Resident Survey
There is a new survey in the “Speak Out” section. Please take a minute and give the HOA your opinion on a dog park for residents
If you have any additional input you can always email or contact the property manager at Progressive Management.
Thank you for taking the time to give the board your opinion and please pass the word to your neighbors that may not know about the site. If they do not have access to a computer then they can always call or write PMI with their suggestions.
Register your alarm system
May 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under News, Resident Information
Beginning May 15th a false alarm by your home security system may cause a fine to be assessed by the Pinellas County Sheriff. It all depends on whether you take the time to register it or not. Registration is easy and follow the instructions and link at the end of this article.
From the PCSO:
A 2009 Pinellas County ordinance requires home and business owners to register their alarm systems with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. The ordinance has also implemented a fine schedule for any false alarms which may occur at that home or business.
On May 15, 2009, Pinellas County deputy sheriffs will begin enforcing this ordinance by citing property owners for false alarm incidents.
The Sheriff’s Alarm Registration Program or “SHARP” has been established for home and business owners to register their alarm protected properties on-line or by filling out a registration form and mailing it to:
SHARP
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
P.O. Box 2500
Largo, FL 33779-2500
The ordinance covers the unincorporated area of Pinellas County and the 12 cities which contract with the Pinellas Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services. The contract cities are:
| Belleair Bluffs | Belleair Shore |
| Belleair Beach | Dunedin |
| Indian Rocks Beach | Madeira Beach |
| North Redington Beach | Oldsmar |
| Redington Beach | Safety Harbor |
| Seminole | South Pasadena |
There is no registration fee to sign up with SHARP.
Alarm subscribers registered with SHARP will receive warnings for the first two false alarms within a revolving year. Registered alarm owners who experience more than two false alarms in one year will be subject to fines as identified below.
Home and business owners who do not register their alarm systems with SHARP do not receive any warnings and will be subject to fines as identified in the schedule below.
Even registered alarm owners who experience more than two false alarm events in one year may also be subject to fines, as identified below, if the false alarms continue.
To register your alarm follow this link – click here -
If you are a do it yourselfer and are interested in home alarms visit Residential-Security.com
Vendor Fair Saturday April 11th
It’s that time again…
The Village of Woodland Hills is having another Vendor day…
Come and see all the latest from:
- Homemade Glass Jewelry – From Kristi and Brenda..
- Mona vie – Free Tastings
- Pampered Chef
- Beaded Bra Fashions
- Capture Your Memories
- Scentsy
- Mary Kay
- Lia Sophia
- Love That Photo, Inc.
- Dream Come True Celebrations
- Tastefully Simple – free samplings
- Tupperware
- My Favorite Things – Fair Trade Home Décor& Gifts
- Pirates Seafood Wholesalers – Free Demo and samplings
- Sandi Taft -Keller Williams Real Estate
The Event will be located at the Recreation area parking lot. Saturday April 11th, from 10 am – 3 pm.
Stop by anytime!!
Oldsmar Report on the Annexation of East Lake Area
If you live in the affected area I would read this document as it contains some interesting provisions to watch out for. This is the 1st one and it could amount to a substantial bill for East lake Woodland residents. The key statement is brought into compliance. I would ask “who brings it and who pays for it?” If you live in a neighborhood that has 40 homes and the bill is $100,000; do the math.
On the other hand if I was living in the current boundaries of Oldsmar I would ask my Mayor why are you wasting our tax dollars for another attempt to annex an area that does not want to be called Oldsmar. I would go to the next City Council meeting and ask if there were better ways to spend tax dollars.
On to roads.
STREETS AND ROADS
Currently the County controls four main roadways in the ELA area: East Lake Woodlands Parkway,
Woodlands Parkway, Woodlands Boulevard and Sunflower Drive. These County roads are leased to
the Community Association and the Community Association maintains these roadways. Local streets
within individual neighborhoods are private and maintenance is currently the responsibility of the
individual HOA’s. Sidewalks are installed on both sides of the main thoroughfares: East Lake
Woodlands Parkway, Woodlands Parkway and Woodlands Boulevard and on both sides of the
private neighborhood streets. The roadways are paved to provide for two-way traffic and include
curbs and gutters and are adequately constructed to handle its low volume neighborhood usage. In
the event this area is annexed by the City, the four main roads currently owned by the County and
maintained by the Community Association would be maintained by the City. The City has the ability
to provide maintenance to these major roads to include the sidewalks and drainage structures on the
four main roads. All private roads that are currently the responsibility of the individual Homeowner
Associations would continue to be maintained by their respective HOA’s. Construction and upkeep of
the roads would then be funded through municipal taxes.
