The News at Imperial Golf Estates

Transcription

1 The News at Imperial Golf Estates April 2017 Issue 04/17 GIB GATEHOUSE Voice Mail: GIB Gatehouse Fax: THE BOARD 2017 Pres. Tom Harruff V.P. Scott Toth Sect. Martha Mugford Treas. Pat McCabe Dir. Pat Keating Dir. Dan Castaldini Dir. Chas Litow COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS: ARB - Scott Toth sjtoth@gmail.com Traffic Awareness Patrick Keating pwkeat@aol.com Entrada Ave-Back Gate Dan Castaldini dancast1@embarqmail.com Beautification Dir. Chas Litow hazardcoe@gmail.com Infrastructure (Drainage and Roads) Dan Castaldini dancast1@embarqmail.com Estates Newsletter Tom Harruff tomharruff@comcast.net Perimeter Awareness - Patrick Keating pwkeat@aol.com Violations-Martha Mugford mugfordige@gmail.com ARB Committee Members: Chairman Scott Toth, Patrick Keating, and Steve Schroeder Visit your neighborhood website at: Webmaster: Mike Shields mikeshieldssr@comcast.net IGE Superintendent: Mark Thieme IGE Sandcastle Community Management IGEHOA Property Manager Beth McWilliams BethM@SandcastleCM.com Asst. Prop. Mgr: Beverly Florio BeverlyF@SandcastleCM.com GIB Property Mgr. Sandcastle Community Management Mickey Sudut MickeyS@SandcastleCM.com GIB Asst. Prop. Mgr: Beverly Florio BeverlyF@SandcastleCM.com IMPERIAL GOLF ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC. Reminders: Short Term Rentals: Our Declaration does not allow short term, less than one month, rentals. Use of web sites like Air BNB and VRBO to offer your home or rooms in your home for rent must meet the one month minimum in the Declaration and no more than 2 times a year. All leases must be submitted to the Property Manager s office for Board approval. Failure to do so can result in a fine of $50.00 per day. Garbage, Recyclables, and Yard Waste: These containers are not to be placed at curbside until after 6:00 PM the evening before your pick-up day and should be promptly returned to an out of sight spot by the end of the pick-up day. Vendors and Visitors: Please remind all your vendors, sub-contractors, deliveries, and visitors that they must enter through our US 41/Tamiami Trial N/Imperial Golf Course Blvd. gate (897 Imperial Golf Course Blvd.) regardless if their GPS tries to route them to the Entrada Gate. The Entrada gate is for IGEHOA residents only. The Entrada Gate is monitored by cameras 24/7 and non-residents entering that gate are Trespassing. Damages to the gate systems will be charged to the offending vehicle owner. The GIBs Access Control vendor Ramco Protective has changed software at the front gate including the call in system and added a capability for you to manage your authorized visitor access list from home or your smart phone. Log into and select Community Code IGC using your primary telephone number and your previously assigned PIN number that you used when calling in visitors. Details are on the IGE Web Site Home Page under Quick References and have been ed to our residents. Please be respectful of your neighbors by following our speed limits and stopping at stop signs in Imperial and on Entrada Blvd. Your 2017 quarterly assessment has increased by $10 per quarter to $433 per quarter and the second quarter payment was due Apr 1, The next quarterly assessment is due Jul 1. Please include the coupon with your payment. You should receive a new coupon in the mail with the new assessment amount prior to the due date. If you have not received your coupon, please contact Sandcastle Community Management Accounting at It is your responsibility to call in all vendors and visitors to allow pre-authorized access through the US 41 front gate. Call to enter the automated call in system. You can include your regular vendors on your pre-authorized access list. An access authorization form is available at under Access Control Form or by using This includes your favorite pizza vendor unless you want it delivered cold! Vendors are not allowed access into Imperial after hours daily, on Sundays and most holidays. Please do not try to schedule a delivery or work after hours, on Sunday or a Holiday! You can update your personal information in the Property Manager s data base using the Owner Contact Form on line at: or you can obtain a form from the Property Manger s office. 1

