THE MAIN HOLLY MILL BLOG IS FOUND AT:

http://hollymill30114.blogspot.com/

The main purpose of this site is to display HM documents and of course a few other posts have been added.  For the docs, just keep scrolling down the site.

Also see HM Info at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/292181898137856/

https://www.facebook.com/holly.mill.180,

 https://115hollymillvillagedrive.blogspot.com/,

 http://douglaspropertymanagement.blogspot.com/

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Holly Mill Community Association, Inc.c/o Douglas Property Management
P.O. Box 105007
Atlanta, GA 30348-5007

12-5-19

Holly Mill info from management company FYI.

Yearly dues remain at $340.

Both the Nomination form and the Proxy are a waste of 1,326 sheets of paper (663 homes x 2) as there will never be a quorum so no one can be elected and owners will never be able to vote on anything.

I only attended 2 yearly meetings and neither reached 50 homes represented at the meeting, even counting the proxy forms.  So the current BOD will remain in office without any changes and if one moves or dies etc then the remaining BOD members will simply choose the replacement.

Holly Mill Residents Group is available on Facebook at:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/292181898137856/

 11-14-19

OPENED TODAY - Martin's Fast Food Restaurant - South Canton 

Just opened at 3494 Marietta Hwy, Canton GA 30114, Phone: (770)383-1298.

This is just a short block North of the existing McDonald's location, between I-575 Exits 14 and 16.

In theory they are open from 5 am to 3 pm*, however on their unannounced grand opening on 11-14 at 2:52 pm they were swamped with more customers showing up. So at least on this Thursday they would be open past their posted closing time.

Senior Discounts are available for those 55 and older. They must ask for their Senior Cup which is a custom made, logoed, insulated mug with a handle. They give them to our senior citizens upon their request. On subsequent visits our senior customers receive a free coffee or soft drink in their Senior Cup.

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*HOURS: MON-SAT 5AM-3PM / SUN 6AM-3PM
https://martinsrestaurants.com/menu/

Posted 4/16/19

HOLLY MILL HOA INFO

  This really never changes as no election can be held because there is never, and probably never will be, a 'quorum' of the 663 homeowners. Probably 15% are owned by realty firms who rent out the homes and they couldn't care less.

  So any rare vacancy is filled by appointing someone to the board and of course only vetted 'friends' will ever be on the board. Can anything be done about this? No.

  The same people will remain 'in office' until they die of old age (and probably 2 will soon).

  Got something to say to the BOD? Here is some contact info they don't want you to have. I put it together when I still had access to the HOA site and could pull up records.

  I got banned from it about 2 yrs ago and the HOA lawyer told my lawyer I would only get reinstated if I agreed not to use the residents contact list to contact residents.

  I also got dumped off probably 3 (maybe only 2) other HM sites which were not run by the HOA but had HOA BOD members as members of these sites who didn't want me on them.

  Every six or so months I use to get a solicitation from Sherry Jernigan who lives a few doors away in HM The View, sending me info on joining her site. On 7/5/17 I sent her a reply asking her to take me off her mailing list as I had twice joined only to be dropped later.

  I annoyed the big wigs when I questioned the need for the tennis courts to be redone at the start of the summer season as it was not any emergency and should have waited for Fall when it could be done without disruption, also I wanted to know whether the job had been put out to bid, who bid, how much were the bids and did Douglas Property Management (who run this place) have any financial interest in the firm selected to do the job. (Never got any answer to any of this).

  I am not very active in this HM business these days as nothing is going to change. Now and then I put something up on hollymill30114.blogspot.com and of course there is the douglaspropertymanagement.blogspot.com site.

  This DPM is far too closely tied to the BOD, all go back to the founding of HM and at the very least the BOD should get competitive bids from other management firms to see if any savings could be made on the management of the 4 phase subdivision. No interest at all for that idea.

