Cold Springs, California

Newsletter, August 2011

Jason Reed — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:17:24 +0000

Cold Springs Newsletter, August 2011 (pdf 282kb)

Darlene’s Cabins

David Meidinger — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:28:25 +0000

During community meetings, it has been asked who to contact with concerns over Darlene cabin rentals. Attached is a re-post of a document that was devleoped a couple years ago. Comments from Darlene (pdf 10kb)

Tuolumne County History

Anthony Gleadhill — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:58:20 +0000

Visit the Tuolumne County Historical Society website for county wide history, some of which pertains to Cold Springs area.

Homeowners Insurance Presentation

Anthony Gleadhill — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:56:30 +0000

At the 2009 Annual member meeting a presentation on Homeowners Insurance was given. Several members requested the slides supporting the presentation be posted on the website for future reference. This presentation was based upon my personal experience of searching for insurance after I was non-renewed by my insurance company of 20 years and subsequently canceled by a replacement insurance company. I learned a lot about the industry, property risk management, how risk is determined and what we as consumers need to know and be prepared for. While it appears that many insurance companies are ‘quitting’ the California wildland/forest areas, there are insurance companies that are not. These insurance companies tend to be the larger more well known companies. So the bottom line is, if property owners do the right things with respect to minimizing their own property risk, insurance can be obtained. It will, however, be more costly……a price we pay for living in the forest. Click on the link below for a .pdf copy of the presentation.

HomeownersA (.pdf, 29kb)

Site works w/Dial Up Connection

Anthony Gleadhill — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:18:23 +0000

New site looks great. Can confirm it also works well with a ‘slow’ dial up connection. Oh, for an economical hi speed service up here!

Notice Received from Cold Springs Water Co.

David Meidinger — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:21:46 +0000

Note from Sandra at CS Water Co.

Today I have mailed to all Cold Springs Water Co. customers a letter regarding a rate increase. This rate increase is necessary as we can not continue to lose money as we have been for the past few years. This year we have had to trim expenses everywhere possible, including salaries and benefits. If we do not receive this rate increase it may be necessary to either sell to Del Oro Water Co. (they have tried to purchase us in the past) or be taken over by TUD. Either of these options will result in much higher water prices than we are requesting. I have included (attached below) a copy of Strawberry Water Co. rates as of Dec 2008. You can also view it at www.delorowater.com They will not operate a company in the red and have the means to get the rate increases they need. TUD also has similar rates for the small water companies it has taken over. As you can see our water prices will still be very reasonable for Tuolumne County. You need to compare our rates with other small mountain communities and not with companies from large metropolitan areas. I hope I have answered your questions as to why we must get this rate increase. I am leaving on vacation tomorrow and will not be back until August 31, with hope that I will come back with fewer questions on my phone.

Thanks, Sandra Cold Springs Water Co.

Strawberry Water Rates Dec 2008 (PDF 286 kb)

Newsletter, August 2009

Don Rosenbaum — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:34:18 +0000

Attached is the August 2009 Newsletter. Please comment as you like. If you have subjects you would like to see on our next newsletter, please share those too. Thank you.

Newsletter (PDF 255kb)

New By-Laws September 2009

Don Rosenbaum — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:08:33 +0000

The Board made changes to the association’s by-laws. The changes were minimal. The attached file labeled “new” is the clean version with all changes. The attached file labeled “original with changes” show highlights in red and orange which indicate those parts removed, and highlights in blue are those parts added.

Please review and if you have comments, please post them prior to September 5. Those present at the September 5 annual meeting will vote to approve the changes. Thank you.

CSPOA ByLaws Original with redlined changes (PDF 195kb)
CSPOA ByLaws New September 2009 (PDF 58kb)

Knight Fire Near Cold Springs

David Meidinger — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:25:37 +0000

Firefighters on scene

Certainly most Cold Springs property owners are aware of the nearby forest fire (http://inciweb.org/incident/1757/) that impacted our
community with smoke and ash. When a fire is this close it is an ugly reminder of how vulnerable we are. Please be safe and ask your guests to be safe during this hot dry summer.

Thanks to Teri Murrison for the photo.

Update From the Board

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:25:14 +0000

This is an update from your Cold Springs Property Owners Association Board of
Directors. Last September we decided to have the 2009 Annual membership/Community meeting over the July 4th weekend. Following our May 15, 2009 Board of Directors meeting, we have decided to forego a July 4 event and instead concentrate on the usual Labor Day meeting (Sept 5th) at the Pinecrest Community Center. Details will follow in the August newsletter.

The Board of Directors has also approved a one time change to the 2010 annual dues. For members of good standing in 2009 there will be no 2010 dues assessed. New members wishing to join the Association for 2010 are asked to pay the $20/yr (improved parcel) or $10/yr (unimproved) dues. Existing funds in the Association will be used to fund the CSPOA website, membership drive, periodic mailings and insurance.

The mission of the Association is to represent and promote the highest interests of
property owners and to provide property owners the information they need to
responsibly use, preserve and protect the quality of life that is the essence of Cold
Springs and our common interest in it.

Some possible future issues affecting all Cold Springs residents for which we may need representation are:

Insurance (renewed focus by insurance companies following the CS fire spring 2008)
Possible development or division of the Wainright property.
Water supply
Roads, snow plowing
Other?

Let us know if you have any comments. You may write CSPOA at 29310 Shasta Dr., Cold Springs CA 95334 or contact us thru the CSPOA website.