June goings-on

Hello Neighbors!

Hopefully, this issue of your Village Voice finds you high and dry and doing well.

Before I go any further, I wanted to mention the sad and unfortunate passing of 2 of our neighbors, Brianna Foley and Dorothy Schneider. Both residents and their families are in our hearts and we grieve with them for their losses.

July is upon us and the Board of Directors is looking towards 2009 and the financial challenges that await us. At the present time, we have appr. $30,000 in 2007 & 2008 HOA dues outstanding (repaid: unpaid). It has put a significant burden on the Association’s finances and has caused us to suspend any future projects until our income stream stabilizes. The Board has made contact with all late homeowners and has moved onto the unfortunate process of establishing liens on the properties that have not paid. We certainly don’t want to do that, but we are obligated to protect the financial interests of our community on behalf of all the residents that live here. If you have not yet paid your 2008 assessment, please contact the office at 784-3054.

You may have noticed the many improvements being completed by our Director of Maintenance, Jim Brasby, and our Lawn Care Tech, Andy Franek. The most recent projects include:

· Re-sodding of the South Entrance (timed for the late June/July rains)
· Re-Painting of the repaired tennis hut
· Re-painted North Entrance sign
· New drip-line irrigation system in citrus groves (new growth already being seen)
· Augmented irrigation system in Park north of Lake
· New trash cans throughout the park
· Expanded garden in front of Clubhouse
· 2 new 3 HP pool pumps (both impellers and motor assemblies failed w/i 1 week of each other)
· Pressure-washed and sealed fencing in front of clubhouse
· Pressure-washed and sealed Pool deck

These are just the major projects and don’t include the smaller, day-to-day items. If you see either one of these fine gentleman around the neighborhood, let them know you appreciate the hard work they are doing!

Hey, we still have 1 spot open on the Board – we have so many candidates, we’re doing a drawing and the lucky winner gets the LAST spot on the Board. Call the office for details!

Now is the time to conserve our precious reclaimed water so we have it through the drier winter months. With it raining almost every day, walk out to your timer and and turn it to off. Should we hit a few days with no rain, the lawn will let you know if it needs any water. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure (I finally used that saying, Mom!)

Have a great July!