March 2016
Page 5
Board in Motion
At their February 26, 2016, meeting the Windsor Gardens Board of
Directors approved the following committee motions:
• Activities Committee motion to delay making a decision regarding
pickleball at this time.
• Finance Committee motion to transfer $110,857 to the tax reserve
account.
• Grievance Committee motion to enforce the pet policy to have a
dog that bit a resident removed from Windsor Gardens.
• Grievance Committee motion to require an owner to pay the total
fines to date that are due for multiple pet violations.
• Insurance Committee motion to accept the insurance proposal,
which includes the addition of equipment breakdown coverage for a
total cost of $648,549.
• Long Range Planning Committee motion to obtain a written
description and a cost estimate for updating the exterior façade of
the townhomes.
• Policy Committee motion to make administrative changes to the
Collection and Delinquency Policy to state:
Monthly installments of the annual assessment are due and
payable on the first (1
st
) day of each month. Payments shall be
deemed received and shall be posted on the date the payment
is received in the Association’s office or the Association’s payment
processor’s office. Any assessment account (including installments
of the annual assessment, fines and any other charges, fees and
costs) which is not received and paid in full as of the tenth (10
th
)
day of the month or within ten (10) days of the due date will be
levied a late fee in the amount of twenty dollars ($20.00), which
the General Manager is authorized and directed to charge and
collect from any delinquent homeowner.
• Policy Committee motion to make administrative changes to the
Modification Policy, bullet point (F), concerning Modification to
Windows or Glass Doors in Units, as follows:
F) Lanai door(s) may be replaced at transfer of title with Energy
Star-rated, exterior approved French doors if the lanai is
enclosed with a previously approved enclosure.
leak in Building 26 in the main hallway, a pipe leak in Building 17 and
a main sewer back up in Building 52. The gutters in all of the 4-story
buildings were cleaned. And, the Paint Department completed repair
work in 10 buildings and painted interior hallways in five buildings.
Community Response
The Community Response team logged 1413 calls with 1157 of them
being assists to residents. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to night shift
officers Kyle Bayens and Collin Stookey who have moved on to new
opportunities. Three new officers have been hired, Eric Humphrey,
Ryan Clifton and Erin Brazzil. Chief Santistevan is now a certified
NRA pistol instructor as well as a CPR certified instructor and will
be doing department training in this area rather than paying outside
resources for this training.
Press On!
If you have made it to the end of this writing, thank you. It is a lot of
information to take in and the budget is not always the most pleasant
of topics. In the same way, I hope you will stick with us as we plan
to take this community into the next decade, preserving all the while.
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination
alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always
will solve the problems of the human race.” ~ Calvin Coolidge
SNAPSHOTS
continued from page 4
Geese
In response to the article in the February issue titled “Geese: Why
We Want Them Off The Greens,” I would quote from a letter from a
Windsor resident published in Windsor Life in February 2011:
“I think it’s wonderful that Windsor Gardens has coyotes. It means that
at least some of the wildlife that humans have worked to exterminate
has instead learned to adapt to our presence. Now we need to adapt
LETTERS
continued from page 3
to
their
presence....After all, the coyotes aren’t really invading our
territory. We’ve all invaded theirs.”
I find this applicable to our geese, as well. If only humans could
provide such dignity and regal beauty in exchange for all the damage
that
we
do.
Thanks for your attention.
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