This site is for residents, guests, and friends to find information about The Rose Garden in Palm Springs, CA and the rules & regulations that help make our community a great place to live and play.

Please click at the top for the latest available board minutes, a standard board meeting agenda, rules & regulations, and other important information.

Homeowners are invited to regular board meetings, which are usually held on a Saturday at one of the two pool areas.

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Board Meetings

The next regular board meeting will be held on June 29th at 9:00 a.m. at the East Pool (this is one hour earlier than usual because mornings are getting progressively warmer).

As always, homeowners are encouraged to attend open sessions of board meetings, speak during the opening homeowners’ forum portion of the agenda, and then observe the subsequent board meeting proceedings. Updates will be posted as soon as possible following the meeting.

West Side Land Purchase

IMPORTANT MAY 10, 2013 UPDATE

The following letter was mailed to West Side owners at their addresses of record this week.  The land purchase is moving to a very important next stage.  It is time for participants to transfer funds into the sub-escrow accounts that were already opened with Liberty Escrow. Please read the following carefully:

“Dear West Side Rose Garden Homeowner,

The Rose Garden Homeowners Association was notified today that the local Bureau of Indian Affairs office (BIA) is in full receipt of all application materials and the non-refundable application fee for the West Side land purchase.  Further, the local BIA representative assigned to the evaluation of our purchase offer has indicated she will do her utmost to approve the sale by the end of May. 

Therefore, we have been advised by legal counsel that all West Side land purchase participants must move the full $60,000 purchase amount into the individual sub-escrow accounts they should have already opened with Liberty Escrow as soon as possible.  At least 90% of participants must move the entire $60,000 amount into their sub-escrow accounts by May 24, 2013 and 100% of the entire amount must be moved into individual sub-escrow accounts by May 31, 2013, so we can attempt to close escrow before the next quarterly disbursement of West Side land rent is due on June 1.  If we don’t fully fund escrow by May 31 and/or are unable to close escrow by the end of May, we will seek a pro-rated refund of the quarterly land rent due on June 1, but such a refund cannot be guaranteed at this point. 

The final deadline for participants to fully fund their Liberty Escrow sub-escrow accounts is June 7, 2013.  Participants who do not fully fund their sub-escrow accounts before the June 7th deadline will no longer be eligible to participate in the West Side land purchase and The Rose Garden HOA will seek an investor to purchase their sub-lease interests in the land purchase.

Please find enclosed the instructions participants need to move the required funds into their individual sub-escrow accounts. 

Again, it is to our advantage to move the funds into escrow as quickly as possible.  At least 90% of sub-escrow accounts must be fully funded with the required $60,000 per account before the local BIA will forward the land sale approval package to the BIA regional office in Sacramento for final approval.  Once the Sacramento BIA receives this approval package, it usually takes one or two weeks for the individual deeds to be fully approved.  We do not yet know the exact date for the close of escrow, but it could be the last day of May or early June provided everyone quickly moves the all required funds into their Liberty Escrow sub-escrow accounts as noted above.

This official request for participants to move funds into their sub-escrow accounts also means that any non-participating West Side homeowners who do not immediately open sub-escrow accounts with Liberty Escrow and pay the non-refundable application fee are not eligible to participate in the West Side land purchase. 

If you are currently a non-participant and now wish to participate you may do so under the following conditions.  Prior to May 17th, you must:

•Contact B-P Management/Frank Bruder of your intention to participate via certified mail at the address listed below

•Open a sub-escrow account with Liberty Escrow

•Pay your non-refundable application fee in the amount of $570

Finally, you must fully fund your newly established Liberty Escrow sub-escrow account no later than June 7, 2013 and preferably before May 31, 2013 for the reasons noted above. 

Please refer to previous communications regarding how the existing land lease will continue to apply to non-participants.  Once the sale is complete, non-participating West Side owners will be contacted with the new investor owner’s contact information and confirmation of how next year’s land rent payment should be submitted to the new land owner.

There are numerous Rose Garden owners, the property manager, board directors, and committee members who have worked for many years to bring us to this point.  Thanks to everyone who contributed to the exciting news we are able to share with you today!

If you have any questions, please contact a board member or Frank Bruder as indicated below.

Best Regards,

The Rose Garden Communication Committee on behalf of The Rose Garden HOA Board

Sean Wakely, President, (415) 994-3928, seanwakely@aol.com

Ann Pelgorsch, Vice-President, (760) 325-4028, rgannpel@verizon.net

Julie Austin, Treasurer, (760) 409-0325, jaustin@psusd.us

Frank Arnold, Secretary, (305) 491-4995, fsarnold.rg@gmail.com

Suzanne Webster, Director-at-Large, (425) 466-0220, turbohoop@aol.com

Frank Bruder, B-P Management

255 N. El Cielo

Suite 140/626

Palm Springs, CA  92262

(760) 325-4091

glenellfb@hotmail.com

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Instructions to Fund Individual Sub-Escrow Accounts for

Rose Garden PSL-232 (West Side) Fee Land Purchase Participants

1.Locate the Purchase Notice dated November 26, 2012.  It was sent to you by Liberty Escrow in a large, flat, white envelope.

