Friday, May 27, 2011
Addressing a rumor
The Bible study group that meets every Tuesday at our hall has been accused of "starting all the trouble in the park". Religion has NOTHING to do with this conflict, and this statement couldn't be further from the truth. It is sick just how far "the opponents of the recall" will go....this is pathetic. Dee Bedore
Friday, May 20, 2011
Lies and Questionable Behavior
The president has stubbornly refused to resign from the board, and the recall vote was initiated. No one has challenged the numerous "Reasons for Recall" included with the ballot because everything was factual.
Since the ballots were mailed, residents of the park have witnessed aggressive outbursts of profanity from the president's BF and friends.Lies intended to discourage voting are being spread around the community. No, the president hasn't decided to resign, because they are still making calls to folks up north to encourage them to discard their ballots or vote no.
Can anyone explain the obnoxious behavior demonstrated by the guy who chose to drive his car out to Pelican Point last night to heckle and harass the Sunset Point sitters? The president's "friends" are setting such a pitiful example of adult behavior, its hard to understand who could even side with them.
The residents are tired of the secrecy of this board. Yet many of the presidents "friends" are blabbering such secrets, its impossible to believe in the integrity of some current board members. Things that only the president should know are being blabbed by someone who has never even served on the board. The president's BF is telling folks up north about the sizeable severance our ex-manager received. Is there any character and integrity left in some of our officers? Its terrible to see the other board members huddling around their questionable leader, and not listening to the will of the majority, as they claimed on Candidate's Night. Keep in mind, we put you office, we can undo you just as easily.
Let's get on with this recall, and find a board with some character that can honestly serve this community.
Since the ballots were mailed, residents of the park have witnessed aggressive outbursts of profanity from the president's BF and friends.Lies intended to discourage voting are being spread around the community. No, the president hasn't decided to resign, because they are still making calls to folks up north to encourage them to discard their ballots or vote no.
Can anyone explain the obnoxious behavior demonstrated by the guy who chose to drive his car out to Pelican Point last night to heckle and harass the Sunset Point sitters? The president's "friends" are setting such a pitiful example of adult behavior, its hard to understand who could even side with them.
The residents are tired of the secrecy of this board. Yet many of the presidents "friends" are blabbering such secrets, its impossible to believe in the integrity of some current board members. Things that only the president should know are being blabbed by someone who has never even served on the board. The president's BF is telling folks up north about the sizeable severance our ex-manager received. Is there any character and integrity left in some of our officers? Its terrible to see the other board members huddling around their questionable leader, and not listening to the will of the majority, as they claimed on Candidate's Night. Keep in mind, we put you office, we can undo you just as easily.
Let's get on with this recall, and find a board with some character that can honestly serve this community.
micro managing
Our board has to quit trying to "micro-manage" the park. Let the new manager do her job, or, she won't be with us very long.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
May 15 Board Meeting
We saw again today what happens in a community when the board speaks to the people, and the people are allowed to speak back to the board. We had a very pleasant meeting this afternoon, for the most part. The usual business took place, except that the manager's report was read by a board member and not the manager, and no reason was given. And no one asked.
The topic of additional security cameras was tabled, but we will get a safe deposit box for our office records. (I can't believe that a board action was necessary for this.) The open community Trash and Treasures suggested by Elaine Belba was pretty much shot down by most of the membership. Most people didn't like the idea of strangers roaming our community, and the parking nightmares in front of homes with sales. Estimates will be sought for pool repairs. (Again... a board decision is needed for this?)
Very troublesome was the topic of parking on Pelican Point. The residents stressed the need for an uncluttered turnaround for emergency vehicles. The safety of the residents became the issue vs. parking for the people who play on the water. I still believe this topic should have never come to the board for a decision. Apparently some of them want to change our common grounds use to the benefit of their friends. And we learned who they were when both Betty and Paul vote against the safety of the residents on Pelican, in favor of parking for the kayakers. (This just makes the decision to recall easier!)
The highly unfavorable Paul McCumber CPP (continuous parking permit) dilemma resurfaced today when a resident couple requested an additional parking permit so they could rotate their cars at Sunset Point. Some days his car should be parked out there, but once in awhile her car should be off the carport and out on the Point. Our Rules and Regs will need to be changed again, of course. But they were rather secretly changed to put this CPP crap into existance in the first place. This was another of those rules, like the motorcycles in the park, jammed down our throats at a board meeting, We had no say in the matter, but the board rammed it through. One older gentleman asked a question about where his visitors are supposed to park. No one answered him, and he was pretty much ridiculed. "Do you want to answer that one Chet?" ...Hahaha... "No way!" Hahaha...The old guy persisted and asked his question again, and maybe even twice before he was given an answer to register his guests in the office and get a parking permit. Criminy, our senior residents never had to do this before, no wonder they're confused!
