Plantation Bay November 2014

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+ OF BUDGETS AND OTHER DRAMA

You have all received from me a little more than a month ago the proposed budget and assessment for 2015. The assessment totaling $1,140 per year per lot represented no increase in assessment over 2014. The board passed this budget unanimously.

I wanted to report to you that the voting members rejected this assessment in a very close vote. As a result of this vote, the 2014 budget will remain in effect until the board can prepare a new budget and the voting members approve the assessment. For now, your assessment continues to be $285 per quarter.

(For more on the budget, see the story on this page.)

Management contractA main area of conten-

tion was the unanimously adopted plan by the board to terminate our current management contract and bring property manage-ment in-house in conjunc-tion with the Westlake at Plantation Bay Property Owners Association. We will share staff and the costs. Each master association would maintain its indepen-dence. The management staff would report to both master associations.

Of course the associa-tions are separate corpora-

SEE PRESIDENT / PAGE 2

After more than a month of dry weath-er, rain fell from the sky as residents of Plantation Bay poured into Club de

Bonmont in search of answers to water woes of a different kind — the water coming out of their home faucets.

The saga began in February 2013 when the Flagler County Board of County Commis-sioners voted 4-1 to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city of Bunnell and take over the Plantation Bay water facility, paying $5.5 million for a system they knew had not been maintained to a high quality.

One resident questioned why the commis-sion paid so much for a facility with so many problems. Flagler County Administrator Craig Coffey explained that, had the county not stepped in, there was concern the resi-dents could find themselves with no water.

Currently, the county has taken charge of replacing nearly every component of the ag-ing system. The city is in charge of day-to-day operations and billing, but that is about to change.

“We are looking at changing our relation-ship with Bunnell to a lot more input and

having it all under the county,” Coffey said. “We want to try and do a better job of com-munication.”

When asked when the transition might oc-cur, Coffey and County Commissioner Nate McLaughlin both said they would like to see the transfer within the next few weeks.

Communication breakdown?Communication, or rather lack of com-

munication, was a hot topic with residents

may the faucet be with you By Jacque Estes | Staff Writer

Flagler County is currently in charge of day-to-day operations of the utility, but that could change.

On Nov. 3, voting members of the Plantation Bay Community Association knocked down the proposed 2015 assessment by a vote of 793 to 685 despite the fact that the figures were $285 per quarter per lot or $1,140 per year — the same as 2014.

Grumblings were over the 2015 budget’s line items and continued spending.

With this defeat, the new as-sessment will revert back to this year’s figures and therefore re-main unchanged. The proposed budget for 2015 is scrapped

and the old budget will remain until another 2015 budget is prepared and presented again to the Board and then voting members for approval.

President Kathy Pounds fur-ther explained, “The assess-ments go forward and the ex-penses parameters of 2014 go forward until a new budget is developed. However, the board may adjust 2014 expenses amounts with respect to partic-ular line items depending upon 2015 needs. So if the full amount in landscaping for 2014 is not

needed for 2015, that money may be allocated elsewhere.”

On Dec. 8, the voting mem-bers from each district will elect new board members with terms expiring for Districts 2, 3, 4, and 5. With this election, there will be some new faces working on a newer version of the budget.

The 2015 budget was ap-proved unanimously by the Board of Directors on Sept. 29.

Lot assessment revisitedBUDGET Maria Peters | Contributing Writer

SEE WATER / PAGE 4

SEE BUDGET / PAGE 4

County addresses concerns about quality, cost of water

Quarterly fees remain the same, as 2015 budget gets thrown out.

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Why would we want to do that? Having our own employees gives us the opportunity to hire the best available candidates at market rates and the abil-ity to grow our staff as needs increase and growth continues in the community at large. This would also ensure that we would have sufficient staff trained in all areas of the operation so that we would never again have to go back to the draw-ing board with new people who could require as much as a two-year learning curve. It is our goal to have staff mem-bers be trained sufficiently to move up and assume additional responsibility as our needs grow. The PBCA and Westlake want to offer residents a one-stop shop for all their management needs here on property.

Let’s review the numbers. In 2007, the second year following turnover of the association to resident control, management costs were $101,136 or $7 per lot per month. In the proposed budget for 2015, our net management costs were projected to be $143,493, an increase of $42,357 or 42%. How do management costs increase? Management fees were invoiced on a per-unit basis, and since 2007, the per-unit charge has increased by 21%. Since the number of lots also fac-tors into the equation, the number of billable lots has increased by 14%. Had the management company been retained, our 2015 costs would have been $140,658. So our management plan will cost $2,835 more, and we will develop a firm foundation for mov-ing forward. The plan also includes a modest contribution to health insurance for all salaried exempt professionals

working on management and security staff, a policy decision that makes us competitive in the market. The contribu-tion to insurance for management staff was included in the 2015 management costs. This plan caused a meltdown.

