Announcements
From Members of the Board of Directors
From Members of the Board of Directors
New Organics and Yard-Waste service within the newly reorganized Community Waste Shed.
More info here.
The community pool is closed until 2026 Memorial Day Weekend.
It was nice to see both familiar and some new faces at the Annual Association Meeting, Tuesday August 5th. Hopefully those that attended managed to take in the perspective of the surrounding area from the 4th floor suite of Rypen Furniture, nibble on some snacks, and spend a little time together.
Once we barely reached our quorum the board held the annual elections and elected a new member to the board, Alex Bohn. Welcome Alex Bohn as Vice-President! Brad Perrin-Smith continues as President, and Tim Wolfe as Treasurer.
Annual Reports were given and a special shout out to Tim Wolfe, currently filling in as Treasurer, for the nice presentation of our current finances!
For more detail, check out the minutes of the meeting in RowCal's Homeowner Portal.
Board of Directors
Regency Parc Condominium Association
On behalf of the Homeowner Association, the Board of Directors, and the community of Regency Parc, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to David Magare for his dedicated service and invaluable contributions as a member of the Board.
Volunteering to be a member of any condominium association board can be a complex juggling act of time, energy, and commitment, especially when personal and family schedules these days can be so encompassing. David’s willingness to volunteer and step in when we experienced a vacancy on the Board, and then to stay on for an extra term, allowed us to weather a difficult time of transition. For this, we are truly thankful for the time and effort he has invested.
As David departs from the Board of Directors, please know that his presence and input will be remembered fondly. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors and hope that he will continue to be an active and engaged member of our community.
Thank you for your service, David.
Board of Directors
Regency Parc Condominium Association
Our community thanks the residents who helped clean up Regency Parc on Earth Day 2025. It was a pleasant and inspiring evening.
Thank you:
Caitlin, Robert, Bruce, Sophie, Maureen, Tim, David & Family.
Many of you may remember Tim. In 2022, he stepped down after serving nine years as Board President. I believe his intent was to take a breather and allow fresh blood into the board, though he was always available to us for consultation. Knowing Tim's historical perspective, attention to detail, and experience, I proposed to the board that we approach him to consider being an additional board officer, and he graciously accepted. We are excited to have Tim back and to lend a hand to our 2025 efforts. Thank you, Tim!
BPS
This supports an important interpretation that the relationship between homeowners, board members, and tenants, requires effort, respect, civility, responsibility, and staying informed.
The Board is interested in guiding the association in a positive and sustainable direction. We ask that you be involved; come to meetings; help keep our property cared for; befriend your neighbors; and know and follow our rules, regulations, and standards. For whatever reason you have chosen to live here, we together make up Regency Parc (homeowners and tenants) and the association benefits as such.
RowCal, our Association's Management Company, has assigned a new community manager to Regency Parc, Joseph (Joey) Valento.
You should have received an email from Mr. Valento sharing his enthusiasm for the opportunity to work with Regency Parc.
As he stated, if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to the RowCal Care Team. They will ensure your messages are directed to him for prompt assistance.
Information in contacting RowCal can be found in the top menu under "Contact".
Welcome Joey!
As of January 1st, Southview Design began as our new Landscaping & Snow Removal Contractor. We are looking forward to their experience and expertise in the upcoming year.
From their website: "In business since 1978, Southview has grown to be one of the largest full-service landscape providers in the country (top 100 since 2016) with over 200 Employees. Extensive industry expertise shared amongst our staff and a highly communicative customer approach has carried us to the top of our market".
In November the board approved a budget for 2025, which included various adjustments for increases in liability insurance, landscaping, trash removal, but most importantly, the need to increase and maintain proper reserve funds for upcoming or emergency projects. Therefore it was determined that the HOA dues would need to increase to $399.00.
The Need for the Restricted Parking:
In the past, the Association has been charged thousands of dollars, beyond the contracted service to remove abnormal snow amounts. This happened because they had few options to dispose of the snow. The Board worked with both the Management company and the Landscaping company to have access to the larger drainage well area at the NW corner of the property, in addition to the less accessible drainage area in the NE corner. This requires both access and storage of plowing equipment. Instead of their suggestion of using all 5 parking spots, the Board reduced it to 3 spots and had the signs installed restricting parking Nov 1 - Mar 31.
FYI - The data - I explained that Regency Parc property only has 73 parking spots serving 86 Condo units and 1 Office building, and that there will always be parking issues at Regency Parc (and past board meeting documents support that). In addition, Monday- Friday approx. 24 spaces are reserved for daytime parking for the Office building, which leaves 49 spots available for weekday guests.
Our Rules and Regulations Section V: Vehicles and Parking Areas has more detail regarding parking:
2. Garages are intended primarily for parking of the Owner/Occupant's personal vehicles. Garages shall not be used for storage or converted to another use to such an extent that it prevents the parking of that Owner/Occupant’s automobiles in that space.