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2/2/18

E Mail from Douglas Property Mgmt:
"The 2018 Holly Mill homeowners Association annual meeting notes are attached. there was not an official meeting as there only 14 homeowners present and we only received 15 proxies. in order to have quorum for the meeting we would need 165 homeowners present or have their proxy."

HOLLY MILL POST OFFICE MOVES Sat Feb 17th

To it's new location of 2210 Holly Springs Pky #126.

This is just across the parking lot from the Wal Mart store. Large lot for parking and several restaurants in that strip mall so you can doing your mailings, check your post office box etc and have lunch, all in the same strip mall.

Bottom photo shows strip mall that the post office is in, just across from Wal Mart.

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1/26/18

Here is something of interest for both homeowners and renters about the 

RoundUp Concentrate Class Action Settlement

You might want to spend 5-10 minutes online to put in your claim at:  

http://www.classactionrebates.com/settlements/roundup-concentrate/

Class Eligibility - All persons in the United States, who, during the Class Period, purchased in the United States, for personal or household use and not for resale or distribution, Roundup® Weed & Grass Killer Concentrate Plus or Roundup® Weed & Grass Killer Super Concentrate in packaging whose neck or shoulder label stated that the product “makes up to” a specified number of gallons

Estimated Amount - Varies

You will receive up to 50% of the retail price of the item purchased less if there is high participation

Proof of Purchase - No

Claim Form

Click here to complete RoundUp Concentrate Claim Form

Case Name -

Joshua Rawa, et al. v. Monsanto Company

Case No. 4:17-cv-01252-AGF 

District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Elisabeth Martin v. Monsanto Company,

Case No. 5:16-cv-02168 

District Court for the Central District of California

Case Summary -

Settlement resolves a class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (the “Court”) against Monsanto Company, the manufacturer of the above two concentrated Roundup® products. The lawsuit alleges that Monsanto advertised these Roundup® products as making more spray solution than the products were capable of making. Monsanto denies these allegations and any wrongdoing. The two sides disagree on what relief, and how much, could have been won, if any, if the Class won at trial. The Settlement avoids costs and risks to you from continuing the lawsuit, provides relief to affected persons like you, and releases Monsanto and others from liability for the related claims.

Settlement Pool -  $21,500,000

Settlement Website - RoundUp Concentrate Class Action Settlement

Deadline - 03/06/2018

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Holly Springs Parkway to close for widening

• David Ibata
  For the AJC

12:37 p.m Monday, Jan. 22, 2018  Metro Atlanta / State news re

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Holly Springs Parkway (also known as Main Street) in Holly Springs will be closed for four months starting this spring as the road is widened from the Home Depot store to Rabbit Hill Road. GOOGLE MAPS

The widening of Holly Springs Parkway in its namesake city is expected to start this spring – with a portion of the street closed for four months – now that the City Council has awarded a $3.2 million construction contract to Baldwin Paving Co. Inc., officials announced.

The parkway will be closed from the Home Depot store, just north of Sixes Road, to Rabbit Hill Road from approximately April 1 to Aug. 1. The entire project is expected to take about nine months after the notice to proceed is given.

Plans call for Holly Springs Parkway to get four travel lanes with a median from the Home Depot to Rabbit Hill; an extension of culverts over Toonigh Creek; and sidewalks, lamp posts and a new traffic light at Rabbit Hill. Also, Rabbit Hill will be improved from the parkway to I-575.

To help offset costs, the developers of the Meridian at Holly Springs, a mixed-use residential and commercial project, and the Sixes Ridge and Holly Park apartments will contribute $1,177 per residential unit, or $1.07 million, officials said.

Today (1/24/18) the sections of new pavement on Keeter Rd / Prominence Point Pky are being striped.  

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HOLLY SPRINGS - Parkway to close for widening project

The widening of Holly Springs Parkway in its namesake city is expected to start this spring — with a portion of the street closed for four months — now that the City Council has awarded a $3.2 million construction contract to Baldwin Paving Co. Inc., officials announced.