The City provides all traffic regulation devices such as signposts and street and stop signs. Street
and stop signs in ELA area were determined to be in acceptable quantities and condition at the time
of this study. Any area currently lacking sufficient traffic signs, traffic signals and street lighting, will
be brought into compliance with acceptable standards for all traffic regulatory devices and
streetlights. An adequate streetlight program currently exists in cooperation with Florida Power
Corporation and Tampa Electric. The regulatory signs would be handled through the City’s Public
Works Department.
Lockheed Martin is included if ELW goes
The property is accessed by Tampa Road and East Lake Road. The annexation area includes 74.0
acres owned by Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems which shares its southern, eastern and
northern boundaries with the City and its western boundary with the East Lake Woodlands
development. The land use and parcel information was obtained from the Pinellas Countywide Future
Land Use Map and the Pinellas County Property Appraiser data and maps. The legal description
provided delineates the entire perimeter of the proposed annexation area in accordance with Chapter
171, F.S. The proposed annexation area is located just north and west of the previously designated
Oldsmar Planning Area.
Link to the document can be found here
Remember that if it goes to vote, a majority wins. If you are against this you must speak up and make your vote count.
Here is another city document that was to be discussed at the last council meeting.
Update – Nov 7, 2008
Read the latest report in the ELW Heron by Bryan Kutchins, Chairman of the ELWCA Annexation Committee
Should East Lake be annexed by Oldsmar
and what is the real reason Oldsmar wants it? Is it to improve the quality of life for those the area it annex’s or is it to put the Shoppes of Boot Ranch, East Lake Woodlands shopping centers and ultimately Lockheed Martin on its tax roles. The mayor does not mention Lockheed Martin, but they will be surrounded if the deal goes through and may not have a choice. This is a big prize for the Mayor and Oldsmar if the residents agree.
Is there a need for Oldsmar to extend its reach to the Lake Tarpon Canal? What will happen to the taxes of the properties involved and if they are raised by Oldsmar will they impact our prices at the checkout counters. Most, if not all of us living in Woodland Hills shop at the stores that would be annexed and costs get passed on. Also, if annexed, what would the impact be to local real estate prices be. What would the impact be to residents if Oldsmar’s industrial tax base shrinks?
Are they worried that Nielsen is outsourcing and they need a way to replace the revenue? The Times ran this not too long ago and it was before the annexation announcement.
Layoffs at Nielsen concern Oldsmar residents
There are may questions to be answered and hopefully the residents impacted will ask them. This has failed 4 times now according to the Times and why do they keep trying? There must be a reason and I would imagine it is the almighty tax dollar.
There is an important meeting tomorrow night and if you know anyone that should attend please pass it on. If you are a local Realtor please tell your associates and stay informed. It is at 7:00 PM at the East Lake Country Club. From the ELW website it is described as:
The City of Oldsmar will host a Town Hall Meeting for residents of ELW to answer questions regarding annexation. The meeting will be held at the ELW Country Club Clubhouse.One of the proposed benefits of annexation by Oldsmar is brought up in attachment A in documents given to the Fire District. Nothing like having a say in government.
The attachment can be downloaded Attachment A
That all sounds good, but then there is this comment raised at the Oldsmar City Council meeting.
From the Oldsmar City meeting on August 5th 2008 this was brought up on page 1 of the minutes.
Jerry Walters, 1108 Robinwood Drive – referred to recent newspaper articles regarding thepossibility of annexing East Lake Woodlands and stated that it would double the size of the City. He
expressed concern that this might result in a great number of people from East Lake Woodlands running
for City Council and suggested changes be made so that 3 of the Council Seats represent specific areas,
with 1 at-large member plus the Mayor. Ronecker replied that the Council has not taken any formal
action on the annexation. The area consists of 6,000 people and 56 different Homeowner Associations.
Walters asked what other communities besides East Lake Woodlands are being considered. Haddock
replied they are Brookers Landing and El Pasado. Full text download
The East Lake Fire District has its concerns and they are the ones that come to our neighborhood. Here is a link to their site which has more information on this story.vClick for the Fire District
The St. Pete Times broke this story in July when Oldsmar announced its land grab attempt.
Oldsmar itches to grow
By Theresa Blackwell, Times Staff Writer
In print: Tuesday, July 22, 200
Undeterred by four failed attempts to annex unincorporated West Oldsmar, Oldsmar is looking westward once again.
This time Oldsmar hopes to bring the East Lake Woodlands, Brookers Landing and El Pasado subdivisions into the city limits, as well as the Shoppes of Boot Ranch and East Lake Woodlands shopping centers.
“The city of Oldsmar has changed,” said Mayor Jim Ronecker. “It’s a great, progressive city that has a lot to offer its residents.”