Next, the Marine Commitee recommended that the dock fee be reduced. Many many dock vacancies exist because the annual fee has gone up to $500 , and private docks in the park are available for cheaper. The board has recently reduced the apartment rents, to fill an extraordinary amount of vacancies. The board has also reduced the price of HORC homes/shares to below value to get rid of them. Why shouldn't they reduce the dock fees as well, to encourage leasing them out to capacity? The membership seemed to take two sides... those with and those without boats. The topic was closed for further comments when I realized that the availability of well-maintained docks is a strong selling point for every resident in this park. Sure, you may not have a boat, but it may become a selling feature to the couple who wants to buy your house. The dock fee reduction passed when it was put by Dennis Kralick to the membership for a vote.
After the meeting, Betty opened the floor for questions. Under no circumstances would they entertain any questions regarding Cheri's removal. "I can't say bad things about people who aren't present" Betty said. Dennis Hayes blurted out that they are not allowed to talk about it at all, by attorney rules. When questioned about the new manager, we learned that she started today. The board had to be prompted by the membership to ask her to come meet us. (?!?) (This secrecy stuff sucks!) So Dennis H went to get her, and we were introduced to Dawn Simmons, our new manager. She has been in management for over 30 years, and a co-op manager for 12. Her credentials are great. She is probably unaware of the issues in our park, and shouldn't be held accountable for anything that's occurred before her arrival. Please welcome her.
The topic of additional security cameras was tabled, but we will get a safe deposit box for our office records. (I can't believe that a board action was necessary for this.) The open community Trash and Treasures suggested by Elaine Belba was pretty much shot down by most of the membership. Most people didn't like the idea of strangers roaming our community, and the parking nightmares in front of homes with sales. Estimates will be sought for pool repairs. (Again... a board decision is needed for this?)
Very troublesome was the topic of parking on Pelican Point. The residents stressed the need for an uncluttered turnaround for emergency vehicles. The safety of the residents became the issue vs. parking for the people who play on the water. I still believe this topic should have never come to the board for a decision. Apparently some of them want to change our common grounds use to the benefit of their friends. And we learned who they were when both Betty and Paul vote against the safety of the residents on Pelican, in favor of parking for the kayakers. (This just makes the decision to recall easier!)
The highly unfavorable Paul McCumber CPP (continuous parking permit) dilemma resurfaced today when a resident couple requested an additional parking permit so they could rotate their cars at Sunset Point. Some days his car should be parked out there, but once in awhile her car should be off the carport and out on the Point. Our Rules and Regs will need to be changed again, of course. But they were rather secretly changed to put this CPP crap into existance in the first place. This was another of those rules, like the motorcycles in the park, jammed down our throats at a board meeting, We had no say in the matter, but the board rammed it through. One older gentleman asked a question about where his visitors are supposed to park. No one answered him, and he was pretty much ridiculed. "Do you want to answer that one Chet?" ...Hahaha... "No way!" Hahaha...The old guy persisted and asked his question again, and maybe even twice before he was given an answer to register his guests in the office and get a parking permit. Criminy, our senior residents never had to do this before, no wonder they're confused!
Next, the Marine Commitee recommended that the dock fee be reduced. Many many dock vacancies exist because the annual fee has gone up to $500 , and private docks in the park are available for cheaper. The board has recently reduced the apartment rents, to fill an extraordinary amount of vacancies. The board has also reduced the price of HORC homes/shares to below value to get rid of them. Why shouldn't they reduce the dock fees as well, to encourage leasing them out to capacity? The membership seemed to take two sides... those with and those without boats. The topic was closed for further comments when I realized that the availability of well-maintained docks is a strong selling point for every resident in this park. Sure, you may not have a boat, but it may become a selling feature to the couple who wants to buy your house. The dock fee reduction passed when it was put by Dennis Kralick to the membership for a vote.
After the meeting, Betty opened the floor for questions. Under no circumstances would they entertain any questions regarding Cheri's removal. "I can't say bad things about people who aren't present" Betty said. Dennis Hayes blurted out that they are not allowed to talk about it at all, by attorney rules. When questioned about the new manager, we learned that she started today. The board had to be prompted by the membership to ask her to come meet us. (?!?) (This secrecy stuff sucks!) So Dennis H went to get her, and we were introduced to Dawn Simmons, our new manager. She has been in management for over 30 years, and a co-op manager for 12. Her credentials are great. She is probably unaware of the issues in our park, and shouldn't be held accountable for anything that's occurred before her arrival. Please welcome her.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Board Meeting Tomorow
Tomorrow, Wednesday May 18, 2011, the board of directors of Regency Cove will hold their monthly meeting at 1:00 pm at Goodwin Hall. The agenda has been posted in the Information Room.
