September General Meeting

President, Norma Chiaramonte, called the meeting to order 
at 7 p.m. at the Cypress Creek Lakes Community Center.

THOSE IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED: Bev and Larry 
Allen, Jennifer Buchert, Norma Chiaramonte, Kathie Corbett, Sandra Gilbert, Debbie Haluch, David and Marcia Mausolf, Gigi and John Marenco and their daughters, Mike Owens, Ann Wiseman Schmidt. Our guests were Kathi Palacious and Elizabeth Hearn.

 

SPEAKER: Ann Wiseman Schmidt invited Luis Chamorro with The Ground Up to speak on Fertilizers and Mulch.

MINUTES:  A motion was made to dispense with the reading of the minutes.

Congratulations:  Yard of the Month winners are the 
Guzman Family.

OLD BUSINESS:  Sandra will place an order for bricks this fall. She will do this quarterly.

Larry reported that we have 9 signs placed and will need more signs for new entrances which will be open later in the year.

Larry also reported that he will talk to Kyle about when 
to plant the Butterfly Garden. He will send email letting the members know the date.

Bev needs help with the Yard of the Month selection, and will ask Ellen Jones if she can help.

NEW BUSINESS: Norma asked everyone who is in charge of finding a speaker   to let her know, by email, the speaker’s name, who 
they are with and the theme, as soon as possible.

Norma asked if we will continue the Youth Event. 
It will be dropped, as we do not have a school contact.

Marcia brought a flyer for the Brookwood Holiday Lunch 
and Decorating event, to be held October 15 and 16. It will 
cost $ 21.95 and she will reserve a table if we get a group together. 
She will send an email to members for more information.

Norma asked for ideas for Service Projects we can do for the community. Mike suggested that we collect food for the food bank at Christmas. Norma will check with the food bank to see what they are lacking.

Mike announced that the HOA will sponsor a Meet Our Policemen event on October 18. 
Information will be on the CCL website.

Mike also said that the price of water will be going up.

 

John announced that the Master Gardener Plant sale will be September 20 from 9-1 at the Bear Creek Park, 3033 Bear Creek Dr., Houston 77084.

DOOR PRIZE: Thank you to Sandra for bringing the spider plant (won by Kathi Palacious).  Luis also brought numerous items from The Ground Up. Everyone attending took home a door prize.

HOSTESS:  Thank you to Bev and Larry for being hostess this month!

GARDENING TIP OF THE MONTH:  ­­­­­­­­­­­­Many nurseries and garden centers start having clearance sales. Many sales boast prices up to 75% off. It’s a good time to stock up on bargain plants, considering that October is reputed to be the best month to plant things.

Randy Lemmon, 1001 Garden Line Questions with Randy Lemmon.

NEXT MEETING:  October 12, 2015 at the Cypress Creek Lakes Community Center. Meeting adjourned at 9 p.m.