Security costsThe second area of angry conten-

tion was security costs. In 2007, total security costs (excluding the famous alarm contract which has since gone away), were $521,936. Budget costs for 2015 are $563,478. This is an increase in costs of $41,542, or 8% over this eight-year period. Let’s look at security more closely. Payroll costs in 2007 were $396,201. In the proposed budget for 2015, the payroll is pro-jected to be $372,677, or a decrease of 6% from 2007. There are reasons for that decrease. We entered the housing market collapse during that time period, and we stopped staffing the construc-tion entrance. Fewer guards were on staff due to dramatically reduced build-ing, etc. But over the last couple of years, activity has picked up, and we have needed to staff up. Obviously we are not up to 2007 levels yet, but we will be soon. There also will be another entrance to Plantation Bay in the future.

There was much angst and anxiety over recent increases in payroll figures and other security costs. Our pay-roll figures allow for sufficient salary increases for our security staff. We currently have 13 hourly employees who earn on average $9.63 per hour. Our highest paid hourly employee has worked here 12 years, and earns $11 per hour. The cost of hiring a new employee has risen over the last couple of years due to market forces. Doesn’t it make sense to reward those working for us for several years with raises? The security staff position is an ideal job for an individual without a college degree looking for decent full time employ-ment. Is there anything wrong with set-

ting a goal of paying our full-time loyal employees a living wage rather than having a revolving door of employees coming and going?

Since 2007, the increases in the security budget have largely been due to the following items: 1) the introduction of the Capsure gate access system with an annual licensing fee of $13,000; 2) an increase of $13,000 in the office expense category due to the gate access system and the addition of holiday decorations of the guardhouses; 3) an increase of $9,000 in utilities due to the correction of initial under reporting of utilities related to security; 4) the inclusion of $20,000 on the income statement to show depreciation.

PrestwickSince turnover, the association has

annexed five sections of Prestwick. The association has assumed responsibil-ity for numerous retention ponds and storm water infrastructure, added to its reserve study $385,000 worth of roads, light poles and signs, and took over maintenance of numerous common areas previously not maintained by the association. The overall grounds mainte-nance budget has increased since 2007 approximately 42%. These increases are due to the expansion of property main-tained, the addition of tree pruning, tree removal and tree replacement to our budget, a 417% increase in the budget for storm water system repairs due to the aging infrastructure, a 20% increase in lake maintenance charges, and repair and restoration of aging and failing landscaping around the community.

The board has done an excellent job in managing the association’s resources though this time period. It has been our goal to provide services and maintain common property up to the standards expected by residents of an upscale community.

Kathy PoundsPresident

PRESIDENT / FROM PAGE 1

unanimous By Maria Peters | Contributing Writer

Current CC&Rs preservedAttorney worked on the project for two years.

At a special meeting of the Plan-tation Bay Community Associa-tion Board of Directors on Nov. 10, a unanimous vote was made to keep the current covenants, conditions and restrictions, or CC&Rs, and amend-ments in compliance; a notice of pres-ervation will be made to Flagler and Volusia counties.

“The documents that are in exis-tence are not changed, and the board approved all as it exists today,” said Director Russ Reinke.

The vote preserves the existing doc-uments, which expire after 30 years, and avoids a break of fiduciary duties.

“Revitalization after expiration would have meant a bigger expense,” said attorney Elizabeth A. Lanham-Patrie, of Becker and Pollakoff, who worked on the project for two years.

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Two counties, one fire responseLast July, a home burned down, but the

home was not in Plantation Bay as many may believe. It was in a neighboring de-velopment with a different emergency response system.

Plantation Bay straddles Volusia and Flagler counties, but when emergency help is needed, Fire Station 16 on Old Di-xie Highway responds.

The fire station on the east side of Interstate 95 is in Volusia County and staffed by Flagler County through an in-terlocal agreement.

“For Plantation Bay, we have the best of both worlds. Our response time is a matter of minutes,” said Ross Hendrix, the liaison officer for Plantation Bay’s Community Emergency Response Team.

The station that serves all of Plantation Bay includes a Flagler County fire engine and an attack truck used for brush fires.

A 911 call from Plantation Bay will be received by the emergency dispatch of-fice in Bunnell and Station 16 will be dispatched. The station responds to all medical emergencies and house fires.

