Please be advised the Blackthorne Estates HOA email address has changed. All email communication including Architectural Committee Requests should now be sent to:
2023 Pool Season
The Blackthorne Estates community pool will close for the season on Monday, September 4 at 10 p.m. We hope everyone had a great summer!
Daily Hours: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
If you are new to the neighborhood and need a gate access card or if you need a replacement card send an email to [email protected].
First key is free, 2nd replacement is $10 and 3rd replacement is $20.
All residents and their guests are responsible to abide by the posted pool rules.
Enjoy the summer!
HOA Virtual Board Meeting | Tuesday, May 16
A Blackthorne Estates HOA Board Meeting will be held virtually Tuesday, May 16 at 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. CT.
Zoom Instructions: To join the meeting, use this web address https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89831308789
The minutes for the HOA Board meeting be accessed here.
Board Meeting Minutes
The minutes for the HOA Board meeting held in March 2022 may be accessed here
2022 HOA Board Election
Congratulations to the following Blackthorne Estates residents that were elected to the HOA Board to serve a 2-year term (2022-2024).
Jim Arensberg and Tony Prehm
Quinton Huffman, Susan Pallucca and Matt Piotrowski will continue to serve on the board through the 2022 term.
Thank you to Byron Lewis and Magda Belden for their years of service volunteering and managing the HOA.
Visit the Blackthorne Estates HOA Board page on this site for additional information.
Contact our Management Company, Homes Associations of Kansas City at 913-385-2440 for details or questions regarding the election process.
Board Meeting Minutes
The minutes for the HOA Board meeting held in November may be accessed here.
2021 Yard Waste Pickup Suspension
Waste Management (WM) advised they are suspending yard waste pickup for the remainder of the summer.
WM has been impacted by the national driver shortage and is taking several steps to address this situation. Weekly yard waste collection will be suspended beginning the week of August 9 and will resume the week of October 4.
Other options for your yard waste during this period include:
• Suburban Lawn & Garden
• Compost Connections
• Johnson County Landfill
For more details, reference the attached Waste Management communication.
Johnson County Yard Waste Suspension Letter
Annual Meeting Minutes
The minutes for the annual meeting held in February may be accessed here.
No changes to recycling requirements in Overland Park
There will be no major changes in weekly curbside recycling requirements for solid waste haulers in Overland Park any time soon.
Last night, Overland Park’s Community Development committee heard a request from Waste Management, which, along with many other private businesses, provides curbside trash and recycling services to Overland Park residents.
Waste Management requested the committee consider changing the City’s ordinance to allow Waste Management to reduce recycling collection frequency for their residential customers from weekly to biweekly.
A representative from Waste Management says recycling processing costs have increased in recent years. A reduction in the transportation and labor operational costs required for weekly pickup could alleviate the costs associated with processing recyclables.
After hearing the presentation from Waste Management, the Community Development committee took no action on the request, meaning the ordinance will not change. The City will continue to require weekly curbside recycling pickup.
Waste Management also alerted the City that beginning this week, it will be swapping customers’ recycling carts out for larger, 95 gallon size carts.
Customers who do not want the larger containers can contact Waste Management at 800-964-8988to opt out of this change.
Learn more solid waste services in Overland Park, including curbside recycling and the drop-off recycling center, on the Trash + Recycling page of our website.
Materials for the HOA Meeting on February 20, 2021
Information for upcoming meeting 2/20/2021
Hope everyone is safe and well.
We’ve been working shorthanded while attempting to cover many duties and are looking forward to new faces to carry on the work of the neighborhood.
I will explain in more detail at the meeting, but I have tried to summarize the activities of the Board as follows: while the busy time for the Board is year-round, the busiest time is March-September. Bills, audits and financials are done every month, and answering questions and supplying information to requests from the BTE email in a timely manner is needed almost daily. November, we start working on budget and in January audit actual vs budget. Vendor contracts/planning and bids are done early February and throughout the year as need arises.
With respect to Waste Management as our trash and recycling provider, I have done some research and involved HAKC to see if they can get a better price and give us information on other companies. Below is the answer to my email in case the neighborhood wants to change companies now or switch in the future if the City of Overland Park approves bi-weekly recycling.
We will talk in more detail February 20th.
Thank you,
Magda Belden
From: Doug Luther
Date: January 15, 2021 at 1:33:58 PM CST
To: Magda Belden
Subject: Blackthorne Estates — Waste Management Trash Services
Hi Magda. Here’s what I found out.
As you are aware, Waste Management recently informed the association that it would be changing its service program. The major changes include:
- A price increase
- A change to bi-weekly recycling collection. Trash collection would remain weekly
- Delivery of a 95 gallon recycling container to replace the current 65 gallon container
Waste Management also indicated that it would allow the association to terminate the contract without penalty. As a result, you asked HAKC to explore pricing options.
I contacted three trash haulers to obtain bids for your association. They were: WCA, KC Disposal, and Republic Services. While I have experience with WCA and Republic, I am not familiar with KC Disposal, and have requested references.
After receiving bids, the responses were as follows. The prices listed are per home, per month.
- Waste Management 2021 $17.14
- WCA $16.50
- KC Disposal $15.97
- Republic Services $19.24
Service notes include:
WCA
- 65 gallon containers
- Weekly recycling collection
- 8 bags/bundles of yard waste per week
- 5 year contract
- Annual increase tied to CPI
- Free collection at pool if the neighborhood has a pool
KC Disposal
- 65 gallon containers
- Weekly recycling collection
- 10 bags/bundles of yard waste per week
- No stated contract term
- 3% annual escalator
Republic Services
- 65 gallon containers
- Weekly recycling collection
- 10 bags/bundles of yard waste per week
- N5 year contract term
- Annual increase tied to CPI
If your Board of Directors intends to change trash haulers, please let me know and I can obtain draft contract documents based on these bids. For some associations, the price change may be significant enough to justify the disruption that can be involved with changing trash carriers and issuing new trash containers to residents.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions. HAKC Staff is working remotely right now.
Doug Luther
Executive Director
Homes Associations of Kansas City
V – 913-385-2440
F – 913-385-2441
HOA Meeting Link
Use this link to access the meeting on 2/20 at 2 PM. When you join, you will need to make sure that you are logging in using a name the associated with the HOA roster so that you can be recognized and admitted from the waiting room.
Recycling Collection
The Overland Park City Council’s Community Development Committee City did not support a request from Waste Management to move recycling pick-up to every other week. Link – Overland Park recycling schedule to stay weekly, for now Link – STAFF REPORT Community Development – February 3, 2021
HOA Annual Meeting and Elections
The annual meeting will be held on February 20th time TBA. Due to ongoing concerns with Covid19, the meeting will be held virtually. Access information will be distributed with the notice of meeting and meeting materials.
Elections will be held as part of the meeting. We have three openings on the board that will need to be filled. Two for two year terms which would stand for election again in 2023 and one for a one year term which would stand for election in 2022. Please submit your interest in or nominations for a position via e-mail at [email protected] or in writing to current board Secretary Josh Clausen at 15504 Howe St. Overland Park KS 66224. Nominees that are not self-nominated will be asked for confirmation of their desire to run prior to inclusion on the ballot. Write-ins are also allowed as are day of nominations.
Recycling Pickup
Due to inclement weather last week and crew shortages, Waste Management was unable to pick up the recycling in the neighborhood.
Recycling pick-up will resume with our regularly scheduled pick up on Tuesday, January 5.