a little dirty and working hard to cleanup in and
around our ponds. Volunteers like this group save our homes association money and keep our neighborhood looking
beautiful. Those who helped with the spring cleanup were: Brian Smith, Glenda Gerard, Ginny and Bob Shoaf, Nancy
and Randy Klement, Dennis Donahoo, Steve Lawrence, Tom Pepin, Jim Merrill, Randall Perdew, Bill Barnow, Nester Zulua-
ga, Jerry Curran, Kathy Heath, Dale Atwood, Dan and Pat Wilder.
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Shrub Trimming
Decorative Gravel
Automatic Sprinkler Systems
Wood Fence Installation
Bagworm on Juniper Tree Injections for Borer Protection
Tree & Shrub Applications Bagworms have already started to appear on the
common shrubs such as Junipers. Mites have
been prevalent again this year on Burning Bush
and Spruces. Emerald Ash Borer has been found
in several area across Johnson
County. Make sure your plants
are protected. Call us for your
free analysis and estimate and
rest assured your trees and
shrubs are protected. High Pressure Tree
Fertilization