“In the past 10 years there have been two house fires in that area, and both were in Halifax Plantation,” said Flagler County Fire Chief Don Petito. “We have only had brush fires in Plantation Bay.”

Emergency vehicles are not stopped at the entrance gate.

“Our gate security is trained. When they see the trucks coming, the gates are opened,” Hendrix said. “(Firefight-ers) often do runs through the develop-ment so they are familiar with the roads and aware of anything we are doing with the roads. These guys practice a lot. They know our neighborhoods really well.”

Volusia and Flagler counties respond to medical emergencies that require transport to a hospital depending on which county the patient is located in.

As with all emergencies, the first fire station to respond would be Station 16 and the paramedics would assess and stabilize the patient. If transport to a

hospital is required, the appropriate am-bulance service would be dispatched.

Ambulance response for the people in Flagler County would come from the Flagler County Airport on State Road 100. Those who live on the Volusia County side of Plantation Bay would be trans-ported by Volusia County EVAC.

Patients are transported to one of the three hospitals: Flagler Memorial, Flori-da Hospital Memorial Medical Center or Halifax Hospital. The hospital depends on which county responds and the na-ture of the medical emergency. Halifax Hospital is the nearest hospital with a

trauma unit, and any emergencies re-quiring helicopter transport would be taken there.

Larger scale emergencies or disasters would activate CERT, a team of 38 vol-unteers trained and supported by Flagler County Emergency Management, and could involve St. Johns County, which also has reciprocal agreements with Volusia and Flagler.

Petito explained some of the issues dis-patch offices have to deal with when 911 calls are made.

“Cell phones are not hooked up to the geopositioning, so dispatch cannot tell

where you are,” he said. “That creates a delay when they cannot tell where you are.”

Land lines are always the best phones to use when making 911 calls, although some companies like Magic Jack do not provide location information.

If the only phone available is a cell phone, Petito said it is imperative to give the dispatch operator the address of the emergency, including city and state, im-mediately.

“In the Halifax Plantation fire, many of the 911 calls were coming from phones as far away as Tampa,” he said.

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Ross Hendrix is the liaison officer at Station 16 for Plantation Bay’s Community Emergency Response Team.

as they shared stories about trying to contact the city about when meters were read, billing errors, and concerns about quality.

The only representative who attended the meeting from the city of Bunnell was Utilities Director Bill Green, who answered general and in-dividual questions and made sure the residents had his phone (586-5159) and email ([email protected]).

“We never anticipated we would have it all done in one year,” Coffey said, explaining that projections are three to five years but the county, like the residents, would like to have it completed as soon as possible.

Quality of waterWater quality and whether

it is safe to drink were of con-cern. Residents who are snow-birds questioned why dirt came out of the faucet when they first used them upon re-turning to the community.

“They are doing aggressive flushing of the system and moving a lot of the water,” Green said. “If you are gone and it doesn’t get flushed out, it builds up.”

Green told the part-time residents whose systems are dormant for any period of time to flush and shut off the hot water heater, remove strainers from all of the inte-rior faucets and run the water 15-20 minutes to clean out the system when they return.

“The odor and bacteria is because the water is stagnant for so long,” he said.

Those concerned about the quality of their water were told they could make an ap-pointment to have the water checked at their homes. Green did emphasize the quality was well within the EPA guidelines and the issues were aesthetic.

“The water quality is tested all of the time,” Coffey said. “It is not a threat but a different color.”

Currently three of the four wells are not working and if they cannot be rehabilitated Coffey said the county would need to sink new wells.

Cost of waterWater bills have increased

46% as initially planned when the county began re-building the system. In Oc-tober, an additional 5% in-crease went into effect, again as part of the agreed plan. Residents were assured that all of the money coming from the Plantation Bay wa-ter was staying within their community exclusively.

The community of 1,500 is expected to build out to 3,000 to 4,500 additional homes on the Flagler side. The new homes include an impact fee, something initial homeown-ers were not charged.

“Growth has to cover itself and that’s what an impact fee is for,” Coffey said.

When the county assumes the administrative roles, McLaughlin told the residents to expect more communica-tion.

“We are going to try and have these town meetings every six months and email information out to you before the meetings,” he said.

However, three members of the board, who are also voting mem-bers from their districts, voted against the assessment after first approving it.

Russ Reinke, one of the direc-tors on the board who motioned for the 2014 budget’s approval said he was voting “No” on the as-sessment as a voting member for the Kingsley Association.

