Dog Etiquette
When you take your dog outside, please remember the dog needs to be a leash at all times while on the common property. This is for the safety of your dog, other dogs and residents. We are still having issues with owners not picking up their dogs waste. If you are a dog owner, please make sure every time the dog is taken out that the waste is picked up and discarded in one of the pet station trash cans.
Flowers
The winter annuals have been removed. Greenscapes has submitted a proposal for flax lily to be installed at the entrances and circle of the towers since the annuals do not do well in these areas. These plants will do much better in the shady areas and will be permanent, which will save the association about $2,600 a year. The Board will be discussing this proposal today and I will let everyone know what was decided and when they will be installed.
Seasonal Residents
Just some reminders for the seasonal residents.
•Turn off the water source serving the unit to ensure against any water damage in the event of a leak within the unit.
•Provide courtesy notification to the association office of any visitors utilizing the unit in the unit owners absence - this serves as a security and safety function for both the unit and the association.
•Provide the association with a phone number where you can be reached to ensure the associations ability to contact you in the event of an emergency within your unit.
•It is mandatory that the unit owner sets the units temperature control to 78-80 degrees to discourage the growth of mold or mildew within the unit.
Back Gate Code
The back gate code will be changing Monday, April 4th. If you have not received an email with the code, please contact me.
Parking
Commercial vehicles, boats, trailers, RV’s and other similar vehicles are not allowed on association property without approval. If you are granted approval with the association, there are restrictions on where they can be parked and the amount of time. Please contact me for further information.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Update - 24th March 2011
Visiting Guests
If you have guests coming to see you and they are not on your Resident Information Sheet, please remember to call or email the Security Officers at the gate. The phone number is 239-961-8923 and the email address is nsycsecurity@gmail.com.
Trash/ Cigarette Butts
On January 6th, I posted in the blog about throwing cigarette butts off of the balconies. This is not only littering but also can fall down to the 3rd floor balconies since they have the extended lanais. One of the third floor balconies was just cleaned and three days later there are 3 cigarette butts. If you do smoke on your balcony, please use an ash tray. When you are done using the ash tray, please dump it right away as the wind can cause the butts and ashes to go flying.
Annual Meeting – Phone Conference
A NSYC homeowner spoke last year about possibly having a conference call facility for those homeowners that will not be able to be present for the annual meeting but would like to listen or participate in the meeting. At this year's Annual Meeting we will be able to have this option. If you would like to call in, please let me know and I will provide you the call in number and pass code to get on to the conference call.
Landscape – Flowers and Additions
The flowers will be removed from the beds today and new summer flowers will be planted shortly. The flower beds at the circle in front of both towers, the association will be putting in a permanent plants since the flowers do not do well in this area. Flax Lilies will be installed, once I know the date, I will included it in the blog.
Garages
Last Thursday and Friday the cleaning company worked very diligently to manually sweep the 1st floor of each tower. Next Thursday they will be sweeping the East Tower 2nd floor garage and next Friday they will be sweeping the West Tower 2nd floor. If you are able to, please move your car to the back parking lot on the designated days.
Beach Area / Pool Furniture
The beach area behind the west tower will be raked today by the landscapers and Orlando has started cleaning the pool furniture. He will be doing a few a day and rotating the ones from storage.
Parking Spots
There are a few parking spaces that are soiled with oil. The homeowner who is assigned to the parking spsce is responsible for the maintenance and appearance of the parking space per the association documents. It also states no vehicles are permitted on the property that leak oil. If your car is leaking oil, please do not park it on the pavers, use the side parking lot until you can get the leak fixed. A wonderful product to remove oil stains from pavers is call Pour and Restore and can be found at ACE Hardware.
If you have guests coming to see you and they are not on your Resident Information Sheet, please remember to call or email the Security Officers at the gate. The phone number is 239-961-8923 and the email address is nsycsecurity@gmail.com.
Trash/ Cigarette Butts
On January 6th, I posted in the blog about throwing cigarette butts off of the balconies. This is not only littering but also can fall down to the 3rd floor balconies since they have the extended lanais. One of the third floor balconies was just cleaned and three days later there are 3 cigarette butts. If you do smoke on your balcony, please use an ash tray. When you are done using the ash tray, please dump it right away as the wind can cause the butts and ashes to go flying.
Annual Meeting – Phone Conference
A NSYC homeowner spoke last year about possibly having a conference call facility for those homeowners that will not be able to be present for the annual meeting but would like to listen or participate in the meeting. At this year's Annual Meeting we will be able to have this option. If you would like to call in, please let me know and I will provide you the call in number and pass code to get on to the conference call.
Landscape – Flowers and Additions
The flowers will be removed from the beds today and new summer flowers will be planted shortly. The flower beds at the circle in front of both towers, the association will be putting in a permanent plants since the flowers do not do well in this area. Flax Lilies will be installed, once I know the date, I will included it in the blog.
