Items for HBTM HOA Website

 

Constables and 911 – If you are in a life-threatening situation, call 911.  If non-life-threatening, call the Pct. 4 Constable Dispatcher at 281-376-3472. 

Constable Vacation Watch -- Pct. 4 constables provide a vacation watch wherein they'll check on your home from time to time while you are gone.  To sign-up, go to www.Constablepct4.com, click on Community Involvement, scroll down to Vacation Watch Request and click on it.  From the subdivision dropdown list select Reid Road Municipal Utility District.  Then follow directions from there. 

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Elections to HOA Board –Elections to the HOA board are held in March of each year.  This is strictly a volunteer assignment and will take approximately a two or three days of your time each month.  The president of the board has more responsibilities and it may take 20-40 hours a month to accomplish all that is needed.   You are invited to run for the board and, if interested, please let ACMP, our property management company, know. 

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Fireworks – Do be careful with fireworks and be respectful of your neighbors.  Be sure to clean-up the trash resulting from your fireworks displays.  Fireworks late into the
night and early into the morning may create a public nuisance. 

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HOA Board e-mail address:  To send an e-mail directly to the board, go to this document

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What is a community association (HOA) and why does it exist?  All homeowners are encouraged to read the following document.  Why HOA exists?

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Home Improvements  - Prior to making any home improvements to the outside of your home, be sure to read the ACC Guidelines to ensure that your improvements conform to the HBTM HOA standards of construction, visual appeal, uniformity, and design.  It is your responsibility to forward the ACC Form to the management company at least thirty (30) days before beginning your home improvements.  The rules require that you have approval by the ACC Committee prior to beginning the work on your home.  If the homeowner makes an improvement that does not meet the stated ACC guidelines, the board has the legal right to enforce compliance.  If you have any questions about home improvements, please contact our property manager at ACMP.

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Lights not shining in common areas – If you notice that the light on a light pole is not shinning, please record the pole number and contact Center Point Energy (713-207-2222) to report the outage.  Or you may report the outage at http://www.centerpointenergy.com/poweralertservice and then following the prompts.

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Monthly Board Meetings
Monthly HBTM HOA board meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Reid Road MUD #1 Building, 11245 Harvest Bend Blvd (just off of Windfern). You are invited to attend and an agenda is provided for your information.   If you would like to receive monthly reminders of these meetings, send an e-mail from this document to the HOABoard

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Reward Offered
 

• HBTM HOA board continues to offer a $50 reward to the first person who correctly identifies any person or person(s) who are tagging/vandalizing the common public areas of HBTM (signs, mailboxes, pool and playground area) if it leads to an arrest and charges filed against the vandal.  To begin the process, call the constables with the name and address of the vandal.  Also, call Ransom Daly at ACMP (281-855-9867) to make her aware of the issue so that you can get your reward at the appropriate time.  You can remain anonymous.

• As members of Crimestoppers, you are always welcome to call them at 713-222-TIPS (713-222-8477) or go to their website www.crime-stoppers.org to report any observed criminal activity.

 

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Safety

• If you see any unusual and/or criminal activity such as vandalism, any neighborhood disturbance, or cars/people you don’t recognize, please call the constables immediately (281-376-3472).  The constables prefer you call rather than having regrets later.
• Per the by-laws of HBTM HOA, there is very little, if anything, that ACMP, Inc. or the board can do to help you if the issue is between neighbors or on private property.
• If you are interested in joining our homewatch group, contact our management company or send an e-mail to your HOA board

 

Things to do around your home to improve safety

• Be aware of your surroundings.
• While driving or when arriving near your home, if you feel uncomfortable with your surroundings (such as someone following you, etc.), go to the closest police station or other area where you may feel safer.
• If you park your car in the driveway, keep the car locked.  Also, remove the garage door opener, your GPS, all money, all important documents, all electronic equipment, etc.
• Consider installing surveillance cameras and/or a security system.
• Leave your front porch lights on or get motion sensor lights.
• Consider leaving your back patio lights on or get motion sensor lights, especially if you face an open field or bayou.
• Keep garage doors closed when you are not outside, even if only for a few minutes.
• If you use a GPS (for example a Garmin), do not enter your home address under HOME.  Enter the address of our pool or the closest major intersection.
• Crush boxes of newly purchased electronic equipment so that it is not obvious that you have a new expensive addition to your home. You can also crush the boxes and take to Cy-Fair schools for their paper collection efforts.
• Also see Neighborhood Crime Watch sub-folder in the Events/Announcements folder of this website.

 



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Trash cans and trash bags – Per HBTM Rules and Regulations, Section 13, “Per HTM Rules and Regulations, “Trash, garbage or other waste materials shall not be kept except in sanitary containers constructed of metal, plastic or masonry materials with sanitary covers or lids. Containers for the storage of trash, garbage and other waste materials must be stored out of public view.” 

 

Animals and/or vandals are destroying the light-weight trash bags that some of you are currently using and spreading your garbage in the streets; therefore, the board respectfully requests that you no longer use these light-weight trash bags (particularly the grocery-type bags).  Further, the board is restating the trash policy to add some flexibility. Per the rule stated above, only trash cans should be used; however, the board understands that many of you put lawn clippings into black heavy-weight garbage bags. Therefore, the following applies:

The contract for trash pick-up is through the RRMUD's.  Work is performed by Texas Pride and all the agreements are shown on their website www.TexasPrideDisposal.com.  Or you can call them at 281-342-8178.  Also,

• If you don’t have a garbage can, get one and use it.
• Black garbage bags (1.1 mil or thicker) or the City of Houston approved recyclable garbage bags may be used for lawn clippings, leaves, etc.
• Under no circumstances can you use any light-weight or other light-weight plastic bags (white kitchen-type bags or those from the grocery, retail or box stores).
• Put your garbage out after 6:00 p.m. the evening before garbage pick-up (Wednesday and Saturday mornings).
• If animals or vandals spread your trash onto your lawn, your neighbor’s lawn, or into the street, you are responsible for picking up the resultant mess.
• Store trash cans out-of-sight except on trash pick-up days.
• Thanks for your cooperation.

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Recycling Program

In conjunction with Texas Pride, HBTM participates in the residential recycling program.

Use the containers that were provided by Texas Pride. If you don’t have one, call

Texas Pride at 281-342-8178. The following items are accepted for recycling:

• Paper: newspaper, magazines, phone books, catalogs, junk mail, envelopes,
• file folders, computer paper, construction paper, colored paper, corrugated
• cardboard boxes, cereal and soda/beer boxes, gift boxes, wrapping paper.
• Containers: aluminum cans, aluminum foil, plastic bottles/jugs/buckets #1-7
• (milk, soda, water, juice, liquor, shampoo, detergent, pool supplies, pet food,
• etc.) metal food cans (tin, steel), metal pots and pans, copper.

ITEMS NOT accepted for recycling: Glass (bottles, light bulbs, plates, cups, cookware,

windows), plastic bags, Styrofoam and packing peanuts, take-out containers, pizza

boxes, containers of hazardous/toxic material, tissue, paper towels, carbon paper,

paper milk/juice boxes (waxy boxes), toys, coat hangers, electronic devices, chemicals, and food waste.

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