Sapphire Pointe A Publication of the Sapphire Pointe Master Association

Sapphire Pointe Community Directory Board of Directors: President: Jay McDonald

Issue 4 2012

Vice President: Chrissy Williams Secretary: Scott DiGiacinto

Join us for the Sapphire Pointe Halloween Party!

Treasurer: Scott Perry

Saturday, October 27th at 6:00 p.m.

Directors-at-Large Bob Boek

This year we will have a Trunk or Treat in the Clubhouse Parking Lot at 6:00 p.m.

Committee Chairs:

(Adults – Decorate your cars and open your trunks to hand out candy to our goblins!)

Design Review Committee: Tony Desimone

The Mile High Reptile Guy showing off his spooky reptiles in the clubhouse from

Landscape Committee: Lyn Jacobs

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Finance Committee: Scott Perry

(Bring a crock pot of your favorite chili to share and enter the contest.)

Communications Committee: Bob Boek

Spooky Crafts and Activities

Social Committee: Kristi Pacheco Management Company: BRC Community Management 9331 Commerce Center Street, #A1 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Payments are accepted at the above address

Community Manager Denise Haas [email protected] Direct: 303.541.1585 Main: 303.804.9800 Fax: 303.804.9850 Website: www.sapphirepointe.com Please direct all inquiries to the management company.

Chili Cook Off

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New Member Joins The Sapphire Pointe Board Of Directors Eston Schwecke Bachelor and Masters Degrees from University of Southern California (GO TROJANS – FIGHT ON) and California State University at Los Angeles. Career as a Forensic Scientist at LAPD and Crime Laboratory Director at Huntington Beach PD (retired). Yes, it was CSI in real life. Ask me, it was different than that but a great career. Currently I’m teaching a few online classes in criminal justice. I have also been involved with buying and selling a few homes in the southern California area. In doing this I realized that certain renovations and landscaping were very important to the value of the properties. Since moving to Colorado I have lived in Castle Rock for eight years. During that time I have been on another HOA board prior to moving to Sapphire Pointe. I hope to bring the knowledge I gained from these experiences to my position on the Board. Additionally, since I work from home on a part-time basis I have additional availability in which to serve the community.

Board Meetings Board Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Meetings are held at 6:30 PM at the Clubhouse, 7550 Soapstone Way.

Landscape Report By Lyn Jacobs This time of year we usually look back at what has been accomplished in recent months at Sapphire Pointe. Here are a few items, not all having to do with landscaping: • Center water feature at entrance was refurbished • Waterfalls on large monument signs at entrance were redesigned • New lighting was installed on monument signs • Puma Ridge fountain is running without leaking • Trails have been repaired with special attention to Sulphur Ct trail • Sail shades are being installed at the pool • New pool furniture will be available for next season • Drip lines were installed to trees near the former pond on Kryptonite • Drainage at Kimberly pond has been redesigned and improved • Mailbox area on Cinnabar (near Kryptonite) was upgraded with volunteer help We have a new Board member who is working as a liaison with the Landscaping committee. You will find his profile elsewhere in the newsletter. If you have any landscaping concerns, please contact Lyn Jacobs at 720-524-4775.