Garages
Last Thursday and Friday the cleaning company worked very diligently to manually sweep the 1st floor of each tower. Next Thursday they will be sweeping the East Tower 2nd floor garage and next Friday they will be sweeping the West Tower 2nd floor. If you are able to, please move your car to the back parking lot on the designated days.
Beach Area / Pool Furniture
The beach area behind the west tower will be raked today by the landscapers and Orlando has started cleaning the pool furniture. He will be doing a few a day and rotating the ones from storage.
Parking Spots
There are a few parking spaces that are soiled with oil. The homeowner who is assigned to the parking spsce is responsible for the maintenance and appearance of the parking space per the association documents. It also states no vehicles are permitted on the property that leak oil. If your car is leaking oil, please do not park it on the pavers, use the side parking lot until you can get the leak fixed. A wonderful product to remove oil stains from pavers is call Pour and Restore and can be found at ACE Hardware.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Computer Room
The computer and printer is almost up and running in the business center. The last computer that was installed there was vandalized by someone so please report any misuse if you witness it.
Damage to the Card Room Chairs
Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot damage done to the chairs in the card room. Please try not to abuse the chairs.
Men’s Steam Room
The problem for the men’s steam room has been found. The part has been order and will be installed next week. The men’s steam room is working intermittently. If it is not working and you would like to use it, please come to the front desk and we will have you use the women’s steam room if it is not in use and post a notice on the door letting the women know there is a gentleman using the steam room.
Front Fountain
The pump at the front fountain has a leak and will be shut down to prevent any damage to the motor. A service call was placed today and a technician should be out on Monday.
Possible Projects in the Works
Trash Chute Cleaning – We are working on getting proposals for possibly cleaning the trash chutes. Preventative maintenance like cleaning the chutes will help extend the life of the entire chute system and saving the association on future costly repairs. It also helps control the odor and bacteria. The Board of Directors have received one of the proposals. I am waiting on the others proposals to provide to the Board.
Garage Lights – A proposal was received for switching ½ of the lights off during the day to save energy. The return of investment is about 13 months and would save the association roughly $122.00 a month. The Board of Director have the proposal and will be reviewing it.
Roof Inspection – Every year, West Coast Enterprises inspects the roofs and provides a proposal (if needed) and recommendations to extend the life of the roof. This took place this last week and we are waiting to get the written report, which I should have mid next week. The inspection is at no cost to the association.
The computer and printer is almost up and running in the business center. The last computer that was installed there was vandalized by someone so please report any misuse if you witness it.
Damage to the Card Room Chairs
Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot damage done to the chairs in the card room. Please try not to abuse the chairs.
Men’s Steam Room
The problem for the men’s steam room has been found. The part has been order and will be installed next week. The men’s steam room is working intermittently. If it is not working and you would like to use it, please come to the front desk and we will have you use the women’s steam room if it is not in use and post a notice on the door letting the women know there is a gentleman using the steam room.
Front Fountain
The pump at the front fountain has a leak and will be shut down to prevent any damage to the motor. A service call was placed today and a technician should be out on Monday.
Possible Projects in the Works
Trash Chute Cleaning – We are working on getting proposals for possibly cleaning the trash chutes. Preventative maintenance like cleaning the chutes will help extend the life of the entire chute system and saving the association on future costly repairs. It also helps control the odor and bacteria. The Board of Directors have received one of the proposals. I am waiting on the others proposals to provide to the Board.
Garage Lights – A proposal was received for switching ½ of the lights off during the day to save energy. The return of investment is about 13 months and would save the association roughly $122.00 a month. The Board of Director have the proposal and will be reviewing it.
Roof Inspection – Every year, West Coast Enterprises inspects the roofs and provides a proposal (if needed) and recommendations to extend the life of the roof. This took place this last week and we are waiting to get the written report, which I should have mid next week. The inspection is at no cost to the association.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Update - March 9th, 2011
Concierge Hours
Michelle’s hours are Monday thru Friday 8 AM to 4 PM. The weekend concierge is Tammy and her hours are 9 AM to 5 PM. Tammy will be able to help on the weekends with all your concierge needs.
Open Forum Meeting
We will be having an Open Forum Meeting, as we have done in the past, before the Annual Meeting. This will be to hear any issues that have not been brought up previously so at the Annual Meeting we can discuss what the board has decided on those items. The open forum meeting will be Wednesday March 16th at 6 PM.
Maintenance Issues
Here are some of the maintenance issues we have been working on for the past month or so:
Landscape – We had seven irrigation decoders and one valve that went bad. Greenscapes have been at the property last Friday, Saturday and Monday to get these zones up and running. Due to these zones being off for a little bit, the annuals started getting stressed and in these areas are not doing so well. Greenscapes will be replacing some of the flowers, at no cost to the Association, next week. As of the beginning of April the property will be mowed every week. The pruning of the shrubs will be taking place this week.
