JANUARY NEWSLETTER
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 POSSIBLE MAYORAL VISIT IN CALENDAR YEAR 1992.
     In  response  to an invitation issued by  BHA,  the  Mayor's
 office  has indicated that the Mayor is interested in coming to a
 BHA  meeting sometime fairly soon (if her plans  permit).   Watch
 the  Newsletter for future announcements.   Prior to the  Mayor's
 visit,  BHA  will supply her with written  information  regarding
 issues of current concern to Bromley residents.   Thus,  input is
 sought from residents as to what is most important to communicate
 to  the Mayor.   Please contact a Board member;  written input is
 most helpful.
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 SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS, BROMLEY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
     The  next  two  meetings have been  scheduled  for  Thursday
 evenings,  at  7:30p.m.  in the Library of Thurston School.   The
 dates are:
          March 12, 1992
          June 18, 1992.
      The  Department of Solid Waste of the City of Ann Arbor  has
 agreed  to give a presentation on home composting at the March 12
 meeting.  All residents of Bromley are welcome.
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 HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION DUES:
     If you have not already done so, please remember that a mere
 $5.00  per  year  makes the Newsletter possible  for  the  entire
 neighborhood.  Please  take just a minute to send a check to  Jim
 Henderson,  BHA Treasurer,  at  2636 Prairie,  Ann Arbor,  48105.
 Thank you; dues cover the period from September 1991 to September
 1992.   When you mail in your dues,  you allow your Board members
 to   spend  their  precious  time  working  on  issues  such   as
 communicating  with the City and writing Newsletters rather  than
 on going door-to-door to collect dues.
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 NOTE FROM MARY ANN GASIOREK--GIGANTIC GARAGE SALE!!
     "Are you planning to have a garage sale this spring?  Or, do
 you have only two chairs in the basement you would like to  sell?
 Perhaps  you would be interested in a Bromley Subdivision  Garage
 Sales Day on Saturday,  May 2, 1992, from 9:00 to 3:00.  You will
 run  your  own  garage  sale and  keep  all  profits.   The  more
 individual  garage sales we can advertise,  the more people  will
 come  through  our neighborhood.   Signs will be put up at  every
 entrance   to  our  neighborhood.    I  will   put   one,   large
 advertisement  in  the  Ann Arbor News  on  Friday,  May  1,  and
 Saturday,  May  2.  The ad may read `Northeast Ann Arbor,  48105,
 Bromley  Subdivision  Garage Sales,  ##  families  participating.
 Saturday,  May 2,  9:00-3:00.   Homes located on Nixon,  Prairie,
 Briarcliff,  Burlington (St.  and Ct.) Aurora, Sheffield Ct., and
 Renfrew.'   Please call me if you would be interested.   Mary Ann
 Gasiorek, 996-4633."
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 THANKS
 Thanks  to  Mary Ann Gasiorek and to Robert  Kiesling  for  their
 written input on issues of concern to the Homeowners Association.
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 MAILBOX
     A  thank-you  note  was  sent  to  Nicole  Sefton,   Routing
 Supervisor   of  the  Ann  Arbor  Public  Schools  Transportation
 Department for her swift response to a request from BHA regarding
 unnecessary bus traffic through Bromley.   Buses that do not NEED
 to  go  through  Bromley have been routed on Nixon  in  order  to
 remove  some  of the hazard at the intersection  of  Prairie  and
 Plymouth.
     BHA has requested that the City consider,  as a budget item,
 widening  Prairie  at  Plymouth Road.   The City  has  agreed  to
 repaint  the lines on Prairie only (they cannot do it on Plymouth
 on account of various traffic/state laws), a bit, in an effort to
 ease some of the hazard at that corner.   BHA also wrote the City
 a letter asking them to make that intersection of higher priority
 to  salt  in winter weather--there is hazard from  long  vehicles
 making sharp turns into a narrow lane.  And BHA, with cooperation
 from the City (in supplying names of appropriate individuals  and
 advice on suitable phrasing), wrote letters to suggest that buses
 that  were  using  Prairie as a cut-through be  rerouted  outside
 Bromley (as noted above).
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 PLYMOUTH ROAD MALL POST OFFICE
     How  nice  it is to have a postal substation within  walking
 distance of Bromley!  Please remember to support it.
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 YOUTHBANK
     This  list  is compiled from data accumulated over the  past
 year.   Some of it may be out of date.  Please call Sandy at 761-
 1231  to  make  corrections or  to  add  names.   BHA  encourages
 residents to use the YouthBank in support of Bromley neighborhood
 youth.   Inclusion in the YouthBank is not,  however, a guarantee
 of  workmanship.   We do have excellent reports from  people  who
 have  used  the Youthbank,  though.   Support  your  neighborhood
 structure by getting to know Bromley young people.
  Jason Allen, 995-2915, lawnmowing.
 Jonathan Dennis,  668-4692;  668-7383.   Housesitting,  small pet
 boarding, electrical trailer hook-up.
 Michelle Folk, 663-7150, babysitting.
 Chavi Keeney,  665-8752,  babysitting,  pets,  windows, snow
 removal, car washing.
 Ti Sanders-Elpern,  665-7651,  babysitting,  leaves, pets, lawns,
 snow, and car washing.
 Tig Sanders-Elpern,  665-7651,  babysitting, leaves, pets, lawns,
 snow, and car washing.
 Robert Waissi,    996-5576,  housesitting,    petcare/walking,
 lawnmowing, snow removal.
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 Will  take ads from Plymouth Mall,  Plymouth  Green,  and  Traver
 Village.
  Advertising--two  ads--one  from Elfriede Hofacker and  one  from
 Fran Dager.
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 SUMMARY OF HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION MEETING
 December, 1991

