July 28 - You might be able to save some money by going to valuepak.com and checking out the coupons for 66212:

www.valuepak.com

May 21 - The Garden Club will be planting flowers at the entrance this Sunday at 2 pm. If you are interested, please join us there.

March 20 - The Brookridge Estates Annual Meeting will be held at the Matt Ross Community Center (Vista/Crown Rooms) this Tuesday evening, March 23, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Here is the agenda:

6:00 Start of room rental period (John)
HyVee food delivery (Anne & Sue)
Board members set out food & soft drinks

6:30 Food, Social, and Band

7:00 Start of Business:
John introduces David who in turn recognizes & thanks the Band.

7:05 Approval of the Minutes of the last annual meeting. Approval of the Treasurer’s Report.

7:10 Introduction of guests

Kansas Senator Tim Owens (if in attendance) – 10 minutes
Kansas Representative Dolores Furtado – 10 minutes (unable to attend)
Overland Park Councilman Donna Owens – 10 minutes
Overland Park Councilman Dave White – 10 minutes
SM South School Board, VP Deb Zila – 10 minutes

8:00 Trash Service Presentations

Jim Twigg, O.P. Environmental Programs Coordinator – 15 minutes
Q & A – 5 minutes

Glen Smith, Superior Disposal Service President– 15 minutes
Q & A – 5 minutes

8:40 General questions from residents to the BEHA board on any topic.

8:50 Election of board members

8:55 Reminder of coming events

9:00 Drawings for table decorations

9:10 Adjournment

9:15 Board Meeting

10:00 End of room rental period

January 15 - No, you haven't lost your dues bill somewhere. Dues notices have not been sent out yet. Your board is still trying to determine the best deal for your trash service. The contract with Deffenbaugh runs out March 8th, and a new contract will be signed soon.

There appears to be a major change in the way trash will be handled in 2011. It looks like Johnson County will be announcing some new directives related to trash. These will likely be in effect January 1, 2011. Recycling will likely be mandatory, and yard waste will no longer be part of anyone's trash service and will have to be placed in paper bags. There may also be a per bag charge placed on ordinary trash. The intent is to be more "green" with our environment through recycling and composting. More details will be presented to our residents at our annual meeting on March 23 at the Matt Ross Community Center, 6 - 10 pm.

December 10 - Your board is evaluating trash contractors at this time. Our contract with Deffenbaugh Industries runs out at the beginning of March. If you have any comments you wish to add to this evaluation, please contact John Cessna, 383-1166, prior to December 18.

The Overland Park certified contractors under board consideration are:

Deffenbaugh Industries, L&K Services, Superior Disposal Service and Town and Country Disposal.

Our current contractor, Deffenbaugh Industries, had a clause in our contract stating that they would automatically rollover our contract unless we notified them within a certain time frame.

Your board notified Deffenbaugh Industries by notorized/certified letter that we did not wish to engage in any such automatic rollover.

Deffenbaugh Industries is making their 65 gallon bins a must with their lowest quote. Your board has concerns that such bins would be left along side houses rather than being placed out of sight in the garage. This has already been observed to be the case in other communities.

November 1 - There is some news on the Community page: click here to see it.

October 20 - When the BEHA board contacted Brookridge Country Club to set up the Annual Meeting for March 23, 2010, they were told that the country club would be closing in November.

As a result, several board members went to Matt Ross Community Center to explore having the meeting there. They ended up reserving two rooms: the Crown Room and the Vista Room from 6 - 10 pm. These two rooms will make one large room when the partition is open, and will accomodate the 100 - 120 people who normally attend, seated at 15 - 20 tables.

The board is also looking into having HyVee cater the meeting in a buffet fashion.

As more information is available, it will be posted here.

October 12 (Columbus Day) - today is a normal trash day.

News & Changes

August 24 -

Yesterday afternoon the Brookridge Estates Garden Club met for the first time at the home of John and Joyce Cessna's. Not all the residents of Brookridge Estates were notified of the meeting because of the overwhelming response of the few who had been told. All the residents will be told in the next newsletter and on this website. To learn more about the Garden Club and the first meeting, please click on the button labeled "Garden Club" on the left side.

August 12 -

Last night four members of the Brookridge Estates Homes Association board attended a gathering called by the City of Overland Park to review the recent accidents along 99th Terrace and 99th Street.