We hope to see our residents at this meeting.
We hope to see our residents at this meeting.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Update
Blogger has been down for almost two days. Sorry for that.
Yesterday morning, our manager Cheri was observed being escorted out of the office building by member(s) of the Board of Directors. Her position has been terminated.
This is a sad day for Regency Cove.
Feel free to leave comments below.
Yesterday morning, our manager Cheri was observed being escorted out of the office building by member(s) of the Board of Directors. Her position has been terminated.
This is a sad day for Regency Cove.
Feel free to leave comments below.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Town Hall Meeting May 5, 2011
Many thanks to board VP Dennis Kralick who initiated tonight's Town Hall meeting. An estimated 150 people were present. What a surprise for us that Ronald Weaver, the agent (attorney) for DiBartolo Development and Mr. Rosenberger showed up at our Town Hall meeting tonight... apparently uninvited! The attorney Weaver was given the microphone to answer questions. Someone asked for a simple explanation of the recent Good Neighbor Notice we received in the mail, and Weaver likened it to a hockey game. How would you like to be playing an important conference game only to learn that the rules have changed since last night's game? Each point tonight will only count for half of last night's points. How would you like that?
He joked and guffawed thru the explanation, and then asked for questions. His mistake. The people of Regency Cove made some pretty remarkable queries to which Mr. Weaver answered more than once "Hey, I want you on OUR SIDE!!" He dodged, avoided, and skirted many tough issues, or deferred the site questions to Rosenberger. He jabbered and babbled but many questions had to be asked more than once to get a suitable answer.The membership was patient as questions were asked, and re-asked, and asked again.
After they left, the conversation continued, and all residents were asked to please either sign a petition, or write a letter to request a traffic study and mitigation plan for the new Georgetown construction. Snowbirds are strongly urged to return the form in May's Outlook ASAP.
Our board members were asked by residents present to support this request either in writing, or to appear if meetings are held downtown. Other than Dennis, not one board member present addressed the need for a traffic study. They were all ill-prepared for tonight's topic, or waited for a consensus.
Ellen Nimon described her many meetings attended to show our displeasure at the Gandy Overpass Project, and encouraged the current board to Get With It. It soon became very apparent that our board, other than Dennis, wanted no part of an official stance, despite resounding applause or votes by hand on the issue. "The Board will consider this issue at a later date" said Betty, which, hopefully, will be TOMORROW (May 6)?!? The deadline for letters downtown is May 12.
Send your letters to Dennis Kralick, the only board member who attended a recent emergency meeting of Bayside West Neighborhood Assn, and came forward in support of this important issue. Imagine 6,000-12,000 new car traffic on West Shore Blvd, coming from this new community which is being planned for twice the number of units that old Georgetown had.
THEN:
Ellen Nimon took the mic and started speaking directly to the residents. She spoke about how Rules and Regs have been taken away from the people, many, many changes have been made recently with no communication with the people. Town Hall meetings have disappeared. Shareholders began contributing their own comments. One woman recounted attorney Ellen De Haan's address to us at the Annual Meeting about how rules should be enacted. It starts with the people, at Town Hall meetings, ideas are shared and residents are given the opportunity to speak. Longer than three minutes, and more than once if necessary. People were irate at the most recent Rules and Regs changes, under the previous president, and accused the board of voting on them without knowing what they were. It seems as if the Board wants no input from the shareholders, and are running away with new policies, new accounting practices, and the firing of our manager and possibly our maintenance staff if a management company comes in. Many residents have no confidence in our attorney, and want the board to hire a new one.The president and several board members stood and argued their positions. The were drowned out by more and more questions, comments and jeers from the membership. People continued to demand transparency and communication, and board members repeated the procedure to fill out a form to get items on the agenda. The problem is, the people's agenda items are put at the end, and recently board meetings have been cut short with several agenda items completely ignored.
People began addressing questions directly to specific board members, some were pertinent, some were a little off the wall. It appeared as though the president went to each board member standing and told them not to answer any more questions, because one by one they disappeared out the door. By the end of the meeting that asked for board members to LISTEN to us, only two remained in the hall (Hindman and Belba) sitting in the audience, not up front speaking to the group.
The residents were generally polite in their public comments during the meeting. Elaine was wrongly accused of statements made by another candidate during Candidates' Night. She addressed her accuser and remained in the hall.