2 Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 8:30AM by President Tom Harruff. The following board members were present: Tom Harruff, Scott Toth, Martha Mugford, Pat McCabe (by phone), Dan Castaldini and Patrick Keating. Director Litow was absent with notice. Mark Thieme, IGE Superintendent and Beth McWilliams, CAM representing Sandcastle Community Management attended. Eric Cole from CSI was in attendance. There was one owner in attendance. Review of Minutes: The Minutes from the Mar 23rd, 2017 meeting of the Board of Directors were presented to the Directors in advance of the meeting, reviewed, and were approved as presented. Approved minutes will be available on the IGEHOA Web Site. IGEHOA Summary Treasurer's Report: (Treasurer Pat McCabe) Financials As of : Assets: Operating Cash $207,248 Reserves $484,040 Accts Receivable $2,874 Other Assets $7,158 Total Assets $701,320 Liabilities: Total Current Liabilities $161,129 Reserves $484,040 Owners Equity $56,151 Total Liabilities/Owner Equity $701,320* (*Numbers may not add due to rounding) Treasurers Comments: (Treasurer Pat McCabe) Balance Sheet: IGEHOA has adequate cash on hand for our operating expenses and the financial health of the HOA is good. Income and Expense Statements: Income Budgeted $96,393 Actual $96,804 Difference +$411 Income Statement: Actual income was slightly higher than budgeted. Expenses: Budgeted $96,449 Actual $89,764 Difference (-$6,648) Expense Statement: Sandcastle is now reporting the IGE Reserves in a line item format. There continues to be discussion as to whether money can be withdrawn from the reserves for non-line item expense. 2 Treasurer s Comments: The 2016 Audit discussion was deferred until the May meeting. Treasure s Report was accepted by the Board. President s Report for IGEHOA Meeting : Comcast Bulk TV Contract Replacement Project: The four GIB communities have finished the surveys of the four bidders and then down selected to two Comcast and Hot Wire. Both were asked to submit their best and final offer. Comcast is the lower bidder, currently has fiber optic to the street in Imperial and could start the IGE new contract, which would include both bulk cable TV and internet services, within the year. Hot Wire could not provide services until our Comcast contract expires in April 2019 and they would have to run new fiber optic cable from US 41 all the way into IGEHOA. CSI will be providing Town Hall meetings to provide the details of the proposal, the expected savings for current Comcast customers. Approved the bid for Seaton for the first 11 cul de sacs. Sandcastle will notify all addresses on those cul de sacs. A request to exclude one cul de sac was discussed and disapproved by a unanimous vote of the Board. GIB Report: Director Castaldini for GIB Treasurer Meyers Income and Expense Statement as of : Total Operating Income: Operating Income is $28,298.49, over budget by $ due to Gate Opener Income. YTD Operating Income is under budget by $ Total Operating Expenses: Operating Expenses are $26,457.37, under budget by $2, YTD expenses are under budget by $ Landscape expenses and Smart Passes are still tracking to annual budget. Items as of : Cash for Operations $9, Cash for Reserves $407, Other Assets, $5, Total Current Assets $422, Owner s Equity $8, Current Liabilities $6, Replacement Reserve $407, Total Equity $422, Balance Sheet Discussion: We have adequate cash on hand to meet our monthly bills. All the legal expenses associated with the water main have come out of the contingency reserves. Stormwater Management/Drainage; (Director Castaldini) There is nothing to report on the Drainage situation, at this time. This will probably change as rainy season will soon be upon us.

