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VOL. 28 NO. 6 www.seabreezepublications.com JUNE 2020

From The Manager

By Kathleen O’Donovan, Make sure you have adequate coverage, your home has Stay off the roads so that first responders may address issues
General Manager most likely increased in value over the past several years, you unencumbered. Utility service may be interrupted, and we may
may have made home improvements or purchased expensive be without water and sewer facilities for many hours or days.
It is that time of year again, items. Review your insurance policy carefully and be aware Be aware of official announcements from the National
Hurricane season. The storm of your coverage limits. Know what your policy does and Hurricane Center and local officials. The Emergency Management
season spans the months of does not cover. Center will broadcast via:
June through November and Condominium residents should be aware of the coverage Radio WIRK/AM 1290
we all need to be prepared. you have through your COA and know the coverage for WJNO/AM 1230
Before hurricane season which you are separately responsible. Television Channels 5, 12 and 25
begins make sure to check When a storm is threatening our area, securing your home is (on West Boca Cable 5, 12 and 31)
your home owner’s insurance key. Bring in any objects outside, hurricane winds can transform If you have any suggestions for our staff at the Community
to see if coverage is adequate. The following information the most benign item into a destructive missile, causing damage Association, please do not hesitate to contact me at Kathleen.
provides a checklist for reviewing your policy and otherwise to not only your property but your neighbors as well. odonovan@fsresidential.com. 
preparing yourself for the worst. During hurricane season, pay Make sure you have adequate amounts of non-perishable
attention to the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables or food, water and medicine on hand to last for several days.
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) If you plan to evacuate, secure your property and prepare A “Founding
either on your radio or the internet so that you will be aware of in advance providing enough time to arrive safely at your
storms and warned of their approach. After a storm occurs, refer destination prior to the storm’s arrival.
to these sources for pertinent information regarding appropriate During a hurricane watch, the Community Association Mother” Has
action to keep yourself and your family safe. will begin preparations to secure Association property.
Before the Storm If a warning is issued, gatehouses will be secured and
Standard home owner’s policies do not cover flood when the winds are increasing in force, the guards will be Left Us
damage caused by rising water. If you live in a flood-prone dismissed. The gates will not be manned during a hurricane
area you should contact your insurance agent to discuss and the gate arms will be removed. Once the storm passes,
obtaining flood insurance. Normally there is a five-day gates will be manned by supervisors until we can resume RO S E A RLEN E
waiting period between the time flood insurance is issued normal staffing. Management will return to the property once RODMAN, the last of
and the time coverage is in force. the “all clear” has been given. the original founders
Check your home owner’s policy for any windstorm After a storm, adhere to instructions from official sources. of this newspaper,
exclusions, if you have any questions contact your agent. Avoid electric shock, watch for trees that may have fallen on VIEWPOINTE, passed
Most companies will not accept new applications when a powerlines or low hanging wires, etc. Use your phone for a wa y su d d e n l y o n
“hurricane watch” is posted in your area. emergencies only March 25th. Her most
recent article appeared
COVID-19 And Security, An Update in the March issue of
this paper.
We mourn the loss of
By Justin Mocha, Director of Security If you check ‘keep me logged in’, the app will not ask our colleague, a talented
for these credentials again. writer with a legacy of articles in Time/Life magazines,
Last issue of View Pointe, I shared some insight into Other updates were made to our front-end and back-end the New York Times, Palm Beach Post, El Tempo, the
our processes and what to expect as part of security’s software. These won’t be outwardly visible to residents, Spanish print magazine, and others.
response to COVID. The following is a brief update but they make it possible to conduct our business far more Arlene’s life merits recounting. She was part of the
on our status as well as some updated, security related, efficiently than before. Kinder Transport drama. As war clouds were gathering
guidance. As businesses and recreation open back up it is crucial for over Europe just prior to the start of World War II,
As expected, gate traffic has slowed considerably. everyone to follow local guidance regarding social distancing Arlene’s parents shipped her west on special trains out
We have taken the opportunity to implement some much and personal protective equipment. Please heed any postings of danger. Thousands of children were saved by this
needed updates to our access control software. This made by your communities at amenity areas, and at the Club. wonderful, humanitarian effort. Arlene ended up in
included an update to the Gate Access mobile application. Precautions are not just for your safety, but for everyone else in the Netherlands, taken in by a sympathetic family, and
The application now has a more streamlined and user the community and whomever you interact with on a daily basis. eventually to New York, where she was reunited with
intuitive interface, and should run faster on all devices. I’m happy to report that although there has been her father. Her mother’s fate was never determined.
Users may need to input their Gate Access credentials some increase in property crime in surrounding areas, Many Kinder Transport children never saw their
again to log-in, which are as follows: no property crime has been reported in Boca Pointe over parents again.
Community Code: 2722 the past two months. Although I would like to credit our Schooled in Barnard College in New York, she married
Username: Your primary phone number, no dashes or security staff and procedures for this, it is also a reflection a South American and moved to Columbia with him,
parenthesis (e.g. 5613957551) of our residents, guests and vendors actively securing where she became a “stringer” correspondent for Time/
Password: Your access code their property and not presenting criminal opportunity. Life magazines. After losing her husband, she moved to
I’m hopeful that we can Washington, D.C. and continued her career with Time/
keep that momentum going Life. She married a second time to an internist, David
as we return to our normal Rodman, and moved to New Jersey, where she lived and
routines. raised her three children until she was widowed again.
As always, please feel free At this point, she moved to Boca and lent her talents to
to reach out with any security ViewPointe, an intriguing history indeed.
related questions or concerns. The staff and writers of ViewPointe offer sincere wishes
I am available at the office of condolence to her three children and eight grandchildren.
during the week (561) 395- She will be missed by us and her many friends at Boca
3392 or via e-mail 24/7 Pointe. A “Founding Mother” has left us. 
justin.mocha@aus.com. 