November 1997
In the open meeting in the clubhouse on October 11th, President Skip Kruszona stressed that the Board's overriding concern in the installation of the new garage doors was safety. In addition, he stressed that to -insure continued home delivery, it was necessary to satisfy Post Office concerns. The latter dictated mail slots in the garage doors and we are complying with the directions we were given.
By way of a time table, Skip hopes to have selected a supplier and installer for our new garage doors by the end of October. That means that we'll need to trouble owners/renters on at least two occasions--perhaps as early as November. First, the installer will need to inspect each garage to see just what needs doing/redoing prior to the actual installation. Then he needs access to your garage at the time of installation.
If you are normally home/or can be home during the working day, this should be a relatively simple matter. But for those of you who work, John Marsh, the project officer for the HOA, will need access either by key or your garage door opener. He'll contact you in advance of each visitation. Should you see special problems, please call him.
Homeowners have noted repeatedly that owners/renters are parking on their garage aprons for longer than it takes to load or unload a vehicle. This is a violation of the Rules and Regulations: "Parking in places other than garages or designated off street parking spaces is limited to the loading, unloading, and the washing of cars."
The watch noted in last month's MESSAGE has not been claimed. More recently, a pair of earrings have turned up in the pool area.
The Directors ask users not to bring animals or bikes into the pool area. See the HOA rules and regulations.
Residents are asked not to crawl on their roofs in putting up Christmas decorations. Should you do so, you will be asked to pay for the tiles you break. The minimum charge will be $250 plus the cost of the tile.
Owners with end units whose garages have rafters are reminded not to store items in these rafters--they are not designed with this use in mind. In point of fact, a catastrophic failure can occur.
Fellow dog owners who enjoy our sidewalks are telling us that dog litter is becoming a problem once more. Please pick up after your pets without fail. This is a special request of your Board President, who is a dog owner himself. Folks, it's getting embarrassing!
Owners of "E" models will be allowed to have the compressor components of air conditioning units on their upper balcony decks, provided that such components are located between the sliding glass door and the window on the upper balcony. An architectural request form must be completed and approved by the Board, prior to the installation of the unit. Once approved, the owner of the unit must complete a Hold Harmless Agreement, which shall be recorded with the County of San Diego at the homeowner's expense, providing that all maintenance of the upper balcony deck surface shall now be the responsibility of the homeowner and that he shall hold the Association "harmless" for repairs or resurfacing that deck.
At one point, there were 490 trees in the HOA. Most recently 60 of these have been cut down. The criteria used were -as follows: were the trees lifting concrete slabs, were their limbs in danger of falling on a roof, and did the tree(s) give evidence of disease. At the Board's direction, the emphasis was placed on taking out trees that fell into criteria named above. The damage that trees have cost in the immediate past totals $20,000--or $200 per homeowner.
As evidence of the challenges the landscape committee faces, residents may recall the limb from the sitriodoro that fell on our one building on Outlook. In all, Barta roofing replaced 70 roof tiles, broken by this one limb. Leaf buildup on this same structure was responsible for the staining of the wall on the canyon side. Gold Coast painters have repainted the area concerned as a gesture of goodwill.
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