3 There is also little to report on the water pipe replacement project except that a contractor has been picked by the County and that information meetings will scheduled for Imperial Residents in the future. When we receive that information, it will be made available to all. Superintendents Report: (Superintendent Mark Thieme) Entrada: We had 2 separate incidents this year leading to arrests, charged with hit and run with damages. They were both visiting residents in Imperial. Not tailgating but forcing their way through the gate system. Damages of $8,000 have yet to be recovered. Residents please remind your guests and vendors to use the US41 entrance. Beautification; Last year s annuals have been removed in preparation for new. I will be meeting with the committee for ideas on annuals and some new plantings Exotics; Over growth of exotics and residential plants along the East perimeter has been cut back. Clearing of exotics in Majestic Park has been started. Duke Preserve: Board approved a Jose Pineda proposal to plant grass in front of the Duke Preserve. Beautification Committee Report: (Director Litow): Submitted by Chairman Litow without discussion. The committee met and we agreed on the following as our priorities. These priorities will be handled as budget and time permits. The ditch in front of the home just before the 4 way stop. A plan of action will be developed and the homeowners will be consulted. -Majestic Park -Perimeter by school -Princess Park -Front Gate -Herb Garden -Empress Park Garden. The committee believes to the extent possible and budget permitting, uniformity in presentation has strong aesthetic appeal and is one of our primary goals. The easiest on the list is one or more herb gardens which would be maintained solely by the committee for the benefit of the community. Location(s) would need approval and several logistical items need to be worked out before we proceed. At future meetings, we will develop detailed budgets and plans for our priorities. Entrada Gate: (Director Castaldini) We have added another camera at the rear gate to help identify the vehicles that continue to use 3 the entrance and exit gate illegally. We also continue to attempt to find a way to remove Entrada Gate from GPS Directions for access into Imperial. We have some indications of possible progress but it is to soon to tell if we will be successful! The beat goes on! IGEHOA residents only are authorized to use the Entrada Gate. Architectural Review Board Report: (Vice President Toth) Twelve requests were approved by the ARB in the period of Mar 23, 2017 to Apr 27, There were no disapproved requests. Approved requests included, POD, repaint, relocate hedge, pavers, impact windows, sliders, Hurricane Shutters, replace front door, pool renovation, and remove tree. The Board approved the ARB report. To obtain an Exterior Change Request form on line: log-in with name imperial and password 2011 Or a copy from Sandcastle Community Management and your request to: sjtoth@gmail.com Please remember that ARB approval is required for the use of PODS, Dumpsters and Port-a-Potties even if the renovations involve only interior changes. Infrastructrue Committee (Roads and Drainage): (Director Castaldini): A report of a damaged section of sidewalk in front of the driveway located at 2247 Imperial Golf Course Boulevard was discussed. Management was directed to contact the property owner to see what plans are in place to fix the driveway as well as the sidewalk. Traffic Awareness: (Director Keating) Discussion included several reports received from the sheriff s department regarding traffic. Response time from the sheriff s office seems to be slower as there are less officers assigned to the immediate area. Community Awareness: There were three discussions at the April 18th North Naples Task Force meeting that were noteworthy. Sheriff s Office: Burglaries at high end homes in Naples are up. Alarm systems are recommended. Free home security inspections are available through CCSO. HOA s Board members of other HOA s reported that there are door to door sales people entering their communities (at least one was a gated community) whose behavior suggests that their motives may not be related to any legitimate sales activity. This helps to accentuate the point that we need to be careful not to let tailgaters into our community through the back gate.

