Cherokee County Electric Begins Work in Country Place

Neighbors:

In an effort to keep residents informed, please note the following:

The Board met with Cherokee County and Thedford Construction representatives on Wednesday morning (1-21) to review the upcoming reconductor project in Country Place.  CCECA Phase II project by definition will include homes on Oakmeadow Circle, JoBar Drive, Hidden Lake Drive, a few homes on Copper Oaks and the northeast portion of Great Oak Circle.  All of these areas are on what CCECA terms as their south feed.  This Phase II work will be separated into five segments.  The first segment of construction will be on Oak Meadow Circle and a short portion of Copper Oaks.  The second segment will be on JoBar Drive and the remaining three segments will be Hidden Lake Drive, Meadowood Lane and again a few homes on Copper Oaks and the northeast area of Great Oak Circle.  Determination will be made at a later date as to which of these three segments will be scheduled as Nos. 3, 4, and 5.  Dependent on weather and level of boring difficulty, etc., Oak Meadow Circle construction time frame is estimated to be between three to five weeks.  The JoBar Drive segment time frame should be something slightly shorter.

Every effort will be made to alert residents the night prior to any planned power outage.  This will done by e-mail and posting on the Country Place website.  Unfortunately, in an emergency situation, etc., this will not always be possible.  It should be noted that if everything works as planned power outages will be potentially interrupted a minimum of two to three times per segment of work.

In the redesign of the reconductor project there will be a net reduction of the above ground enclosures that are currently in place.  Equipment will be moving in this week with actual construction work starting on Monday, January 26.

Again, your patience and understanding is requested.  Please channel your concerns to the Board and we in turn will bring those concerns to the attention of the project manager.

Ken Terrell, President
Country Place Homeowners Association

Proposed Southern Utilities Rate Increase

Neighbors,

We received a letter from Southern Utilites on Monday regarding an increase in our water rates. I called Mike Farrell and had a discussion with him about the increase. The last hike was in ’05, so this rate appears to be in line with the rate of inflation. In addition, he shared with me a list of adjacent water companies, which is linked below:

Southern Utilities: Adjacent Utility Billing Comparison

As you can see, even with the increase, Southern Utilities is still a bargain compared to most of the companies nearby.

Deer in Country Place: Great Shot!

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I received this wonderful photograph yesterday and had to share it with everyone along with the Bledsoe’s email accompanying:

Hi Larry-
There is a lot of sad news for our web site and newsletter this winter. The fire at the Smith’s and the passing of Carl Reis… Both these families have a long history with Country Place.

On a more happy note, Nick was playing around with his new telephoto lens and took the attached picture of the deer that visit our area up on Ridgetop. They like to rest in our back yard and eat over in the Reis’s yard and Dr. Green’s large front yard. I imagine a lot of residents see them. One of them is a male with tiny spikes just beginning to show. Nick also saw a 8 point buck right before Thanksgiving -chasing the doe’s. Hopefully we’ll have more baby deer this spring.

Nick & Yvonne Bledsoe