“I got the budget just two weeks before I was supposed to come to the meeting,” he said. “I did vote for this budget because if I would have made objections at the time, it would have fell on deaf ears. … I figure it would open up for discussion now with the Voting Committee.”

He added: “We are building up money and spending it. The rea-son our assessment doesn’t go up is because we have more houses. Several of us have been asking for more maintenance, more beauti-fication. We don’t find money for the areas that we need.”

Plantation Point Condomini-um Association voting member Phil Peters said, “The board is taking more money in and is de-termined they are going to spend it all rather than give us a reduc-tion in assessments.”

Projected income jumps from $1,678,985 by the end of 2014 to a proposed income of $1,800,047 for 2015.

Peters added: “Since 2011, total expenses are up 21%, security up 30% and administrative costs up 47%.”

Pounds, board president, said: “We ought to provide services to residences that they want. Let’s be clear: The community is grow-ing and has changed.”

While voting members were

waiting their turns to be heard, Pounds commented: “While it is good to have comments during the voting membership meeting, the input would be appreciated more during the budget process. If you have areas where you’d like to increase or decrease spending, we appreciate your comments then.”

R e i n k e asked, “Who is the budget c o m m i t t e e and how is it constructed? I understand it doesn’t even include the treasurer of the board!”

M a r t y G a r b a r i n o, board trea-surer, said he understands that three board mem-bers were asked to study and bring about the budget process.

“We felt betrayed on why there had to be a certain amount of secrecy. As the treasurer, I didn’t even know about it,” he said.

Resident Linda Young said, “OK, we all agree spending is about the same, but we are not happy with line items in the budget.”

Among the new items to the proposed budget was the offering of insurance benefits to full-time employees. This proposed cost was $8,000 for security employ-ees and more for future adminis-trative staffing.

Reinke said, “Security salary is going up significantly and with the proposal to add more benefits — I can’t see that.”

Garbarino chimed in, “I want you all to know that not everyone

on the board agreed with adding health insurance.”

Another big source of conten-tion was the board’s decision to enter into a joint management agreement with Westlake at Plan-tation Bay Property Owners Asso-ciation.

“The management operation will provide all residents in Plantation Bay with complete staffing by our own employees here on prop-erty to manage the associations and execute the policies and procedures of both boards,” Pounds said in a letter to the voting mem-bers. It will be a cost-sharing ar-rangement.

Pounds stressed at the meeting that, “PBCA will not be managing Westlake, we will be managing staff.”

Linda Young asked, “Why didn’t we get bids before looking at do-ing it ourselves? Somehow the bidding process got truncated. I am also concerned about adding too many employees.”

Phil Peters agreed. “Why didn’t we go out and get other quotes? he said.

Pounds responded that she did get a quote from just one man-agement company that respond-ed, and the quote was too high.

As it now stands, the proposals for both health insurance ben-efits and Westlake management are both on hold until and if the new Board of Directors decides to make them a part of a new budget.


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The Tuesday before Thanks-giving, seven women will be shopping for the traditional fam-ily dinner. Not for their family, but for families they barely know.

The families are selected by a guidance counselor at Bunnell Elementary school. This year, the three families have a total of 12 children, ranging from kin-dergarten to 10th grade.

As the husbands drink cof-fee and wait patiently for their wives, Susan Bayley, Carol Mar-esca, Carol Hafner, Velva Hovey, Anita Gentile, Valerie Nicholson and Cheryl Daniels push carts through the aisles of the local Publix filling the carts with ev-erything a family needs to put Thanksgiving dinner on their table.

“The Publix manager sets us up with our own cashier, and, cart by cart by family, we check out,” Daniels said. “On the Tues-day before Thanksgiving, we will deliver complete dinners of tur-key and all the trimmings and all of us will meet each family.”

One month later, the same families will open their doors to the same ladies and their hus-bands, who will be laden with a complete Christmas dinner of ham and trimmings and, of course, presents bought and wrapped by local residents.

An Angel Tree is decorated with information about each of the children and placed at Club

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“Each child gets three wishes along with a brand new bicycle for those that want bikes,” Dan-iels said.

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“There is really enough food for a month of dinners when we are done,” Daniels said.

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“This is a great community — so giving,” Daniels said. “They haven’t lost the sight of what a privilege it is to be able to live in a community like this. They are residents who appreciate their lives in Plantation Bay and share with those struggling.”

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Helping others is its own rewardLocal residents share their good fortune so that families can enjoy dinner on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.

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better late than never By Maria Peters | Contributing Writer

Payment plan offered to homeownerGridlock at security gate on U.S. 1. Also, a member of the Security Committee resigns.