4 Classifieds While we hope that you support our advertisers, the Board of Directors of Imperial Golf Estates HOA, Inc. does not officially endorse any products or services advertised herein. May Featured Listings Marc Brandt Broker Associate Waterfront Realty Group, Inc. Imperial Resident/Specialist 1932 Imperial Golf Course Blvd $580,000 - PENDING 3/3 w/ golf course views Southern exposure 2077 Imperial Circle $589,000 - ACTIVE 3/2 w/ plenty of privacy Eastern exposure rd St. S., Naples, FL Designations: REALTOR, CLHMS (Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist), SRES (Senior Real Estate Specialist), GRI (Graduate, Realtor Institute), CNE (Certified Negotiation Expert) Check in with me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+ and search for any property on my site: Christina & Rodney Moulder Kitchen and Bath Designers State Licensed General Contractor Let Royal Constructors Help We Specialize In Remodeling, Kitchens & Bathrooms. Call Rodney at Naples, Florida License# CBC NO JOB TOO SMALL! The best home cooked food on the trail! THE PAPPAS-BURBACK TEAM Direct: (239) Planning to build or remodel in Naples? Trust in the integrity, craftsmanship and artistry of our professional team. FIX-IT-FAST SCREEN REPAIR Your Pool Cage Mechanics Complete Re-Screens Screen Doors and Hardware Installed Rusted Anchors and Screws Replaced Debra Pappas-Burback, PA. Realtor Lawrence Burback Realtor Imperial@Pappas-Burback.com NaplesBonitaEsteroHomes.com DAN GREEN 1836 Imperial Golf Course Blvd. Naples, FL Mobile: FixItFastScreen@yahoo.com trailcafenaples.com 5621 Strand Blvd #316 Naples, FL Thinking of Remodeling? Imperial Golf Estates Resident Visit our showroom only 10 minutes north in the Highlands Center! AFFORDABLE LUXURY SINCE S. Tamiami Trail, #3 Bonita Springs, Florida TEL: (239) FAX: (239) CELEBRAT I NG Years DELING EXCELLENCE REMO 9655 Tamiami Train North #201 Estelle Abrams Naples, Florida RN,BSN Office CARE (2273) nurse@mckenneyhomecare.com Clinical Supervisor 5

5 Classifieds While we hope that you support our advertisers, the Board of Directors of Imperial Golf Estates HOA, Inc. does not officially endorse any products or services advertised herein. May Featured Listings Marc Brandt Broker Associate Waterfront Realty Group, Inc. Imperial Resident/Specialist 1932 Imperial Golf Course Blvd $580,000 - PENDING 3/3 w/ golf course views Southern exposure 2077 Imperial Circle $589,000 - ACTIVE 3/2 w/ plenty of privacy Eastern exposure rd St. S., Naples, FL Designations: REALTOR, CLHMS (Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist), SRES (Senior Real Estate Specialist), GRI (Graduate, Realtor Institute), CNE (Certified Negotiation Expert) Check in with me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+ and search for any property on my site: Christina & Rodney Moulder Kitchen and Bath Designers State Licensed General Contractor Let Royal Constructors Help We Specialize In Remodeling, Kitchens & Bathrooms. Call Rodney at Naples, Florida License# CBC NO JOB TOO SMALL! The best home cooked food on the trail! THE PAPPAS-BURBACK TEAM Direct: (239) Planning to build or remodel in Naples? Trust in the integrity, craftsmanship and artistry of our professional team. FIX-IT-FAST SCREEN REPAIR Your Pool Cage Mechanics Complete Re-Screens Screen Doors and Hardware Installed Rusted Anchors and Screws Replaced Debra Pappas-Burback, PA. Realtor Lawrence Burback Realtor Imperial@Pappas-Burback.com NaplesBonitaEsteroHomes.com DAN GREEN 1836 Imperial Golf Course Blvd. Naples, FL Mobile: FixItFastScreen@yahoo.com trailcafenaples.com 5621 Strand Blvd #316 Naples, FL Thinking of Remodeling? Visit our showroom only 10 minutes north in the Highlands Center! AFFORDABLE LUXURY SINCE S. Tamiami Trail, #3 Bonita Springs, Florida TEL: (239) FAX: (239) CELEBRAT I NG Years DELING EXCELLENCE REMO 5

