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Congratulations and
"thank you" to our 2010 volunteer HOA Board and
Officers:
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Karl Chakford, President
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Eric Motto, Vice
President
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Lloyd Adler, Treasurer
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Barbara Magee, Secretary
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Sandy Maister, Director
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Dan Fink, Director
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Marshall Samarel, Director
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Left to
right, back to front: Eric, Lloyd,
Debbie, Tim, Sandy, Barbara, and Karl.
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Decided at the
July Board meeting on July 21st :
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The
Board voted in a 5-yr. Comcast agreement - details
in next newsletter. The effective date is Jan 1,
2011 and $26.95 + taxes per month per home. We will
stay at our current pricing of $26.22 thru 2010.
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The
Board appointed 2 new members: Daniel Fink and
Marshall Samarel. Thank you both!
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Important News from the Board:
The Cable attorney we hired was able to get
Comcast to agree to not proceed with de- bulking the
HOA until August 31, 2010. The HOA will continue to
provide basic cable TV until that date or until we
decide to stay with Comcast or no longer supply
cable TV service. We are in the process of mailing
out a letter and return postcard which should go out
on Monday and must be returned by Monday, July 12
and we will have a cable TV meeting on Tues. July
13, 7pm. We will announce the results of the poll
and decide what the HOA will do about cable TV. We
advise everyone to NOT CHANGE their TV service at
this time as our contract was not to expire until
July 31 but will now expire Aug 31. Please respond
with the postcard when you receive it and attend the
meeting if you can. Karl
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Lost & Found:
A set of keys was found on Lane by the mailbox
recently - See Barbara Magee.
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Click here
to get to the page with Board Minutes and other
password-protected info.
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DUE
TO SECURITY, WE ARE
NO
LONGER USING A GENERAL GATE CODE. If you
have service people coming in during the weekdays
while you are at work, you have 2 choices: 1)
give them your key and buy a $10 gate card for them;
and 2) if from a licensed company, FAX a letter on
their corporate letterhead requesting a
code to HOA at 561-330-8089.
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For
online banking with Seacrest: check is still
made out to Coral Trace HOA, Inc.
Seacrest Services, Inc., 2400 Centrepark
W. Drive, Suite 175, West Palm Beach, Fl 33409, include your lot/gate #/account
# (all the same #) on check, Seacrest office telephone # 561-697-4990.
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Link to Devcon Security Newsletter, which
includes security tips on page 2, and their security
services you can upgrade to for additional
protection for your home.
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Thank-you letter from the Community Food Pantry &
The Caring Kitchen in Delray Beach
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Click on the News link
for the most current Coral Trace Newsletter in PDF*
format. (*If you don't have the free Adobe Reader, you can
download it by clicking on this link.)
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Landscaping Schedule: |
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Grass cutting: July 2, 16, 23
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Bush &
tree trimming: July 27-30
Spray:
July 20; Fertilize July 21-23 |
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From
your President
by Karl Chakford,
president@coraltracehoa.com |
Hi Coral Trace
Residents and Owners, hope everyone had a
happy and safe 4th of July weekend.
Cable TV: The talk of the community is the cable
TV contract and what we are going to do. If you
have been following the newsletters since
January you have an idea what is going on. We
have tried to keep you up-to-date on the
progress of the selection of a cable company or
to de-bulk the community.
The Attorney we hired (who specializes in TV
contracts) was able to get an extension of our
current contract until the end of August. This
means the HOA will still supply the basic cable
TV until a decision is reached at the July 13,
2010 Special Board meeting on the cable TV. We
will give the results of the cable poll and
decide what the HOA will do about HOA supplied
cable TV. As I have said in the past, please
wait and give the HOA time to get this resolved
before you make any changes in your Cable TV.
Our contact does not expire until July 31, 2010
which was extended until August 31, 2010. So
even if the decision is to de-bulk you will have
until August 31 to make alternate arrangements.