The parkway will be closed from the Home Depot store, just north of Sixes Road, to Rabbit Hill Road from approximately April 1 to Aug. 1. The entire project is expected to take about nine months after the notice to proceed is given.

Plans call for Holly Springs Parkway to get four travel lanes with a median from the Home Depot to Rabbit Hill; an extension of culverts over Toonigh Creek; and sidewalks, lamp posts and a new traffic light at Rabbit Hill. Also, Rabbit Hill will be improved from the parkway to I-575.

To help offset costs, the developers of the Meridian at Holly Springs, a mixed-use residential and commercial project, and the Sixes Ridge and Holly Park apartments will contribute $1,177 per residential unit, or $1.07 million, officials said.

DAVID IBATA FOR THE AJC

GDOT: Managed lanes project speeding toward September opening

• Jon Gargis
 MDJ  1/23/18

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Signage facing the opposite direction of traffic going south on I-75 will direct motorists along the managed lanes. The project is expected to be open in September 2018.

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MARIETTA — Cobb drivers should expect to see shorter drive times to and from Atlanta through the county starting September.

That’s when state transportation department officials expect to open the $834 million Northwest Corridor project, which includes about 30 miles of reversible toll lanes that will run south in the mornings and north in the evenings.

County commissioners received an update on the project during their work session on Monday.

Crews have completed about 85 percent of the project, which follows Interstate 75 from Akers Mill Road in Cumberland to Hickory Grove Road near the Cherokee County line and along I-575 from I-75 in Marietta to Sixes Road in Holly Springs, according to Jill Goldberg, spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Northwest Express Roadbuilders, the company building the managed lanes, broke ground on the project in September 2014.

Toll rates will vary based on traffic conditions, Goldberg said, and drivers will be able to see the prices on overhead signs before entering the managed lanes.

Rates for the Northwest Corridor lanes have not been set but are expected to be priced between 10-90 cents per mile with a 50-cent minimum trip cost, Goldberg said. Rates likely to be set in July or August, she added.

Commissioner Bob Weatherford, whose northwest Cobb district abuts the west side of Interstate 75, asked whether drivers would be willing to pay close to $15 to get from the project’s northwestern most access point to Cumberland.

“You decide if that money is worth your time savings. Maybe you don’t use it every day, maybe you use it when you have a meeting,” Goldberg said.

GDOT estimates predict that drivers who use the managed lanes will save up to 43 minutes on their commutes, Goldberg said. Drivers who opt to use the interstates’ existing lanes will save an estimated 16 minutes due to drivers leaving those regular traffic lanes in favor of the express toll lanes.

Those wishing to use the lanes will be required to have a Peach Pass, which are usable on Gwinnett’s managed lanes and the I-75 south Metro Express Lanes in Henry County that opened last year. Drivers with a Peach Pass can also utilize the express or toll lanes within the states of Florida and North Carolina, with Goldberg saying future states that could one day be added onto the Peach Pass include Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.

FYI:  Rental Home Info for Holly Mill:

PROGRESS RESIDENTIAL 2014-1, BORROWER, LLC

This firm, under several name configurations, owns at least 255 residential homes in Cherokee County.   At least 19 are in the 4 phases of the Holly Mill subdivision.

