February News from Your HOA
CHRISTMAS DECORATION CONTEST WINNERS 2021
Our contest committee chose 14 finalists and presented them to Westgate’s Facebook group. Residents in that group voted for one house each. The top three houses won.
And the Westgate Christmas Decorating Contest Winners are...
18003 Ivory Crossing
7314 Hollowfield Ln
7722 Serene Wood
Congratulations! Prizes were Visa Giftcards. A lot of great homes weren’t included because so many were so festive. Thanks for having such great Christmas spirit!
DEADLINE FOR HOA BOARD ELECTION IN MARCH
At the Annual Homeowners’ Meeting in March, one position on the HOA Board of Directors is up for election. Zorik Petrosian is in this position currently. If you are a Westgate homeowner and you’d like to run for this position, you MUST SUBMIT your INTENT TO RUN BY Monday, February 28, 2022, to our management company, Inframark, by contacting Angela Bumann at Angela.Bumann@Inframark.com (also copy the Board at board@westgatetx.net) or calling 281-870-0585 (Inframark).
If you have any questions about what Board directors do, feel free to email us. HOA Board members should be homeowners who want to help steer Westgate right and protect their home’s property values. Having good Board members can make a big difference in the quality of life in a neighborhood. They need to have common sense, care about the community and be willing to go to monthly meetings to conduct business.
ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEES STATEMENT DUE
The annual HOA Dues statement has been mailed to all homeowners. We put off raising dues for the last two years, but we couldn’t avoid it for this coming year, 2022: costs for everything have gone up, so we increased dues $25 to $660. Once again, we included four payment coupons to help residents avoid having to pay all at once right after Christmas.
If you anticipate not being able to pay your Westgate fees for 2022 on time, be sure to call Inframark (281-870-0585) to discuss getting on a payment plan before more fees are tacked on- from the attorney, etc. $660 can turn into $1000+ very quickly. Even if you don’t think you can pay all at once, you need to call Inframark to make payment arrangements; DON’T WAIT and cost yourself MORE money.
These dues help pay for landscaping, electricity, water, refurbishing and adding amenities and pool management, among other things. It helps Westgate continue to be a great community with stable or increasing property values. If you’d ever like details of how your dues are spent, you can always ask our management company. Also, go to our annual meeting and you will receive a copy of the financials.
WESTGATE SANTA AND FUN 2021
By Felicita Hinojosa
It was such a pleasure to plan this event and I wouldn’t have been able to do it without Rikki Blessing for her beautiful back drop for the pics with Santa and Dee and her family and the scouts who worked so hard at the ornament-making table. High five to Eric our DJ, Jose Vargas and his family and to my Douglas for helping me out rain or shine and to all who helped out as we tried to get families out of the rain and into their cars.
From Kimberly McGaughy
Residents expressed many thanks for having the event, even though the rain moved through towards the end. Kids loved the trackless train, Santa with his candy canes, the 3-D lights glasses, cookies and ornament making. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to make it a success!
WESTGATE HOLIDAY MARKET 2021
By Alexia Thornton Moore
Westgate Holiday Market was held on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at the big park of Westgate located at 18315 Kenmark Lane. The event was coordinated and hosted by neighbor & REALTOR® Alexia Thornton Moore. The event was to help promote our neighbors and their small businesses and help get their name out to our other neighbors and surrounding communities. The event was held from 12-3 PM and had a great crowd throughout the event. Lots of neighborhood vendors with wrapped, baked goods that included cake pops, cookies, hot cocoa bombs, deep fried cupcakes, macarons, bath bombs, body scrubs, soaps, candles, jewelry, hand crafts, hand designed t-shirts, aprons, baby items, holiday items, home deÌcor and much more. By the end of the event, most of the vendors had run out of items and took orders for later and made packing up after the event a lot easier. Everyone that came out had a great time, left with lots of goodies and met their neighbors and made a new friend and client. Thanks to all that participated in the event: FSIX Unlimited, Love Away Body Care, Michelle’s Trendy Treats, 4 Ever Sweet, Orine Davis with Paparazzi Accessories, Silly Bakes, LLC, The Cajun Cookie Jar, Nona Pops, Aura Creations, N Dulgsense Soy Candles, Country Pine Treasures, Ale’s Dulces Enchilados, Mitchell Creations and LSC Pressure Washing for your interest and participation in the event. Look forward to another market event soon with the Westgate neighbors.
