Tornado Damage Info

Tornado Damage Info

Nov 26, 2025 | Neighborhood News

To all those affected by Monday’s Tornado, your neighbors stand with you. This page was put up to share information that will help everyone with recovery.

ACC Approvals

During storm recovery, homeowners do not need to wait for approval for the following repairs and materials. All of the roofing materials listed below must be a minimum of a 30-year rated shingle and must be either a Raised Profile or a High Definition Shingle. A 5-tab or a 3-tab roof will not be approved for any reason. Even though you do not need to wait for approval, an ACC form should still be submitted.

Roofing

The following is a list of approved shingles and colors.  

1. Elk Prestique Grande; XTRA: Antique Slate, Barkwood, Weathered Wood, Sablewood 

 2. Elk Prestique Plus HD; Elk Prestique I; Elk Prestique II: Antique slate, Barkwood, Hickory, Pewter Gray, Sablewood, Shakewood, Weathered Wood

 3. Elk Prestique Gallery Collection: Balsam Forest, Weathered Sage 

 4. Elk Domain Winslow; Domain Ashford: Browncastle, Ravenswood, Shadow Grey, Stonehenge, Cimarron 

 5. Owens Corning Weather Guard HP; Oakridge Pro 30, 40, 50 AR: Estate Gray, Driftwood, Brownwood, Onyx Black, Desert Tan, Colonial Slate, Teak

 6. Celotex Presidential Shake: Shadow Grey, Slate Gray, Weathered Wood 

 7. Celotex Dimensional: Autumn Blend, Bark Brown, Driftwood, Charcoal Black, Shadow Gray, Colonial Grey 

 8. Tamko Heritage XL, 30 AR: Thunderstorm Gray, Weathered Stone, Weathered Wood, Black Forest, Saddlewood, Oxford Grey, Black Walnut, Rustic Black, Harvest Gold, Slatestone Gray 

 9. GAF Timberline 30, 40, Ultra: Charcoal Blend, Heather Blend, Weathered Wood Blend, Williamsburg Slate, Mission Brown, Burnt Sienna, Pewter Blend 

 10. GAF Grand Canyon; Grand Sequoia: Black Oak, Mission Brown, Stonewood, Slate Blend, Stormcloud Grey, Weathered Wood, Autumn Blend, Charcoal Blend 

 11. Certainteed Landmark Premium: Aged Bark, Chestnut, Country Gray, Platinum, Graphite, Slatestone, Hearthstone 

 12. Certainteed Landmark; Landmark PLUS: Burnt Sienna, Granite Gray, Heather Blend, Colonial Slate, Moire Black, Resawn Shake, Weathered Wood 

 13. Certainteed TL Ultimate: Autumn Blend, Charcoal Black, Bark Brown, Shadow Grey, Weathered Wood

Fencing

Fences need to be replaced where the previously existing fence was located with 6″ cedar pickets and 3 support beams.  A rot board may be used. The ONLY approvable stain is SW 3504. 

The expectation is that an application will still need to be submitted. By following these guidelines, you will not need to wait for approval.

 

Reopened!!! – Pool Closed due to Harris County Inspection [Updated]

Reopened!!! – Pool Closed due to Harris County Inspection [Updated]

Nov 1, 2024 | Neighborhood News

Pool Temporarily Closed Unfortunately, after a recent inspection from the Harris County Department of Health, several violations were discovered that the board is addressing.

  1. Update expired drain and skimmer covers.
  2. Install non-glass, unbreakable mirrors in the pool bathrooms.
  3. Non-climbable fence is needed between the tennis courts and the pool.

The first two are the only issues keeping the pool closed, and we expect to address them within two weeks. The last issue regarding the fence requires a 30-day period to address.
Please check back here for any updates on when the pool will reopen.

[Update 11/9/2024]

We have completed the required changes to allow the Pool to be reopened. We do have some next steps required for fencing.  We are activity working on this. Quotes are coming in. More updates as we get them.

[Update from Jay Jackson]

The updated skimmer covers are devices used on the suction side of the pump to prevent anyone from being trapped by clothing or body parts getting in a skimmer or bottom drain.  While the covers we have in place are functionally sound the county has a maximum lifespan.  These have been ordered and the installation was scheduled to start yesterday (11/1/2024). There are 28 of these covers if I remember correctly.

The installation of the “shatterproof” mirrors to replace the existing mirrors it to prevent, in the event of breakage, glass getting into the pool.  This will be addressed but is not a cause for the pool to be closed.

The non climbable fence is a result of code changes, enforcement and classification of our pool. We are looking at options. We have an initial plan of installing 270 feet of non-climbable fence between the pool decking and the tennis fence. We DO NOT like this as a solution and are looking at alternatives including replacing the non-compliant chain link fences material with a non-climbable material.  The alternative would not require any loss of pool decking areas. We are still waiting on pricing and availability. The county has agreed to allow our permit before this fence is corrected as long as we have the skimmer suction side covers in place. The most important part of this process is the pool is safe. With 5 drownings in Harris County in the past year the attention on pool access and the skimmer covers is very high on the list.

We have some other gaps in the fences where openings greater than 4″ have developed. Most likely these are from shifting of the fence from Hurricane Beryl. These will all be corrected by the fence company when the fence is deployed.

There were also questions about the direction of the fence gate opening at the back of the Community Center. This gate serves as egress from the community center in the event of an emergency and not for pool access.  We will likely change this in a couple steps.  Step one will be converting the gate to open either way with a magnetic lock and ultimately changing the egress route from the community center to not exit into the pool area and removing this gate as an entrance to the pool entirely. This is a larger project and not a requirement of the pool permitting process.

Harris County’s inspector has assured us as soon as the covers are in place he will revisit the property and get the permit in place for us to continue operations. We are working hard to get this resolved.  A-Beautiful Pools has been working on this daily since closure.

During the closure we have taken the opportunity to perform a yearly maintenance on the heater and complete its inspection and it is ready to go and some other items that have been on the list. The handicap chair lifts (2) have been repaired as well with new internals. Control systems are being refurbished, testing probes replaced, acid pumps replaced, and some additional weather proofing added to those systems.

Temporary Biometric Scanning Management

Nov 30, 2023 | Neighborhood News

Temporary Biometric Scanning Management

To streamline getting credentials set up for this please download and fill out the access request form here.  If you can please scan and email the form to info@mnwhoa.org.  If you haven’t created an account with Inframark’s Engage site please contact Carmen Reyes to complete this step first.  Once we have the form we will contact you to schedule a date/time to come in and get fingerprinted for access.

If you want to do this all manually please contact us at info@mnwhoa.org to schedule a date and time to come in.

2023 Election Results

Oct 6, 2022 | Neighborhood News

Welcome to the 2023 Board Member Election Results post.  Thank you to all the volunteers that helped with this year’s election.  Many hands make light work, and that was no exception this year.

 

  • Kelly Minor, 3rd Vice President
  • Meredith Graeber, Treasurer
  • Joy Hemphill, Secretary
  • Stefanie Bord, Area 1 Director
  • Virginia Smith, Area 3 Director
  • Bruce Chidester, Area 5 Director
  • Michelle Rodriguez, Area 7 Director