WCA Board Chair Michiel Oostenbrink opened the March Voting Members meeting with a brief update on association business. The removal of the nonfunctional Frontier pedestals will be complete once Stonebridge has been finished, he reported. He thanked the Government Affairs Committee for spearheading the multiyear effort and advised anyone whose pedestal had been missed to […]
VMs Revisit Crosswalk Discussions at March Meeting Read More »
I don’t consider myself an artist, but I continue to try my hand at various artistic endeavors in the hopes that one will finally stick. I am steadfast in my belief that an artist exists somewhere inside of me. Todd Ramquist and Kiaralinda also believe that an artist resides in everybody, and their Safety Harbor
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WCA Treasurer Terry Boyd did not attend the February board meeting, so there was no treasurer’s report. President Michiel Oostenbrink asked GAC Chair Rick Goldstein to present his monthly report. Goldstein began by moving to nominate Mark Zais to serve on the committee as CDD liaison. His motion passed unanimously. Goldstein shared that he had
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The Tampa Bay area is filled with craft breweries and lots of hot spots for beer lovers. Wine and cider aficionados, on the other hand, have to look a little harder to find a place that celebrates their drinks of choice. A short drive east on I-4 to Plant City will take you to Keel
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Government Affairs Committee Chair and Woodbridge VM Rick Goldstein introduced Dave Eggers, Vice Chair of the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, at February’s Voting Members meeting. Eggers was there to speak about growth and development in the area, as well as efforts that Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties were making to work together to
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Government Affairs Committee Chair and Woodbridge VM Rick Goldstein introduced Hillsborough County Neighborhood Liaison Mary-Elizabeth Fuentes, who spoke about the mini-grants that are available to HOAs. Thirteen communities within Westchase have HOAs and are therefore eligible to apply for the grants, which max out at $5,000, shared Fuentes. She encouraged the HOAs to start thinking
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Reggie Gillis, who serves as a supervisor on the CDD board, came to the January WCA Board meeting to voice his opinion as a Westchase resident. The CDD is moving forward with plans to pursue purchasing the Westchase Golf Club, said Gillis, and the negative interactions between local golfers and residents near the golf club
WCA Board Discusses Golf, Pickleball, and Pool Repairs at January Meeting Read More »
A Westchase resident took the floor at the regularly scheduled November WCA meeting to request that the board agree to convert Countryway tennis courts #1 and #2 into dual-use tennis/pickleball courts. He stated that while there are eight tennis courts and six pickleball courts, demand for pickleball far outweighs that for tennis, especially during peak
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The Nov. 7 meeting was called to discuss the reserve item list prior to finalizing the coming year’s budget. President Michiel Oostenbrink began by explaining that the previous board had prioritized each of the 147 items on the reserve list on a scale from 0 to 5, with 0 assigned to projects that had recently
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WCA Treasurer Michiel Oostenbrink reported at the September meeting that he had received final revisions to the reserve study, allowing him and Association Manager Debbie Sainz to update the current draft of next year’s budget. There were overages of approximately $163,000 in this year’s budget as a result of pool deck repairs, pool resurfacing, bathroom
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