The Board met on September 27, 2018 and for those residents unable to attend, here is an unofficial recap of the meeting. The official minutes will be approved at the next meeting and made available on this site.

Quorum was established, proper posting of meeting notice was verified and minutes of prior meetings were approved.

1 resident requested to speak in the open forum.  Topic was a tabled ARC application for lanai screen with roof and owner was in favor.

President indicated that items on his President’s report would be covered in the Old Business items on the agenda.

Secretary-Treasurer’s report noted that net income YTD is $51,007.28, which is due to being significantly under budget YTD for water usage.  18 Accounts were past due on 8/31, with a total past due amount of $3,764.60.  Reminders and Intents to Lien have been sent to owners.

The Spirit Committee reported that the Back to School pool party on Saturday August 25 was a success. The Spirit Committee will be using part of their budgeted funds to purchase a refrigerator for the room in the cabana that can be used for future events.

The Grounds Committee reported that heavier bollards at the keypad have been installed, cabana doors have been repaired, and larger lights for the columns at the gate have arrived and are to be installed next week. They recommended that the pavers at the cabana be sealed to preserve and extend their life.

ARC applications were discussed and approved, disapproved, or tabled.

The status of the MI punchlist was discussed.  As we have not heard from MI, the request is being escalated.

It was noted that the developers are going back and forth regarding the flooding issue on Fox Sparrow adjacent to the KB and Beazer developments.

The damaged gate is to be taken down for repair in early October, but no exact date has been given.  Once the gate is repaired, the gate company is to do a thorough check of the mechanisms to verify everything is working properly before the gate will be closed.  Ideas for improving directional signs for traffic flow at the gate were discussed and quotes are being obtained.

Signage for the community was discussed.  No Parking signs for Fox Sparrow near Sheldon have arrived and will be installed.  Extending the double yellow line at Sheldon was discussed and a quote is to be obtained for re-striping.  Warning signs for alligators, snakes, speed limit and other signs were discussed and up to $1,000 for additional signage was approved.  It was agreed that evidences of speeding and passing in the community and on Fox Sparrow need to be documented with tag numbers and violation notices sent to the offenders.

The revised proposed Greenacre Properties contract for community management was discussed and approved with a December 1 effective date.  A letter is to be sent to Rizzetta terminating their contract as of November 30.

The survey on parking developed by the ad hoc committee was presented and discussed briefly.  A final decision has been delayed due to one Board member being out of town.

Quotes from Crowder’s Landscaping to replace 6 bad decoders on the irrigation system  and to replace dead plants, fill in a low area, remove a tree and relocate another tree,  and remove some Liriope/Fakahatchee mix near the pool and replace with Liriope were approved.

Quotes for holiday lighting were reviewed and rejected due to expense.  Approval was given to use lights donated by a resident and to purchase some additional lights and have a handyman install at much lower overall cost.

A request had been made by homeowner that their late fees be waived.  It was discussed that waiving of fees would set a precedent that would make it difficult to collect from other homeowners in the future.  Fees will not be waived.

A proposal to install cameras at the cabana was discussed and approved.

The next regular Board meeting is scheduled for 11/01.