Brisbane Neighborhood

Brisbane Neighborhood's a northwest Boise subdivision, established in the late 1990s, immediately north of Pierce Park Elementary.

We take pride in being a small, quiet, and affordable neighborhood.

We're within a larger neighborhood known as Pierce Park.

The map below shows our subdivision boundaries (purple) and relationship to nearby landmarks & routes.

The association - common lots, board, dues, meetings

Brisbane subdivision has 3 common lots:

• a path to/from the school

• a large drainage basin lot

• the entry island on Gold Coast St

That's a lot (🥁) for a neighborhood our size! These lots are not owned by city, county, or Boise Schools, they're owned by Brisbane Neighborhood Association, which all subdivision property owners are members of. The association's sometimes informally known as Brisbane HOA.

Current board/officers elected by members are Wade (president), Sabina (treasurer/secretary), and Dan. All three live in the neighborhood.

The common lot maintenance, insurance, and occasional improvements are paid for through a regular assessment (aka "dues") charged to members. Dues for 2023 are $150/yr, have held there at least 10 years - before they were higher generally, but the board works to keep costs controlled even as labor costs have increased. For details on expenses see our documents section.

Elections and basic budget proposal happen at our annual meeting, typically held late April. Our most recent meeting was April 25th 2023. See documents for minutes.

Our 2024 meeting is April 24 2024, 7PM, at 6533.

Common lots: what've we done, what might we do?

• In 2023 we worked with the school to remove a bollard that blocked stroller/walker access to the school.

• In 2022 we relandscaped the island - its trees were hit by vehicle & removed in 2020. The new design reduces water & maintenance required - no need to mow or prune trees in later years.

• In 2018 we replaced grass in the path area with lava rock. The water valve had a major leak, and the pines are established enough to not need water anymore. This also helped a lot with cost control. We'll probably need to redo the asphalt eventually.

• We've removed portions of drainage lot fence - it's been hit several times through the years, but as labor/material costs rose we compromised on repair vs. remove. Removing all fence and posts, other than shared portions of course, and maintaining the basin/slopes to slightly higher standard instead, may be a desirable move? Ada County Highway Department limits what we can do to the basin, but shade trees on slopes may an option if neighbors would prefer something more useful.

• Members discussed cluster mailboxes in the past, to replace individual owner-maintained posts, which are getting pretty old. Cluster mailboxes are expensive (maybe not more than sum of individual owner replacements though) and have other downsides.

• It helps to hear what you want - let us know!