2.Attached to the Purchase Notice are the escrow instructions you need to follow to fund the individual sub-escrow account(s) opened in your name with Liberty Escrow.

3.The total amount you are required to transfer is $60,000 per unit (see Paragraph C of the escrow instructions).  After all costs have been calculated and settled at close of escrow, you will be refunded any excess amount.

4.You may transfer funds to your individual sub-escrow account either by a). Cashier’s Check drawn on a bank with clearing house in the State of California OR b). Wire Transfer to Liberty Escrow, Inc. Trust Account.  Funds in excess of $100,000 must be wire transferred.

♣Cashier’s Checks should be mailed by certified mail/return receipt requested or overnight mail/signature required or delivered in person to Liberty Escrow, attn., Kristy J. Cordell, 200 North Sunrise Way, Suite A, Palm Springs, CA  92262.  Liberty Escrow’s phone number is (760) 322-2050.

♣Wire Transfers should be arranged according to the instructions on Page Two, Paragraph G of your escrow instructions.

5.If you have any questions about how to fund your individual sub-escrow account, please contact Kristy J. Cordell at (760) 322-2050.

6.We want to close escrow by May 31, 2013 to avoid disbursing the next installment of our West Side land rent (we collect the land rent annually, but disburse the payments to the Indian owners on a quarterly basis). To have a chance of achieving a May 31st close of escrow, at least 90% of the individual sub-escrow accounts must be fully funded by May 24, 2013 and 100% of the individual sub-escrow accounts must be fully funded by May 31, 2013.  If we don’t close escrow by May 31st, we will still proceed with the land purchase. It just means that we may lose the full amount of the quarterly payment that will be sent to the BIA on June 1 (approximately $500 per unit).”

Painting

We will be painting the exterior surfaces of our common area structures in fall 2013.  The Architectural Committee has been busy identifying attractive paint palette choices for consideration. 

MAY 11TH UPDATE:   The Architectural Committee has further narrowed down the trim and stucco paint combinations and applied a new combination (as of May 1st) to one wall of each of the pool pavilion buildings:  East pool at the main entrance and the West pool on the west-facing wall.  This combination is still preliminary and is for review and comment. It is not a final choice. The Architectural Committee will continue to solicit input from homeowners and our new property manager (Palm Springs Management Group) on this and additional combinations.  Watch this space for additional updates throughout the next few weeks.

The Architectural Committee is eager to learn your reactions to the samples.  Please CLICK HERE to send your comments directly to the Architectural Committee with a copy to the Board. Homeowners’ input is crucial to making a good decision, but the Board is required to choose the final palette by a vote at an open board meeting (as outlined in the HOA’s governing documents). 

Please remember that in order to do a thorough painting job, all of us will need to remove personal items from exterior walls and other outdoor surfaces when the time comes.  Watch this site and your mailbox for more information on when it’s time to take down your outdoor art, move objects away from walls, and generally clear a path for the painters later this year.

Landscape Planning

MAY 11TH UPDATE:  By unanimous vote the Board voted at today’s open board session to adopt the proposed master landscape theme and plan prepared by Ron Gregory Associates.  A significant percentage of homeowners weighed in on the proposed plan and the response was overwhelmingly positive.

The Rose Garden is a beautiful environment for all of us to live and relax.  In order to maintain our attractive surroundings, we must anticipate how time’s impact on current mature plantings and the increasing need to use water efficiently affect decisions about how we want our community to look in the future.

The Board commissioned a proposed master landscape plan consisting of a plant palette, irrigation recommendations, and other elements that can help guide future decisions about when to replace dead or aging plants, what materials to use to enhance plantings, how to upgrade our irrigation systems, and provide guidance for decision-making so that we retain a consistent and harmonious look throughout our community.

The Board does not anticipate significant short-term changes to our current plantings or grassy areas. The proposed master landscaping plans are intended to help us gradually move our community into the future as we make decisions over the next several years that are inevitable due to the age of many of our plants.

Over the course of the last several weeks, the Board shared the plans, solicited input and then voted to accept the landscaping guidelines.  The recently adopted master landscaping plans will certainly evolve over time.  But in order to help us move forward as one community, these plans can serve as an agreed-upon starting point and provide overall parameters for decisions we’ll need to make during the coming years.

An electronic file with the full description and color simulations of the proposed master landscaping theme is available for homeowners to review online.  Please CLICK HERE to submit your request to receive the link via return e-mail.  Once you have seen the proposed plans, please CLICK HERE to send your comments to the Board. 

Welcome packets for new owners or residents prepared by the Social Committee can be obtained from the property manager, Frank Bruder.

* Emergency Information (click here).

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Reminder:  Any exterior changes to a unit, including doors, windows and patio sizes need to be submitted to and approved by the board of directors. See The Rose Garden HOA CC&Rs for more details.

Please contact us:

1. Do you need to get in touch with the property manager?  Please click here to e-mail Frank or call him at (760) 325-4091.
   

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            Architectural Committee?  Please click here.

            Landscape Committee?    Please click here.

            Social Committee?            Please click here.

           

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3. Homeowners can submit letters to The Rose Garden Board by e-mail, US postal service, or a drop box at the property manager’s unit (1160 TCS).  To send an e-mail to the Board, click here.