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VOL. 30 NO. 8 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com AUGUST 2020
PGA/POA Jottings
By Dawn Levinstein, Assessments: The PGA POA annual assessment was and you can call Lori at the POA, (561) 627-2800, if
PGA POA due on July 1st. A grace period was extended until the you have questions or need assistance. The ARC meets
Hi Everyone, end of July but if you have not paid by now, interest has monthly so be sure to submit your request well before
I can’t believe it’s been been posted and you will need to call the POA office to you are ready to begin work. Also, the ARC is reviewing
five months since the POA get the updated balance due. Anyone who cannot pay the in excess of 100 applications each month so if you apply,
office doors were locked assessment in full is urged to call the POA office to avoid please don’t call right after the meeting to get the results:
– it’s lonely in here! The eventual collection costs. It just slows us down and delays your receipt of the letter
office functions were advising of any conditions on the approval.
never stopped (except for Parks: You’ve been very patient and understanding. Storm season is upon us so trim your trees now;
a one month postponement Until the County directives change, the POA parks will don’t wait for a storm warning to be issued. Per the POA
on new barcodes). All remain closed. The Executive Orders changed for golf Rules, contractors are required to remove any materials
correspondence and courses and public parks but the PGA POA parks are they generate at the end of each work day. This is very
application packages should still be delivered through private. The playground equipment, gazebos, fitness trail important with respect to landscaping debris since the
the mail slot in the bottom of the office door. Please be equipment and other areas of all PGA POA parks must waste management trucks have limited room and no one
sure to put it in the correct mail slot; a couple of owners remain completely closed and use is prohibited; however, wants to see a pile of vegetation sitting outside for days
have tried to force open the sealed mail slot in the door anyone wishing to walk in the parks is permitted to do so and encroaching into the roadway. We know that rules
immediately beside Hurricane Wings. The door to the POA as long as no equipment or gazebos are used. Pets must, are great – as long as they don’t impact what we want to
lobby is clearly marked and we have placed “mail slot” as always, remain on a leash and owners must clean up do – but you purchased in a deed restricted community
signs with arrows on the door to help (yes, sad but true). after them. so your community is always looking good and we
Last month I included information regarding the new appreciate your help with that!
barcode procedure and other changes that have been Project time! This is a good time to get those ‘fix up’ In closing, please follow the County and City
implemented due to the strange new world in which we jobs done. Remember, if you are doing any exterior work, requirements for safe distancing and masks. Remember
find ourselves. All information is on the POA website, POA ARC approval is required. The ARC application to try to be patient and kind and please stay safe!
www.pga-poa.com. forms and directions can be found at www.pga-poa.com
Commissioner’s Update
Yard Sense allowable at the curb, and that major land clearing or authority offers hurricane information to help residents
tree removal debris is not eligible for collection at the understand best practices, addressing priorities after
By Commissioner curb and must be taken to a SWA facility for disposal. If a storm passes, and other valuable tips at: https://swa.
Hal Valeche you hire a lawn care or tree trimming service, consider org/408/For-Residents.
Hurricane season signals contracting with them to haul away the debris. If you live Additionally, Palm Beach County’s Cooperative
a time for planning and within a municipality, check with your city officials to Extension Service provides guidance on trimming and
preparation. Staying vigilant confirm what their collection policies require. pruning techniques, restoring trees after a hurricane and
can help us minimize When you have the vegetation squared away, clean designing a more wind-resistant landscape. Links to
property damage and make your yard of any items that could pose a danger in this information, as well as phone numbers for asking
our neighborhoods safer in hurricane force winds such as old lumber or broken lawn hurricane-related and other landscaping questions, are
the event of a storm. furniture and place it at the curb on your bulk waste available at http://discover.pbcgov.org/coextension/
If you have not already collection day. horticulture/Pages/Hurricanes-and-Your-Landscape.aspx.
done so, now is the time In 2017, Hurricane Irma left almost 3 million cubic I hope that these tips will help you stay prepared. For
to complete your major yards of vegetative debris on the ground, which took overall hurricane preparedness recommendations, visit
vegetation and tree trimming. Once a storm threatens, it three months and cost more than $30 million to collect www.ReadyPBC.org.
is too late. Haulers cannot guarantee debris pickup when and dispose. If we can keep up with regular yard and As always, if there is any way I can assist you, please
a storm is approaching because there is not enough staff, tree maintenance, it will help lessen the amount of debris contact me at (561) 355-2201 or by email at hvaleche@
equipment or time to collect and dispose of large amounts that must be collected and deposited following a storm pbcgov.org. Remember, stay safe and be prepared.
of debris; and, as wind speeds increase, trucks cannot and shorten the time of
safely travel the roads. recovery efforts.
Palm Beach County’s Solid Waste Authority (SWA) SWA coordinates with Sales and Lease
recommends that your trimming include cutting back trees the Emergency Operations
and weak branches that could contact buildings. Also, thin Center to monitor a storm’s Application forms;
your foliage so that the wind can flow freely through the potential path to decide if ARC Approval forms
branches, decreasing the chance that trees or plants will facilities have to close or
uproot. Keep in mind that in the unincorporated areas, if they have to suspend for exterior changes;
six cubic yards is the maximum amount of yard waste collection services. The Directions for getting
a Fishing License;
how to reach your
HOA/Condo Management Company and other
general information and the answers to many
questions can be found on the
PGA POA website: www.pga-poa.com