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Garage Sale (and Registration Form)

Birnamwood Garage Sale will be held on June 10, 2022 from 2:00pm to 7:00pm, and June 11, 2022 from 8:00am to 3:00pm. To participate, please submit a registration form to unit #79. Deadline for registration submission is June 6, 2022.

Newly Revised POOL Rules and Regulations - PLEASE REVIEW

Please check and familiarize yourself and your guests with the newly revised Pool Rules and Regulations [pdf]

Birnamwood Homes Exterior Paint

Please be careful to use the formulation that is specified in the chart here. Other formulations may look similar (in the store) but will not match the specifications, and will cause you to have to redo work, expense and hassle.

Recycling and Waste Collection

The Buckingham Companies Service collects waste and recycled items on Wednesday of each week.

To ease the access for the collection trucks, please place the bins at least 3 feet away from the building, and at least 3 feet apart from each other.

HOLIDAYS SCHEDULE Buckingham delays the collection by (1) day for these holidays in 2021:

Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 30, 2022, and the collection will take place on the following Thursday

4th of July falls on Monday, July 4, 2022, and the collection will take place on the following Thursday

Labor Day falls on Monday, September 5, 2022, and the collection will take place on the following Thursday

Please roll out the waste bins AFTER 6pm on the preceding Tuesday.

Walk Safely On The LEFT SIDE of the Road

Walk on the LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD!

It is the law in Minnesota, and walking on the LEFT side of the road - FACING THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC - is just SAFER!

The quote from this website speaks for itself: "... Simply walking against traffic instead of with it, cut the risk of getting hit by a car by an average of 77 percent, according to the findings."

2020 Minnesota Statutes TRANSPORTATION Chapter 169 Section 169.21 states:

169.21 PEDESTRIAN.
...
Subd. 5. Walk on left side of roadway. Pedestrians when walking or moving in a wheelchair along a roadway shall, when practicable, walk or move on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder giving way to oncoming traffic. Where sidewalks are provided and are accessible and usable it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk or move in a wheelchair along and upon an adjacent roadway.

ACC Applications

About the Home Improvement Committees

Purpose: The Architecture Control Committee (ACC) maintains, manages, and recommends changes to the architecture and paint standards set forth in the Birnamwood Homes Association (BHA) founding and governing documents.

ACC versus Homes Maintenance versus Grounds: BHA has three related committees, the ACC, the Grounds Committee, and the Homes Maintenance Committee. Their descriptions are listed below:

Homes Maintenance Committee: Maintaining your home in good repair is not covered with the ACC standards. Homes Maintenance is concerned with ensuring all homes are kept in good repair. It looks for painting and deterioration of siding, chimneys, and other unit structures.
Architecture Control Committee: Maintaining your home requires repairs and replacement of various parts of the unit’s exterior. No structure, building, addition, deck, patio, fence, wall, enclosure, window, exterior door, or any other exterior replacements, improvements, or alterations (visible from the exterior of the unit) are to be started until an application (explained at Application Forms link below) has been submitted and approved by the Architecture Control Committee (and the Board, depending upon the application).
Grounds Committee Landscaping in front of the unit is not covered with the ACC standards. Landscaping is concerned with the use of the grounds outside the units, such as plants in the ground, rocks, stones, and any other use outside the unit that comes in contact with the ground. This falls under the Grounds Committee. All information pertaining to landscaping may be requested from the Grounds Committee, and approval of planting and any modifications to the landscaping must be approved by Grounds Committee. (Grounds Committee link below)

ACC Guiding Values: The ACC has adopted a set of values, and will use them in enforcing, evaluating, maintaining, and recommending changes to the standards (Value Statements Page link below).

Need Help?

General Issues about homes, insurance, or parking - contact:
Katie Quay, Property Manager
Cedar Management
Phone 612-750-4237
Email kquay@cedarmanagement.com
Evidence of Property Insurance Form: click here.
Monthly Association Fees are due on the 1st of each month. Payments should be sent to the address as provided in the letter from Cedar Management. Questions: Katie Quay at 612-750-4237 or by email kquay@cedarmanagement.com

Birnamwood Area Map

Birnamwood PODS Map

Birnamwood PARKING Spaces Map
(yellow lines mark spaces)

Google Map of Birnamwood Area

BHA Board Meetings

Birnamwood Homeowner Association (BHA) Board meetings are open to all residents. (Exception: The last part of the meeting is usually a closed session.)

Regular Meeting Agenda

• When: Third Tuesday of each month, 6:30pm - 8:00pm (Except in January and February)

• Where: Via Zoom, please contact Katie Quay for more details and link.

• Minutes of the meetings and financial reports are available on Cedar Management website, please contact Katie Quay for more details and access.

Website Account

The RESIDENT ONLY section of the website contains important and useful information. A registration for an account is required. Please click the REGISTER link. Use the guide below to fill the sections in the form:

• "DIRECTORY OPTIONS": Select NO for all the questions

• "YOUR INFORMATION": Please provide first name, last name, email (it is your username to login once the account is registered), unit number only (we know "Birnamwood Drive" is the street name!), area code and home phone, work number and cell number are optional but don't forget the area codes! SKIP the rest in this section

• "SECOND RESIDENT'S INFORMATION": Enter here info for another resident in your home, or they can create their OWN login

• "CHILDREN'S INFORMATION": Please SKIP this entire section!

• "OTHER DETAILS": Type the fancy letters you see ("verification code") into the box

Click "Submit". The system will generate and send a password to the email you provided. Now you can LOGIN into the website to access the RESIDENTS ONLY information.

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