*******ATTENTION*******

*ALL WLV RESIDENTS WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AND HOMES*

I am personally issuing a challenge to each and every homeowner in WLV – your participation in our community is VITAL and NEEDED!

Our Annual Meeting in November is fast-approaching and the Board is soliciting ANY & ALL WLV residents to become Board members and participate in the administration of YOUR community.

This is about the time we start hearing the excuses so I’ll save you the time and summarize…you’re:

· too busy
· too tired
· involved in covert CIA activities and can’t blow your cover
· too involved in other volunteer things
· designated food shopping happens to occur anytime a Board meeting is scheduled
· (insert your particular excuse here)

If you are fine with leaving your annual dues money and WLV’s $330,000 ANNUAL budget to an ever-shrinking, over-burdened, dwindling pool of volunteers, than I demand you stop reading RIGHT NOW!

However, if you can:

offer a few hours per month
give topics a new perspective
provide insight to complicated issues
work well with others
discuss and arrive at conclusions to conflicts without violence ;-)

...than I hope you will consider submitting to the Board a short 1 paragraph bio of yourself and, should you be approved by the Nominating Committee, running for one of the three (3) open positions on the Board for 2010. Please contact Rosemary in the Office at 727.784.3054 for more info

August Musings

Hello neighbors!

1. Our new playground is right around the corner! We are finalizing the colors and expect delivery within late sept/early oct. We will be posting the Playground Install date and we hope we can count on you to help us assemble and install the playground under the careful supervision of a playground rep.
2. Our Lawn contractor, Buccaneer Landscape Mgmt, is doing a wonderful job, as evidenced by the unsolicited compliments I am receiving. Being that this is the 1st contractor we have brought on in 10-15 yrs, there have been small "growing pains" but have been quickly resolved by Buccaneer. Remember, our annual cost savings will FULL PAY for the playground by this time next year...making our new playground revenue-neutral!
3. I have received some calls from homeowner who did not pay their annual assessments on time, failed to respond to our late notice, and were referred to our attorney for collection, subsequently resulting in a lien. Please understand that once the file is referred to ur attorney for collection of the outstanding dues, attorneys costs CANNOT be waived or reversed. Also, before we can accept 2010 dues, any balance from 2009 must be fully paid, including attorney's fees. The best way to avoid those charges is to pay on time. Luckily, about 95% of our residents pay ontime every time, which we appreciate.

Maintenance Update

Hi, all…here's a Maintenance update:

- The parking lots have been sealcoated and look great.
- We saved $500 by having Jim re-paint the lines with the line striper machine we purchased about 18 months ago
- I am proud to announce that we have added 2 handicapped parking spaces w/ center loading area…it will provide easy access to any physically disabled residents and/or visitors we might have.
- Jim sealcoated 10 5-gal buckets worth on the path last week. The intermittent rain is a problem but he is committed to having the ENTIRE path repaired and seal-coated by end of summer.
- On that note, Jim repaired the path at the top of the hill (closest to Blvd) where roots uprooted the path.
- The pool had an outbreak of black algae after our rains, but Jim closed the pool for 2 days last week and cleaned it up. With the pitting in our marcite, the black algae willl never be fully removed, but Jim is taking steps to keep it at bay.
- Our wire culvert screens were cleaned and repaired…they are picking up a decent amount of debris, as hoped.
- Jim has met several times with our lawn care people on site to keep them abreast of our requests. We have had to ensure they know what our standards are…there is a “learning curve”.
- Jim mounted a green plywood board to the bottom of the SW corner tennis ct fence, as the gopher tortoise there was throwing dirt out on the court. Seems to have mitigated the problem.
- Jim added a white rock border to from SW corner of tennis court fence to electrical box to prevent erosion. He says we should do the same on the NW corner