Frontier Fiber

As Frontier is installing fiber in our neighborhood, damages have been reported to the HOA. If you have damage to your property, questions, or concerns, please call the numbers listed below.

Foreman on Site - Rick Nagy – 304-919-3874

Project Manager - Jason Oliphant – 304-534-0121

Engineering Manager - Amanda West – 304-842-9195

November Board Meeting

Tuesday, November 1 from 7-9om on Zoom
All homeowners are welcome to attend!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83898030921?pwd=NmlwMmJtZklPRmpYdXpoOWptQ2JuUT09

Meeting ID: 838 9803 0921
Passcode: 170252

This started with the HOA Board receiving numerous complaints over time concerning the feral cat issue within our HOA.  It is the board’s understanding with the information provided to us that this issue has been ongoing for some time and has increasingly been getting worse. Neighbors recently and in the past have tried to deal with the feral cat problem by TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) in the neighborhood. These attempts no longer are as successful since some are feeding the cats on a regular basis.  We have tried to ask neighbors to no longer feed the feral cat population with no prevail.  We also understand that TNR is a long-term attempt to a solution since the cats are brought back to the neighborhood.  

An example of information that we have received is that one homeowner had observed over 20 feral cats within a day and a half on and around their house.  The HOA Board has also received complaints of not being able to use their yard due to the number of cat feces on their property, complaints of people finding dead birds on their property and a dog getting worms from eating cat feces.  We have also received concerns from parents that they are worried for their children safety with having so many feral cats in the neighborhood.   With the increasing number of complaints regarding the feral cat population, the safety concerns and the issue of homeowners not being able to enjoy their property we as a Board thought we should try something before this problem gets worse and spreads on all the streets within the association.  As a board, one of the things we try to do is look at things that affect the association as a whole and affects people’s home values and the homeowner’s enjoyment.  

Last week’s attempt was to try to organize the homeowners that wanted to try to catch the feral cats.  The trapper was given instructions to release any cats that had a collar on them.  As far as we know that was done.  We were also under the impression that the cats would be held at the pound for a number of days.  After further board discussion, the HOA will no longer help organize homeowners on catching feral cats on their own private property.  Last week’s organized trapping that was held was done at no cost to the HOA since we have received a $300 donation from a non-board member for last week’s trapping. We have been told some homeowners will continue to attempt to catch the feral cats.  If so, please continue to do all trapping on your own personal property.  Since it is our understanding that this trapping will continue, please continue to make sure all animals have collars on them.  We highly suggest that all trapping that occurs should have all animals that are caught with a collar would be released. We also will continue to suggest that homeowners do not continue to feed the feral population.  This feeding is causing the feral cats to remain within the neighborhood and is helping increase the number of feral cats.  We also highly recommend that everyone respects each other’s property and do not go on someone else’s property to remove/steal a trap as was done last week.  It is the homeowner’s decision on how they want to deal with trespassing so we would suggest that everyone respects each other’s private property.  

We understand that this is a hot topic.  With all hot topics please remember that many in the development are going to have strong opinions on either side.   As with any hot topic, some will feel strongly in expressing their opinions while others will remain silent.  We encourage respectful discussions among the homeowners and with the board on any topic that involves the HOA.  We have received feedback that they are glad that attempted trapping occurred but are afraid to say anything because they are afraid of being verbally attacked by a few. We encourage discussions because this will help the Board to better understand what the Association wants done and what needs to be done by the Board.  However, please remember that we are all neighbors and name calling /verbally attacking each other is not going to help us actively resolve issues that come up. 

We, as an HOA Board, acknowledge that appropriate advance notice was not given. We highly encourage members of the HOA to come to the monthly HOA meetings and we encourage members to help solve issues by volunteering.  We want to continue to make this neighborhood a place where people want to live.

Please continue to send constructive and helpful feedback to the board at HOAWestbrookHeights@gmail.com

Thank you.
Westbrook Heights HOA Board

Road Repair Work

Polce Seal Coating scheduled our crack repairs for Wednesday, October 20th. They indicated that there shouldn't be much, if any, disruption to traffic.