The irony of the evening is this: the people were asking for communication. Damn near all of the board members present ( Dunphy, Fennessy, Hayes,Kralick, Ridge) responded by walking out on the people they represent. The comments after the meeting were not so polite.. .talk of secret board meetings on Saturdays, too much board business done by email, and ultimately, let's have a board member recall.
The Board of Directors has a lot of damage control to remediate. Kudos to Dennis Kralick for initiating tonight's informative and exciting Town Hall meeting.
Mail your personal letter requesting a traffic study and mitigation plan for the Georgetown Project
Case Number FD 11-26
Folio: 130055.0000Tell them who you are, and that we are worried about traffic at our back gate.
to:
City of Tampa
Land Development Coordination
306 East Jackson St, 3E
Tampa, FL 33602
I can't end this without one short little commentary. I think our newly elected board members got an earful tonight. If I'm not mistaken, 5 of our 9 board members have been onboard for 2 years or less.
All of our board need to recognize the importance of maintaining a neighborhood position within the city of Tampa. Bayside West has been that avenue since its inception in 2008 (?) . Our neighbor association president, Jerry Frankhouser has for years attempted to pull Regency Cove into its fold. Not so long ago, we had a position imposed by our board to stay away from "Downtown" because they were the enemy, or highly suspect.
Over the years we have learned that by cooperating with the city and the county, we gain immeasurable rewards. Things like our master gardener who helped us plan Blvd 7, rain barrel workshops and micro-irrigation workshops giving us hundreds of dollars of free materials. And don't forget our grants... to date $5,500 in the last three years.
Regency Cove is not only a wonderful senior citizen community, it is a distinct neighborhood in the city of Tampa, and a neighborhood association by Hillsborough County definitions. I am asking the members of our board to be sensitive and receptive to our governmental agencies. Be proactive, they are our benefactors. You can write the grants in the future. I'm getting a little tired.
He joked and guffawed thru the explanation, and then asked for questions. His mistake. The people of Regency Cove made some pretty remarkable queries to which Mr. Weaver answered more than once "Hey, I want you on OUR SIDE!!" He dodged, avoided, and skirted many tough issues, or deferred the site questions to Rosenberger. He jabbered and babbled but many questions had to be asked more than once to get a suitable answer.The membership was patient as questions were asked, and re-asked, and asked again.
After they left, the conversation continued, and all residents were asked to please either sign a petition, or write a letter to request a traffic study and mitigation plan for the new Georgetown construction. Snowbirds are strongly urged to return the form in May's Outlook ASAP.
Our board members were asked by residents present to support this request either in writing, or to appear if meetings are held downtown. Other than Dennis, not one board member present addressed the need for a traffic study. They were all ill-prepared for tonight's topic, or waited for a consensus.
Ellen Nimon described her many meetings attended to show our displeasure at the Gandy Overpass Project, and encouraged the current board to Get With It. It soon became very apparent that our board, other than Dennis, wanted no part of an official stance, despite resounding applause or votes by hand on the issue. "The Board will consider this issue at a later date" said Betty, which, hopefully, will be TOMORROW (May 6)?!? The deadline for letters downtown is May 12.
Send your letters to Dennis Kralick, the only board member who attended a recent emergency meeting of Bayside West Neighborhood Assn, and came forward in support of this important issue. Imagine 6,000-12,000 new car traffic on West Shore Blvd, coming from this new community which is being planned for twice the number of units that old Georgetown had.
THEN:
Ellen Nimon took the mic and started speaking directly to the residents. She spoke about how Rules and Regs have been taken away from the people, many, many changes have been made recently with no communication with the people. Town Hall meetings have disappeared. Shareholders began contributing their own comments. One woman recounted attorney Ellen De Haan's address to us at the Annual Meeting about how rules should be enacted. It starts with the people, at Town Hall meetings, ideas are shared and residents are given the opportunity to speak. Longer than three minutes, and more than once if necessary. People were irate at the most recent Rules and Regs changes, under the previous president, and accused the board of voting on them without knowing what they were. It seems as if the Board wants no input from the shareholders, and are running away with new policies, new accounting practices, and the firing of our manager and possibly our maintenance staff if a management company comes in. Many residents have no confidence in our attorney, and want the board to hire a new one.The president and several board members stood and argued their positions. The were drowned out by more and more questions, comments and jeers from the membership. People continued to demand transparency and communication, and board members repeated the procedure to fill out a form to get items on the agenda. The problem is, the people's agenda items are put at the end, and recently board meetings have been cut short with several agenda items completely ignored.