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Signing up for the Emergency Notification System What is CodeRED and why is Douglas County Using it? CodeRED is an emergency notification system that allows emergency response personnel to notify residents and business owners during an emergency. Douglas County began using this system on Oct. 1. When its contract with the former provider came up for renewal, the Douglas County Emergency Telephone Service Authority decided to go with a different notification provider. After requesting proposals from a variety of providers, CodeRED rose to the top because of its rate of reliability and because it is userfriendly for dispatchers, who would launch a call. When will CodeRED be used? Any message regarding the safety of the community will be disseminated using CodeRED, with the exception of severe weather. Douglas County and its municipalities will send out alerts via phone, text, or email in a variety of emergency situations, including evacuation notices, police activity, fire emergencies and more. Douglas County and its municipalities will only use this system in an emergency. Why won’t I get a call about severe weather? Douglas County has chosen not to include severe weather alerts because weather in Colorado shifts so rapidly that a message via this system may not be effective. Instead, the County and its municipalities encourage residents to stay tuned to NOAA weather radios and local media during severe weather situations. How do I sign up? Visit NotifyDouglasCounty.org and enter the required information (address, name, phone number(s), and email.) What if I do not have the Internet? Douglas County and its municipalities encourage residents to talk to their family, friends and neighbors for help using the Internet to sign up. In addition, emergency response personnel will be at public events throughout the County to help residents sign up. Dispatchers and other emergency response personnel cannot register users over the phone. Can I register more than two phone numbers for one address? Yes. Once you enter two phone numbers, and click “submit,” you can visit the CodeRED sign in page again and register additional numbers. At this time, we do not recommended creating a managed account because it will not show all numbers associated with that address at this time. CodeRED is looking to change this feature in the near future. Can I register more than one address? The system will not assign one phone number to more than one address. CodeRED is planning to change this feature this year. Will my phone number automatically be included? Some Douglas County residents may have been signed up for a previous system that all jurisdictions within the County used. County and municipal agencies are no longer using that system. Though contact information will be transferred to the new system, it is suggested all residents sign up for the new system to ensure they are included in this important effort. Business owners are also encouraged to register their contact information. Do I need to renew my registration at any time? Renewals are not necessary as long as contact information does not change. Users who move must re-register. How is my personal information protected? CodeRED, the County and all municipalities take privacy concerns very seriously. They will not sell, trade, lease or loan anydata citizens supply. How will I recognize a CodeRED message? A CodeRED Emergency message will have a caller ID No. of 866-419-5000 Sapphire Pointe

and will be identified using the name “Emergency Comm.” We suggest programming the number into your cell phone as a new contact and using the name CodeRED Emergency. If you need to replay the emergency notification message again, simply dial the number, and you will be able to hear the message again. Calls to Fire and Police departments could overload the system. What should I do if I receive a CodeRED message? Listen carefully to the entire message. You will have the option to repeat the message by pressing any key. Do not call 911 for further information unless directed to do so or if you need immediate aid from the police or fire department. Nonemergency calls into dispatch could overload the system. I have a landline, and it does not work when the power goes out. How will the system be able to contact me? Make sure you have at least one working corded telephone – and be sure to turn the ringer on. In addition, the CodeRED sign-up form allows you to indicate both a primary and alternate phone number. Cell phone and / or work phone numbers can be entered as alternate phone numbers. Both primary and alternate phone numbers will be contacted when a notification is sent. Will the CodeRED System leave a message on my answering machine? Yes. What happens if the line is busy? If the line is busy, CodeRED will try two more times to connect. It is important to register more than one number (for example a cell phone and home phone) because CodeRED will try the user’s second preference, should the first line not answer. It will NOT override the current call. What circumstances might prevent a message from being delivered to me? • If you do not have a landline and did not register a cell phone or alternate phone number or email. • If your contact information has changed and you have not reregister your information. • If you only have a landline at your residence, the power is out and you did not register an alternate phone number. • If your landline is busy for an extended time and your calls do not forward to voicemail or an answering machine. CodeRED will NOT override the current call. • If you have call blocking on your main phone and you did not register an alternate phone. Douglas County will receive a report of undelivered calls and can instruct the CodeRED system to begin another round of calls to busy numbers. It is best to have an alternate phone number in the calling database for these situations. What is the CodeRED mobile app? CodeRED will offer a mobile app for Android and iPhones. Douglas County residents and business owners who download the app will receive CodeRED alerts for the geolocation of the phone. Alerts will include community, emergency and severe weather updates. The Automated Severe Weather Alerts are free for the first 30 days, but to continue use, the user must pay $4.99 annually. The revenue goes to CodeRED, not the County or individual municipalities. If users do not want to continue the Automated Weather Warnings, they can keep the CodeRED PSA App on their phone for free. How is this system being funded? The Douglas County Emergency Telephone Service Authority, which is funded by a monthly 70 cent phone surcharge on all cell phones and landlines within the County, will pay for the system. Questions? 303-663-7747 or email us public_notify@ Douglas911.org Page 3