To help the Board decide what the owners wanted
for cable TV, the attorney recommended the
postcard poll that was recently mailed to each
homeowner. I hope you take the time to read the
mailing and past newsletters at
www.coraltracehoa.com for details on the
activity that occurred for this process. If the
community decides to continue with cable being
included in the HOA dues, we will keep Comcast
and the Attorney will assist us with negotiating
the final contract. She has advised us not to
sign a long term contract over 5 years because
of the changes coming to the TV industry. I just
worked with a Pilot who recently got ATT Uverse
and said it is great, 23mg internet, DVR
recording of 5 shows at once while watching 1
recording and also includes whole house DVR play
back. This is just one of the options that will
be available in the near future.
Paladin — the
company we were looking into for a fiber system
— was voted out at our last Board Meeting. The
main reason was their failure to respond to a
request for them to finance the install of the
fiber system and to supply the Board with
current updated contracts on the fiber install
and the monthly cable costs. At the May meeting
the Board decided the community would not
finance the cost of the install. If Paladin
would finance, then they would have been
considered further. The Board did not want to
put up the HOA’s money to install the fiber
system by a start-up company with no verifiable
installation history in the State of Florida.
They have never used their money to install a
fiber system or where the system was paid for by
an Association (we were going to be the first).
They stated that they were doing a large install
at a community in Covington LA called Terra
Bella. There is no mention of Paladin or this
state-of-the-art fiber system on the website.
This install was paid for by the builder of the
community. There is no information on Paladin
anywhere on the internet — just a website under
construction. These issues led to the Board’s
decision not to move forward with Paladin.
This Board has been accused of keeping secrets
about the whole cable process. So we are going
to post under the minutes section of the website
the letter the Association Attorney sent to
Comcast, the original Comcast contract we were
sent, the Paladin contract Len Kruger gave the
Board and the fiber Install sheet we received
from Len (Paladin has never given the Board any
contracts or bids). We asked Paladin before the
June 22 Board meeting for contracts and the
fiber install bid. We have not received any
communication from Paladin since they stated
they would supply this information before the
June Board meeting. We did not receive a request
for additional time or any aforementioned
information. The HOA can’t do business with a
company who will not respond to questions and
requests concerning a long term contract and a
$200,000 plus bid.
Gate code: We have removed the resident gate
access code as of July 3rd and all has gone
smoothly. One question we have received was: how
do my maids, pest control, Fed Ex, UPS, Realtors
and other venders access the community? Fed Ex
and UPS have gate codes and some other companies
already have a gate entry code for Coral Trace.
There are a number of companies who have codes
that the HOA has no record of because records
from the previous company used for this service
is not available. We are leaving these codes
until July 17, 2010. If you have a company that
performs maintenance at your home advice them to
contact the HOA via a fax (561-330-8089) on
their company letterhead requesting an access
code to the community and who they will be
servicing, at what address. At that time a new
code will be issued to the company. If the
people are not a licensed company then you can
purchase a gate card to the community for these
service providers. If you trust them with a key
to your home you can trust them with a gate
card.
Also, thanks for your responses about the old
remotes. We will keep this remote system working
because of the number of these remotes that are
still in use.
Collections: We have had a number of owners tell
us they have not received late letters from
Seacrest when they have been late with their HOA
Dues and then were turned over to the Attorney
of collections. The HOA sends out a late letter
after the 10th day. Then at the 30th of the
month if the payment is still past due we send a
regular mailing and a certified letter. At this
point if no response is received from the owner
the account is turned over to the Attorney for
collections. At that time you will start
incurring Attorney fees which can build up
quickly. So if you receive a certified letter
from the HOA it is in your interest to sign for
and read the letter due to the additional costs
incurred for this collection effort. The USPS
tries to deliver the certified letter twice
before they are returned to sender. Owner
stating that they received no letter from the
HOA did not pick up their certified letters. The
HOA will not waive these fees.