 I.  PRIMARY CONCERN--CONGESTION.

 1.   Input  sought from residents of Bromley,  prior to  possible
 visit from the Mayor to a BHA Meeting (to be announced).
     Please  let  a board member know of experiences you have  had
 with dangerous situations,  close encounters,  accidents,  and so
 forth.  If possible, give day of the week, time, and circumstance
 of   the  event.    Selective  enforcement  is  apparently   most
 successful when a good log of events is available.
  2.  The intersection of Plymouth and Prairie.
    Two exit lanes and one entry lane have been installed so that
 traffic waiting to turn left from Prairie onto Plymouth does  not
 interfere  with traffic turning right from Prairie onto Plymouth.
 This change in lane alignment has caused another difficulty; cars
 waiting  to turn left onto Plymouth are threatened by  buses  and
 other vehicles turning into Prairie from Plymouth.   A letter was
 written  by  BHA  to  the City  explaining  this  difficulty  and
 requesting  reconstruction  of  the curb  at  that  intersection.
 Reconstruction  of  this  sort is a budget item;  a  request  was
 entered  for such reconstruction--it may take awhile,  if  it  is
 approved.   When  that intersection is icy,  of course the danger
 increases.   Thus,  BHA has written to the Streets department  to
 request  that  they  give this intersection  higher  priority  in
 salting than it apparently has had in the past--this intersection
 requires larger vehicles to make a tight turn into a narrow lane.
 Another  source of supplementary solution is to request that  the
 Public  schools take a close look at the routing pattern of buses
 and  consider sending through Bromley only those buses  going  to
 Thurston  School.   Finally,  when the weather is favorable,  the
 Engineering Department has put in a request to shift the  pattern
 of lines in the street,  on Prairie, to attempt to create a small
 amount of extra space.   Naturally,  relative positions of buses,
 cars, and vans will remain a judgment call.
  3.  Threat of head-on collisions when entering Prairie.
     Several  people have commented that head-on collisions  have
 been  narrowly avoided in the early morning when entering Prairie
 from Plymouth.  The Bromley-bound car is heading east on Plymouth
 and  waits in the center left-turn lane on Plymouth to turn  left
 onto Prairie.   At the same time,  commuters who have exited U.S.
 23 at Plymouth,  come racing along Plymouth,  over the hill  just
 east  of the Bromley-bound car.   The commuter is anxious to jump
 into  the  center  left-turn lane in order to get  in  the  queue
 waiting to turn left at Huron Parkway--presto!!   Instant head-on
 collision   potential!    This  issue  was  disussed   with   the
 Engineering Department;  solutions that involve repainting of the
 lines in Plymouth Road are not feasible,  insofar as the painting
 pattern  is apparently determined by State guidelines related  to
 traffic  laws.   Instead,  this is a selective enforcement issue.
 Thus,  it  is  important to have a good log to turn over  to  the
 appropriate  person in the Police Department;  a letter has  been
 written  by  BHA  to the Police  Department  involving  selective
 enforcement at this intersection.
  4.  Broader issue of congestion.
     The   intersection  of  Plymouth  and   Prairie,   and   the
 intersection of Nixon and Aurora are,  as we all know,  difficult
 to  deal  with.   To  exit Bromley  requires  playing  "chicken."
 Indeed,  there  is  NO  safe exit,  with a  traffic  light,  from
 Bromley.   BHA  wishes to argue that a neighborhood of 231  homes
 (and  our  increased  congestion coming  from  recent  commercial
 developments)   should  have  at  least  one  traffic  light  for
 residents who are willing to drive a bit farther in order to exit
 the neighborhood at a light.   Let's consider where we might want
 a light; at Plymouth and Prairie would be very close to the light
 at  Plymouth  and Huron Parkway.   Conversations  with  the  City
 suggest that they do not want lights spaced that closely,  and in
 addition,  that  Plymouth  is  to be a  high-volume  swift-moving
 arterial.   A  light  at Nixon and Aurora would serve  only  that
 intersection;  it might also serve to defeat a light at Nixon and
 Huron  Parkway (in the future) on the spacing issue.   A plan  to
 tie  Aurora  to  Huron Parkway could devastate  the  frontage  of
 houses  on Nixon Road.   A light at Bluett and Nixon  might  best
 confront  the  objections above,  and serve our neighbors in  the
 Travers,  Maplewood,  and Orchard Hills as well, but of course it
 is  remote  (given that it is at a corner of Bromley)  and  would
 likely  cause some increase in local traffic on streets  internal
 to Bromley (Briarcliff,  Renfrew, and Prairie). (Then again, many
 report  that  they  have altered their  driving  patterns  within
 Bromley already.)   So,  however one considers the  issue,  there
 are difficulties.   What is clear is that there has been and will
 be  change;  BHA  would like to know what Bromley residents  feel
 about this issue.

