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24 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2019 Facilities Committee The Breckenridge gate is close to completion. K. Hovnanian is installing the gate arms, transponder, and the pedestrian FOBS, but not an entrance keypad. The gate access will be by transponder only. The Facilities Committee will present bids for the installation of cameras, speed hump and rumble strips at the gate area. The landscape lighting at The Lodge facility has to be updated due to electrical issues and age of the system. The Board approved the proposal for Horizon Electric to replace the lighting. The 102 landscape lights including ground, tree and flag pole lighting will be replaced with LED lighting fixtures. The vendor will also repair or replace any faulty wiring. The conversion to LED lights will provide savings in electricity and maintenance costs. The much needed refurbishment to the interior of the Potrero gate house is complete. The gate house received new flooring, baseboards, repairs to drywall and paint. New cabinets and countertops were also installed. The renovation of the plaster and coping at The Summit spa have been completed. Wall-mounted fans were installed at the Aerobics Room in the Spa building. The Facilities Committee meets in the RCN building on the second Wednesday of the month at 10 am. We always welcome residents to join us and share their ideas or concerns. We currently have several positions open on the Facilities Committee for anyone interested in serving our community. ~ Bruce Lewis The Finance Committee held its regular meeting on Oct. 1. The financial statement for August was reviewed and recommended for BOD approval. Highlights of the August financial report follows. Total Assets are $9,528,555 including checking $614,106 and reserve assets of $7,433,557. Operating money market and CDs totaled $1,291,967. Total Liabilities currently are $273,762 and Total Equity of $1,778,806 is a surplus balance. There was a net income gain for the month of $19,245. Front yard cost center expenses were over budget by $132 and Springdale cost center expenses were over budget by $1,539. The overall budget variance continues to be attributed to several line items that have had lower utilization/expenses associated during this time period, e.g., water, tree trimming, and landscaping but are expected to increase in the coming months. Thirteen proposals were reviewed. Eleven proposals were recommended for board approval, one was withdrawn by the Tech Committee and one was not recommended for approval as it requires BOD guidance. Six committee persons and Board Liaisons, Ed Paules and Jolene Cooley, were present. There is an opening on the Finance Committee. If you are interested, please come to our next meeting on Nov. 26, 1 pm in the RCN Conference Room. ~ Barry Ginnetti K. Hovnanian, the developer of our community, will soon complete construction. As many of you know, all homes in Phase E (the area east of Four Seasons Circle and North of Breckenridge) have been completed and work on the lots previously occupied by the Sales Office is nearing completion. In addition, work on landscaping by the developer not far behind. Once the builder has completed development activity, the HOA (that's us) will be responsible for the maintenance and improvements of all community property. This responsibility will include the landscaping of the common areas. There will be a formal handover process for the remaining community landscaping just as there has been for areas we already control. The builder will meet with the management company, the Landscape Committee, and the appropriate landscape contractor(s). The purpose of the handover is to be sure that what the developer turns over matches the plans for the community; we need to identify any difference between "planned as" and "build as." We want to avoid issues that have occurred in the past such as plant substitution or discrepancies in irrigation pipe sizes. The committee will add the new areas to the ones we already walk every Friday to be sure that the community remains as attractive and inviting as it was when we moved here. ~ Kirk Freyermuth, kafreyer@frontier.com Finance Committee Landscape Committee

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