Please see Governing Highlights for more information.
The current parking issue is also compounded by several factors.
some vehicles are too large for the garage or too large to accommodate two vehicles
some residents have more than two vehicles
some residents are in violation of Section V 2 & 3 where they are using the garage for storage
Therefore the number of available guest parking spots on some days is noticeably less.
BPS
For those of you who could not make it to the October 21st HOA meeting, I shared that after the annual meeting, where our board membership didn’t change, Kirsten and I exchanged our roles as president and secretary.
It is now my pleasure to be serving as Board President for the next year and I wish to restate my comments and thoughts from the annual meeting, regarding some of the board’s intentions.
We are a small and somewhat unique condominium association, where our association is approximately 18 years old and the property is almost 30 years old. Due to our size and such, our budget is relatively restrictive.
The board has spent several months discussing various strategies, and it is our goal for the board to be more effective, responsive, and transparent. We will communicate better; clarify our stance on rules, regulations, and guidelines; and enforce these in a fair, logical, and consistent manner.
We have also created a Vision/Mission statement and adopted a management structure to uphold these to the best of our ability, to maintain our community as a safe, inclusive, and pleasant place to live with appropriate property values into the future.
BPS
After discussing Christmas tree disposal and pickup with our management company and Waste Management, it became clear that this process in the past, has been inconsistent at best. Unfortunately our current contract does not include this service, but we did coordinate the following optional pickup service.
The board has designated the date for disposal as January 10th, 2025 to accommodate the celebration of the Epiphany. Your trees may be picked-up by Waste Management, but to have this done, WM needs the specific addresses of those participating in this service (as they do not go to every address to look for trees).
If you have a Christmas tree and would like to use this optional pickup service - Please submit an email to the RowCal care team using careteam@rowcal.com or call 651-233-1307, and identify your address and that you would like to use the Waste Management tree pickup service being offered.
Please note that this service has a charge of $18.50 per unit, which will be assessed to your HOA account.
FYI - should you miss the deadline, or choose not to take advantage of the pickup service, there are other proper ways of disposing the tree (see below). They will not be picked up in the normal trash/waste pickup, nor should they be dumped anywhere on or near Regency Parc Condominium Association property.
But first, a few universal rules:
No decorations: Get all ornaments, lights, plastic wrap, tinsel and other decorative items off the tree.
Avoid the compost pile: It might sound counter-intuitive, but putting the old tree out in the woods or into your compost pile can allow damaging, invasive pests to flourish. That includes elongated hemlock scale, boxwood blight, Oriental bittersweet, gypsy moth, brown marmorated stink bug, spotted lantern fly, and Japanese maple scale, the Department of Agriculture says.
Wreaths and decorative greens usually go to the trash: These generally can't be repurposed the same way a real Christmas tree can, though some sites will take them.
Real trees only: None of the options below apply to artificial trees. The most responsible option there is to donate or sell those items if they're in decent condition.
List of Hennepin sites for drop-off
Call before visiting these businesses for hours, materials they accept, requirements and fees.
Note: Hennepin County does NOT operate a yard waste drop-off site.
Ceres Mulch
Map: Ceres Mulch
3825 85th Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
Contact
763-488-5621
Visiting information
Open to the public.
April 1 to October 31 – Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
November 1 to March 31 – Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
May and June, open Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Accepted: Tree logs and branches.
NOT accepted: Dirt, leaves, and rocks.
Maple Grove Yard Waste Site
Map: Maple Grove Yard Waste Site
10300 Maple Grove Parkway, Maple Grove, MN 55369
Contact
763-420-4886
Visiting information
Open to residents of Maple Grove, Champlin, Brooklyn Park, Dayton, Brooklyn Center, Crystal, and New Hope residents at no charge.
Residents of Rogers need a City Hall permit to dump.
Site open to residents of other cities and commercial customers for a fee.
Monday–Saturday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (April 1–November 30)
Accepted: Dirt, leaves, rock aggregate under 2 inches in diameter, tree logs and waste under 10 inches in diameter.
SKB Malcolm Avenue Transfer Station
Map: SKB Malcolm Avenue Transfer Station
630 Malcolm Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Contact
612-331-4610
Visiting information
Open to the public.
Monday–Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (year round)
Saturday 7 a.m. to noon (April-November)
Fees vary.
Accepted: Leaves, tree branches and logs.
NOT accepted: Dirt, rocks.
The Mulch Store
Locations
Burnsville, 952-890-9375.
Open Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Minnetrista, 952-446-1056.
Open Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Shakopee, 952-445-2139.
Open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, closed.
Learn more at mulchstoremn.com.
Visiting information
Open to the public.
Accepted: Dirt, leaves, tree branches and logs.
NOT accepted: Rocks.
*Updated 9/16/2024