Breakfast Food Truck

On Saturday, October 30, 2021 from 8am-10:30am The Prodigal Son will be parked at 1290 Forman Drive and serving delicious breakfast food!

Menu can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/The-Prodigal-Son-Food-Trailer-LLC-110543174629134/menu

Food Truck Night

Join us on October 22, 2021 from 4:30pm-7:00pm to enjoy delicious food truck food, walk the neighborhood, and check out the Halloween decorations so you can vote for your favorite house!

Stray Cat Chimmi Shack food truck will be parked near 1398 Bennett Drive. Note: they are cash only.

2021 Halloween Decorating Contest

Join us for the 2nd Annual Halloween Decorating Contest!

Neighbors will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite house/yard decorations and the winner will get bragging rights and a garden flag!

Enter your house by October 15 - https://tinyurl.com/hoahalloweenenter2021

Vote for your favorite house on October 22 and 23 - https://tinyurl.com/hoahalloweenvote2021

Winner will be announced on Facebook and the HOA website on October 24!

Trick-or-Treat

Trick-or-Treat will be on Sunday, October 31, 2021 from 6pm-8pm following the city of Morgantown’s schedule. 

If you would like to participate, please turn on your porch light!

Planned Power Outage - October 15, 2021

Mon Power annouced a planned power outage on Friday, October 15, 2021 from approximately 8am - 2pm. If you have questions, contact them at 1-800-686-0022.

Open Board Position

There is one open position on our Homeowners Association Board of Directors! If you are interested, please attend our next meeting on November 2, 2021 at 7:00pm on Zoom (link will be announced on our Facebook page and website.) We will fill this position at this meeting. All homeowners are invited to attend. Have questions about the time commitment involved? Contact us at hoawestbrookheights@gmail.com

October Meeting

Our October meeting is Tuesday, October 5 at 7pm on Zoom.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85110801908?pwd=WGttSmd5QjI4bzVyeGlBaElWd1RLQT09

Meeting ID: 851 1080 1908
Passcode: 819162

Special Meeting: CCR

After last week's meeting the Board realized that the process to correct and update the CCRs were not clearly defined or explained. Therefore the scheduled meeting for Tuesday Sept. 28th is canceled and will be rescheduled. The Board will develop a written process and post it before the next meeting to discuss the changes and update to the CCRs.

Speed Bump Painting

If you would like to volunteer your time to re-paint our speed bumps, please email the HOA at hoawestbrookheights@gmail.com.

We will supply all materials and paint. Volunteering saves the HOA from paying a company to paint them for us!

Events Committee Meeting

The events committee will be meeting to dicsuss events for the remainder of 2021 and Spring 2022. All are welcome to attend!

Topic: Events Committee Meeting

Time: Sep 16, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 821 9170 0793
Passcode: 376847

Special Meeting: CCR

On September 21, 2021 at 7:00pm we will have a special Zoom meeting to discuss the proposed changes we want to make to our Covenents (CCR). All are welcome to attend.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84283299698?pwd=Zzl3ZVpPWnZXYkQ3QU5pVWI1QTllQT09

Meeting ID: 842 8329 9698
Passcode: 929512

September Meeting

Reminder: Our September meeting is Tuesday, September 7 at 7pm on Zoom.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89003497592?pwd=WDltaU1VVHVpQzNJWmVCcnpFS3NsQT09

Meeting ID: 890 0349 7592

Passcode: 159970

Special Meeting

We are holding a special meeting on Zoom Tuesday, August 17 at 7:00pm for a presentation on the WVOHOA and our membership details. All are welcome to attend.

