Columbia Square Maintenance Association

Welcome to Columbia Square!

Neighborhood Update, June/July 2009

Here is a partial list of the projects the Board is currently working on:

Roof maintenance and rain gutter cleaning, tree trimming, permit parking in our parking lots, and requesting the City of Irvine to implement a parking program along our public streets.

Important notice from the Irvine Police Department:

Census Workers in Irvine

With the 2010 Census just one year away, U.S. Census Bureau workers have started canvassing Irvine neighborhoods to update existing residential addresses and map areas for the 2010 Census mailing. Now through June 19, census workers will be knocking on doors to identify every living quarter where people live or could potentially live, in an effort to ensure that the census address list is complete and that everyone can be counted.

How to identify a census worker:

All U.S. Census workers can be identified by official badges, handheld devices and placards on the dashboards of vehicles.

Census workers will never ask for bank or social security information. All census information collected, including addresses, are confidential and protected by law. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents’ answers with the FBI, the IRS, CIA, Welfare, Immigration, or any other government agency. No court of law or law enforcement agency can find out respondents’ answers. All Census Bureau employees — including temporary employees — take an oath for life to keep census information confidential. Any violation of that oath is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and five years in prison.

Please refer any questions regarding the identity of a census worker to the Orange County census office at 714-361-5320.

Theresa Atchley
Irvine Police Department
University Area Crime Prevention
(949) 724-7149

Message From the Board of Directors:

Hello Columbia Square Neighbors!
This website is a valuable venue to disperse up-to-date information among the homeowners. As with most volunteer positions, the Columbia Square Maintenance Association consists of five concerned individuals willing to take the responsibility of looking out for the best interests of the neighborhood as a whole. We fully understand that we will not make 100% of the homeowners happy with each decision we make. The HOA is evolving. With each new Board, we face neighborhood issues with new perspectives and opinions. This is a good thing. Unfortunately, we all join the board because we believe there is something needing to be fixed. We join, we investigate, we learn, and we then add value to the process. Our suspicions are usually quelled once we got involved and understand the issues fully.

If you are concerned about your neighborhood, please get involved. We welcome you to attend a Board meeting to give us your input. We meet at the conference room at Villageway Management generally on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6:00 PM. Please check your billing statement or call Villageway to confirm the meeting date in case it is on a holiday.