Calendar of Meeting & Events         
May 10, 2008    9am-3pm  Boater Safety Course
May 14-21, 2008   Application of Magnesium Chloride for Dust Control
May 17, 2008     9am Lions Club Road CleanUp: start at Community
                                Center
May 20, 2008    7:00pm SID #8 Meeting at Woodcliff Office
May 24, 2008    10am-2pm  ATV Safety Course

June 1, 2008     8am-11am Lions Club Pancake Feed & Raffle
June 2, 2008     7:00pm Board Meeting at Woodcliff Office
June 2-6, 2008   Woodcliff Office Closed (Chris is going fishing in MN!)
June 8, 2008     1:30pm  Annual Meeting at Community Center
                       2:00pm Ballots due at Annual Meeting for Board Elections
June 20-21, 2008   Community Wide Garage Sales

July 4, 2008      Lions Club Golf Tournament
July 5, 2008     Lions Club FIREWORKS DISPLAY!!! 


                             ANNOUNCEMENTS   

May 9, 2008
     Magnesium Chloride will be applied to all Woodcliff roads between May 14th and May 21st, depending on the weather, for dust control.
Gravel is being applied on the perimeter road in needed stretches beforehand.  The grader will blade in the gravel on Monday, May 12th and Tuesday, May 13th.  Magnesium Chloride must be applied when the road is wet and therefore the exact date of application may depend on when it rains next week.  Magnesium Chloride is a natural product which is absorbed by rock and continuously draws moisture from the air to create a hard travel surface.  It is water soluble and has only a slightly higher corrosion rate than water, making it a safe solution for dust control.  However, please drive slowly during the application to minimize any adherence to your vehicle.

May 2,2008
     NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting of the Board of trustees of Sanitary and Improvement District No. 8 of Saunders Co., NE, will be held at 7:00pm on the 20th day of May, 2008, at the office of Woodcliff Lakes, Inc., Lot T1018, Suite A, 980 Co. Rd. W, Fremont, NE  68025, which meeting will be open to the public.  An agenda for such meeting will be kept continuously current and is available for public inspection at Gross & Welch, P.C., L.L.O., 1500 Omaha Tower, 2120 s. 72nd St., Omaha, NE, and includes payment of bills of the District.

                                                  Lonnie D. Mahrt, Clerk of the District

April 14, 2008
     Sawyer Construction has completed the Main Boat Ramp and it is open again for use.   The ramp is now about ten feet longer and about three feet wider than previously.                       

March 31, 2008
     Please consider becoming an ACTIVE member of the Woodcliff Lions Club.  Membership is FREE at this time.  If we do not get more people involved with the club and its activities, it could end many of the events including pancake feeds and July 4th activites.  Many of the current members are getting older and just "burning out".  Please contact Mardy Gardner at scottnmardy@msn.com or 721-4988 with any questions or comments.  Lions Club meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm at the Community Center.

March 25, 2008
     Welcome to Dean Mahrt, T1017, who has been hired for Maintenance at Woodcliff and began his duties this week.  He's been busy with some items that appeared over the winter and will be starting to prepare for the busy summer season.  If you should notice something that needs repair or clean up on Common Ground, please call the office at 753-0247 to have Chris put it on Dean's To-Do List. 

Mar. 18, 2008
           Lonnie Mahrt, from the Woodcliff Road Committee, gave a presentation recommending Option #2 from JEO's packet.  Option #2 is to pave a section of North Lake Shore Drive to the intersection near the Community Center, which is a heavily traveled area.  Option #2 would cost approximately $679 per lot.  There was considerable discussion of Option #2 and various other options at the March 9th Quarterly Meeting
and the Woodcliff Board decided to send the recommendation back to the Road Committee to further define some sort of long-term plan for presentation to the residents.

