EVENTS
DCCOA
DECEMBER 3, THURSDAY
7 PM-ARB
** DECEMBER 8 **
TUESDAY
7 PM-
Annual Meeting of the Deercreek Country Club Owners' Association
DECEMBER 17, THURSDAY
6:15 PM-Covenants Enforcement
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EDGEWATER
DECEMBER 17, THURSDAY
7 PM-HOA Board
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COMMUNITY
DECEMBER 10, THURSDAY
10 AM-Holiday Brunch at the Club (RSVP to the Club)
Home and Garden Club
DECEMBER 14, MONDAY
10 AM-Literary Circle meets for a cookie exchange and to discuss Harry
Bernstein's "The Invisible Wall"
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 Notes and Reminders
- Plan to attend the DCCOA Annual Meeting on December 8 at 7:00 PM. If you are unable to attend, please return your proxy and ballot before the meeting so that a quorum can be established.
- In December, May Management will mail coupon books to residents for 2010 quarterly assessments. Payments are due on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. A late fee will be charged on the 30th day of each quarter if payment is not made. In addition, interest on unpaid balances will be charged monthly on the 30th. Residents may pay electronically, by check with the coupon or may make online payments at www.mayresort.com.
- The official Deercreek residents' directory will be mailed in January.
- Thank you for your patience and cooperation during the paving. Phase Three will be done in 2010 at about the same.
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December View Award
Dr. Amit and Aparna Chakravarty
9914 Chelsea Lake Road
 The landscaping for this beautiful home is centered
around an enchanting goddess fountain surrounded by
pentas, lantana, vincas and zinnias. The background is
accented by swaying queen palms, magestic Washingtonian
palms and potted chrysanthemums.
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Home and Garden Club
The Home and Garden Club visited Linda Cunningham's herb garden in Arlington
in October where members enjoyed coffee and goodies made from herbs before
touring "the land of herbs." Linda's herb garden covers several acres and
backs up on Pottsburg Creek. After a walk through the garden, members had
the opportunity to purchase herb-related items from the gift cottage.
November's meeting featured a two-part program. Chuck Florida, arborist
and friend of Deercreek, discussed keeping trees healthy and listed signs that
indicated tree problems. Then Neelima Gole, active Garden Club member and
Deercreek resident, shared pictures of a recent trip to the Flower Fields of
Carlsbad, California. Her breath-taking photos included ranunculuses,
orchids, sweet peas, roses, poinsettias and orchids, plus several other unique
displays.
There are two important Garden Club events to put on your calendar for
December.
- The annual Holiday Brunch will be on Thursday,
December 10, at 10:30 AM. Please call the club at 363-1604 to make a
reservation.
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Luminary night will be on Sunday, December 20. Let's try to get 100
percent participation for this celebration and fundraiser. When the
luminary captains stop by to sell candles, please be generous. Kits are
only $5 and include ten candles, cups and paper bags. All monies raised go
toward improving our surroundings right here in Deercreek.
The Deercreek Home and Garden Club continues to grow. This year our
membership has reached an all-time high of 115. We still look forward to
having new residents join us. If you would like an application or more
information about the Home and Garden Club, please contact Mary Lou Roberts at
519-6690 or email her at
marylouroberts2@aol.com.
A Happy Holiday to all! We hope to see you at the brunch on December
10.
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It's
that time of year again!
Luminary night is scheduled for December 20 starting at 6:00 PM.
Volunteer
block captains will be contacting you to purchase luminary kits at the low
price of $5.00. Each kit contains 10 candles and 10 bags.
If you
need extra luminaries, contact Pat Register at 363-0230.
This year students will be available to help set up luminaries. This activity allows them to earn service
hours. To schedule a student call Sharon
McManis at 519-6656.
Let's
light up all of Deercreek and Edgewater!
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The Deercreek Women's Alliance
Instead of our usual Fashion Show in November, we decided to
have a casual Pot Luck Supper for our meeting on November 5. Elizabeth
Curtin hosted the group at her house for a low-key time of fun before the
flurry of holiday activities began. We had a wonderful array of food and
a whole table of desserts. No-one went
home hungry! At that meeting we also
collected toys and gifts for another of our new charities - The Hubbard House
Holiday Gift Cupboard. We've been asked to help stock the gift cupboard
so that Moms and children from the shelter over the holidays will be able to
choose gifts for each other. Debbie Grosnick is the chair for this (519-2927)
and can send you their 'wish list'. We will be collecting these at either
Debbie's 9949
Orchard Hills Rd or at Donna Bernard's
(464-0910) 9907
Vineyard Lake Lane. If you don't have time for shopping, we have
several 'designated shoppers' in the group who know how to stretccchhh your
dollars! We need new toys, school supplies, clothing, games, music, and beauty
supplies - whatever you would buy for your own kids or grandkids! www.hubbardhouse.org
In November, we gathered furnishings for an apartment in the
brand new TouchstoneVillage at
the YouthCrisis
Center facility. They are
constructing a 3 building complex to house and educate kids who have no family
support system or are aging out of the foster care system, yet don't have the
life skills to go out on their own. On
November 10 we delivered two vans full of wonderful donations and took a tour
of the nearly finished facility. We also
cheerfully handed over a $500 check to be used for odds and ends to finish up
the spaces. Bonnie Solloway (519-8823)
is the contact. Anything donated will be
gratefully accepted! There will be an ongoing need for furnishings as the
students move out into their own apartments eventually. So please keep them in mind. www.touchstonevillage.org
We are also collecting Christmas
decorations for the 3 new buildings to deck their halls, so if you have extras
that you aren't using please help brighten up the new buildings.