The Plantation Bay Community Associ-ation Board of Directors in its meeting on Oct. 27, voted to accept a payment plan from a delinquent homeowner for late as-sessments. Also discussed was gridlock caused by oversized trucks at the Planta-tion Bay U.S. 1 entrance that have some residents concerned. In other business, Bob McCarthy, of the Security Committee, the lone citizen representative, turned in his resignation letter.

Payment planA homeowner who had faced foreclo-

sure twice and is in arrears for over $7000 in non-payment of assessments, will have an opportunity to play catch-up with a quarterly payment plan of $200 in addition to regular assessment payments as approved by the board.

If the resident, who was not identified,

does not meet the new payment sched-ule and is 15 days late, he will be turned over to a PBCO attorney who will take all steps necessary to pursue collections, in-cluding possible judgment.

At that point, interest will also be lev-ied. Board member Bob Anderson also asked for a list to be presented to the board including how many homeown-ers are delinquent and the total amount owed the association.

US 1 gateResidents have been complaining to

the Security Committee about traffic being backed up at the U.S. 1 entrance when large trucks — too tall for clear-ance in the visitor’s lane — use the resi-dence lane.

On a few occasions, trucks over 10 feet, 6 inches have waited in the residence lane while passing a security check. This caused a gridlock which left residents blocked from entertaining Plantation Bay.

Al Cappalli, head of the Security Com-mittee, said he spoke to 62 residents who complained about the wait. The gripes included the attitude of the person on duty and residents having to wait while their license was checked despite the fact they have transponders.

While it was mentioned that these sit-uation don’t occur that often, the board left it to the discretion of the guard on

duty to use good judgment when moving traffic along.

Donna Velardi, director of security said, “We have a responsibility on how we admit people into Plantation Bay. We just can’t let people through. We even have some people that have transpon-ders that are still active and they are no longer residents.”

Board President Kathy Pounds re-marked, “We have to make sure we make a claim that we are not here to protect people’s safety. It is not our responsibil-ity, because we cannot prevent everyone from getting in here that doesn’t belong.”

McCarthy resignsBob McCarthy turned in his resigna-

tion from the Security Committee. He was the only person from the com-

munity outside of the board who served on it.

He said, “I don’t feel the committee needs me. You have three members from the board on, and that is all you need.”

Treasurer Marty Garbarino said, “I think we need people from the commu-nity and not just board members on the committee.”

McCarthy said he was not included in many of the Security Committee meet-ings.

Pounds said, “If it comes to meetings that involve personnel information, it is for board members only.”

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The talents of Plantation Bay residents often reach far outside the gated commu-nity.

Such was the case with George For-tuna, the chairman for the 52nd-annual Halifax Art Festival held the first weekend of November. Fortuna made local history by being the first man to chair the event.

A relaxed and laid-back individual, Fortuna is quick with a joke. When asked how he became the first male chair he re-sponded, “There were five guys standing in line and the other four stepped back.”

In reality, he had been active in past festivals and stepped up to the position when he learned there was a need.

“I’ve served on the Guild of the MOAS (Museum of Arts and Sciences) and on several committees,” he said.

Stellar committeesHe is quick to give credit to the people

in the 15-20 committees involved in the production of the two-day event, many also Plantation Bay residents.

“Behind every great leader is a great team, and all of the committee people involved in the Halifax Art Festival are fantastic,” he said. “It takes 70 volunteers to make this event happen, 20 committee and 50 who work the show.”

Planning for the event began in Febru-ary, obtaining the necessary permits to close the streets, food and alcohol per-mits and then acquiring storefronts for the different venues.

“We have three venues — the student art, the judges room and the artist recep-tion,” he said. “We get quite a lot of help from the DDA (Downtown Development Authority); they get us in contact with potential store front donors. This year Dr.

Whaba Whaba donated a storefront on the corner of Magnolia and Beach that is perfect accommodation for the student art and the judges room.”

Cinimetique at Magnolia and Orange provided the third area for the artist re-ception. The DDA donated the grand prize of $5,000.

He said the Halifax Art Festival is the second oldest in the state. When asked who the oldest was he admitted he didn’t know which prompted another quip: “It doesn’t matter, we will never catch up.”

Show deemed a successRain or shine, the show goes on, and

this year the participants had to batten down their booths to protect their art from high winds.

“Nothing stops this show. It’s rain or shine,” Fortuna said. “The key more than anything is the people, but I can’t get any-one to be in charge of the weather com-mittee.”

Busy is bestFrom the Baltimore, Maryland, area,

Fortuna admits he was hesitant to move to Florida. “I didn’t think I would like it so much.”

