Garden Patio Villas
7708 Margate Blvd, Margate, FL 33063
Board of Director Meeting Minutes
June 7, 2021 Time: 3 PM Location: Clubhouse
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Melodie Savoca, President; Lou Grunes, Vice President (via telephone); Barbara Reul, Secretary; Gelly Dossman, Treasurer; Jeff Mandell, Member at Large
Owners Present: None
Melodie called the meeting to order.
OLD BUSINESS
Items that were discussed were as follows:
BACKFLOW PREVENTERS – Backflow systems were installed in Cluster 8 and 11. Joe produced the covers. Ralph painted them. They will be completed soon. Cluster 9 and 10 backflows will be worked on soon.
MAINTENANCE FEES – HOA fees will be going up to $510, as of January 1, 2022
NEW BUSINESS
15’ RULE – Per our Governing Documents and Rules and Regulations:
No planting of trees, shrubs or plants past 15 feet from your villa wall. Property over the 15 feet belongs to the Association. Owners need to remove any plantings, including fruit trees or plants that are on Association property. The Association can remove any plants on Association property. We have already been working on this problem for the last month. Our lawn care’s large machine needs to be able to cut the lawn without problems. Thank you to several owners who already fixed or cleaned up their backyard. We appreciate it!
In addition, if you do have any fruit trees and fruit such as mangoes falling to the ground, they need to be picked up as soon as possible, to avoid animals coming around to eat them; Animals include raccoons, ducks, coyotes in addition to small, unwanted rodents.
The Board voted 3 to 2 to continue to remove all plants over 15’ rule with the exception of large trees which are beautiful and help our environment. President – Yes; Vice President – Yes; Secretary – No; Treasurer – No; Board at Large – Yes.
WEBSITE – New articles of interest have been added to our website include:
CLUBHOUSE EVENTS AND RENTALS – Our Event Coordinator, Barbara Reul, will be planning some activities starting in July! The activities will be added to our Garden Patio Villas calendar.
In addition, if you want to rent the clubhouse for private events, please contact Barbara by the Association email to find out the information needed to reserve the date. We will start having an official form and requirements along with a $75 fee and a deposit of $25. The deposit will be returned if all is back to the same order and cleanliness that it was in, prior to the rental of our clubhouse.
The Board voted unanimously, (5 of 5) to add the $25 returnable deposit if Clubhouse is returned to its original clean state and followed all the rules signed in the rental form.
VILLA OF THE QUARTER – The winner for our second quarter goes to C3U8! Great job on the appearance of your villa! Pictures will be taken and posted shortly on our website.
FINANCES – Gelly presented the Expense Report for the month of May for Garden Patio Villas.
VILLAS FOR SALE – A couple villas are for sale in our community. Some are contingent. View Garden Patio Villas for sale anytime!
COVID GUIDELINES – No restrictions. You may wear a mask if you prefer.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 4:45PM