Per County records the total taxable value of these 19 are: $2,923,800

107 Holly Mill Village Dr (The View) $181,100
120 Holly Mill Village Dr (The View) $143,600
125 Holly Mill Village Dr (The View) $149,700

302 Meadows Lane (The View) $152,000
305 Meadows Lane (The View) $165,500
329 Meadows Lane (The View) $190,000

112 Nacodochee Way (Enclave) $133,300
164 Nacodochee Way (Enclave) $134,000

323 Westminister Dr (Holly Mill) $151,000
337 Westminister Dr (Holly Mill) $160,000
345 Westminister Dr (Holly Mill) $184,600

125 Ilex Dr (Village) $145,000
168 Ilex Dr (Village) $136,000 
176 Ilex Dr (Village) $147,500

239 Osmanthus Way (Village) $137,000
249 Osmanthus Way (Village) $169,000
257 Osmanthus Way (Village) $149,300

800 Yonah Dr (Village) $165,500

307 Kaley Dr (Enclave) $129,700


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Misc Other Realty Groups owning in the 4 phase Holly Mill subdivision are:

American Homes
103 Holly Mill Village Dr (The View) $139,000

Beauly, LLC
135 Holly Mill Village Dr (The View) $208,000

American Residential Homes 
175 Holly Mill Village Dr (The View) $183,700

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Life in the Fast Lanes

January 5, 2018  (from Around Canton magazine)

A look ahead at the new Northwest Corridor Express Lanes, opening soon in Cherokee and Cobb counties.

Construction workers pour concrete for an express lanes slip ramp on I-575 at Barrett Parkway.

The Northwest Corridor Express Lanes are scheduled to open to commuters this summer. As we watch signs go up and construction in the final stages, we asked a representative of the Georgia Department of Transportation to give us a primer. If you have more questions about this endeavor, email candi@aroundaboutmagazines.com and we’ll do our best to get your questions answered.

The express lanes will be optional toll lanes running alongside the regular or general lanes on I-75 and I-575. The key word here is optional: No driver will be required to use the toll lanes at any time. The lanes will give travelers the option to pay a fee in exchange for a more reliable trip time, while transit riders benefit at no additional costs to them.

“Making it to appointments, picking up kids, getting home to let the dog out — drivers often need an option to suit their schedule and life,” said Jill Goldberg, external affairs/communications program manager for the Georgia DOT. “Travelers may choose the express lanes one day and stay in the general purpose lanes the next. Use of the lanes is completely customizable.”

The lanes will be reversible, operating southbound in the morning and northbound in the evening. This means the lanes will offer more travel capacity during peak times and in peak directions — which will improve the flow of all traffic, inside the lanes and out.

Toll rates will rise and fall with traffic demand. Dynamic-rate pricing helps regulate the amount of traffic within the express lanes, providing dependable trip times for drivers, vanpools and transit riders who choose to use them.

Xpress buses and registered vanpools will have toll-free access to the express lanes. You can find routes serving your area at GaCommuteOptions.com and xpressga.com.

Commuters will need a Peach Pass. The pass is placed on a car’s windshield and includes a barcode that is scanned to deduct tolls for each trip. There’s no fee to get or keep the Peach Pass — drivers only pay for the trips they take in the Georgia Express Lanes. Peach Passes (and more information) are available at PeachPass.com.

The Northwest Corridor Express Lanes are a part of the Georgia Express Lanes system, a network of toll lanes that run alongside existing interstates in some of the most congested corridors around metro Atlanta. In addition to the Northwest Corridor, the Georgia Express Lanes system includes the existing I-85 Express Lanes and the I-75 South Metro Express Lanes project, which opened in early 2017.

The reversible I-75 South Metro Express Lanes in Clayton and Henry Counties surpassed all expectations, serving more than 1 million trips since opening. Northbound morning commute trips in the express lanes are traveling on average 13 mph faster than those in the general purpose lanes, and southbound evening express lane commutes are running on average 21 mph faster. In addition, the general purpose lanes have seen less traffic during the morning and evening commutes.

More express lanes are coming throughout the Atlanta region to build out the connected Georgia Express Lanes system. An extension to the I-85 Express Lanes began construction in summer 2016 and is scheduled to open in 2018. Four additional express lanes are being planned as part of the Georgia DOT’s Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP). This program is moving forward 11 significant transportation improvement projects designed to reduce traffic congestion and improve mobility options statewide.

