An open Board meeting was held 9/20 at Creekview Ranch School. Highlights follow:
- There is nothing new to report on the Golf Course status. The second preliminary application continues to wind its way through Placer planning,
- There will be an election November 15 to fill 3 board seats. Three applications have been received. Your vote is important. Stay tuned for details.
- The The treasurer’s report revealed that we still have unfunded reserves of $446,434. The plan is to gradually continue to reduce this to zero. The new budget being developed includes increasing the roving patrol from 8 to 16 hours per day (Side note: There were questions raised about what the marching orders are or if it is necessary. The Board needs this clarified to the community.). To cover these and other costs of doing business the Board plans gradual dues increases each year. Next year the principal changes are:
- Community – $241, a 2.35% increase.
- Villas – $278, a 3.65@ increase.
- Lake – $305, a 3.71% increase.
- The Compliance Committee is in full swing, A full neighborhood survey has been completed and letters sent out as needed. Repeated or ignored violations are being referred to the Board.
- The ARC continues to review applications. Twenty seven were submitted since the last meeting. 16 were approved and 9 denied. The welcome committee is now including architectural and landscape change application forms in the welcome bag to be sure newcomers are aware that changes need approval. The ARC is still reviewing paint colors for the Villas.
- A new RFP is being prepared for landscaping.
- Homeowner access to the pedestrian gates after hours is still being reviewed. FOB’s are the front runner for $5,000. Question was; is it worth it?
- The safety committee continues to monitor speeding. They plan to survey the neighborhood to see if it is still a major issue, and if signs have helped.
Thanks again to Joe Sanfillipo for taking copious notes in our absence.
As always, comments welcome!
We do NOT need 16 hours a day of roving patrols. Like you said, what are their duties anyway? A designee from our BOD needs to meet with the head of the security company and agree on a list of duties for the patrol so they understand their jobs. This is much more important than doubling their hours. They need to be providing the services that we need and are paying for and not just riding around with the music blaring!!!
Also, there should be a list of warnings issued, incidents responded to, community contacts made, citations issued, etc. published on Town Square, or whatever new homeowner communication tool the new management Company sets up, monthly to help hold the roving security accountable. We all should see this list MONTHLY! Hours and services can be adjusted accordingly based on need and demand.
Also, instead of doubling hours, it would be far more effective to stagger patrol hours to address the busiest times in the community ie. Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings, weekday evenings, etc. We seldom have need for roving patrol in the mornings on any week day. Some days roving patrol could be scheduled from Noon to 8pm, or 2pm to 10pm etc. Weekends we need coverage in the afternoons and evenings. We need roving patrols provided according to the schedules that we need them, not when it’s most convenient for the security company or the employees. All this could be scheduled in advance. If detailed reports are kept and reported to homeowners monthly, this will further inform us of the time of greatest need for their services.
It’s time to close this Blog because no one follows it any more. and it seems like a waste of time to maintain it.
It’s about time to close this blog because no one follows it any more and it appears to be a waste of time to maintain it.
Well I read it. I very much agree the patrol that we currently have is useless and to add more hours is ridiculous. We have a very low crime rate, and most of our ‘crime’ is an inside job, someone from our own neighborhoods. I think this is just a way to get more for the Northside of the community, the Southside of the community sees two passes a day, maybe, and I have never seen the patrol stop to give a warning to cars parked in the same spot for over a week in visitor parking. Why doesn’t the patrol sit their car and person at the PFE gate, we have no one at our gate, Vineyard has two now, Walerga has the HOA Management and PFE, empty.
One of the biggest security risks that we have in our community is tailgating, especially at the PFE and Walerga gates – it happens ALL THE TIME! We could eradicate this serious security risk and provide a more equitable service for the north and south sections of our community if we did 2 things:
1) Designate the Walerga gate as exit only and route all entries to the north section of our community thru the Vineyard gate. Many gated communities do this and it would then be much easier to control access. And,
2) Place an attendant at the PFE gate.
By doing this, anyone driving into our community would have to interface with a “live” gate attendant to gain access. This would provide a much more equitable level of service and virtually eliminate tailgating.