Topic: Presentation: Lessons Learned from WVOHOA

Time: Aug 17, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85231751426?pwd=YnZrUkUwczhiaGNKMjRkOWtzRGdiUT09

Meeting ID: 852 3175 1426

Passcode: YR2tN2

August Meeting

Due to inclement weather, our August 3 monthly meeting has been moved to zoom. Time is 7:00pm.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89972652223?pwd=TjBhYzRScnNtZU44MzdrMXJ6Sk9XZz09

Open Board Positions

There are two open positions on our Homeowners Association Board of Directors. If you are interested, please attend our next meeting on August 3, 2021 at 7:00pm at the President's home - 1288 Forman Drive outside in the backyard. Check the website for weather related changes. We will fill these positions at this meeting. All homeowners are invited to attend. Have questions about the time commitment involved? Contact us at hoawestbrookheights@gmail.com

Westbrook Heights Community Yard Sale - June 4 & 5

Our annual community yard sale will be Friday, June 4 from 8am-12pm and Saturday, June 5 from 8am-2pm!

We will advertise in the Dominion post and place signs along the road. 

If you would like to participate, please just set up in your yard, driveway or garage during the specified times.

Board Elections

Westbrook Heights Homeowners Association Board Elections

There are four (4) open seats on the 2021 Westbrook Heights Homeowners Association Board of Directors. Elected candidates will serve the association for a one (1) year term.

Voting on June 5: A voting booth will be set up at the park Saturday, June 5 between 9am and 1pm.

If you are unable to attend the in-person voting on June 5, please contact hoawestbrookheights@gmail.com to make arrangements to drop it off at a board member’s house between now and 1pm on June 5.

View the ballot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ghtEtVX--NmULoEdaqooJho4zYR2w1su/view

June Meeting

The June meeting will be held via Zoom at 7:00pm on June 1, 2021. All neighbors are welcome to join!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86373874055?pwd=eVh6UlRpVDU3MzMzZEtJd3g1SzUvQT09

Meeting ID: 863 7387 4055
Passcode: 201902

May Meeting

The May meeting will be held via Zoom at 7:00pm (note the time change) on May 4, 2021. All neighbors are welcome to join!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89087024032?pwd=TjFwYzMvMW9WZUpCRUM5dlJRaFhCdz09

Meeting ID: 890 8702 4032
Passcode: 336141

April 25, 2021 Annual Meeting

The Annual meeting will be held via Zoom at 2:00pm on April 25, 2021. All neighbors are welcome to join! Please see our facebook page for link. 

April Meeting

The April meeting will be held via Zoom at 7:30pm on April 6, 2021. All neighbors are welcome to join!

Stray Cats - Trapping and Adopting

Update on feral cats in our neighborhood:

The HOA is working with a neighbor in our community to help trap and adopt out as many cats as possible. There are a large amounts of cats on Westbrook Drive and the lower streets. Baiting and checking the traps takes a lot of time and this is where the most help is needed.

The highest priority would be getting any kittens as soon as possible and getting any of the friendly ones fixed and adopted out.

HOW TO HELP -- If you have outside cats, please place a collar on them. Please do not feed the stray cats, provide a home for them, and if you would like to place traps on your property, please email the HOA at hoawestbrookheights@gmail.com

If you wish to contact local resources on your own, here are the resources we will be utilizing:

Homeward Bound

Mountaineers 4 Mutts

MSnap

Mon County Humane Society

Park Lawn Mowing

It is that time of year again.  The grass in the park is growing.  As in the past, we are looking for mature kids that live in the development that are interested in mowing the park this year.  You are paid $80.00 for taking care of the park that month.  Mowing might not be required every week, but we ask that you keep an eye on the park to make sure the grass does not get too tall.  We also ask that you routinely weed eat and pull any weeds you see growing in the mulch.     

The following months are available:
April
May
June 
July
August 
September 
October

If you are interested, please email the following information to: vpwestbrookheights@gmail.com

Your name:
Your address:
Best email to contact you by:
What month(s) you are interested in mowing:
     Your first choice:
     Second choice:
     Third choice:

Choice of month(s) will be determined by the order emails are received.

Chalk the Block Event - April 24, 2021

The Westbrook Heights Community Engagement Committee invites you to Chalk the Block! 

Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 8am-11am

Decorate your driveway with chalk art for neighbors to see as they walk around! State Fair Mini Donuts Food Truck will be parked at 1093 Brookings Drive for sweet treats. Leave messages with chalk on your neighbors driveway to encourage community kindness.

Santa Visiting Westbrook Heights

Thanks to the Brookhaven Volunteer Fire Department, Santa Claus will be driving through our Neighborhood on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, around 6 p.m. Make sure to run outside and wave at the big guy! We could all use the holiday magic this year!

November HOA Board Meeting Date Changed

As to not interfere with Election Day, the November HOA Board meeting will be moved to Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. at the Westbrook Heights Park. If it is raining at 6:30 p.m., then the meeting will be moved to Zoom and a link will be posted here and on the official Facebook page. 

All community members are welcome to join, we just ask that you wear a face covering and physically distance. It is recommended to bring a chair as seating at the park is limited. 

Inaugural Halloween House Decorating Contest

Enter your house for the inaugural Westbrook Heights HOA Halloween House Decorating Competition!

Neighbors will have the opportunity to vote on their favorite house/yard decorations and the winner will get bragging rights and a garden flag!

• Enter your house by October 24 at 10pm

Entry form: https://tinyurl.com/hoahalloweenenter

• Voting starts on 10/28 and ends on 10/30 at 9:30pm

Vote online: https://tinyurl.com/hoahalloweenvote

Or you can call/text Jenn Geletko to submit your vote: 304-276-8967

• Physically-distanced community walkthrough Friday, 10/30 6:30-7:30pm. Walk the community, check out decorations, wave at neighbors!

• Winner will be announced on our Facebook page and website the morning of 10/31

facebook.com/WestbrookHeightsHOA/

http://wbhhoa.simplesite.com

Engagement Subcommittee Creation-- HOLIDAY COMPETITIONS!

We are seeking to create an engagement sub-committee of about 4-6 people, overseen by the HOA Board, to organize opportunities for community building and getting to know our neighbors. If you are interested in joining this committee, please direct message us on the community's official facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WestbrookHeightsHOA) or email hoawestbrookheights@gmail.com

One of the first initiatives we are hoping this sub-committee can undertake is to set up some fun holiday competitions including a Halloween decoration competition, Holiday Light Decoration and/or summer garden competition. The committee would be responsible for determining rules, voting, and prizes.

To kick this off with a Halloween House Decorating contest, we will need to get this committee organized quickly.

We are excited to see what other creative and fun engagement opportunities that this committee could come up with.

Halloween Trick or Treating

At the October HOA Board meeting, it was decided that our neighborhood will follow the City of Morgantown for Trick or Treating. Trick or Treating is scheduled for Saturday, October 31 from 6-8 p.m. If the city changes their Trick or Treating status, we will follow their lead.

The city put out recommendations for participate, including:

• Wear a COVID-19 mask or face shield
• Stay in small groups and stay in your own neighborhood
• Stay outdoors, keep moving and give others space
• Wash your hands and don’t participate if sick
• Space candy our on a table instead of in a bowl
• Keep your porch lights off if you do not wish to participate

If you're new to the neighborhood this year, on an average year, we will have approximately 300 Trick or Treaters come through the neighborhood. 

Enjoy and stay safe!

2020 Street Sign Upgrades

In the coming weeks, you will begin to notice upgrades to the street signs. The wooden street signs will be removed, and metal street signs that meet county standards will be installed in their place. Please excuse the mess and any inconvenience the installation process may create as we work to improve the appearance of our neighborhood!

Playground is open for fun!

In accordance with the Monongalia County Health Department, the Westbrook Heights playground is open. We still recommend adhering to CDC guidelines such as social distancing, not having large gatherings, and washing your hands/not touching your face after you play at this community playground. Also please remember the playground is "play at your own risk." 

There have been some great upgrades to the park with more planned in the future! We hope you enjoy this community ammenity.

Please note, if you do take your pet into the playground, please be sure to clean up any messes that he or she makes and to keep your animal leashed.

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