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IREA Upgrades Service to Sapphire Pointe To improve the reliability of electric service to Sapphire Pointe, Intermountain Rural Electric Association is adding facilities to provide “loop service” to the area. Till now, the area has been fed from a radial line, which means that any interruption in service affects power to the area until that single line has been repaired. With loop feed service, the electric power comes into the area from two sources (to form a loop) so that when power fails from one source, the area is immediately fed from another source. This $700,000 project should provide vastly improved reliability. Both overhead and underground lines are being constructed or improved to provide this service. Work should be completed by December 3rd, weather permitting. Consumers will be notified by mail of any planned outages made necessary by the project. Every effort will be made to restore existing landscaping damaged in the process of completing this project. If you have any questions concerning the work to be performed, you may contact Waldemar Trembicki at 303-688-3100, ext. 144.

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Snow Removal By Scott DiGiacinto One of the most common questions from homeowners is ‘can you do something about plowing our streets better’. The answer is we can’t. The HOA is not responsible for ANY snow removal on the streets. All street plowing is the responsibility of the Town of Castle Rock. If anyone feels that snow removal on their street is lacking this winter they should call the Town of Castle Rock at 720-7332462 So what is the HOA responsible for? The HOA is responsible for the mail boxes, bus stops and sidewalks that border common ground. A map of these areas can be found at www.sapphirepointe. com. The HOA uses Colorado Green Grass (CGG) for our snow removal. So when should CGG be out taking care of the snow on the sidewalks? Our contract with CGG calls for them to begin snow removal when the snow is 3 inches.

Please understand however that there are many factors involved that may delay removal, such as the time of the day of the storm, there have been complaints in the past that people have been When making one of the most important disturb by snow blowers in the wee hours. Also our contract calls decisions of your life, it’s imperative to for CGG to wait until a certain threshold, this means that there is a know how to find a college that is right possibility that there workman may be at another site that wants a for you. Maybe you want to be able to say you’ve attended an Ivy dusting removed, hence Sapphire Pointe may be a second priority. League school or perhaps you simply wish to attend a school close CGG has also been instructed in the past to address the mail to home; either way, it is not a decision to take lightly. boxes and bus stops marked on the map. Please e-mail board@ There are a few things to keep in mind when choosing the right sapphirepointe.com with a description of any missing bus stops. school. 1. Know the schools you are interested in. It’s not enough to simply hear about a school and what others think. It is crucial to know as much as you can and that can only be done by research. Find out what the statistics are for acceptance, graduation rates, tuition costs, crime statistics near or on campus, cost of living in the area and anything that is relevant to your situation. 2. Find out if the school focuses on your major. You wouldn’t want to attend a technical school if you are majoring in English and you probably don’t want to go to a fashion school if you are planning on becoming a doctor. It is just as important to locate a school that has a focus on your particular major. For instance, if you want to study criminology then focus on a couple of schools you have in mind and see where they excel in the study of criminology. One may have an underwater crime scene class while the other school has nothing remotely unique in that field. It can be those little details that make a difference in your choice and how much you learn that can be put towards your career. 3. Size matters. It doesn’t matter if the school you choose is a large university or a community college, the part of size that matters is dependent on your own sense of self. What this means is that if you do better as a little fish in a big pond then a large university can be a perfect fit. However, if you excel in an environment that focuses on a more individual approach, a large university may make you feel lost and alone. In that case, a smaller college with a more centralized focus may help you grow and shine faster. While this list is simply advice, it can help you make a more informed and knowledgeable decision in choosing the right school for your needs and as always, you can contact the National College Advisory Center at 720-420-3400, for more details in choosing the perfect college. Page 6

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