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VOL. 31 NO. 8 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com AUGUST 2021
PGA POA Jottings
By Dawn Levinstein, the circle). Plans include a button for pedestrians so that accruing. The Board cannot waive the interest penalties
PGA POA a flasher will alert drivers that a pedestrian is crossing. A so if there is any reason why you cannot pay the assess-
HAPPY SUMMER! new crosswalk has also been added near the Championship ment right away, it’s important that you contact the POA
Seems like we are back Drive (Eagleton entry) which is at the bottom of the golf office. Reminder notices will be mailed in the next couple
to “normal” with afternoon course overpass. Please use care! As with all crossings, of weeks.
rainstorms. Let’s hope that drivers should yield to pedestrians. OKAY – GOT YOUR MONEY, WHERE’S THE
we only get rain storms and SLOW DOWN: The Palm Beach Gardens Police STUFF? I’ve mentioned the plans for the playground equip-
the “H” word doesn’t strike! Dept. has been asked to assist with traffic enforcement. ment. In the 20 years that the existing equipment has been
Hurricane season is June 1st The speed limit on the main roads in PGA National is 25 there, the prices have gone up…a lot. The Board didn’t want
through November 30th. mph except on Ave of the Masters and the central portion to replace the equipment with something that looked like it
The POA’s website (www. of Ryder Cup Blvd. where it is 35 mph. There are lots of was inexpensive and, of course, number one priority was
pga-poa.com) has informa- pets, wildlife, walkers, joggers, bicyclists, etc. sharing the that the equipment be safe. It has taken some time to get
tion regarding what to do before, during and after a storm. roads and sidewalks. Motorized equipment is not permitted the designs done and the costs approved and we are finally
Remember, in PGA National, plain metal hurricane on the sidewalks. Remember what I keep telling you: We ready to move forward. Your patience is appreciated and I
panels and plywood may only be installed at the issuance all learned to be courteous and share by the first grade so think you’ll be happy with the result.
of a Hurricane Warning (not a Watch) and must be removed make your Momma proud: Be nice and if you ride a bike I’ve also mentioned plans for the “ellipse” (formally
within 7 days after the storm passes or the “all clear” is on the walkway, alert those you are coming up behind. If called the circle although it never was a circle). I’ve hinted
given. Accordion shutters, clear panels and factory finished you are driving, be patient: We want you to arrive safely. at Pallo and I’ve told you an artist was hired. I will continue
panels that match the color of the house can be installed Besides, if you get a ticket, someone is going to yell at you to hold out until all of the preliminary work is done, then
through hurricane season. (the traffic magistrate, your spouse, your parents?) Okay, the Board will be sharing all the info and photos. Of course,
PAVING: Northern Palm Beach County Improvement so you’ll yell at me because we all know everything is my everyone will have their own ideas and opinions but I think
District has begun paving Avenue of the Champions (the fault, right? the Board of Governors, and especially the artist, did a good
main road). It is suggested that other routes be used while YOU OWE – YOU OWE, SO OFF TO WORK I GO: job finding a piece that symbolizes unity of all the people
this work is on-going. The work should go quickly but Well, that may not be exactly how the song went but you who live in the community and also represents not only the
pending rain or other delays, an October completion date understand. I have to send you letters when the payment is golf that PGA National is known for but also incorporates
has been posted. A new crosswalk will be installed across late. The $765.00 annual assessment to PGA POA was due tennis, croquet, pickleball, etc. That’s all I’m saying!
Fairway Drive, closest to the ellipse (sometimes called July 1st and if you haven’t paid, interest has now begun Have a happy month!
Commissioner’s Update
Learning From areas and wetlands, comprehensive land use strategies, and was approved which, among many policies established,
In 1972, the county’s first comprehensive land use plan
providing parks and recreational facilities for our residents.
Our Rich History His family members lovingly tease him that he has multiple designated industrial uses along the Beeline Highway (SR
stories within a story. 710), just southeast of the Pratt Whitney jet engine testing
By County Commissioner From his lovely historic circa-1900s home on the south facility on lands formerly owned by John D. MacArthur.
Maria Marino shore of the Loxahatchee River, Culpepper described how Culpepper described how that same comprehensive plan
Recently, I had the essential policies took shape during his terms in office. He projected that by the year 2000, Palm Beach County would
distinct privilege of sitting worked to establish bulkhead lines along the Loxahatchee have approximately 1.3 million people, and that by 2020,
down with former elected River to thwart continued efforts to fill in vast areas of the would reach 1.5 million people. He was proud to tell me
official and North County river for development. In 1970, pollution of the river was a that based on current statistics their projections from
historian, Robert F. “Bobby” big problem caused by sewage releases into the water. He, nearly 50 years ago were very close.
Culpepper. Mr. Culpepper on behalf of the county, and four surrounding municipal During his service as a supervisor on the Board of the
served as Jupiter’s mayor governments formed the Loxahatchee River Council, Pal Mar Water Control District, Culpepper worked with
from 1966 to 1968, and as which achieved legislation to form the Loxahatchee River municipalities and the South Florida Water Management
county commissioner for Environmental Control District, the wastewater collection, District to obtain approval for a 7,500-acre reservoir that
District 1 from 1968 to 1976. treatment and sewer installation utility serving Juno Beach, would replenish the Loxahatchee River. While the water
A Korean War veteran, Culpepper shared with me his all of Jupiter, eastern portions of Jupiter Farms, and north managers ultimately did not move forward with that
vast knowledge of the county. One of his favorite quotes into Martin County. project, the need to preserve those wetlands and provide
is from President Harry Truman who said, “The only thing Public access to beaches was always a priority for clean fresh water to the river are just as important today.
new in this world, is the history that you don’t know.” Culpepper, and through a $6 million bond issuance in 1969, As the county’s current representative on Pal Mar in our
Culpepper enjoys talking about how Palm Beach County he negotiated the purchase of the remaining undeveloped position as a landowner, I am focused on the environmental
has grown over the past 60 years, and while he and I come parcels of coastline south of the Jupiter Inlet from the DuBois benefits that can be derived from maintaining the wetlands
from different political persuasions, we agree on many family. Those lands now comprise DuBois Park, one of the in Pal Mar, a district which was created in the 1960s
important issues, including the preservation of natural most popular waterfront parks in South Florida. encompassing approximately 23,000 acres of vacant lands
Commissioner Culpepper straddling Palm Beach and Martin counties.
also used his keen negotiation After spending three and a half hours with my
skills and genial manner charming, intelligent host, I felt we had only yet scratched
with local property owners the surface, and I look forward chatting with Culpepper
to acquire a site to meet to “pick his brain” again soon.
community recreational If I can be of assistance to you, please let me know by
and health clinic needs for calling (561) 355-2201 or send an email to mmarino@
minority and low-income pbcgov.org.
families at what is now the
West Jupiter Recreation
Center and ballfields.