April 2001
The Annual Meeting is scheduled for April 11, 2001 at 7:00 P.M. Registration will begin at 6:30 P.M. The meeting will be held at 5275 Rimpark Lane (Clubhouse). Candidate letters must be submitted to Curtis Management no later than March 15, 2001. Proxy/ballots may be mailed or faxed to Preferred Property Managers at the address/fax number listed on the reverse side of this letter.
Two Board members, with high standards of excellence and productivity, are completing their terms this year. Community service is in the highest tradition of the American Spirit.
Only the highly motivated and dedicated should apply. Call Curtis Management at 587-9844, ask for Marysia Leu for an application to serve or use the form included with your most recent billing statement.
Preferred Property Managers will begin managing our community effective April 1, 2001. A letter of introduction will be mailed to you shortly, with all pertinent information you may need. Trace McKinney will be our representative. You may call her at the number listed with any questions, comments or concerns.
Tracie is a San Diego Native. She currently manages 6Associations in the area, totaling over 1,000 units of PUD units and condos. She has 8 years of previous management experience as a Regional Property Manager with a large firm on the East Coast. Tracie has been managing associations in California for 3+ years and carries the CCAM designation from the California Association of Community Managers, Inc. Tracie is also a member of CAI, NCHM, and CACM. She continuously attends courses to keep updated in the ever changing world of association management.
During the past few years, our landscape maintenance costs have steadily increased every year until the cost shave consumed almost all of the Association's budget. Labor, water, supplies, and other materials are all a part of the total expenses for landscaping. Your Board has been working to solve these problems in a number of ways. Considerable research was done to identify plants and trees that require less water and grooming, have minimum root problems, are pest and drought resistant, and yet provide the look and beauty of Villa Monterey.
Trees and plants requiring intensive labor were identified and placed on schedule for removal. Trees throughout the complex causing concrete damage were identified and scheduled for removal. Watering schedules were severely reduced to essential levels and placed on automatic timers with more flexible programming capacity.
Don't forget to turn your clocks forward one hour on Saturday, March 31, 2001.
This is also a good time to test your smoke detectors for proper operation. If your smoke detector is not working, please install a new battery or smoke detector. You should have a working smoke detector in at least 2 rooms. Unless you and your neighbor have working smoke detectors, no one in your area is safe.
As a reminder, tenants and guests of tenants or residents are not permitted to park in the posted fire tunraround lanes or any red curbed areas. In the interest of safety, it is necessary that we all observe the rule. The Board of Directors appreciates your cooperation.
With nice weather on its way, everyone will have his windows open. Keep in mind that if you don't want to hear your neighbor's noise (TV, music), they probably don't want to hear yours either. Please be considerate and keep your volume controls to a reasonable level.
From: Skip Kruszona
To: Fellow Homeowners
Subject: Subterranean TermitesWe have noticed a trend of these pesky critters that you need to know about. We talk to many homeowners who share their information with us and we are passing it along to you.
It is clear that some homeowners are inadvertently helping the subterranean termites have a free lunch.
The subterranean termite needs a path from the ground to the wood in your home. When the builder built the homes, the builder purposely created an air gap between the ground and the T-111 (wool siding) or the stucco.
The original patio slabs leave this gap in place to preclude the critter from getting to the wood of your home. Many homeowners are putting tile or a wood floor on their cement slab in their patio. In so doing, they eliminated the air gap between the ground and the wood in their home. This provides a direct path for the termites to get to the wood.
While the termite can build a tunnel of mud to the wood, he has to do this where it is dark and where there is moisture. This limits his options and makes it harder for film to do. Removing the air gap does his work for him. (Call Mr. John Marsh if you are concerned and he call look at your patio to see if your air gap is in place)
The Association does not cover the cost of damage caused by changes to the original exterior structure. In one case, the termites actually went up 8 feet and ate the patio cover as they went. This was a very expensive repair. Two termite companies have written to us with their understanding of the issue and we are passing this along to you.
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