As you probably know, a 70 year old lady was hit and killed in her yard, in the 9800 block of 99th Terrace. Also, in another accident, a mother and child ran into the back of a mower trailer in the front of David Willig's house at 7702 W. 99th Street.

The attendees at the meeting were highly upset that the meeting was only to have citizens go from table to table and become "informed" about what could be done. Most attendees immediately realized that having them attend such a session was a waste of their time.

Most of the television networks had cameras rolling, so instead of being "informed" the attendees found their forum in front of the all-to-anxious cameras.

Generally, the consensus was that something has to be done quickly to reduce the speed along 99th Terrace and 99th Street.

Dave White had mentioned to the attendees that one idea being considered by the City was to widen the street (the attendees were not sure how that would reduce the speed).

Some attendees suggested that being consistent in the speed signs might help. Others felt that drivers are speeding far beyond the speed limit posted and that signs alone will not fix the problem. Drivers are not obeying the law!

Options which seem to prevail included installing speed bumps and rotataries. This might also include putting traffic lights along the street, especially at 99th and Lowell, where school children cross.

One reason sighted by attendees for the high speed traffic along the street is that drivers are using 99th to bypass the stop lights along 95th street. Taking 99th can also bypass having to stop at 95th and Metcalf.

Giving the City credit, they were probably trying to listen to attendees to get feedback as to what to do. They got their feedback okay, but through television.

The question your BEHA board has: is it going to take someone else being killed before the City takes action?

August 1 -

Please click on the Garden Club button to see the activity proceeding there.

July 27 -

"I just wanted to let my friends and neighbors know that I had a trash can stolen over night. Just in the same way that David Willig’s wife witnessed one on 99th St. It is a good thing that I shred all documents.

The only good thing was that they made off with about 5 lbs of frozen watermelon rinds. Boy, will they be surprised.

If anyone knows of any stores with trash cans on sale, that would be appreciated.

Have a great day!"

Bill Williams

July 11 - The president is forming a committee to study the trash pickup situation for the coming year. The City of Overland Park has opened up our choice to five trash vendors rather than just one. If you would like to serve on this committee, please contact John Cessna, 383-1166.

July 10 - The board has selected the "Yard of the Month" winners for July. Click on the following to see who won:"

July "Yard of the Month" Winners

July 2 - Home Depot has reduced the price of a double bag of Kingford charcoal for the 4th of July. Usually the double bag costs $15.97, but for the next several days they are charging $9.97. They did this for Memorial Day too. If you need charcoal, this might be the time and place to pick some up cheaply. They will probably repeat this "loss leader" for Labor Day, but that is just a guess.

June 18 - The Yard of the Month for June has been awarded to Jim and Barb Novak, 7210 W. 100th Place. Please click the "YD OF THE MONTH" button for more details.

June 18 - John and Joyce Cessna had a Street Captains party last night to honor the work of our Street Captains. It was well attended and appreciated. The BEHA board was also in attendance, as was Tim Owens, our State Senator, and Donna Owens, our City Councilwoman. The couple with the longest residence in Brookridge Estates was 41 years living in our community.

LaRetta Scown also asked for help with the Fall Event (it is being decided whether to continue the picnic or to change to a street party). If you wish to volunteer to smoke brisket, please call LaRetta at 642-2302.

May 30 - Our treasurer has asked to be replaced due to a heavy business workload. Sue Cowan has volunteered to be the new treasurer.

May 29 - The BEHA board has approved having Sally Baker, CPA, audit the BEHA treasury books. This has nothing to do with confidence in our treasurer, but simply constitutes a "good practice" whenever there has been a major change. We have had such a change recently with the change of presidents from Jim Waldock to John Cessna.

May 25 - Stonegate Pool opened yesterday to a huge attendance! Wow! Overland Park has done a really fantastic job! If you haven't dropped by to see it, you are missing a real treat! Dedication is next Sunday at 11:30 a.m.

May 18 - Photos of the new Stonegate Pool have been posted on the "Community" page.

April 27 - The United States has declared a public health emergency regarding the swine flu. Please click on the "emergencies" page to get more information about this potentially deadly pandemic.

LaRetta Scown's son, Jon, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday, March 27th. Please click on the following to see a tribute to him:

http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/85555750