Picnic

Thanks, Dick, for your complimentary comments about our picnic yesterday. On behalf of the Lakemoor Hills Homeowner Association’s social committee, we want to thank all of you who helped make our annual neighborhood picnic such a great event!!! A great big thank you goes to Alex Shivers who did such a great job smoking the pork (he put in a 9 hr day total!) and Pat for bringing Debbie for pony rides.The Bounce House was a big hit and we have Forrest Orr of Dean Smith Realtors to thank for sponsoring it. Jim de Ropp did a super job with many tasks, including signs and tents, Suzan Bowman and Carolyn Adkins did so much as “co-chairmen”, as did Mike Parker with the car show, Kenneth Pace and Sandra with our art/craft display, and Geri Mulligan with the plant swap. More big “thank you’s” go to Ryan and Miranda Welch for setting up volleyball, Cheri Perry and Hattie for the fun children’s craft activities, Randy and Leslie Kerns for the wonderful steel drums, Clay Aalder for his fly casting demo, and Marta Vandergrif and Rosemary Burr for manning the welcome table. A huge thank you goes to the following whose help was invaluable: Dick and Ann Graf, Jim and Barbara Kincaid, Charlie Mulligan, John Haynes, Gene Burr, Lynn Kleinfelter, Gail Erwin, John Witherspoon, Connie Holmes, Bill Crown, Bill Terry and Chris Reagan. And last but not least, a huge thanks goes to all of you who brought the delicious covered dishes and desserts, and most of all a sincere note of appreciation for all who supported this opportunity to come together and enjoy great food, fellowship and fun! Diane de Ropp

THANK YOU LHHA PICNIC COMMITTEE, ESPECIALLY TO JIM AND DIANE DEROPP AND YOUR WHOLE GROUP OF WORKERS, IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY FOR ALL OF US HERE IN LAKEMOOR HILLS. The atmosphere , The delicious BBQ prepared by the The Shivers, the delicious food, the music ,the jump house provided by Forrest Orr, games, “special events for children, the arrival of the pony for rides for the kids, antique cars display, plant swap and especially for all our talented neighbors that shared their art, The conversation , the opportunity to see many that came “back” to visit and enjoy old times, the newer families, the children. It was a special day and everyone left with a feeling of community and a chance to meet, eat and just have a wonderful summer picnic .What a great day to be a neighbor in Lakemoor Hills. Thank You for all your hard work you’ re efforts were enjoyed by everyone. Dick G.

Dear Neighbors-

Hopefully, most everyone in the neighborhood is aware of the cell tower issue, even though not all interested could come to our Tuesday meeting. A cell tower company wants to install a 190 foot cell tower on property leased from 3509 Blow Drive. Their first and only antenna company renting space is T Mobile.

As mentioned at the meeting, there is a small working group – Dick Graf, Charlie Mulligan, Gene Burr and John Haynes – who have begun to develop the best defensive plan possible. The plan to fight against the cell tower in our neighborhood was a firm decision made by our LHHA Board.

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Hello all, I’ve done a little research into the procedure that will need to be followed should the land owner and the cell phone tower company refuse to cease and desist building this tower. My advice would be for the HOA to reach out to the land owner immediately to solicit their agreement not to continue their course of action. Should they refuse, a cease and desist letter would be the next step followed by a petition for injunctive relief filed in Knox County Chancery Court. In order to file for an injunction, an injunction bond would have to be posted. The HOA would have to determine how to collect the money to post such a bond, or if those most directly affected wanted to get the ball rolling with the court they could pay the up front cost. I’ve never filed such an action, as my line of work is exclusively Family Law, but I would be willing to draw up the necessary papers and file them. I’ve been told that the injunction bond, charged up front by the court, would be somewhere around $5,000.00. Again, I have no personal experience with that, so my figure may be off.

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As a longtime resident of Lakemoor Hills, I write as one who will be directly affected by the proposed cell tower. My home at 2025 W. Velmetta Circle will be within approximately 500 feet of the tower if built.

The presentation by Ms. Mary Miller at the LHHA meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 will not be rehashed given the excellent synopsis posted by Jim Grey. But I feel compelled to respond to some of her assertions and/or implications.

I am a Tennessee certified residential real estate appraiser (CR-441) and a real estate broker with Dean Smith Realty (00213092). I have been involved in real estate for over 30 years.

Ms. Miller’s assertion that a tower has no effect on value for surrounding properties is without foundation.

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Here is the link to the agenda: http://agenda.knoxmpc.org/pa_rz_notice.pdf

Like Ms. Ward, we are new to the neighborhood, but already we know how special and unique it is.  Saying that, we are ready to do whatever is needed in order to preserve our neighborhood’s natural beauty & serenity…for Ms. Ward’s sake,  for everyone else currently residing in LH as well as the future neighbors not even here yet, animal and humankind alike.

Ryan & Miranda Welch

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On Tuesday evening the LHHA heard from Baker Towers, LLC, the company which is planning to build a cell phone tower in our neighborhood. Mary Miller, a lawyer, made a presentation for Branch. Although allotted 15 minutes, the presentation went on for twice that. It was a classic “dog & pony show”, an exercise in deception, dodging, and what magicians call ‘misdirection’. Ms. Miller started out telling us about the growth of cell phone use world-wide and the increasing use of smart phones, iPads, and other wireless devices. She mentioned figures in the billions while ignoring the fact that we were concerned with the 400 families who live here in Lakemoor Hills. Then she proceeded to give reasons why a new tower was needed. First, she claimed “our customers” are complaining about service. Wrong! Her customer is Branch, LLC, the tower company; their customer is T-Mobil – and any other company to whom they might lease tower services. I’m sure there are cell phone users who have poor service, but I doubt that there are many T-Mobil customers in Lakemoor Hills.

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I just want to say that Im opposed to having a cell tower in our neighborhood.  JRiddle

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Thought I would send out an email regarding how the Cell Tower arose and how our acceptance came about.

We got a letter that was sent to about 15 other residents regarding erecting a cell tower in this area. I spoke with the agent and after discussing with him I recommended my neighbors property. Not that I opposed, obviously I didn’t if I recommended them, but I believed they wanted it and I was happy if they had it.

After the company came and looked, measured, and accessed they picked our property. We didn’t realize this until unannounced a lease package showed up in our mail. At this time I reached out to the neighbor we felt was most affected to inform them of the decision at hand. They responded this was better than us selling the lot and a home built there. They had some ideas on aesthetics which we shared with the company and in which they agreed. ( whether true or not it got back to me that a particular and different neighbor which I’ve never spoken regarding this issue said I had been hard to deal with regarding this. The truth is I’ve only spoken to 2 neighbors and our dealings have been quite pleasant).

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Hello neighbors!

Are you ready for some great food, fellowship and lots of fun activities this weekend? The Lakemoor Hills annual neighborhood picnic is this Saturday, May 23rd at 4:00 on the open green next to Lake Hills Presbyterian Church. Alex Shivers and neighbors will be smoking pork loins, chicken and hot dogs, and drinks will be provided. All you need to do is bring a covered dish to share, a lawn chair, and be ready to have a great time! There will be pony rides, a “bouncy house”, volleyball, horseshoes, car show, art display, steel drums, plant swap, door prizes and more. For questions/more information, please contact Diane de Ropp at [email protected] Thanks so much and SEE YOU SATURDAY!

See you there,
DIANE