He admits he still misses the changing seasons and of all things, shoveling snow.

“I used to shovel down the sidewalk in front of everyone’s houses,” he recalled.

Fortuna may be retired but he is not idle. He also manages the softball league that plays at the Flagler County Fair-grounds on County Road 13.

“I like to organize things,” he said. “I retired from Westinghouse Northrup-Grumman, and I am not somebody that likes to just sit around.”

Fortuna: First male chair of Halifax Art Festival

MAJOR ART EVENT By Jaque Estes | Staff Writer

Plantation Bay teamwork ensured the success of the 52nd Halifax Art Festival. Volunteers work hundreds of hours to bring two-day ‘art museum’ to the streets of Daytona Beach.


George Fortuna is an active member in and outside the Plantation Bay Community.

Student artwork from K-12 Volusia County Schools was judged at the 52nd-annual Halifax Art Festival.

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Look who’s coming to dinner ... The elevated entrance to the Club de

Bonmont dining room sets the mood for the fine dining that awaits. Diners are greeted at the top of a staircase that leads down to the two-tier, glassed dining room overlooking Lake de Bonmont.

Behind the scenes, Executive Chef Rob-ert Fortier and Sous Chef David Lani over-see a small staff to create a versatile and delicious dining experience.

Fortier, a graduate of the Culinary Insti-tute of America in Hyde Park, New York, settled in as executive chef six years ago after working as a chef and sous chef in hotels from New England to the Florida Keys.

“I was the sous chef at Pier House in Key West in the early ’90s,” Fortier said.

Lani also hails from New York and at-tended Johnson & Wales University and honed his skills at country clubs and ho-tels in New York and Florida.

“I moved to Palm Coast in 2002, and a few months later I was working at Ham-mock Dunes. That’s where I met David and Maria Tuohy,” Fortier said. “Six years ago, I was looking for a position, and Ma-ria was looking for an executive chef, so it all worked out.”

Lani grew up in Long Island, New York, and like many decided to move to the Sunshine State after coming down on va-cation.

“I picked up a copy of Executive Golf and started putting resumes out,” he said.

Creativity is a must, according to Fortier.“We see the club members often so we

have to be creative. We keep everything fresh, updated and exciting,” Fortier said.

To achieve this variety, the two change the dinner menu at least three times a year, taking into account specialties like chili, more popular in the winter than summer, and special requests including vegetarian and gluten-free.

“Special requests are accepted, but we can do more if we know in advance,” For-tier said.

The two work together to find and de-

velop new menu items for the diners to enjoy.

“Dave and I bounce ideas off each other,” he said. “We go on the Internet for ideas. The Internet is replacing cook-books. I haven’t bought a cookbook in years.”

Finding some of the ingredients can be a challenge, but often the Internet is also where they go for exotic spices and ingre-dients.

“We wanted pumpkin seeds and

couldn’t find any in bulk in the area, so we ordered from Amazon,” Fortier said.

Both oversee and cook at Club de Bon-mont and the Prestwick Clubhouse. Club de Bonmont is popular for special events. It is not necessary to live in the commu-nity to use the facility for a special event, but meals are only for members and their guests.

“We see more of the banquet, wedding and special events held at CDB where we have more space,” Fortier said. “We do a lot of outside parties at Christmas.”

The Prestwick Clubhouse is the place to go for Shrimp Night on Fridays. Fortier said it is not uncommon for the staff to serve up to 140 meals in three hours.

“We are almost always sold out,” Fortier said.

Club de Bonmont hosts special nights with dinner and a show that have includ-ed comedy, karaoke and jazz nights.

Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year, with more than 400 dinners served in five hours. This event was sold out for this year.

Two upcoming events that are popular are New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day.

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The time may have seemed odd to some, 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

“This is a golfing community so we work around that,” said Lisa Egle, market-ing manager for ICI Homes. “Then there are those who work and go to church.”

Emphasizing the golfing community focus, the most popular mode of trans-portation was golf carts. Clubs in the back indicated the golfers who came to the event directly from the links; others, like Dede Brown and her cocker spaniels, Sparkle and Winston, sat in their golf cart for the best seat in the house to watch the activity.

In the cart next to Brown were Gary and Markie Lane and their rescue pup, Davey. The three had made the rounds earlier, wheeling Davey around in his very own stroller.

When the couple moved to Plantation Bay in 1999, they were both working; now they enjoy retirement and events like the Music in the Park.

“We are people watching,” Markie Lane said. “Look at all of the different ages dancing — that’s great.”

