January happenings

Welcome 2009.

If you have not already rec'd the invoice (you should have), your annual dues of $558are due by Jan 31.

The Pinellas County Hwy Dept has repainted the speed humps in and around the Village so they will be much more visible now. Pls remember school is back in session and residential speed limits are 25 mph. Speeding through the neighborhood might shave 15 seconds off your travel and is NOT worth the danger it entails...pls slow down.

If your New Years resolution was to join the Board of Directors, you're in luck!!! We have a couple open positions for Board members and quite a few open positions for volunteers.

Remember the annual garage sale, Spring Fling, Holiday parties, etc. We have note been able to schedule them because we are MINUS an Activities Chair. If this is your thing, come join us!

We had a resident question this week via email about why we close the pool at dusk. It's a very important question - here's the answer:

"It is a Pinellas County ordinance we must meet due to the fact we do not meet the county guidelines for sufficient illumination of our pool (inside & outside). Simply speaking, the existing lighting situation is below what the county considers safe, i.e. to illuminate sufficiently to see a swimmer at the bottom of the pool. In late 2006/early 2007 the Board conducted an audit and I believe the estimate was appr. $10,000 to retrofit/re-wire the pool to meet county safety code.

Seasonally, it has not drawn many complaints. Normally it's cold and no one wants to be in the pool day or night. It has been unseasonably warm and with dusk at 530ish, it has apparently become more of an issue. In the summer, dusk does not occur until after 8p, which has worked fine for most residents, I believe."