We had a good turnout at our monthly coffee and donuts this morning with Dennis Jordan. Marguerite Houle, Sales Manager, was also present to address the group.
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| Terri Wellman |
Terri Wellman was introduced as the events supervisor and will be overseeing all events and activities. Congratulations, Terri!
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| Marguerite Houle |
Marguerite talked about the housing market and the great demand for Palm Creek homes. Our property values are at an all time high. There is actually a waiting list of customers who want to purchase within the park. Sun maintains 85 rental homes plus our sales department manages several brokered rentals for homeowners who rent out their house for a season.
Other items mentioned during her presentation:
- Over 150 palm trees were planted within Phase 3 this summer.
- We still have over 700 RV sites in the park
- At this time there are still no plans to eliminate the "no pet" section.
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| Dennis Jordan |
Initial quotes to trim all our trees started at $180,000. We were able to secure the contract this year at just over $90,000. There was rumor that the palm trees could get skinned to alleviate all the bark pieces that fly off after a storm. Negotiations are taking place to at least do the front trees along the entry way or along the golf course.
Residents thanked Dennis for the good quality of the golf course and the greens this summer. That's the best condition for the course in many summers. The same compliments were spoken about the care of the green belt area. From April to June, the green has been brought back to the green belt. The yearly scalping and reseeding of the golf course will start in late August or September.
Street repair or resurfacing was discussed. Quotes are being submitted. Dennis said this is being negotiated over a five year period as the quotes are in the $1.5 million dollar range. It will be broken down into sections of the park. This kind of work cannot be done in summer due to the high temperatures so will have to wait until Sept or October.
The park will be resurfacing 8 of our current pickleball courts. It was mentioned that Palm Creek will probably not be hosting the huge pickleball tournament again this year as it is too big of a burden to our park. It required over 200 volunteers from our local members plus overtime for our entire staff....not to mention the wear and tear on our facilities and parking issues. It also diminishes the amount of court time for our residents.
Other items discussed:
- Repairing water lines to the shower at the sports pool should be completed within the next week or two.
- Investigating installation of outside showers for the Cottonwood pool.
- Completing the work by the softball field to install overhead sails for sun protection and seating area for the grill area.
- The ponds and lakes lakes are being treated for sludge. A certified vendor will come every month to insert pellets to treat the problem. Algae is also being addressed. It may take up to six months to clear up the lakes and then clean up the canals. We should start to see change within 90 days.
Dennis also talked about three policies regarding residents:
- Sun employees can moonlight jobs outside of the park but not on projects within the park.
- Residents should not donate items as gifts to Sun employees. Instead, we should donate items to Salvation Army, Goodwill or other services.
- Residents should not dump junk items at the dumpsters. The park service is for normal trash only. Household items like water heaters, construction items, old appliances, carpet remnants etc. should be taken care of by the home owner or contractor in charge. All that extra "junk" creates an eyesore for the park to store until they have a truck load to take away at the park's expense. A list of phone numbers will be made available for when we have need to haul away construction or household items.
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| Photo by Barb Poole |
