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The summer here has been pleasant and merciful to date. The hottest temperature recorded at my home has been only 83 degrees. My air conditioning did not run at all until August, and then only for an hour or so. This moderate weather has had a significant impact on our budget since the heating, ventilating and air conditioning in the Clubhouse and other buildings can be very expensive. It appears that the replacement of most of the Clubhouse HVAC units last year has also had a positive effect both in terms of managing the comfort of occupants and conserving electricity. It also means that we have required less irrigating water, further increasing our savings. Of course, we would like to be saving money by using well water, but as I have reported so many times, that project has given Murphy's Law a bad name. As we announced last month, the City issued a Stop Work order due to the presence of contaminated soil and forced us into a formal and lengthy process to remove it. The cost of the Stop Work order alone — independent of the costs of permitting, testing, removal, etc. — is nearly $50,000. Through the excellent cooperation we have received from the County of San Diego, the Stop Work order should be lifted well before this issue of OHCC Living reaches your tube. This should enable us to haul the rock from the site and continue certain other work. However, much of the work can't proceed until the bad soil itself is removed. That removal requires a lengthier mandatory period and likely will not occur until after Labor Day. (Note that there has been concern that no weekly updates on the lake project have been sent to the community recently. That is because nothing has changed due to the Stop Work order. They will resume once work resumes.) The Ad Hoc Committee on Electronic Infrastructure has made its final report to the Board of Directors. It recommends contracting with Cox to install fiber to the home (FTTH) and contracting with them for bulk service. Based on the proposal, all homes in the community would have 1 Gb download speeds in the first year with savings to the community exceeding $875,000 and in the second year (once all homes have been converted to fiber-optic connections) with annual savings of over $775,000 compared to current rates with lesser service. It is a rare opportunity to upgrade an entire 40-year-old community to current technology while saving residents $40 per month! And it would involve little, if any, damage to our streets. The License Plate Recognition or LPR system is now fully installed at our main and rear gates. We are still tweaking the system to optimize its use, and many of us are still not at the top of the learning curve on using the laptop and mobile apps. What we have not been able to eliminate is people hitting the gates! The new ones are more resilient, but they still break. Concern has been expressed that sometimes a gate remains fully open. That can be due to it being hit and other reasons, but remember that the gates are always attended by the Community Patrol. It does not reduce your safety to have the resident entrance gate open if it is attended, nor to have the exit gate open at either guardhouse. Fling Golf has now been established as a regular sport following the completion of the lengthy trial period. As with any group new to a sport, there will be a period of adjustment as players learn the rules, including etiquette. There was widespread support for this expansion of opportunities to enjoy our amenities, although there was an unpleasant undercurrent of entitlement and arrogance from a few critics. It will be good to put that behind us. Our landscaping is an asset that often goes unappreciated. The beauty of this community and the very positive first impression it makes on visitors and potential owners plays a significant role in the consistently high market value of our homes. Our greenery has aged considerably since initially installed, and much of it was designed to look good quickly and sell houses rather than planned for the long term. The Master Board and the Landscape Committee are aware of the importance of maintaining the beauty and ambiance of our aging landscape, and are working hard behind the scenes with plans and investments to assure that our resort-like atmosphere is enhanced and maintained. The Board met in its Regular Monthly Meeting on July 17 and took the following actions: • Approved the Minutes of the meeting on June 19 • Approved the report of the Executive Finance Committee meeting on June 2 | OHCC LIVING | SEPTEMBER 2025 | 3 President's Message By Greg Kusiak, HOA President (2024-2025) Continued on next page

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