Join us for our next monthly meeting, Tuesday, March 7th at 7pm in the MPCA Clubhouse located at 21600 Cimarron Parkway.
All homeowners are welcome to attend.
Join us for our next monthly meeting, Tuesday, March 7th at 7pm in the MPCA Clubhouse located at 21600 Cimarron Parkway.
All homeowners are welcome to attend.
We are in the process of finalizing the pool hours for Cimarron Parkway and Highland Knolls Pools for the upcoming swim season. We want to make sure that we make the best use of the pools and resources dedicated to having the pools open this summer. In order to do that, we would like to hear from you. Please fill out the quick online survey so that we can meet the needs of our residents. Thank you for your input!
Its tax season again and as we all look to minimize Uncle Sam’s cut one thing we frequently overlook are our HOA fees. Unfortunately, HOA fees themselves unfortunately cannot be deducted directly. They are a cost of the house and simply the price to own the home in your neighborhood. However, if you rent your home out they are deductible as a rental cost. They must be paid but for a rental property they can be written off. Another deduction allotted for HOA fees is if you have a home office. That makes a portion of them a work expense. The write off amount is directly related to the portion of the home that the office utilizes. For instance if your home office is 140 sq/ft and your homes total sq/ft is 1,400 that means the office is 10% of the total. So 10% of the HOA fees can be written off. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to be diligent and save.
SECURITY REPORT January 1 through January 31, 2017 | |
911 Hang Up | 2 |
Accident/Major | 1 |
Accident/Minor | 2 |
Accident/Other | 0 |
Alarm Local | 7 |
Alarm, Silent | 4 |
Animal/Humane/Aggressive | 6 |
Assault | 0 |
Assault/Family | 0 |
Check Park/School | 9 |
Contract Checks | 150 |
Credit Card Abuse | 0 |
Criminal Mischief | 2 |
Discharge Firearm | 0 |
Disturbance/Family | 0 |
Disturbance/Fireworks | 2 |
Disturbance/Loud Noise | 2 |
Disturbance/Other | 3 |
Disturbance/Weapon | 0 |
Follow Up | 4 |
Fraudulent Use ID | 1 |
In Progress | 0 |
Incident report | 0 |
Information call | 35 |
Meet the citizen/officer | 20 |
Neighborhood check | 104 |
Open Door/Window | 2 |
Prop Found/Lost | 1 |
Special Assignment | 0 |
Solicitors | 2 |
Suicide | 1 |
Suspicious Person | 15 |
Theft/Residence | 2 |
Telephone/Harassment | 0 |
Traffic Initiative | 17 |
Traffic Hazard | 2 |
Traffic Stops | 50 |
Citations | 28 |
Warnings | 14 |
Advisement | 4 |
other | 4 |
Unk Medical Emergency | 2 |
Vacation Watch | 8 |
Vehicle Abandoned | 1 |
Vehicle Repossession | 1 |
Vehicle Suspicious | 6 |
Warrant Service | 0 |
Welfare Check | 10 |
The next monthy HOA Board Meeting is Tuesday, February 7th at 7pm in the MPCA Clubhouse. We encourage all members of the HOA to attend. We hope to see you there.
Deed Restriction violations not resolved as of February 2, 2017 | |
Basketball goals | 32 |
Decorations | 19 |
Driveways | 7 |
Fences/Gates | 18 |
Garages | 9 |
Gutters/Downspouts | 31 |
Infringement/Nuisance | 0 |
Items Stored | 43 |
Lawn Maintenance | 33 |
Exterior Lighting/lamp post | 54 |
Landscaping | 7 |
Mold/mildew | 90 |
Mailbox | 29 |
Motor Vehicle/Storage | 23 |
Outdoor Furniture | 1 |
Parking | 2 |
Exterior Paint | 147 |
Exterior Repairs | 42 |
Roofs | 9 |
Satellite Dish/Antennas | 2 |
Sidewalks | 7 |
Sightlines | 1 |
Signs | 3 |
Trash cans | 44 |
Trees | 8 |
Unapproved Construction | 2 |
Unapproved paint | 5 |
Residential Use | 2 |
Window AC | 3 |
Windows | 12 |
Total | 685 |
SECURITY REPORT December 1, through December 31, 2016
911 Hang Up 1
Friendly Reminder: If you have not already done so, please make arrangements to pay your 2017 HOA Maintenance Fee/Assessment as soon as possible. Statements were mailed out in October and were due by January 1st. All accounts that are not paid in full or on a payment plan by January 31, 2017, will incure a $35 late fee on their account February 1, 2017.