 II.  OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES.

 1.   The  Ann  Arbor Observer has called current and  former  BHA
 Board  members asking for input concerning
 nearby housing projects.  If you
 have  particular comments on this issue,  please direct them to a
 BHA Board member.
 2.  As per recommendation of the Board from the previous meeting,
 BHA approached the Planning Department to see if they might  make
 suggestions  regarding possible plans for the City-owned strip of
 land between Huron Parkway and the sidewalk.   The City suggested
 contacting  the  UM to see if a class in  Landscape  Architecture
 might give us professional plans--the City apparently has nothing
 in  their budget for this sort of activity.   What BHA  discussed
 was obtaining some sort of feasibility study intended to make the
 appearance of the strip attractive and to fit in with landscaping
 on  Huron  Parkway  south  of  Plymouth Road  and  with  what  is
 (hopefully  attractive)  being  planned  for  the  Huron  Parkway
 Extension west of Nixon,  as well as with the wishes of houses on
 Briarcliff  backing into this sidewalk.   Input from residents is
 sought now and will continue to be sought.
 3.   The  berm that shields residents along Nixon from a view  of
 the  back  of  Traver  Village is not  in  Bromley,  but  BHA  is
 concerned about its appearance.   It's nice to have it there;  we
 just wonder what will happen in terms of planting on it.
 4.  Morris Taber made a donation so that something suitable might
 be   purchased   in   recognition  of  the  appearance   of   our
 neighborhood;  BHA  will  use his gift to donate book(s)  to  the
 Thurston  School  Library.    Charles  Engle,  who  does  such  a
 marvelous  job as Newsletter compositor,  is willing  to  compose
 bookplates  for  the  donation.   Thanks much to  Morris  and  to
 Charles.
 5.   Two  more letters were sent to the City regarding complaints
 from  Bromley residents concerning the lights in the parking  lot
 at First of America and at Plymouth Mall.
 6.   Dolphin Pool--the City will not provide a street  light,  as
 reported  in an earlier Newsletter.   BHA is willing to work with
 the  Pool  Board  to  see if they can  donate  a  light  that  is
 suitable,  that  will not offend anyone in nearby housing (within
 Bromley  or not),  and that has low operating costs.   There  may
 also  be  other small issues where cooperation  between  the  two
 Boards  could make a difference.   This will be pursued by BHA in
 conjunction  with  the Pool Board.   BHA CONGRATULATED  THE  POOL
 BOARD ON THE RECENT RAFFLE!  THANK YOU!!
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 7.  NEWS FROM THE POOL BOARD--BY KEN READER.

 1.   1992  Pool  Board  elections are set  for  January  29th  at
 Thurston  School.   The present Board hopes that a number of newe
 Board members will be elected.
 2.  The 1991 yearly Dolphin Pool board Report will be distributed
 to the Bromley Neighborhood in early January.   The Chairman  and
 Treasurer  will give reports,  and more details of the  up-coming
 elections will be included.
 3.   The  Pool  will  have  a swim team  in  1992.   Anyone  with
 questions or comments should call Marie Kilbane at 761-3177.   We
 are  also looking for some business to sponsor the  Dolphin  Swim
 Team.
 4.   The  Pool  Board  is  actively looking  for  youths  in  the
 neighborhood to work as life guards next summer.
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