6 Fire Department Chief Cunningham stated that there has been an increased incidence of fires at residences where there is buried wire in flower/shrub beds with mulch cover. With the extremely dry conditions, the mulch should ideally be kept moist. Violations and Fining Committee (Director Mugford) Rounds were made on April 1, 9 and 15. There were six properties that were approved by the Board at the last meeting for fining. They were sent to the fining committee for their review and recommendations at their meeting on 4/19/2017. There were fourteen issues brought to my attention as person in charge of violations, including one road rage. One property owner has requested to be added to the agenda of the Board on 4/20/2017. It is the responsibility of every property owner to maintain their property in accordance with our governing documents. Complaints regarding unkempt properties have increased. We continue to have commercial trucks parking overnight in driveways and we will send these to the fining committee. We take every complaint seriously and investigate for violation of our governing documents. Attention to the overall look of our community is vitally important to everyone. We ask for your cooperation and to be a good neighbor for the benefit of all residents who live in Imperial Golf Estates. If you are leaving the area for the summer, please make sure your roof and driveway are free of rust and mold, and that your property has no violations. All violations that have not been attended to will go to the fining committee until fixed. It is not fair for those who are here all summer, to look at moldy roofs and driveways, houses needing painting, landscaping not attended to while the property owner has gone north. Thanking you in advance for your cooperation. Nine lot owner fines of $100 per day, not to exceed $1,000, were approved by the board for violations of our Governing Documents. Community Manager s Report: (PM McWilliams) An Entrada Gate Violation PM Report as well as a Community Violation Report were presented and will be submitted every board meeting. A request was made to publish the following agency names and phone numbers in the monthly newsletter: Collier County Code Enforcement Collier County Animal Control Non-Emergency Police Perimeter Awareness: (Director Keating) No report. 6 Newsletter-Estates: - (President Harruff): We have three new advertisers come on line in the Estates newsletter. Unfinished Business: Bulk Cable TV Replacement Contract: Eric Cole from Converged Services Incorporated (CSI) presented the final proposals from several cable/fiber optic communication vendors. Comcast was the low bidder of the two finalist vendors, all proposing combined Bulk Cable TV and Bulk Internet Services contracts. The Board approved negotiating a contract with Comcast as the vendor who will provide both Bulk Cable TV and Bulk Internet services to be effective Jan 1, The Comcast contract will be forwarded to Becker and Poliakoff or another attorney for their review prior to signing. Town Hall meetings will be conducted to explain the new services as well as the schedules and pricing to our Lot Owners. Three other Imperial communities were also part of this competition and two others may participate also. Information regarding the Christmas Night Entrada Gate Accident was presented by Scott Toth. The Board approved a motion to have association attorney Becker and Poliakoff send a demand letter to the driver to collect damages. A mailbox proposal was postponed to the May 2017 board meeting. New Business: The Entrada Gate Violation Procedure as well as a legal opinion regarding gate access was presented and is made a part of these minutes. The Board approved a variance request minor regarding a front set back encroachment variance for 2048 Imperial Circle due to a survey error (building permit # ) Homeowners Issues: Several compliance issues were discussed. Sandcastle to contact lot owner about car parked on wrong side of the street. Reminder - It is the responsibility of each Lot Owner to assure that their current contact information is in the Property Manager s data base. That includes local and alternate mailing addresses, local and alternate telephone numbers, addresses, home watch services, etc. This is important for notices to the entire community of important information like road closures, Estates newsletter and official notifications from the Association including Association Maintenance Fees. You can do this on line at RESIDENT CLASSIFIED ADS Imperial residents can place a classified ad in The Estates Newsletter to sell household items within Imperial Golf Estates at NO CHARGE. Ads should be 4 lines or less. Simply your text ad to Greg at: hierro@comcast.net

