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He has attended some of our annual meetings. My wife has been in contact with him and he seems to be aware of the speeding situation and plans to have more of a cop presence in the neighborhood.

The medians gave a classy look to the street. They gave Claybourne a character that custom-built home neighborhoods have. Now, the nearby vinyl siding neighborhoods look better than ours. The medians need replaced to restore the look we paid for in a neighborhood.

A little gold Nissan went east on Dolan Way at 7:27 a.m. doing about 45 MPH. The start of what is to come……there goes the neighborhood.

It is time to look at management companies. Our previous neighborhood was very happy with R.L. Management out of Zionsville. Our pool was always perfect and the lights were always on. Our meetings always went well and we got things done for the better of the neighborhood. What can it hurt to get a few estimates?

We live at the “T” of Caswell and Dolan Way with a 4 year old. We don’t let him play in the front yard and certainly will not let him ride a bike in front of the house when he is old enough. I do see many children playing on the corner across the street and I cringe when I see cars speeding through.

Stop signs are a great idea for both safety and appearance which are top priorities for residents. The landscaped medians made Claybourne special, but since they’ve already been marked for distruction we should try to limit the effect of their removal i.e. opportunity for speeding.

Nick made a comment about some speeding cars that seem to go to the same house. That can be reported directly to the POA for sending a letter to those residents. Nonresidents that short-cut or drive through Dolan Way are those that I have observed speeding. When traffic is backed up at 131st and Shelbourne, we are their “side street” detour to 131st westbound. I nearly get rear-ended on the way to work. Stop signs would definitely deter these speeders.

Let’s start a process to discuss the option of adding two stop signs. Three-way stops are common in subdivisions I have lived in. POA: When is our next meeting for bringing this to the table for discussion?

I also hear a general theme here that homeowners want more information and more input on the neighborhood and I agree. More update/neighborhood status meetings or an open invite to a committee meeting. But remember folks, if you want to complain be ready to do something about it and join a committee or be quiet.

Lastly on the input theme… Where did the plants/trees in the medians go? It would have been nice to either transplant them somewhere else in the neighborhood or at least offered up to homeowners if they were simply dug out and discarded by the landscapers. Again, I have no idea what happened so I can only guess.