Our January dinner meeting will be at the Club on Thursday,
January 7, so get your 2010 calendar out and put us on it. We gather at 6:15 for a social time before the meeting
starts at 7pm. After dinner, TouchstoneVillage is
coming to tell us about how the program is working and will bring one of the
girls to talk with us. We'll also
collect any donations that didn't get delivered in November. Please RSVP at the Club (363-1604) so that we
know how many will have dinner with us.
In February we will
be putting together our budget for the following year and setting up the new
officers and committee chairs. If you
are willing to help in any capacity in this terrific organization, please call
any of the Board for information. Patty
Tomka Pres. 363-6086, Elizabeth Curtin VP 519-7937, Vicki Khan Sect. 519-7722,
Jo Berman Treas. 363-2243, Mary Tenuta Membership 519-8191 or Donna Bernard
Community Connections 464-0910
Patty Tomka
shows a handmade blanket along with all
the donations at Touchstone
Village.
Pam Morgan,
Patty Tomka, Tom Patania & Bonnie
Solloway at the check presentation.
They had a whole
truck of mattresses and appliances for
the apartments.
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October Board Meeting Highlights
October 22, 2009
Board Highlights
All board members were present including Bernard Vargas Vila, Property
Manager.
Property Manager's
Report - Bernard Vargas Vila:
It was
recommended and approved to send three (3) properties to the Covenants
Enforcement Committee for hearings.
Finance Committee - Judd
Schwartz, Liaison:
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August 30
Financials include, to date:
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Revenue: $600,011
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Expenses: $581,768
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Balance: $
18,243
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Current
"projected" year-end balance with prior year carryover: ($11,800)
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Reserve
"projected" year-end balance $141,304.
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Finance Committee
is recommending a $5 increase in the monthly assessments for FY2010.
Access Control Committee
- Doug Klippel, Liaison:
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Committee
reported that approximately 18,000 non-resident cars entered the community
--8,183 were visitors, 5,428 were commercial and 4,246 entered as club guests.
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Committee
recommended and Board approved unanimously new member(s): Ken Landrum, Steve
Malick and Neil McCormick to the Access Control Committee.
Architectural Review
Committee - Joe Cernigliaro, Liaison:
Committee is in
need of new members with architectural, building design or landscaping
experience or expertise. Please consider joining this very important committee which
meets once a month on the first Thursday of each month at 7pm at the Deercreek Country Club. Interested individuals
should contact: Skip Yauger @ 363-2809 or ryauger@bellsouth.net.
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Committee
recommended and board approved unanimously new member: Tim Turner
Covenants Enforcement -
Ron Peace, Liaison:
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Committee
recommended and board approved unanimously new member: Dudley Mendheim.
Common Property - George
Partin, Liaison:
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Committee presented its budget and
"pre-approval" recommended projects for 2010. Projects included: 1) pushing
back the tree line on both the major and natural areas along the roadways, 2)
raising the canopies and removing specific trees at the playground, 3)
installing crepe myrtle on the center island of Deercreek Club Road, 4)
cleaning up center islands on Heather Lake Court, and 5) installing viburnum to
block the view of the guards' personal vehicles near the gatehouse.
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Committee seeking
new members. Please consider joining this very important committee which meets
once a month on the second Wednesday of each month at 7pm at the Deercreek Country Club. Interested individuals
should contact: George Partin @ 519-8729 or CreekSideInv@HotMail.com.
Communications -
Rosemary Tutt, Liaison:
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Committee
recommended and board approved unanimously new members: Dottie Patterson,
Carson Phillips and Charlotte Johnson.
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The
Association received a proposal from Interproject Services, LLC in the amount of
$3,145 for 2010 to maintain the updating of the website and the formatting of
the e-newsletter.
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Newsletter
from now forward will be by electronic
communication only (email and web site).
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Committee is
actively seeking new members. Please consider joining this very important
committee which meets bi-monthly on the third Wednesday at 7pm at the Deercreek Country Club. Interested individuals
should contact: Rosemary Tutt @ 363-6316 or rosemarytutt@aol.com.
Legal - Carol D'Onofrio,
Liaison:
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Board continues
to pursue delinquent residential properties that are accruing unpaid
assessments and fines in excess of $64,455.
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Fines for 10
properties exceed $1,000
and represent $60,000 of these unpaid assessments.
CPAC - Danny Becton,
Liaison:
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Speaker,
Cyndi Stevenson, District 1 Commissioner, St. JohnsCounty, provided an update on the growth and
development in the northern portion of St. Johns County.
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Speaker,
Joe Whitaker, Business Development, Jacksonville Economic Development
Commission, introduced Ordinance 2009-711 which introduces designated areas of Jacksonville to take advantage of the federal
government's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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City
will be approving a rezoning request for an AutoZone next to the Walgreens on Baymeadows Road and Southside Boulevard. CPAC had no objections to this project.
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No meeting is
scheduled for December, 2009.
OLD Business:
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Ad-hoc Committee
for Gate Access for Non-ARC Projects reported on their continued
progress in developing a fine structure for these infractions. Will be working
with the ARC committee and reporting back to the board in the near future.
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The
chair updated the Road Paving Project 2009 - (i) Duval Asphalt completed the
milling and re-asphalting of the specified cul-de-sacs during first week of October,
(ii) North Florida Emulsion will crack seal on about the third week of October,
(iii) North Florida Emulsion will chip seal specified road the last week of
October and (iv) North Florida Emulsion will be micro-surfacing second week of
November.
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The
replacement of the speed bumps in the southern natural area was discussed and
approval given to replace with a "pre-fabricated" speed bump and speed hump.
NEW Business:
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Upcoming
Board election 2010 - Community is in need of volunteers to run for the 3 board
positions. Currently there are only 2 candidates. Residents are encouraged to
consider this very import community service for our community.
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