President’s Letter

By Mike Moran | Email

We are less than 90 days away from the opening of the 2020 pool season in Fox Point and things are progressing quite nicely with the pool house renovation.  While you currently don’t see much progress on the exterior of the facility, the inside of the structure looks completely different.  The project is on track and scheduled to be finished on-time.  Let’s hope for a warm and sunny Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the grand opening of our new pool house complex.  Thank you to all that have worked so hard on the project!!

Your new board of directors are moving full speed ahead on their planning for 2020.  Plans are moving ahead for social events, the opening of the pool in late May, coordination of capital projects for the summer of 2020 and working with the landscape contractor in our common ground’s arena.  We will be stocking Lake Louise with new fish while at the same time working to pull unwanted carp from the belly of our waters.  This is the busy time of the year for the board as we are full swing with our planning for the coming year.

If you are traveling for spring break this year, please remember to let the Barrington Police Department know the dates you will be gone and they will keep an eye on your house in your absence.  

Please remember there is an important referendum on the ballot in March and the Barrington community needs everyone to engage in the process.  Please remember to get out and vote!!

Enjoy March!!  Spring is almost here….

Mike

Treasurer’s Report

By Lynn Douglas | Email

Our 2020 Annual Assessment is $1,050 and is due no later than March 31, 2020.

Every Owner of Record should have received an invoice, from our CPA, Picker & Co, in February. It is your responsibility to contact Linda Smith at Picker if you have not received an invoice or if you misplaced it. She can be reached at 847-499-3248.

Checks should be mailed to:

Fox Point Homeowners Association c/o
Picker & Associates
750 Lake-Cook Road Suite 375
Buffalo Grove, Il 60089

Should you want to use a credit card to pay your obligation (fees apply) CLICK HERE

Social

By Rena Slovick | Email

2020 Card Party – Save the Date: Friday, April 24

Plans are underway for the annual Fox Point Card Party! Melissa Mickey and Christie Hewlett are finalizing the details for the event. It will take place at Makray Memorial Golf Club from 6pm to 11pm. Sign-ups will take place on Saturday, March 14^th at 9:00am. This event does sell out so mark your calendars! 

Please note that there will be no refunds for cancellations that occur after 4/9 as we need to finalize the head count with the venue on 4/10. Cancellations received after 4/9 will either need to arrange for replacements or forfeit the full cost paid at sign-up.

Details: 

• The game is “capture the flag” (similar to Euchre). 
• Date: Friday, 4/24 
• Time: 6:00pm – 11:00pm 
• Location: Makray Memorial Golf Club 
• Schedule for the evening: 
  • 6:00 – 7:00 Cocktail hour 
  • 7:00 – 8:00 Dinner 
  • 8:00 – 11:00 Card Game 

An entry fee of $60 per person will cover dinner, dessert, and prizes. There will be a cash bar (credit cards will be accepted). Payments will be collected via Sign-Up Genius at the time of registration. You can pre-select your foursome or ask us to assign you to a team.

Easter Egg Hunt—Saturday April 4th

The annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place at the tennis courts and Fox Point Park. Kids 4 and under will Hunt on the tennis courts, and kids 5 and up will hunt at the park and surrounding grass area. A big thanks to Jodi Johnson for chairing the event again! Keep an eye out for a signup in March. 

Civic Affairs

By Margaret Graff | Email

Immediately preceding the February FPHA Board Meeting, we hosted Barrington District 220 Board of Education representatives, Penny Kazimer/President and Sandra Bradford (also a FP resident) for an information session about the upcoming school referendum. 

Approximately 20 homeowners attended to learn more about the components of the referendum from the Board of Education members and to ask questions.

They addressed the concerns voiced regarding the 2019 Referendum that failed, which included potential enhancements to the traffic flow (for safety reasons) at the Station-Lines campus.  These projects are NOT included in the 2020 Referendum, as they were de-prioritized as a part of a lower overall referendum amount.

Kazimer and Brandford shared that the Referendum if passed, would in fact net homeowners a decrease in taxes vs. current school bonds.  And, they shared statistics from neighboring districts regarding taxes for schools. Barrington has some of the lowest taxes in the area for school bond expenses.

Fox Point Homeowners are encouraged to VOTE on Tuesday March 17^th!

Pool

By Criss Chang | Email

The pool house renovation is moving along slightly ahead of schedule and will be complete this spring as planned.  In the meantime, we are gathering information for the 2020 pool calendar.  

If you have prior experience with the Fox Point pool and/or if you would like to learn more about how you can get involved, please drop me a note.  You can help make this summertime amenity more useful and meaningful to this neighborhood.  

Tennis

By Mark Johnson | Email

In the middle of March, I am meeting with Dana from First Serve Management Company with Christine Mickey’s support to begin planning the Fox Point summer tennis lessons and cardio tennis classes for upcoming summer.  We’ll send out more details when they become available in April and May.

We’re also hopeful to have a new method for collecting enrollments into the various programs and move away from paper!  More to come once plans are confirmed and finalized.