Fire Protection in Lakemoor Hills
Most residents of Lakemoor Hills are not City of Knoxville residents, do not pay city taxes, and therefore do NOT have fire protection unless they subscribe to the service that Rural Metro offers. At our last homeowners’ meeting we learned that Rural Metro will respond to a fire in our neighborhood whether that family has subscribed to fire protection or not. If you are a subscriber, the visit is free. If you do not subscribe, the fee is $1,500 per truck per hour. Multiple trucks are typically dispatched. The average cost charged to the homeowner to put out a fire is $8,000. If you do not subscribe to fire protection, then it is time to do it. Don’t gamble on never having a visit from the fire department. That is a costly mistake. Here is a document that will give you information on their service.rural metro
BEAUTIFICATION IDEA – New Flowering Trees & Shrubs
Blount County Soil Conservation is holding their 2017 Annual Fundraiser and offering bare root trees and shrubs at very low prices. If your dogwood trees are over 20 years old, they may be more susceptible to disease and insects. Lakemoor Hills will be the featured trail again (when our entry gets completed) for the Dogwood Arts Festival. This is an excellent opportunity to get some new flowering plants started in your yard. The deadline is February 17, 2017 to place an order. 
Alcoa Hwy: December 20, 2016
Charles Blalock & Sons, and their subcontractor Rogers Group is preparing to place asphalt base for the Maloney Road collector (roundabout). Once guardrail, asphalt pavement and pavement markings are installed, traffic will be turned onto the new section of roadway. This should allow for traffic to access Maloney Road and the adjacent properties without using the temporary runaround (see photo below).
Crews will be excavating for Wall #8 on the west side of Alcoa Hwy soon. In preparation for this work and subsequent fill activities on the opposite side of Alcoa near Mount Vernon, the contractor has excavated the grassy median section and placed stone fill. Trucks will be crossing Alcoa Hwy at this location (see below).
Homeowners Meeting on Tuesday, 7 PM Lake Hills Church
Each of you should have received notice of the homeowners meeting that is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 7 PM at Lake Hills Church. We will hold an election for the 2016-17 board of directors and discuss a number of issues that affect our neighborhood. If you have not renewed or joined the LHHA, you may turn in your 2016-17 dues ($25) at that time. That will make you eligible for the discounted waste management fee offered through WCI to our organization. Please send a representative from your household.
New Waste Collections Benefit for LHHA Members
The Lakemoor Hills Homeowners Association has negotiated a member benefit for LHHA members that can dramatically reduce their waste collection fees. Any member of LHHA will be able to subscribe to Waste Connections Inc. to receive trash pickup at $14.10/ mo. or trash and recycle pickup at $18.70/ mo. for the next 2 years. Any household who is a current WCI customer will be automatically moved to the lower rate in their next billing cycle. Any new LHHA member may subscribe and receive this low rate.
WCI is the company that doe the trash pickup on Thursdays and recycle pickup on Tuesdays in our neighborhood. They will also pick up furniture, appliances and yard waste that is bagged, bundled or boxed.
Come to the homeowners meeting on Tuesday, September 20 at 7 PM to learn more about this moneysaving opportunity.
ALCOA HWY UPDATE from TDOT – August
August 2016 TDOT Report on Alcoa Hwy Project
Alcoa Hwy Update
This is the current piece of information from TDOT but it is a few weeks behind. I”ll post the next as soon as possible. They have put us on the distribution list for future coordination and information updates.Contract CNQ029 Alcoa Highway SR 115 June 27 2016 Project Update
Bark for Your Park
PetSafe, a Knoxville based firm, is offering grants to build, maintain, or upgrade dog parks throughout the US. Knoxville is the first city in the US to get a PetSafe dog park in downtown Knoxville. Does anyone have interest in pursuing a possible grant to develop a portion of Maloney Road Park into a dog park? It may not be a possible option with Knox County Parks, but if it is, then would anyone have interest? This is the website for the grant information. We would go for the $25,000 grant. It may be able to be done through the Lakemoor Hills Resource Council, our neighborhood 501 (c) (3) . http://www.petsafe.net/barkforyourpark/
TDOT Informational Meeting – April 28 , 5 PM
TDOT has just announced that they will hold a meeting for everyone who will be impacted by the first phase of the construction on Alcoa Hwy at Sevier Heights Baptist Church- North Campus (Old Food City) at 5 PM on April 28. Please share this message with everyone that you know that would be impacted.Stakeholder’s Meeting (2)