Free tables were provided for those like Sallie Gillies and Erika Bedor to display and sell their arts and crafts.

Gillies spent much of her time untan-gling a knot of chains so she could sell the necklaces she had brought.

“Anyone who knows me won’t be sur-prised I am doing this,” she laughed. “It’s nice that the developer does this for

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Neighborhood party brightens overcast dayEAT, DANCE AND BE MERRY By Jaque Estes | Staff Writer

The sky may have been overcast, but spirits were bright at the Music in the Park in the Prestwick section of Plantation Bay.

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Sallie Gillies untangles a knot of chains on necklaces she hoped to sell at the event. A popular line was for the free ice cream at Big Scoop Ice Cream.

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Erika Boder highlights a craft she has enjoyed since she was a teen, crocheting baby items and kitchen scrubbies.

purchasing an early Christmas gift. Patton teaches and orga-nizes the March Art Show in the community.

A festival isn’t complete with-out food and drink, which was covered by free loaded hotdogs and ice cream provided by Big Scoop Ice Cream. Lines for both were steady.

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Jane Gentile-Youd is at it again.On Nov. 10, a meeting was arranged

between Flagler County Public Works Di-rector and County Engineer Kifah “Faith” Alkhatib, Plantation Bay Community As-sociation representatives Russ Reinke and Joan Beck and Gentile-Youd. The purpose was to find out about beautifi-cation funding that is available for U.S. 1 — the gateway to one of Plantation Bay’s entrances.

Gentile-Youd approached Alkhatib and found out that $500,000 in Department of Transportation funding can be had at this time for beautification in an agreement with Flagler County if the Plantation Bay Community Association votes “yes” to future maintenance of the area and if all other criteria are met and passed within the county and federal requirements.

When Gentile-Youd moved to Planta-tion Bay in 2002, she initiated and se-cured $200,000 in government funding for trees and shrubs outside of Plantation Bay’s other exit, which lies on Old Dixie Highway.

She said she was horrified by the ap-pearance outside of the community and within just two months after relocating here she began work on securing funding for improvements.

“There weren’t even guardrails or re-flectors on the bridge,” she said. “I took care of those problems and even adopted the road in 2005.”

Gentile-Youd has a passion for beau-tification that began when she lived in MIami-Dade County and was honored there for 25 years of volunteer service in the area of beautification.

The title, “Tree Lady,” followed her to Plantation Bay.

“I believe beautification is important to our quality of life and necessary to pro-tect the value of our community. I think it is just disgusting the way the road looks now,” the resident and real estate agent of 35 years said.

When Gentile-Youd first presented her

findings to the board in discussion, Rein-ke said: “I like the concept. Let’s see what it is all about.”

Kathy Pounds, president of the PBCA Board of Directors remarked: “I’m not op-posed to what they may do on the highway, but I can’t see using our residents’ money to maintain someone else’s property.”

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(who was unable to attend) agreed to meet with Gentile-Youd and Alkhatib.

Reinke said he will now take to the board the next steps to try move the proj-ect ahead.

These include defining the project’s limitations and maintenance factors, which will be determined by the size of the area they want to commit to and the selection of plants, shrubs and minimum allotted trees on the busy highway.

Two options kicked around include im-proving the area from the Volusia border in the south and north to the Eagle Rock subdivision or maintaining just 770 feet north and 770 feet south of the Plantation Bay Entrance. In actuality, the project could be extended all the way to the Palm Coast line, but someone has to maintain it.

“I think the U.S. 1 corridor looks like garbage,” Beck said.

“I think we can keep the costs down by choosing maintenance-low or mainte-nance-free landscaping,” she said

Alkhatib reminded them if they wanted to see the project move ahead, not to de-lay.

“While the money is there now, it comes and goes,” she warned. “I will study it, and if it’s a good project, we’ll move it for-ward in the system, “ she said.

Gentile-Youd stated: “The homeown-ers sssociation and I also believe their landscaping contractor should have input as to the selection of low-main-tenance plants that will be placed. It all depends on what fits the requirements. I just can’t see giving up $500,000. Look, if we don’t use it, someone else will.”

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In the 1950s, neighbors often caught up on the news over the backyard fence. The Internet has replaced the backyard fence, and Nextdoor.com is one way neighbor-hood news is shared.

Plantation Bay is one of thousands of neighborhoods nationwide that have dis-covered a communication method that is fun and safe.

“I read an article about nextdoor.com,” Martha Richards the moderator said. “It’s a means of discussing local events and concerns. As we were getting accustomed to what was available to us, we discov-ered more that would be beneficial to us.”

