Birmingham, Alabama
The MBHO is happy to announce our 2nd Annual Meadow Brook Scholarship. MBHO will offer a $500 College Scholarship to the winning high school Senior. Applicants must be Meadow Brook residents who will graduate from high school in May 2012 and begin college in either the summer or fall semester of 2012. For more information contact Roxanne Coopersmith at cappybama@yahoo.com.
Scholarship Application Form (pdf)
CONGRATS to all of our graduating Seniors!
The Golden's of 5302 Harvest Ridge Lane. Congratulations!
As a dues paying member of the Meadow Brook Homeowners Association - YOU ARE a part of our MBHO 'Community Assistance & Relief Efforts.' These MBHO CARES Projects need your help throughout the year as we take on special projects to help the less fortunate and those in need. Past projects include; 'Insoles for Soldiers.' Tornado Relief, Oak Mountain Missions Christmas Toy & Food Fundraiser and many others. Please take an active role by donating necessary goods, funds or your time. YOU ARE 'MBHO CARES.'
MBHO CARES Spring Project
MBHO CARES is currently working with Children's Hospital for donations. They have an immediate need for new & soft toys (hand held) that infants and toddlers (1 month to 3 years) can hold in bed. Items like rattles, small stuffed animals, loveys, taggies, etc. are needed.
Remember NEW, SOFT and SMALL.
DONATION DROP OFF: March 6th from 3pm - 6pm at the MB Baptist Church upper alcove. Donations will also be taken at the General Assembly Meeting on Thursday March 8th.
Thank you for your continued consideration and generosity.
Have you noticed a few of the green Waste Management trash cans with the yellow lids this month? Meadow Brook HOA is excited to announce that Waste Management is now offering curbside Recycling to Meadow Brook Residents! The cost is ONLY $5.06 a month for each recycle trash can. Pickup is alternating Mondays. WM can be contacted for new service at 800.607.9509 or www.WM.com. See the attached link for acceptable & unacceptable recyclables plus additional specific information about registering, payment, schedule, can delivery, etc. This is a well-priced, convenient service that Meadow Brook residents have been working toward for many years. Let's all do our part and take advantage of this excellent & inexpensive opportunity!
http://www.wm.com/customer-service/residential-recycling-faq.jsp
The new entrance markers for Meadowbrook have been installed and look great! The three markers are located at the main 280 entrance, the back entrance on Meadow Drive, and the third is located on Redfern Drive. A big thanks to Board member Frank May and Meadowbrook resident Mike Black for their hard work in planning, designing, and installing the markers.
Earlier this year the City of Hoover enacted a tax increase on their 9-1-1 service. In doing so, the phone companies doing business in the area were notified of the change, either directly or through a company that manages the taxation function for smaller phone companies. Correctly, they identified that there are residents of the 35242 zip code residing in the City of Hoover and protected by the Hoover Fire Department. However, for some phone companies, either directly or through the company that administers this function, the new tax rate was applied to all residents of 35242 and the tax collected was remitted to the City of Hoover 9-1-1 District. It is important that consumers are taxed properly but it is even more important that the taxes collected be remitted to the 9-1-1 District providing the protection so they have the funding to provide adequate services.
Charter Communications was one of these small phone companies applying and remitting the tax improperly. They initially declined to make the change but after some discussions realized the mistake and have committed to correct their billing and remittance. This occurred in the last 30 days of this article (June 1, 2010) and should be reflected on the next billing.
As residents of Shelby County but not in the City of Hoover, we should check our phone bills and contact our phone companies until they are taxing and remitting properly. The proper rates for SHELBY COUNTY are: Business - $2.72/line and residential - $1.15/line. The HOOVER rates are: Business - $5.08/line and residential - $2.68/line. The number to call to report a problem should be located on your phone bill. If you encounter resistance to correcting the problem you can contact the Shelby County 9-1-1 District office at 205-439.6911 or the Public Service Commission.
As you know, burning leaves and yard debris is a violation of the covenants and, during the summer and fall, also a violation of the law. Two Meadow Brook residents have a lawn business with a large trailer. They are available to haul your leaves and debris to the Shelby County dump. The charges would be for the dumping fee, gas and a small charge for their services.
Please call Andy at 451-6848 or Michael 837-8884 if you are interested.
The Meadowbrook Homeowners Association asks for your cooperation when holding an Open House. In an effort to keep Meadowbrook beautiful, please observe the following guidelines:
**The MBHO reserves the right to take up any real estate and/or directional signs once the Open House is over on Sunday and signs that are not in compliance with covenants.
The following is from the U.S. Postal Service official ZIP code directory: If your ZIP code is 352xx, the postal service preferred city is Birmingham. It is not mandatory. As an example, our ZIP code is 35242, and Meadow Brook is our acceptable community name.
Many in the metro Birmingham area, while not residents of the city of Birmingham, mistakenly use Birmingham as their city name. This has resulted in loss of tax dollars for our county and puts your money in the pockets of the city of Birmingham.
If we order an item via the Internet on which sales tax is collected, and it is shipped to my address in Meadow Brook, the 5% sales tax goes to Shelby County, not Birmingham with its higher tax rate.
All residents in the metro area with 35242 in their ZIP code who do not live in the city of Birmingham should ensure their community name is correct in their address.