Feb. 12, 2008
     New Rules for 2008 have been approved and will be mailed to all residents in the Spring newsletter to be published the first week of March.
Click here to read and/or print them.  The major changes are:
General Regulation #4:  Violators (those burning other than for recreational purposes and without a permit) will be reported to the Fire Department.
ATV Regulation #3:  ATVs must display their lot numbers on a plate with 3-inch adhesive boat numbers.
ATV Regulation #8:  No one under the age of 12 can operate an ATV at Woodcliff unless accompanied by an adult on the same ATV or adjacent to them.  Those under 16 years of age must pass the Woodcliff ATV Safety course.
ATV Regulation #13:  Passengers on rangers, golf carts, and similar vehicles must be seated in a seat.
Water Safety Regulation #1:  If a violation represents a potential safety hazard, Security may remove the boat immediately from the lake until it comes into compliance.
Water Safety Regulation #38:  Boats shall not carry more passengers than they are rated for by the manufacturer.

Feb. 11, 2008
     Watercraft will need to be inspected again this year before using the lakes.  To speed up the process, download the Woodcliff Watercraft Registration form here and return the form to the Woodcliff office via fax 402-753-0247, email chris@woodclifflakes.com, or regular mail to Lot T1018A, 980 Co. Rd. W, Fremont, NE  68025.  Fill in the Insurance Company Name and Policy number near the bottom left of the form, check that all required equipment is on the watercraft, and return the form.  Upon receipt of the form, Security will contact you for the inspection and issue the necessary red Woodcliff decals for 2008.  Decals must be applied to watercraft before launching on the lake.  It is advisable that old decals be stripped off before applying the new decal.  Random safety inspections will occur on the lake all summer.

January 18, 2008
     A date for  this summer's community-wide garage sales has been set for June 20th & 21st.  Times are 1-7pm on Friday, June 20th and 9am-3pm on Saturday, June 21st.  The more participants the better because shoppers are drawn to an area with a lot of sales; last year there were over 15 lots that set up their garage sales on the same weekend.  If you have will be participating or have any questions, contact Ellen Kunert, S100, at 727-8586.

January 17, 2008
     PeopleService, our water and sewer service experts, have sent notification that the pumps in the lift stations have been repeatedly shutting down due to overloads.  These overloads have all been caused by rags, cleaning wipes, and items like "Swiffer"-type mop heads which have been flushed into the sewer system and jam the lift station pumps.
We would like to remind all residents that although cleaning wipes, etc, are listed as disposable, flushing them is not an acceptable method of disposal.  The life span of the lift station pumps will be greatly reduced due to continued overload problems so please toss all cleaning materials in the garbage instead of down the toilet or drains!

December 28, 2007
     Safety Courses for ATVs and Watercraft have been scheduled for these dates:
    April 26, 2008  9am - 3pm  Boater Safety Course
    May 10, 2008   9am - 3pm  Boater Safety Course
    May 24, 2008   10am - 2pm  ATV Safety Course

December 18, 2007
     The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commissioned a study to find out what the cost would be to change addresses at Woodcliff and Willow Point in Saunders County.  NEMA
would assign street numbers to residences in these sbudivisions that currently use lot numbers.  Street addresses are important to the county's new 911 system.  If this change is approved by the County Supervisors, notification of address changes would be sent from the Saunders Co. Planning and Zoning Department.  

    July 19, 2007
     The boat ramps will be returned to combination locks  starting today.  Please contact Security 721-3000 or the Office 753-0247 for the current combination which will be changed monthly.  Anyone caught leaving the gates to the boat ramps open, will be given a citation.  Use of the ramp and the combination are for Woodcliff residents only.

March 19, 2007
     FYI:  A new flood plain map for Fremont, which includes the north half of Woodcliff, has been drawn.  This map will be used by insurance companies to determine new flood insurance rates.  The map raises the flood elevation 3 to 6 feet depending on the area and will most likely raise flood insurance rates.  Homeowners may appeal the change by April 10, 2007 but the appeal must include evidence that discredits the findings of the Corp of Engineers.  A copy of the new flood plain map is available at the Woodcliff office.  The new map takes effect January 1, 2008.

 December 22, 2006
   Three volunteers are still needed for a Woodcliff Fire Station.  Please contact Fire Chief Rob Benke at 720-0025 as soon as possible, if you are interested.  Still needed as of March 2008!!!