Monday, June 15, 2015

HOA Meeting Wednesday and Some News

The St. Charles Place HOA has its monthly meeting Wednesday. It's at the offices of Excelsior Community Management in the Krycul Business Center at 6554 Krycul Avenue in Riverview. 7 p.m.

Check your mailboxes. The HOA's property manager sent a newsletter to all unit owners. Yes, an actual snail mail paper newsletter. Quaint, I know, but this is something the property manager does for its other properties and at least some of the board members like the idea. Your humble blog author remains a skeptic, but will keep an open mind.

But it did have some important news:

1. Beginning July1, the board must approve new tenants. Owners must fill out an application and submit a copy of the proposed lease to the property manager. Besides the safety of the community, this actually benefits unit owners who rent out their properties because it helps the HOA know who should live there, and can protect units from squatters invading, which has happened in a couple of cases we've heard about.

2. A new keyless entry system for the pool goes into effect August 3rd. Unit owners will get a fob, similar to the key cards you might use to get into your building at work. The property manager will set up times for owners to pick up their key fob at the pool. If you rent your unit, you can designate your renter to pick it up by giving the property manager written permission. Each unit can get only one key fob, and if you or your tenant loses it, you'll have to pay for a replacement.

Only owners in good standing with their HOA dues will get a key fob. Our community rules let the HOA deny use of amenities for units more than 90 days behind on their HOA dues. The board hopes that this will help spur some delinquent owners to get current.

The newsletter has other items that might interest you, including a tip on how to stop a leaky toilet without having to call a plumber, so look for that.

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