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VOL. 29 NO. 7 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com JULY 2019

PGA POA Jottings

By Dawn Levinstein, assessment isn’t paid on time. It amounts to 1.5% per has new signs and new road striping to help drivers realize
PGA POA month for each month the account remains delinquent that cars on the through street (Avenue of the Champions)
Hi - I missed you last and after 60 days the account is subject to collection so have the right of way. It is not a traffic circle and therefore
month! In May I gave up legal fees and costs are added. If there is any reason why the cars “in the circle” do NOT have the right of way.
my space so you could you cannot pay on time, it is important that you contact Plans for re-designing the ellipse are continuing. The
enjoy the pictures from the me at (561) 627-2800 or at DawnL@LangManagement. POA Board is presently discussing options with a sculptor
Children’s Party in the Park. com to discuss options to prevent the account from going regarding some kind of ‘centerpiece’ art work when the area is
Always a great event with to collection. upgraded in the next couple years. As the design is finalized,
appreciation to the POA Retirement you will see renderings in this publication and at meetings
Special Events Committee. Despite the planned “ding dong the witch is leaving” and/or in mailings. Your Board of Governors has worked
Hope you enjoyed all the parties you are planning there is NO TRUTH to the rumor hard to make a number of upgrades and improvements to
smiling and painted faces that I am retiring. I probably made a joking comment about the common areas but there is a way to go.
of children from age 1 month to 95 years all having fun getting close to 65 (ouch!) and retirement and the rumor The PGA Boulevard frontage renovations are still a
(including yours truly). Thank you for helping to make mill ran with it. You are stuck with me until my mind few years off but the Board is working with land planners,
the event a success. starts to go…..and no comments about that happening a engineers and architects in preparation for submittal to the
POA Annual Assessment long time ago! To be perfectly clear: I am not retiring and City of Palm Beach Gardens. The City has to approve the
Last month the annual assessment notices were mailed. when I do you will be the first to know. modifications of both the PGA Boulevard frontage and the
Uh Oh: That means the PGA POA assessment is now Updates ellipse. More on both of these projects later.
due and it is $740.00 this year. Please remember that the With appreciation to Northern PB County Improvement
governing documents require interest to be posted if the District, the Ellipse (some of you call it the traffic circle) PGA POA Jottings on page 2
Commissioner’s Update

Keep Your Yard at the curb on your regularly scheduled collection day. that local governments have ample time, resources,
State of emergency declarations are made to ensure
Unincorporated Palm Beach County residents may place
Hurricane Ready up to 6 cubic yards – equivalent to three standard size and flexibility to get prepared for a storm, and are not
refrigerators – at the curb. hindered, delayed or prevented from taking all necessary
By Commissioner • Follow the 6/50 rule: Each piece of vegetation cannot actions to keep communities safe.
Hal Valeche exceed 6 feet in length or 50 pounds in weight. The SWA works with the Palm Beach County
Now that we are in the If you are contracting with a lawn care services Emergency Management Operations Center to monitor a
2019 hurricane season, company for major vegetation trimming, make sure the storm’s potential path to determine any facility closures or
I want to share with you contractors include the price of debris removal as part of cancelled garbage, recyclables and yard waste collections
some helpful information their service. in the unincorporated parts of the county. Every resident
from the Solid Waste Keeping vegetation under control can help lessen plays a role in helping in the efficient removal of debris
Authority (SWA) to assist debris removal post-storm. Last hurricane season, leading up to, and after a storm.
you in your efforts to Hurricane Irma left almost 3 million cubic yards of For additional information on debris collection in
keep your yard vegetation vegetative debris on the ground. It took three months and unincorporated parts of the county, contact SWA Customer
trimmed to minimize cost more than $30 million to collect and dispose of it all. Information Services at (561) 697-2700 or toll-free at
property damage and keep Once a hurricane threatens, residents should refrain
our communities safer in the event of a storm. from cutting down whole trees or undertaking major yard Commissioner’s Update on page 3
To ensure your yard is as prepared as possible: or construction projects
• Cut back trees and weak branches that could hit until after the storm passes.
buildings. Do not place any debris Experience
• Thin out foliage so that wind can flow freely through at the curb if authorities
branches, decreasing the chance of uprooting trees or issue a Hurricane Watch
plants. or Hurricane Warning, PGA National Members Club
• Containerize small pieces of vegetation in bags or because this places a
cans weighing less than 50 pounds when full, and place tremendous burden on the
at the curb on your scheduled pickup day. collection and disposal This Summer!
• Clean your yard of any items that could pose a danger processes, and there is
to you or your neighbors in hurricane-force winds, such not enough equipment
as old lumber and broken lawn furniture, and place them or workers to handle We’re having the “Best Summer Ever” at PGA National Members Club, and we want
curbside on your bulk waste collection day. additional material before your family to be a part of it all!
• Place vegetative material from routine maintenance a storm makes landfall. That’s right; there’s never been a better time to experience all the Members Club
has to offer. With the golf courses in spectacular condition, a full calendar of exciting
summer social events and the brand-new club benefits/signature gold program that
extends membership privileges to over 300-plus clubs nationwide, we’ve got more to
offer your family than ever before.
If you’re interested in previewing the PGA National Members Club lifestyle this
summer, contact the membership enrollment office today at (561) 273-2920 to begin
planning your “member for a day” experience!
Best regards,
Karen St. Angelo, membership director,
PGA National Members Club