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Newsletter June 2010
Deercreek Owners Association
Volume XIV     Issue 6

In This Issue
DCCOA
Help us keep Deercreek beautiful
Want to reserve the playground
Friendly Reminders
Kids Golf Camp
The View June 2010
Women's Alliance
Join Our Mailing List

EVENTS

DCCOA

June 3, Thursday
7 PM -Architectural Review Board

June 9, Wednesday
6 PM - Access Control
7 PM - Common Property

June 17, Thursday
6:15 PM - Covenant Enforcement

7PM - Finance Meeting

June 24, Thursday
7 PM - Board of Directors


EDGEWATER
 

June 16, Thursday
7 PM-HOA Board

 

COMMUNITY

June 21 Monday 
10 AM-Literary Circle: Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal Vegetable, Miracle"

SHARKS
SWIM TEAM

Thursday, June 3
Arlingwood -
home meet, 4PM

Saturday, June 5
DIVE IN Movie at Pool with Dinner, 6PM

Thursday, June 10
Queen's Harbor - home meet , 4PM

Thursday, June 17
Away at San Jose, 4PM

Thursday, June 24
Deerwood -
home meet, 4PM




June 2010
Recipe of the month :
Applesauce Pumpkin Muffins

read more on the website...
Finance Committee Report

All financial numbers represent year to date as of April 30,2010
 
Revenues
              $263,158
 
Expenses
              $249,741
 
Balance
              $13,417
 
Reserve Fund Balance 
              $239,324
 
Past Due Receivables
              $93,308
 
Over 90 days receivables
              $57,641
DCCOA  Institutes two new
Policies to Support Covenants


During the April board meeting the DCCOA  passed two new policies that will be effective August 1st 2010. Links to the policies can be found below and they are also posted on the website.
PROCESS FOR HANDLING VIOLATIONS --
PROJECTS NOT APPROVED BY THE ARB 
Click for link


PROCESS FOR HANDLING VIOLATIONS --
AFTER HOURS WORK, SUNDAY WORK, OR HOLIDAY WORK  Click for link

The process for handling ARB violations is being instituted when residents fail to get ARB approval before starting outside work on their residence. See the ARB guidelines on the web site for what requires ARB approval. The process for handling work hour violations is being instituted where contractors perform work after hours or on Sundays. These policies are effective August 1, 2010

The Board tabled the vote on the speed bump issue to the next board meeting on May 27th for board members to have the opportunity to visit and try out a couple of sample locations where the new speed deterrants are being compared to (Avenues Mall and Off Old St. Augustine Community behind Lowes, first right). The recommendation of the access control committee was to remove the current speed humps in the Southern Natural area and install asphalt speed humps measuring 12'x24'x4" at an additional cost of $2,672.46. In addition, to install these devices in the Northern Natural area upon the time for which that area road work is to be performed.

Please help us keep Deercreek beautiful...
  1. Check your trees that are overhanging the sidewalks or roads. We encourage our residents to use the sidewalks so it is important to keep the trees limbed up so nothing is impeding the walkways. The trees close to the road will get "truck trimmed" if the limbs are too low. This causes rough cuts which can encourage diseases and insect infestation.

  2. Please remind your landscape maintenance personnel that they should remove any debris from your yard or arrange for you to put the yard waste out for pick up on Wednesdays. If a landscape company is caught dumping anywhere in Deercreek they will be denied access. (All landscapers receive the rules from the Guards when they enter our community.) Homeowners will be given a fine if seen disposing of yard waste anywhere in Deercreek.

  3. Anything that is blown into the street drains eventually end up in our lakes or worse - clogs up the lines leading to them. If you have a street drain close to your home please check it to see if there is trash in it. If there is please call 630-2489 to arrange for a clean out. The city offers this service only to individual home owners so we really do need your help with this.

  4. While the lake levels are low it would be a good time to pick up any trash along the banks. Our lake management company tries to pick up as much as they can from their boats, but they can't always reach it all.


Want to reserve the playground/ pavilion?
Who do you call?

 
The playground/pavilion can  be reserved for birthday parties or family gatherings. Please call the guard gate to reserve the date and time, (preferably calling the gate at 363-2147 after 10 am - the morning rush).

There is a large covered area, playground, basketball and volleyball areas. There is no charge for reserving the area. All we ask is that you leave the playground in the same condition as you received it and  remove any trash when you leave the area.


Friendly Reminders

Per the Deercreek Covenants, Section 4(g) Garages and Automobile Storage.  "Automobiles shall be stored in garages when not in use. No garage shall be converted to living space" and in addition the Deercreek Rules and Regulations, Section 20(B) Parking: states "Garages are expected to be used for the housing of vehicles so as to minimize the number of vehicles parked on the driveway." Garages cannot be used for storage or for any other purpose other than the first use of making sure that all cars are parked within. Cars parked on the driveway whereby the garage is not being used for car storage, is a "Violation" of our covenants and is subject to a fine of $100 a day up to $1,000. Therefore, all cars must be parked in garages before any cars are permitted to be parked in the driveway overnight. When there are more cars than can be accommodated in the garage, permission is granted to leave those vehicles in the driveway only.

Overnight parking on the streets is prohibited between the hours of 2 am to 6 am.

Portable on Demand storage units (PODS) may be parked over night no longer than 70 hours.


Kids Golf Camp

Summer 2010 Schedule
Camp 1: June 14-16
Camp 2: July 12-14
Camp 3: July 19-21
Camp 4: July 26-28
Camp 5: August 9-11

All Camps are
Monday-Wednesday
8:30-11:30 AM

More Information: 

Information flyer >>>
Registration application form >>>


The View June 2010
 
10073 Chester Lake Road

This beautifully manicured landscape is maintained by its owner, Randa Saman. There is a spectacular fountain surrounded by lorapetalum and boxwood, lined with African lillies and finished with fresh cypress mulch. The corner lot has knockout roses, sagos, jasmin and caladium. Highlighting the front garden are Italian Cypress and many flower varieties - snapdragons, pansies, lantana, mums and zinnias.

Women's Alliance

We are holding our Community Food Drive from June 12-26 to benefit the Hubbard House so maybe you could start putting away some sale items or taking advantage of BOGO sales in the stores. The families residing at Hubbard House fix their own meals and need the supplies ready to do this, so you would be making a huge difference in their lives at a very stressful time. They need non-perishable food items plus grocery store gift cards for fresh food.

· Breakfast food and juices, coffee, instant tea/Kool-Aid
· Canned fruit, vegetables, meat and fish
· Snacks, peanut butter, jelly, condiments
· Ready made meals (stew, ravioli, mac-n-cheese) or package meals
· Instant rice or mashed potatoes, pasta and sauce, dessert mix
· Paper towels, kitchen supplies, laundry supplies, personal hygiene

Check out Hubbard House http://www.hubbardhouse.org/hh/wish.aspx to see what they do and what they need. We would like to overwhelm them with our generosity!

If you have questions about the Alliance, check our page on the Deercreek web site at www.deercreekcc.com or call our Membership Chair Adele Kunzweiler 464-0647 or our Hospitality Chair Vicki Khan 923-3538.


Catherine Wood, Debbie Knight,
Sian Lawrance present the check


Arlene McDermott, Catherine Wood,
Maryann Grauwiler, Pam Overbay, Vicki Khan