Clubhouse – The men’s steam room is still having some issues but Water Works are working quickly to diagnose which circuit board is causing the problem. The office phone number (239-656-1430) is having problems and is saying the mailbox is full when it is not. I have been trying to work with Century Link to get this problem corrected. If you get that message, please call back in 10 minutes or send a quick email. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience while we get this problem corrected. The TV in the sitting room in the clubhouse is not working. The TV’s power source went bad and we are looking into a replacement TV.
Parties – Just a reminder, if you reserve the theater, card room, and/or clubhouse, please make sure you leave it in the condition you found it in.
Pool Area – One of the gates by the spa is not closing properly. New hinges have been ordered and the gate will be adjusted by the end of the week. One of the large umbrellas broke last week. Please remember to close the umbrellas when you are done using them. Failure to do this will cause the umbrella arms to snap. We are working to get the umbrella repaired since the large umbrellas cost close to $1,500. There is a step that is broken by the fountain. We have put a red cone by it to keep people away from this area for their safety. The cleaning staff will start cleaning the pool furniture.
Towers / Garages – The garages will be vacuumed next week. The east tower will be done Thursday, March 17th and the west tower will be done Friday, March 18th. I have been working with Wayne Wiles on the tile issue in the towers. There is this product that chemically etches the tile to make it more textured to cause less slipping. This product would cost about $16,000 to do the floors plus labor. If the Board does decided to go with this, we would try to get the maintenance guys to do it within their hours so there would be no additional labor cost. Wayne Wiles will be letting us try this product out to see how it works on some spare tile. I will keep the community updated on this issue.
Curbing– The curbing around the property has been cleaned and will be cleaned on a monthly basis.
Questions – You can always email, call or put a note in my box on my door at any time with any questions, complaints, comments or concerns.
Michelle’s hours are Monday thru Friday 8 AM to 4 PM. The weekend concierge is Tammy and her hours are 9 AM to 5 PM. Tammy will be able to help on the weekends with all your concierge needs.
Open Forum Meeting
We will be having an Open Forum Meeting, as we have done in the past, before the Annual Meeting. This will be to hear any issues that have not been brought up previously so at the Annual Meeting we can discuss what the board has decided on those items. The open forum meeting will be Wednesday March 16th at 6 PM.
Maintenance Issues
Here are some of the maintenance issues we have been working on for the past month or so:
Landscape – We had seven irrigation decoders and one valve that went bad. Greenscapes have been at the property last Friday, Saturday and Monday to get these zones up and running. Due to these zones being off for a little bit, the annuals started getting stressed and in these areas are not doing so well. Greenscapes will be replacing some of the flowers, at no cost to the Association, next week. As of the beginning of April the property will be mowed every week. The pruning of the shrubs will be taking place this week.
Clubhouse – The men’s steam room is still having some issues but Water Works are working quickly to diagnose which circuit board is causing the problem. The office phone number (239-656-1430) is having problems and is saying the mailbox is full when it is not. I have been trying to work with Century Link to get this problem corrected. If you get that message, please call back in 10 minutes or send a quick email. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience while we get this problem corrected. The TV in the sitting room in the clubhouse is not working. The TV’s power source went bad and we are looking into a replacement TV.
Parties – Just a reminder, if you reserve the theater, card room, and/or clubhouse, please make sure you leave it in the condition you found it in.
Pool Area – One of the gates by the spa is not closing properly. New hinges have been ordered and the gate will be adjusted by the end of the week. One of the large umbrellas broke last week. Please remember to close the umbrellas when you are done using them. Failure to do this will cause the umbrella arms to snap. We are working to get the umbrella repaired since the large umbrellas cost close to $1,500. There is a step that is broken by the fountain. We have put a red cone by it to keep people away from this area for their safety. The cleaning staff will start cleaning the pool furniture.
Towers / Garages – The garages will be vacuumed next week. The east tower will be done Thursday, March 17th and the west tower will be done Friday, March 18th. I have been working with Wayne Wiles on the tile issue in the towers. There is this product that chemically etches the tile to make it more textured to cause less slipping. This product would cost about $16,000 to do the floors plus labor. If the Board does decided to go with this, we would try to get the maintenance guys to do it within their hours so there would be no additional labor cost. Wayne Wiles will be letting us try this product out to see how it works on some spare tile. I will keep the community updated on this issue.
Curbing– The curbing around the property has been cleaned and will be cleaned on a monthly basis.
Questions – You can always email, call or put a note in my box on my door at any time with any questions, complaints, comments or concerns.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Back Gate Code
The Back gate code will be changing on Monday March 7th, 2011. You will be receiving an email with the code. If you have any questions, please contact me at 239-656-1430.
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