You can pay your assessment in the MPCA Office, on our website at the PAY ONLINE menu tab, or mail a check to 21600 Cimarron Parkway, Katy TX 77450. If you cannot pay your account in full, you still have time to get on a payment plan. You must come into the office by January 31, 2017 and make a down payment.
Join us Friday, February 10th in the Cimarron Clubhouse for dinner and BINGO! At 6:30pm dinner will be served and Bingo will start at 7pm. We will play 20 games which usually takes about 2 hours. Bingo is for MPCA Residents who are over the age of 18 years. This is an adult only event and space is limited to 60 people per the clubhouse fire code.
The MP HOA Board will be meeting Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 7pm at the clubhouse. The meeting is open to all members. The January Agenda is posted on the agenda section of the website. We hope to see you there.
The MPCA Office will be closed for the holidays Friday, December 23rd through Monday, January 2, 2017.
We will reopen Tuesday, January 3rd with regular office hours.
Nominate your favorite Christmas light display! The HOA is searching for the Memorial Parkway's best and brightest holiday lights display as we look to crown this year's Clark Griswold Award winner.
There will be four awards given out... with the first place being The Clark Griswold Award - Given to the home that has so many lights you are not sure how they haven't blown the breaker!!
Texas Transportation Code, authorizes the Commissioners Court of a county to declare a speed limit lower than 30 MPH in a residence district, unless the roadway has been designated as a major thoroughfare. The Memorial Parkway HOA is considering petitioning the Commissioners court for a reduced speed limit of 25 mph within Memorial Parkway Subdivision. We would like to survey the members of the subdivision before making a decision. We have created a simple survey to see if there is support to have the speed limit lowered.
Based on the survey results, the HOA will request an engineering study from Harris County to determine which streets in the subdivision are eligible for 25 MPH speed limits. After receiving the study results and if the HOA Board chooses to move forward they should provide a petition to the Precinct Three Commissioners in the prescribed form. The petition must be signed (in person) by at least 51% of the owners or tenants of residences in the subdivision. There can only be one per household sign the petition. That means we will need 1,132 of the homes come and sign the petition.
Stay up to date with current HOA events and news through the online HOA Blog!! The HOA was recently removed from the Nextdoor forum, therefore we are no longer able to post meetings, events, news, etc on Nextdoor.
The best way to get meeting reminders, event reminders, and news is by subscribing to the HOA Blog at http://mphoa.org/index.php/news You can subscribe to the 'blog' by clicking on the envelope icon in the black menu bar. Every time we post something on the 'blog' it will send you an email with the post.
Deed Restriction violations not resolved as of December 6, 2016
Basketball goals 29
SECURITY REPORT November 1, 2016 to November 30, 2016
Accident/Minor 4
How to Avoid a Deed Restriction Letter from the HOA…
We have many wonderful homeowners and residents who do an amazing job of taking care of their homes and yards. The entire subdivision is regularly inspected for deed restrictions. The inspector uses the ACC Guidelines and the Declarations of Covenants for the guidelines as to which to determine if properties are in compliance.
Deadline Extended!! The last day to get on a payment plan with 'no plan fee' is December 22nd, 2016. If you are wanting to get on a payment plan for you 2017 HOA Dues, you must come by the office and fill out the paperwork for a payment plan. The plan will consist of 3 monthly payments of $125 (December, January, and February).
Office Hours for the Week of Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday and Tuesday, November 21st and 22nd Regular Hours 9am to 5pm
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