Windsor Gardens Life

May 2019 Page 3 Like or follow us at www.facebook.com/WindsorGardensAssociation Cover artwork: istockphoto.com Community Meetings You Are Invited . All residents are welcome to attend all community meetings, including board meetings, committee meetings and the building representative meetings. Let us know if you are planning on attending a meeting, so we can be sure and have plenty of seating and to confirm location, date and time. You can do this by calling the Association Office at 303-364-7485. Architectural Review Committee 3rd Tuesday as needed, 9:30 a.m. Next meeting is May 14, 2019. Auditing Committee 2nd Fri ., 9:30 a.m. Board Elections Committee June to Sept., 2nd Tues., 9:30 a.m. Building Rep. Committee Every other month, 4th Wed., 3 p.m.; Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov. Location: CenterPoint. Building Rep. Zone Committee 3rd Thurs., 9:30 a.m. Employee Relations/Safety Feb., May, Aug., and Nov., 2nd Wed 2 p.m. Finance Committee 2nd Fri ., 10 a.m. Golf Committee No meeting in May 2019 Insurance Committee Mar. and Sept., 3rd Thurs., 10:30 a.m. Long Range Planning Committee Thursday, May 30, 9:30 a.m. 2nd Fri. as needed. Policy/Bylaws/Rentals Comm. No meeting in May 2019; 2nd Wednesday as needed. Public Relations Committee 1st Thurs., 9:30 a.m.; except for July and Aug. when they will meet on the 2nd Thurs. Restaurant Committee Jan., April, July and Oct., 2nd Tues., 2 p.m. Underground Garages As needed. Board Committees Where: Boardroom Dates, times and locations are subject to change. Please call 303-364-7485 to confirm. Councilwoman Mary Beth Susman May 9 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. "Office Hours" in All-Purpose Room Your Turn: Write a Letter Letters submitted to Windsor Life are published at the discretion of the Windsor Gardens Association Board of Directors and the editors. Letters are subject to editing, including the length and grammar and are limited to 300 words in most cases. Letters containing obvious factual inaccuracies, unattributed facts and quotes or libelous statements will not be printed. All letters must include the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification purposes. Letters submitted by mail or dropped off at the Association office also need a signature. The writer’s name will be included with those letters that are published. E-mail to: WindsorLife@wgamail.com. Mail to: Windsor Life, 595 S. Clinton St., Denver, CO 80247 Building Rep Committee Where: CenterPoint* May 22 3 p.m. If you wish to share with the community the passing of someone, please submit the deceased’s name, date of death and building number to WindsorLife@wgamail.com or to the Association Office. In Remembrance Board of Directors Where: CenterPoint West May 24 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. The board meets every 4th Fri., 9:30 a.m., except for the months of June (Wed., 6/26) and September (Wed., 9/25). The New Leash Law Windsor Gardens is a community for all, but maybe not so much for dogs. The WG Board of Directors passed restrictive rules for mutt management, backed by stiff threats, followed by stiffer penalties. But with lack of insight, the board failed to recognize the problems created in the wake of this new [policy]. Dogs, except for those aged enough to qualify for residence in WG, need space to run and play. Few of the WG residents still have the degree of strength and stamina to keep up with their capering canine while holding a six-foot leash and racing at warp speed down the sidewalk. The board has shown due diligence by protecting residents from injury and avoiding inevitable law suits. Now, it is time for the board to complete their responsibility by making reasonable provisions for dogs to get their necessary exercise, and they need to do it before the SPCA finds that the restrictive laws of WG constitute a form of animal cruelty. Here are two essential steps for the board to take: 1. Designate and fence a few spaces for dogs to play. Put poop stations in each location. Of course, the dog runs can't be so close to a building that the noise and smell disturbs residents, and should only be open during daylight. Fence the area off with wood painted white – like the tiny areas for dogs to relieve themselves that no one uses – only make the fence six feet tall. Some possible sites: Behind 9155 Center Avenue, along the wall by Alameda; a portion along the far fence behind Parking Lot 15, East Garden; behind 715 S. Clinton; along the back fence, beside the RVs; between 9340-9360 where the trees fell this winter. If none of these works, let’s find a few that do. 2. Offer dog training classes. These were offered before, but it's time to make them available again. And instead of fining a dog owner, give them an option of presenting a certificate showing the dog and owner completed a class that included walking a dog that follows the "heel" command. Most people, dog owners and non-owners, know the value a dog has to its master. It's not enough to simply allow owners to keep pets. If continued on page 6