July 2001
A sign is in the area of the jacuzzi calling the attention of users to an often ignored safety rule in our Rules & Regulations manual; namely, that there is to be no alcohol consumed in the pool or spa area. Those who empty the trash receptacles in the immediate area of the jacuzzi find a dozen or more beer cans each week. The latter, incidentally, go to a good cause: they're collected and given to the Humane Society on Sherman St. But, please, soda cans only. Enjoy the facilities safely.
Whether you are a tenant or an owner, please do read our Rules & Regulations manual. Recently, an owner has been fined because tenants held a garage sale. Our manual expressly prohibits the latter. Remember that owners have the obligation to furnish renters with relevant publications. Also, young people were found riding their bikes in the pool area. Pool users, in particular, ought to read the relevant sections of the manual. Please help enforce the proper use of your facilities so all can share the rights and responsibilities of ownership.
Our new pool monitor for the 2001 summer season will be on duty 5 evenings a week at the pool area between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.
We have received calls that the coyotes are out and visible in the area. Please be aware and keep small dogs and cats close to you.
Just the other day, your editor walked by the pool area and found the pool gate held open by a trash can. As he went to shut the gate, a voice cried out for him not to do so, "I've lost my key." In talking with the individual concerned, he made the point that it was important the gate be closed. No sooner had he said these words than a toddler who'd been playing on the greenbelt rushed in and headed toward the pool. Fortunately, the child's mother caught the youngster just in time.
Please don't keep the pool gate open for any reason. If you can't find your pool key, another can be secured from the management company.
Nationally, public concern about water-borne germs causing sickness and, in rare cases, death have been growing as a number of outbreaks rise across the country. News stories report than such factors as global warming and attacks by deadly microbes are responsible.
Fortunately, in our community, there have been no known incidents of sickness resulting from contaminate water in the pool or spa. Indeed, the pool and spa have been meticulously maintained and protected against the threat of disease. Our pool/spa water is changed on schedule and frequently, and is generally checked every other day by our pool service man. New equipment - such as filters, pumps, and state-of-the-art chlorinators - work to keep the water clean and disinfected. However, given the changing situation, it seems prudent to focus on additional efforts to protect our residents and their guests from exposure to the potential threat of disease-causing germs.
Your Board of Directors is sensitive to this potential threat and is taking responsible measures.
For example, recent regulations published, by the County Health Department are being carefully followed. Residents using the pool/spa area are asked to cooperate. Incidents of suspected fecal contamination should be reported immediately to Preferred Property Managers, and a pool committee person (Frank Toto or John Marsh) notified immediately. Fecal contamination is an emergency situation. The pool will be closed and locked for 24 hours, "super-chlorinated" or "shocked" with strong chlorine treatments as required, and the equipment will be disassembled and decontaminated by the pool service organization as required by the County Health Department.
Other measures to ensure pool safety will be instituted. One measure is to require all toddler-aged children to wear protective panties which are widely available at supermarkets.
This time of year some of our residents have the urge to get out and plant shrubs and flowers of their choice about their units. When these plantings occur in what your Rules Manual calls "common area," the amateur gardener needs to know that nothing may be planted or removed without the express approval of your Board's Landscape Committee. Incidentally, the appropriate form for such a venture is found in the Rules Manual. Pleading ignorance is not a valid excuse for what has long been spelled out in print.
The next monthly Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at 6:00 p.m. at the clubhouse located in the community. Homeowner input is at 7:00 p.m.
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