We will be planting the summer flower display next week. As many know, I do not reuse the bulbs. I really don’t even make an effort to remove them. My preference is to plant new bulbs each year to change up color schemes and to ensure a great bloom.

Every year, I have requests from property owners to save bulbs. As stated above, I do not take the extra time to pull the bulbs out. If you are interested in bulbs, feel free to use the time between 5/19 and 5/23 to dig them out. You can take whatever you dig.

Please do the following if you choose to dig up the bulbs.

• Shake off as much soil as possible back in the bed.
• Take the foliage with you. Do not leave the foliage laying in the planting bed. You can throw the foliage away at your house.
• Level out the area that you disturbed. Please don’t leave holes.
• Be careful and have fun playing in the dirt! (The easiest way to pop them out is with a shovel. They don’t always pull right out)

I have completed inspections on both the east and west sides of the community. The west side reports have been typed up and will hit the mail this morning. The goal is to have the east side reports mailed out no later than Friday. I will be doing inspections of lakefronts next week. The east and west side inspections have resulted in 43 letters thus far.

Thanks,

Mike

Hello,

The Marina Overflow parking lot on the corner of Chickasaw is not being used properly. The lot is to be used for residents that are boating on the lake. There is to be no overnight parking unless approved by me.

This lot is not part of the Marina shop. Do not leave your boat there for the Marina staff to move. Please do not direct the Marina staff to park a trailer there so that you can pick it up at a later time. It’s been proven that a later time is usually days or weeks.

Moving forward, we will start placing trailer hitch locks on trailers that are in that lot overnight. There will be a $75.00/day fee to the owner to unlock. Again, the fee is to the owner. If you directed the Marina staff to park the boat in the lot, it’s still your responsibility. The locks will only be unlocked during CLPOA business hours.

This process will begin on Monday 5/23/22. If your trailer is currently in the overflow lot, please have it removed by Monday to avoid a lock being placed on the hitch.

This is not a route I like going. Unfortunately, I feel that the purpose of this lot is being abused.

Thank you,

Mike

Reminder Below: It’s been a great week to knock some property maintenance to-do items off the list.

Heads up…..I will be doing a full community inspection beginning May 16th. It usually takes me about a week to complete the inspection and email/mail out reports.

Please take the next week and a half to clean up any of those lingering cleanup items. Below are a few items that caught my attention and will be of focus during the inspection.

• Cars parked in a yard. All motorized vehicles are to be parked on driveways or in garages.
• CLPOA Rules & Reg Item 33 (1)
  • (1) Property owners shall not permit any item to remain on their lot(s), which is so unsightly, deteriorated, or rusted, as to constitute, in the opinion of the Property Manager, an eyesore.
• Debris piles that have been in yards for multiple months. These could be stick and debris piles, or dirt/soil piles.
• Unused equipment in lawn areas. These items should be stored in sheds or garages.
• Unkept lawns or landscape beds. (Tall grass and/or tall weeds)
• Lawns that have large bare areas. Completed construction areas that are still bare from work in the fall or winter are an example. These areas should be seeded. We are in the perfect seeding time.
• Signs. Contractor signs are to only be displayed if work is active. Signs can remain on lawns up to 3 days after completion of a project.
• Sheds that need to be painted. Porch railings that need to be painted.
• Sheds that are in disrepair. These sheds need to be repaired or removed.
• Play equipment in disrepair (swing sets, trampolines, etc.)

Thank you,

Mike