Springtree
Property Owners Association, Inc

Community News

The obvious big news is we now have a website!

We highly encourage everyone to check in from time to time and see what is going on and to please feel free to submit news for inclusion on the webpage. You can do this one of 3 ways. You can email your news to Mark Mohlmann, you can post the news in the forum section of the webpage and Mark will copy it to the News page, or you can write it out and drop it by hand to Mark at 4698 SE Winter Haven Ct. We thrive on your input!

Top Stories

• Community Events?
  I heard a rumor once...
  ...about a community judging for best holiday decorations outside the house. I think it was for Christmas time, but that isn't to say we couldn't do something for Halloween. No monetary reward, just the undying admiration of your neighbors that voted your house the most creatively decorated! We can even post a picture or two here of the winning house! Give your input on the Springtree Forum.
  
  
• Births
  Anyone have a family addition lately?
  Just to stereotype Floridians, this could always include grandchildren as well as family expansions.
  
  
• Proud of someone in your family?
  Great to let everyone know some good news!
  Could be you got a new car, someone made honor roll, got into their college of choice, or anything to earn some bragging rights. It isn't like we pay by the word for a website!

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POA Meeting Minutes
Download POA Minutes 7-20-09

POA News

• Mailboxes
  Time to freshen them up!
  
  The sun in south Florida does amazing things to painted objects. The most obvious is the fading effect. Most of the mailboxes and poles in the neighborhood have soaked up their quota of sunshine over the years and it is time to freshen them back up! There are two options available to do this.
  
  1) You can buy a can of Krylon Hunter Green spray paint and paint your mailbox (we recommend using some sandpaper and trying to take off that coat of oxidation first so the new paint adheres better).
  
  2) Order a new mailbox from the mailbox company whose name and contact info is on the inside of your mailbox door.
  
  The Beautiful Mailbox Co.
  (954) 792-MAIL (6245)
  (800) 856-6983
  
  We have heard that they will actually deliver and install the mailbox.
  
  Now if I were an enterprising youth with a friend or two, I would consider walking around the neighborhood and offer to paint the mailbox and pole for $10 or so...
  
  
• Street Parking
  Safety Issues
  
  Everyone should have received a letter recently from the POA concerning street parking. We face some unique challenges in our small community with parking. Many of the driveways are small and many households have multiple cars. And if you are like many people here, the garage is a giant closet. How do we handle our own cars and those of visitors?
  
  The first thing to understand is that there is a safety issue involved with street parking. The street needs to remain navigable for school buses and emergency vehicles. It is tight when there is one vehicle parked on one side of the street and impossible for the bus or ambulance/fire trucks to pass if there are vehicles parked on both sides of the street.
  
  Everyone wants to have the ability to have people over to visit without having them park at Winn Dixie and walk. The POA requests that you and your guests park in your driveway whenever possible. If your driveway is full, then have your guests park on the inside of the street ("pond side"). As a word of caution, please don't have them park on people's lawns as most have sprinkler systems that could be damaged, or the lawns themselves could be damaged.
  
  The board is exploring other alternatives as well. If you have the time, it would be great to have your participation and input at the next POA meeting on August 17, 2009 at 7:00pm at the Advantage Property Management conference room located in the Tower Building on the east side of Federal Hwy (111 SE Federal Hwy, Suite 100).