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How to Obtain Covenants Information
Although we don’t have covenants available to be posted online, we do have a covenants map that shows which block and lot # has which type of covenants, and a detailed mapping of the liber and folio number for each block and lot so that anyone interested can look up their covenants with the county records office.
From: Joe Rosenberg <jrosenberg123@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:42 PM
Subject: [rchcanet] Appeal to civility on RCHCAnet
To: rchcanet@yahoogroups.com
To RCHCA Membership:
Many of you have participated in sometimes intense and emotional discussions
involving the current covenants enforcement action, both in emails and in
person at the RCHCA General Meeting last Thursday. At the meeting in
particular, people gave spirited and sometimes pointed commentary in
expressing their views, and that is all well and good.
However, I must say that I am disappointed and bothered by the sometimes
personal invective that that has been contained in some emails on this
topic, especially some of those sent out over the last week. Without
getting too specific, on behalf of the RCHCA and RCHCI Executive Committees,
I want to strongly urge everyone to stop for the moment, take a deep breath,
and think before responding further. If the necessity of sending more
emails on this subject remains overwhelming, please remember to be civil,
accord each other with respect, and avoid personal or inflammatory comments.
Reasonable people can disagree agreeably.
Regarding the pictures of homes with fences provided by one member that may
be misconstrued as showing covenants violations, we understand that if left
unrefuted, these examples could partially undermine a lawsuit. However, we
know for a fact that the vast majority if not all of these homes in fact
either (a) do not have covenants subject to enforcement by RCHCI, or (b) are
not considered by RCHCI to be covenants violations, such as true back
yard-only fences, since we have expressly permitted such fences within the
legally-recognized discretion of RCHCI, as described in our approval
checklist published in the RCHCA Community Directory. Everyone should rest
assured that we will document these facts should the need arise in the
context of pursuing litigation.
Frankly, at this time, the RCHCI Executive Committee Members have a good
idea about the weight of opinion among our membership thanks to your
democratically-expressed preferences on the choices offered last Thursday.
For the record, RCHCI will be meeting later this week to discuss our next
steps. At an appropriate time we will inform our members of further
progress on this matter. Until then, your forbearance in letting matters
progress in a state of calmness would be much appreciated.
Joe Rosenberg
President, RCHCA and RCHCI
Recent RCHCA Correspondance regarding the Train Horn Noise
The two letters involve the 9+ year effort to obtain train horn noise relief via a Quiet Zone at Forest Glen Crossing. RCHCA voted overwhelmingly to support this effort in our May 2002. In 2007, Sen. Cardin and Rep. Van Hollen elicited a commitment by MDOT (MD Dept. of Transportation) to pass along the application for a Quiet Zone to the FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) with a “neutral position”, even though it does not support Quiet Zones in concept. In October 2009, MDOT, under a new Secretary, appears to have changed its position to one of pure opposition. In response to my pointing out this change in the RCHCA letter to Senator Cardin and Rep. Van Hollen, and the concern that it may kill the Quiet Zone effort, Rep. Van Hollen wrote the second letter to the new MDOT Secretary, pointing out this prior commitment which many of his constituents have relied upon, and asking for a review and advisory of the situation.
Presentation presented by WSSC at the October 8 Meeting
WSSC Bi-County Water Tunnel
presentation Quicktime or Powerpoint - Rock Creek Hills
October 8, 2009 Meeting
Doggie Mutt Mitts and
Park Amenities -
Volunteers Welcomed
As many of you know
RCHCA supports funding the
Mutt Mitts at the Park and
along Kingston Drive. This
is a wonderful service. So
far, Shanon Hamm has been filling the
dispensers and know with
more volunteers we can keep
the dispensers filled all of
the time. So please email Shannon,
Shannon.r.hamm@aphis.usda.gov, if you can help keeping
the dog dispensers filled at the
park and at the dispenser at
Kingston and Saul Road.
Digging To Begin On Tunnel Project
By Katherine Shaver
Just outside the Capital Beltway in the heart of Montgomery County, workers will soon blast, drill and cut a massive 5.3-mile tunnel deep into the earth as part of a four-year project to install the final major link in the Maryland suburbs' water system.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602485.html?referrer=emailarticle
[from 7/27/09 POST; forwarded by Donna R. Savage, Kensington Heights]
Register Your Bicycles
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/police/enterbicycle.asp
PLEASE PROVIDE THE ABOVE LINK TO YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ASK THAT THEY
REGISTER ALL OF THEIR BICYCLES. AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WE SEE AN UP-TICK IN
BICYCLE THEFTS. SOMETIMES THE THIEF LEAVES A BIKE WHEN HE STEALS ANOTHER.
HAVING THE BIKE REGISTERED MAY HELP US RETURN IT WHEN IT IS RECOVERED.
PLEASE ALWAYS REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO OUR NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER
301 279-8000 OR 911 IN AN EMERGENCY.
Unlicensed Tree Work
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/programapps/newtreeexpert.asp
Please forward the above site to your communities. Maryland Law requires
anyone who does tree trimming work to be licensed. We have seen quite a few
people who solicit "tree" work and end up scamming the unwitting homeowner
out of thousands of dollars. Typically we see many of these persons coming
from the Culpepper area of Virginia. Many of these persons end up preying
upon our senior citizens who live alone.
A part of this web site allows you to plug in the name of the company or the
last name of the person to check for a license.
Please report all suspicious activity to our non-emergency number 301
279-8000
New Neighborhood Directory Has Arrived
As a resident of Rock Creek Hills and a member of RCHCA, you should have
received a new Membership Directory in early June sent by US post. If you
did not receive a directory, please email me at jrosenberg@comcast.net and
we will make arrangements to have you obtain a copy.
NOTICE FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE RE RECENT WGES SOLICITATIONS
The same Vendor Law applies to the magazine solicitor.
WASHINGTON GAS ENERGY SERVICES (WGES is not affiliated with Washington Gas
but is part of the WGL Holdings, Inc. group of companies)
We have been receiving a number of complaints about the above group
soliciting door-to-door.
WGES advised that they put an ad in the paper to hire the people to solicit
for this business. These people are not “employees”, but are contract
workers (1099). They are paid per contract they write. They solicit
door-to-door selling a fixed rate to supply either electricity and or
natural gas. They are selling a 1, 2, or 3 year fixed price option. The
charges appear on the customer’s utility bills.
The representative was advised that the “crews” need to cease their selling
until they obtain the requisite Vendor Permits. They advised that they are
familiar with the requirement and knew where they had to go to obtain the
proper permits (Department of Permitting Services).
As you all may recall, the Vendor must display, on their outer garment, the
permit card which will have their photo, the county seal, and the
appropriate permit information – it will be laminated like a driver’s
license.
The Montgomery County Code has all the information relating to this
issue:Chapter 47 Vendor Law. If you have any questions
let me know.
Denise Gill
Community Policing Coordinator
2nd District/Bethesda
301 657-0962
NOTE FROM Mike Baker (RCHCA Officer): Note: The link to Chapter 47 of the Montgomery County Code did not work for
me, but I could access the code by:
1. Going to http://www.amlegal.com/library/
2. Select Maryland.
3. Select "Montgomery County"
4. Select "No Frames" (This is just a preference, but is faster on this
site.)
5. Select "Montgomery County Code"
6. Select "Part II. Local Laws, Ordinances, Resolutions, Etc."
7. Select "Chapter 47. Vendors"
8. Select "Chapter 47. Vendors" again to see the entire Chapter in a single
page.
I have found that making a reference to the County Code is a very effective
way of getting persistent solicitors to leave. They usually rush away.
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