2011 coupon book increase   When there is a percentage of social security increase in 2011 to our maintenance fee, it will ONLY be on the actual maintenance fee.  This covers the day-to-day vendor expenses, office expense, etc., utilities and the repair of the common grounds.   This percentage increase of social security will not  increase by the mortgage the owners pay for with their approx $30 attached in 2004 to the maintenance by the (some say) suspicious vote counted in Attorney Hightower's office after the LC judgment in Clearwater causing this $30 increase to everyone.    Be sure to update your phone numbers with Marianne if they have changed.

Wish List of the Managers   The privacy fence placed around the storage compound was meant to hide the unsightly storage area.    The management company is suggesting that we also hide our pool.  There is a three percent advantage to the management company for any project over $10,000.  The present hurricane fence is not unsightly, we have no need for a privacy fence with security locks and cameras (bids asked for over the summer without mention at a board meeting).  This consideration is directed at exlusivity, the clubhouse has been underutilized already; the common grounds are FOR the "site owners of record" and their guests.  A resort feel is not our goal, this is not a "park" and this is not a "resort".   The board has already taken steps to place cameras in the sun bathing area.  Once in place there will be designated monitoring from a home computer.  Who??  Volunteers?  No.  As the website made free and then $240 a year due to "no volunteers" we now pay for a webmaster for the boards' laketarpononline.com site.  When there is again "no volunteers" to monitor the bathing area, it will again become a cost to the owners of this village for a service they never voted on or asked for.  The solar panals on top of our original sun deck above the changing rooms were taken away without asking the owners or a vote.  The Sunday night at the movies was supposed to fund these panels maintenance.  This, over time, became the owners responsibility.  When Penny Moscato asked Tony Tescano why we had to pay for something we did not vote for, he said it was because the panels are already on property and it is now our responsiblity to maintain them.  The wish list of the board continues to be a drain on our flex monies made available by Ameri-Tech who has been signing all checks over the last year.  A violation of our Covenants.

 

Through the summer of 2010 we have had pool parties twice a month on the second and fourth Thursday.  Ameri-Tech was not in the office July 22 or on August 5.  Betty volunteered as our pool monitor over the summer with no unauthorized visitors noted; the same 15 people were there pretty much there every day.  Ed kept the card playing going in the main hall of the clubhouse.  It was kept very cool.