• How will drivers know what to do?
There will be plenty of signage to alert motorists when they will need to exit the express lanes to use a regular existing exit/interchange on I-575. Closer to the time that the lanes open, a sign tutorial will be posted on the website (www.dot.ga.gov/DS/GEL/NWC) with more guidance on the signs motorists can expect to see, approximate mileage points where drivers will see the signs, etc. “This will allow those who want to use the express lanes to familiarize themselves with the signs and times to exit prior to the system opening,” spokeswoman Jill Goldberg said.

• How much time will the lanes save drivers?
Data is available that projects how much time a driver could save using the express lanes. For example, it would take 16 minutes using the express system to travel south on I-75 during morning rush hour — from where the toll lanes start at Hickory Grove Road in Cobb County to where they end just inside the Perimeter. Compare that with 39 minutes in the general purpose lane, or 40 minutes if the project had not been built.

• What will it cost?
Toll rates will be set by the State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) Board of Directors approximately 6-8 weeks before opening. Rates of the two existing systems range from 10 to 90 cents per mile.

“If you look on the web at stories of the I-85 toll, you will see that, at the very peak periods of about an hour a day, some people pay tolls in the $14 to $15 range for the entire system, but the average toll paid is less than $2,” Goldberg said.

“I-85 is a mature system that has built up many dedicated users after six years of operations. The I-75 South [Metro] Express lanes users have much lower toll rates, as it hasn’t even been open for a year yet. The overall average fare on I-75 is just 60 cents. The peak period sees tolls around $1.15 to $1.30. So, you can see that the range of rates is great between the two systems – part of that due to the time each has been opened and part of it due to when people choose to use it and get in/get out.”

• What’s the price tag for this project?
The cost is about $826 million.

Crews work on completing a bridge deck pour on an express lanes bridge traveling over Barrett Parkway.

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HOLLY  SPRINGS  POST  OFFICE

The Holly Springs post office will be moving to a new location, just across the parking lot from the Wal Mart store which opened in 2013.  This is only 1.23 miles from the current location, just a 3 minute drive and closer to I-575 Exit 14.

The move has been in the works for at least 12 months.  The USPS was not able to come to an agreement with the property owner of their current location and the resulting search for a nearby rental property turned up a 30,000 sq ft strip mall at the Holly Mill Station, 2210 Holly Springs Parkway, Holly Springs, GA. 30115.

2 units of this mall, #124 and 126 will be the new post office, the timing is a bit ‘iffy’, Feburary was planned but that seems unlikely.  Say ‘Spring’ and you probably will be correct.  The total square footage between the 2 units is 3,600 and the USPS will do the build out for the interior construction.

Normal retail services and P. O. Boxes will be at the new location.  The parking will be considerably better than the cramped little lot at the old location of 2631 Holly Springs Pkwy, Holly Springs.

The strip mall has 2 major restaurants as tenants the Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant, and a Chinese / Japanese Buffet the Ichiban Restaurant.  The 183,134 square foot Wal-Mart super center is just across the large parking lot.  

Access to/from is easy as there is a traffic light and the mall entrance. 

See also:  https://fletcherbright.com/shopping-centers/ga/404

From:  https://www.facebook.com/hollymill30114/

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7/3/17

Holly Mill Documents are available at

On this site:  http://115hollymillvillagedrive.blogspot.com/ you will find:

1)  Declaration of Protective Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements,

2)  Bylaws of Holly Mill Community Association, Inc

3)  Handbook of Holly Mill Residents

Another Holly Mill site with photos, articles and information is at:
http://hollymill30114.blogspot.com/

Find out how badly rated Douglas Property Management is, why do they continue to work for our HOA?:
http://douglaspropertymanagement.blogspot.com/

2 Facebook sites, the first about HM the 2nd my general site: 
https://www.facebook.com/hollymill30114/ 

and
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008587503434

DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS FOR HOLLY MILL

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