7 Quarterly Maintenance Fees - Coupon/Due Dates 2017 Quarterly Payment due beginning Jan 1, 2017 at the new rate of $ per quarter. Statement/coupon about Dec 1, Payment due Jan 1; Statement/coupon about Mar 1, Payment due Apr 1; Statement/coupon about Jun 1, Payment due Jul 1; Statement/coupon about Sep 1, Payment due Oct 1. Quarterly Maintenance Fees - Please include your Resident Number and your Account Number (Phase and Lot Number) on all check payments to preclude any delay in processing. Owners with multiple lots must indicate how they wish their payments applied by including the appropriate coupons with each check. The correct mailing address for IGEHOA Quarterly Maintenance Assessments is: Iberia Bank, P.O. Box 11203, Naples, FL If you are using an automatic bill pay service, give them this address for mailing purposes and ask that they include your Account Number (Phase and Lot Number) on all payments. Lot Owners can contact Sandcastle CM Accounting at if you need another coupon book or to discuss the coupon book process. Future Board of Director Meetings BOD Meetings are held at the Island/Weybridge Clubhouse, 8:30 AM; BOD Meetings -, May25, and Jun 22. No July BOD Meeting. Note: Contents of this newsletter are not official and only the approved minutes represent the Association. IMPORTANT NUMBERS TO KEEP HANDY Sheriff Non-Emergency Domestic Animal Control Humane Society Animal Shelter Garbage / Waste Pick-up Solid Waste Management Code Enforcement Comcast Naples Daily News Circulation Dept If you would like to advertise a service or product in the Estates Newsletter please contact: Tom Harruff , or to: tomharruff@comcast.net For rate and deadline information. An Advertising Request Form will be sent to you for completion. We accept existing ads, business cards and photos. Submissions of existing art needs to be in jpg, tiff or pdf format, (300DPI, RGB or CMYK). We can also design an ad for you. For submissions of art work and files or ad design and layout please your information to: Greg Hierro hierro@comcast.net 7 Current Activity as of April 30th 2017 (Averages are for Year 2017) Active Houses on the Market 30 Pending with Contingencies 2 Pending with No Contingencies 5 Closed Sales From 1/1/17-4/30/17 6 Average 2017 Sales Price $552,417 Average 2017 Price Per Sq. Ft. $ There Are No Distressed Sales in IGE Residents: Full Time 70% Seasonal 30% Source: From Naples MLS Provided by John R Wood Inc. FOR SALE White Maytag Top Loading Washer & Front Loading Dryer Set MAVT236AW & MDET336AY and 7.1 Capacity (cu. ft.) Like New Condition - $400 for both or best offer. Call or Text for more info, pictures, or to view Kane Furniture - Finn Reclining Love Seat Beige fabric and center console storage New Condition - $500 or best offer. Call or Text for more info, pictures, or to view Harvard Air Hockey Table - A full size air hockey table with manual score boards, four classic paddles and three classic pucks. Good Condition - $400 or best offer. Call or Text for more info, pictures, or to view

8 Imperial Golf Estates HOA, Inc. C/o: Sandcastle Community Management 9150 Galleria Ct, Ste. 201 Naples, FL PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT 524 NAPLES, FL

9 Join us for Dinner & Sunset at LaPlaya Beach Resort Investing in the NEW NORMAL.Alternative Thinking Global Credit Enhance Your Fixed Income Portfolio Sub-advised by Blackstone Why Senior secured loans? Attractive risk-adjusted returns Industrial Distribution Investing in America s Supply Chain Landlord to GE, FedEx, Nike, and Samsung, among many others C a p i t a l p r e s e r v a t i o n & appreciation Investment closes to new investors June 2017 Date: Wednesday, May 17th - Industrial Distribution Facilities Tuesday, May 23rd - Global Credit & Healthcare Wednesday, May 24th - Global Credit & Healthcare Time: 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception 6:30 p.m. Dinner 8:05 p.m. Sunset Healthcare America s Largest & Fastest Growing Industry Undeniable growing Senior population Tax efficiency on returns 8.7 Billion of Healthcare assets under management Location: LaPlaya Beach Resort (Members Dining Room) 9891 Gulf Shore Drive, Naples, Florida RSVP: (239) (or) Advice@NaplesWealth.com Chad R. Barancyk President & Founder Institutional-Style investing for Individual Investors Learn more about the Naples Private Wealth Endowment Model of investing assets. Risk Analysis performed on your current portfolio.we can help! Generating Income could Reduce your portfolio Volatility, would you like to learn how? Income Creation & Risk Reduction are significant components of a portfolios total return Downtown Naples 180 Ninth Street South Suite 203 Naples, FL (239) NaplesWealth.com Downtown Chicago 155 N. Wacker Drive Suite 4250 Chicago, IL Securities offered through First Allied Securities, Inc., A Registered Broker/Dealer, Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through First Allied Advisory Services, Inc. A Registered Investment Adviser.