DO YOU KNOW YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS?
In an effort to educate our residents, we’ll periodically highlight some deed restriction or other item that needs improvement in Westgate:
PARKING AND PROHIBITED VEHICLES
According to our Declarations of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements, pg. 12-13, cars etc. must be IN WORKING ORDER, have current stickers etc. and are in daily use. Vehicles like a “boat, trailer...recreational vehicle” cannot be stored on your lot unless it is concealed; a TEMPORARY permit can be issued for certain situations.
Regarding parking, vehicles MUST NOT “BLOCK A SIDEWALK.” Also, “NO MORE THAN THREE VEHICLES...may be parked on the driveway.”
Any repair work to vehicles that is visible to the street MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 12 HOURS AND NOT OCCUR ON A FREQUENT/REGULAR BASIS, so as to prevent disorderly and unkempt appearance in Westgate.
IMPORTANT NOTE: It’s been reported in some sections that residents are parking on BOTH sides of the street. While I understand the difficulties of where to park, parking on both sides of the street CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION. Emergency vehicles cannot pass through to save a life! PLEASE, when parking on the street, stagger your vehicles so they are NOT PARKED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE on the other side of the street!
Following these instructions helps keep our neighborhood looking neat and thus keeps up our property values, as well as helping keep Westgate safe. Let’s be considerate of our neighbors!
COPIES OF ALL WESTGATE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS (including the ARC form) can be downloaded from the Westgate website www.westgatetx.net.
STAY UP TO DATE WITH WESTGATE NEWS
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The WESTGATE WEBSITE at www.westgatetx.net.
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The Westgate FACEBOOK page is Westgate’s official Social Media outlet for information (on Facebook, search for “WESTGATE SUBDIVISION Official” and you must sign up); you can find goodies like pictures of our events, HOA information, etc. If you have trouble finding it on Facebook, type this into your address bar: www.facebook.com/groups/WestgateSubdivision/. Within a day or two, you will then be asked to verify your address, as it is a residents-only group. Look for this in your “messages” section and you may be asked to accept a message.
The newsletter only comes out once a month and information is a month old, so the other methods are used when something happens last minute and if you missed the newsletter.
HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE INFORMATION
Westgate Subdivision falls within District 4 of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department. Suspicious behavior should be called in to the Non-Emergency/Dispatch number, general questions should be directed to the Patrol District Office and emergencies should always call 911:
Procedure When Filing a Report with the Sheriff’s Department
If you ever have to file a report with the Sheriff’s Department, whether after calling 911 or the nonemergency number (713-221-6000), be sure to let the deputy know that Westgate has a contract with the Sheriff’s Dept. through our MUD district (Harris County MUD #70). That way, the incident will be reported to our contract deputies, giving them information on what to look for in our community. Also, be sure to report the issue to our Crime Watch committee at crimewatch@westgatetx.net. They discuss the problems with our deputies as well.
PATROL DISTRICT OFFICE: 281-463-2648
EMERGENCY: 9-1-1 (emergencies only)
STREETLIGHT OUTAGES
If you see a streetlight out, please report outages to CenterPoint Energy at 713-207-2222 or 800-332-7143; also at www.centerpointenergy.com. You will need the pole number, the black and white numbers listed vertically on the pole, to report the outage. This is something you can do to help keep your community safe. Otherwise, it may take a while for Centerpoint to notice it is out.