People began addressing questions directly to specific board members, some were pertinent, some were a little off the wall. It appeared as though the president went to each board member standing and told them not to answer any more questions, because one by one they disappeared out the door. By the end of the meeting that asked for board members to LISTEN to us, only two remained in the hall (Hindman and Belba) sitting in the audience, not up front speaking to the group.
The residents were generally polite in their public comments during the meeting. Elaine was wrongly accused of statements made by another candidate during Candidates' Night. She addressed her accuser and remained in the hall.
The irony of the evening is this: the people were asking for communication. Damn near all of the board members present ( Dunphy, Fennessy, Hayes,Kralick, Ridge) responded by walking out on the people they represent. The comments after the meeting were not so polite.. .talk of secret board meetings on Saturdays, too much board business done by email, and ultimately, let's have a board member recall.
The Board of Directors has a lot of damage control to remediate. Kudos to Dennis Kralick for initiating tonight's informative and exciting Town Hall meeting.
Mail your personal letter requesting a traffic study and mitigation plan for the Georgetown Project
Case Number FD 11-26
Folio: 130055.0000Tell them who you are, and that we are worried about traffic at our back gate.
to:
City of Tampa
Land Development Coordination
306 East Jackson St, 3E
Tampa, FL 33602
I can't end this without one short little commentary. I think our newly elected board members got an earful tonight. If I'm not mistaken, 5 of our 9 board members have been onboard for 2 years or less.
All of our board need to recognize the importance of maintaining a neighborhood position within the city of Tampa. Bayside West has been that avenue since its inception in 2008 (?) . Our neighbor association president, Jerry Frankhouser has for years attempted to pull Regency Cove into its fold. Not so long ago, we had a position imposed by our board to stay away from "Downtown" because they were the enemy, or highly suspect.
Over the years we have learned that by cooperating with the city and the county, we gain immeasurable rewards. Things like our master gardener who helped us plan Blvd 7, rain barrel workshops and micro-irrigation workshops giving us hundreds of dollars of free materials. And don't forget our grants... to date $5,500 in the last three years.
Regency Cove is not only a wonderful senior citizen community, it is a distinct neighborhood in the city of Tampa, and a neighborhood association by Hillsborough County definitions. I am asking the members of our board to be sensitive and receptive to our governmental agencies. Be proactive, they are our benefactors. You can write the grants in the future. I'm getting a little tired.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Regency Cove Responds to Georgetown
The development next to us (Georgetown) is asking to be Grandfathered in for 6319 trips per day for a large development. They were granted this when they first went thru the permitting process. Our petition asks for a Traffic Study per the new Ordinance adopted March 17, 2011.
Bayside East Association, Regency Cove residents and surrounding neighborhood feel this will get us to the table to talk to the developer and at his expense put in Right and Left Turn lanes plus a signal at Fair Oaks which will be their main entrance to help with the traffic at our back gate during the two rush hours of the day.
Please Sign the Petition, Print your name, Date, and give your address. Please Fax to our office at (813) 839-5442. (All who reside in your home at Regency Cove can sign the Petition).
You can also attach the petition to an email and send to
peggy@regencycove.com or denniskralick@yahoo.com. Email Dennis for a copy of the petition.
You can also mail it to the office: We have to have all the petitions returned by May 11, 2011 to hand deliver them to the zoning administrator on May 12, 2011. If you need further information please contact Dennis at denniskralick@yahoo.com. Or, Cheri at the office.
We are holding a Town Hall Meeting at Goodwin Hall, 7pm, Thursday, May 5, 2011. All residents are invited.
Thank You,
Dennis W. Kralick
Bayside East Association, Regency Cove residents and surrounding neighborhood feel this will get us to the table to talk to the developer and at his expense put in Right and Left Turn lanes plus a signal at Fair Oaks which will be their main entrance to help with the traffic at our back gate during the two rush hours of the day.
Please Sign the Petition, Print your name, Date, and give your address. Please Fax to our office at (813) 839-5442. (All who reside in your home at Regency Cove can sign the Petition).
You can also attach the petition to an email and send to
peggy@regencycove.com or denniskralick@yahoo.com. Email Dennis for a copy of the petition.
You can also mail it to the office: We have to have all the petitions returned by May 11, 2011 to hand deliver them to the zoning administrator on May 12, 2011. If you need further information please contact Dennis at denniskralick@yahoo.com. Or, Cheri at the office.
We are holding a Town Hall Meeting at Goodwin Hall, 7pm, Thursday, May 5, 2011. All residents are invited.
Thank You,
Dennis W. Kralick
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