Brisbane Neighborhood

Brisbane Neighborhood's a northwest Boise subdivision, built in the late 90s, immediately north of Pierce Park Elementary.

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

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

The association - common lots, board, dues, meetings

Brisbane subdivision has 3 common lots:

• a path to the school

• a large (larger than most home lots) drainage basin

• an entry island on Gold Coast St

That's a lot (🥁) for a neighborhood our size! These lots are owned by Brisbane Neighborhood Association (aka Brisbane HOA sometimes), which all subdivision property owners are members of.

Common lot maintenance, insurance, and occasional improvements are paid for through an annual assessment (aka "dues") charged to members. For details on dues & expenses see our documents section. Annual assessment for Spring 2024 is $160 - we tried to keep it at $150, but maintenance labor cost has increased.

Current elected board/officers are Wade (president, wade@brisbaneboise.org), Dan (treasurer), and Justin. All have lived in the neighborhood for years - Wade now 17, Justin not far behind that!

Elections, basic budgeting, and assessment determination happen at our annual meeting, typically held late April. Our most recent meeting was April 24th 2024. See documents for minutes.

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

• In 2024 we likely will only remove damaged drainage lot fence as a cost-cutting measure.

• 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.

• The drainage lot fence been backed into several times through the years, and as labor/material costs rose we compromised on repair vs. removal. Continuing removal of the fence, other than neighbor-shared portions, and maintaining the basin/slopes to slightly higher standard, is our current plan. Ada County Highway Department limits what we can do in the basin, but shade trees on slopes may an option if neighbors want it?

• Members discussed cluster mailboxes in the past, to replace aging individual owner-maintained posts. But cluster mailboxes are expensive (likely less than total for all owners to replace their own, though) and have some downsides. This one would require a bit of work/consensus-building.

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