New State Statue: The State of FL implemented a
new statue which allows HOAs to collect the rent
money paid by a renter to the owner. We are in
the process of a legal review of the Statue and
how to implement its use. As we get more
information we will let you know.
Budget Committee 2011: We have formed the 2011
Budget Committee and are looking for volunteers
to help on this committee. The scope of this
committee is working with the Board to formulate
an accurate budget plan for 2011. The committee
will get updated pricing for the vendors we
currently use, and recommend and get bids for
new projects and required maintenance for 2011.
If you are interested in helping, email me at
persident@coraltracehoa.com .
Camera security system: The repairs to the
camera system are now completed and it is
working. We hope to reduce our damages as a
result of vandalism. Anyone caught damaging the
HOAs property will be turned over to the police
for prosecution.
Landscape Cutting and Trimming: The landscape
workers have just done a major trim in the
community and will do another in July. They have
been given express orders on how to trim the
plantings in the community. If you have
reflectors out and you do not trim your plants
“We Will”. We expect a community standard of our
plantings and will not let things get overgrown.
So please trim your plants if you do not want
the community landscapers to do so.
**Also residents have been leaving their hoses
and cords in the lawns. The landscaper will not
replace these items if you leave them in the
lawn and they are damaged. So pick up your
hoses, etc.
Repeat Items: Speeding has increased lately so
we are again asking the police to visit our
community for some added City income.
Pool hours of use are dawn to dusk. That means
we do not have a permit for the pool to be used
at night. If you use it after those hours you
are trespassing and the police will be called.
Pool furniture update: The pool furniture does
look nice but you may have noticed we have fewer
lounge chairs for use. We have 25 lounges of
which 20 are broken or the fabric is pulling out
of the frame. We have contacted the factory and
they are finding a vendor to pick up these
lounges, repair the fabric and return them to
the community. At this time we do not have a
date for completion. Watch for them to return.
HOA Board Election: We have set the 2010
election date for the next year’s Board members
of November 6, 2010 at 1 p.m.
Enjoy your summer,
Karl Chakford
CTHOA Resident, Owner and President
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From the Board & Seacrest Management Company - Robert Loperfido, Property Manager, rloperfido@seacrestservices.com
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WORK
REQUESTS:
To submit a service request regarding
landscaping, irrigation, or should you have an after
hour emergency, dial us toll-free at
1-888-828-6464
to
speak with a representative. You will be provided
a service confirmation number and a timeframe in which
the request will be completed. Upon completion of
service, a door hanger will be left advising you of what
was accomplished. Do not email work requests to
Bob; please telephone or use the website upload form.
Otherwise, your issue will not be in the tracking
system.
For your convenience you can also
submit work requests online at
www.seacrestservices.com
and selecting the work order request icon on the main
page.
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Seacrest
Services Inc. Corporate Office, 2400 Centrepark W.
Drive, Suite 175, West Palm Beach FL 33409
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Phone (561)
697-4990 FAX (561) 697-4779
Bob Loperfido,
our new Property Manager, will be on property Tuesday
and Thursday for 4 hours each day in the clubhouse or
around the property.
ALL violations and
complaints should be reported to our property manager
Bob Loperfido, NOT to individual Board members. |
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Delray Doings
by Ava Schutzman, Editor
ava @ bridgesights.com |
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Check out http://www.mydelraybeach.com
for information and updates!
· Police Dep't. Crime
Tips Number: 561-243-7839
· City of Delray Beach
Citizen
Service Requests: 561-243-7012
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Newsletter & Website Updates
by Ava Schutzman, Editor
ava @ bridgesights.com |
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If you change your e-mail address, don't forget to
send it to me
to send you the e-newsletter.
We e-mail the newsletter to
those of you who register on the Coral Trace HOA Forum, or you may download the current
issue from our Website News page. We provide some
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This page last updated
07/22/2010. |
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