From the Trustees: Construction Starts

From the Trustees:

Ready to Go - Neighborhood Improvement District - NID

We are signing a contract Monday for the street
improvements, the replacement of some driveway approaches
(AKA aprons), and the replacement of selected sidewalk slabs
with TraMar Contracting, Inc. of St. Charles. We hope to
start work right away, maybe even by the time you receive
this.

We will be marking with spray paint the sidewalk slabs and
driveway aprons scheduled for replacement. Because there
have been significant number of new cracks since we first
reviewed them, we are concerned about our increased costs.
Until we have a good count of the damaged slabs, we will be
spray painting the ones we consider mandatory in one color
and spray painting the ones we will do if we have enough
money in another color. We assume that you will be able to
tell which is which when you look at a few. A number of you
want your sidewalk aprons widened to conform to your
driveways. We will do this if your apron is on the schedule
to be replaced. Please contact a trustee if your apron
needs widening. If you have any problems with the slabs and
aprons as marked, please e-mail (preferred) or call us
pronto.

Communications, again
We will communicate the construction details, like street
closing days, by several methods. We will use the old
standby method of signs at the two entrances but signs can
only hold so much information. We encourage you to join the
Fence Talk on line at www.fencetalk.org. We will use this
media to distribute more detailed information about the
project. By giving Fence Talk your e-mail address, we can
communicate these things to you directly. We trustees, the
Fence Talk publishers, and the University Heights
Association pledge to keep the e-mailings to a minimum and
to not circulate your address.

Driveway repair, again
Many of you wanted to possibly do concrete or asphalt work
on your driveways and patios with the same company we are
using, while they have their equipment in the neighborhood,
which may result in a good price. You need to know that
although we trustees have chosen these vendors and think
they will do good work for the subdivision, your agreements
with them are strictly your business and we do not wish to
be part of it. We think that this work may begin very soon,
so do not delay or you will miss the boat (or concrete
truck). Please make sure you have received other bids so
you will be able to make an informed choice when you get
these bids. Now that all the disclaimers have been posted,
we are pleased to announce that TraMar Construction, Inc, in
the person of Patrick A. Terrio, 636-255-0808,
pterrio@tramarcontracting.com will be handling your private
asphalt and concrete work. Call him only about your
personal work. If there are any problems
during subdivision construction, call a trustee.

Joyce Daughaday
Morton Hyman
Judy Baernstein
baernstein@sbcglobal.net
314-725-8530 home
314-422-2708 cell