Trick-or-treating on Halloween ben-efited by the new program. A map of the streets was posted on the site, and neigh-bors who would be giving out candy could sign up. When they signed up, an icon with a piece of candy corn marked their location. No more bothering neigh-bors who weren’t participating; and those who did participate could map a stream-lined route.

Participants use their real names so you know who you are “talking” to.

“There is a general page to post com-ments,” Richards said. “You are able to mute people.”

The ability to mute select individuals was a plus for Cheryl Daniels. “I like being able to click and mute people,” she said.

Richards moderates the pages updat-ing and making separate private pages

when necessary. When the general page was getting bogged down in passionate political talk she started another page for those groups.

“It’s a huge advantage to a community this side,” Richards said.

The social site is growing to fit the Plan-tation Bay residents’ needs. If your dog gets out, you can put up a description and photo and have everyone on the site keeping an eye out for him.

“You must live in Plantation Bay,” Rich-ards said. “You can send an email to your neighbor and suggest they join. Everyone has the opportunity to invite, but you must use your real name.”

The site also features a specialty sec-tion called “Granny’s Attic.” This site has just about anything you might need. Grandkids visiting? Go to Granny’s Attic and see if someone has a stroller or crib you can borrow.

Private groups can be started with the help of the moderator, just apply and ask to join.

“Overall it’s been really positive,” Rich-ards said.

Snowbirds find Network.com a great way to stay in touch when they are away from Plantation Bay.

The site can be used to sell something or get the community involved in a com-munity project.

“You put something on Nextdoor.com and it works,” Richards said.

Online network keeps neighbors in touch

NEXTDOOR.COM: ARE YOU ONLINE? By Jacque Estes | Staff Writer

Nextdoor’s mission in Plantation Bay is to use the power of technology to build stronger and safer neighborhoods.

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Trick-or-treating routes could be planned more easily with Nextdoor.com.

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THE BELAIRE $342,090612 Aldenham Lane

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THE WAKULLA$349,996655 Elk River Drive

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Thinking About Selling Your Home?Let the Plantation Bay specialists

handle it for you.

Office: 386.437.6840100 PLANTATION BAY DRIVEORMOND BEACH, FL 32174

H

Venture Development Realty, Inc. (VDR) has sold the majority of existing homes in Plantation Bay. Not only do we sell homes,

but we sell the overall Plantation Bay Experience.

Call Nancy Stanfield @ [email protected]

ICI Select is an on-site property management firm located here in Plantation Bay. We are a professionally managed company that provides friendly service to our homeowners and tenants. A nice selection of townhomes, condominiums and single family homes are available for lease.

Lease a Lifestyle!

Nancy Cushing, Realtor [email protected]

Carol Paquette, Realtor [email protected]

Ali H. Kargar, [email protected]

• Full Service Property Management

• Max. Marketing of Rental Properties

• Thorough Screening of Tenants

• Excellent Property Maintenance

• Maintenance Services

• Computerized Bookkeeping System

• Onsite Property Management Office

A New Home for the Holidays?$10,000 Buyer Incentive*

THE HERNANDO$396,860

840 Westlake Drive3 Bed / 2 Bath2 Car Garage

2,335 sqft

THE ST. AUGUSTINE

$512,350704 Woodbridge Drive

4 Bedroom / 3 Bath2 Car + Golf Cart Gar.

2,804 sq ft

MOVE-IN READY

MOVE-IN READY

THE BELAIRE $342,090612 Aldenham Lane

3 Bed / 2.5 Bath2 Car Garage

2,498 sqft

THE WAKULLA$349,996655 Elk River Drive


2,750 sqft

THE OCALA$277,790 661 Elk River Drive

3 Bedroom / 2 Bath2 Car Garage

1,762 sq ft

READY SOON

READY SOON

BEING BUILT

THE AMEILA$325,955

608 Aldenham Lane


2,090 sqft MOVE-IN READY

Resident Rewards Refer friends and family who purchase a new ICI Home by December 31, 2014 and receive: A FREE Fitness Membership for one year for Details Call 386.437.4164

*$10,000 Buyer Incentive to be used towards options and closing fees on select inventory homes. Prices and offer subject to change without notice. Rules and restiriction apply. See a Sales Associate for details. No other discount apply. **All Referrals must be registered by the homeowner in person at the Plantation Bay Sales Office in order to receive reward. Resident Rewards program expires 12/31/14. Rules and restriction apply. Subject to change without notice. No other discounts apply.

Plantation Bay November 2014

Documents

assessment totaling

residents of plantation

plantation bay water

proposed budget

management staff

new budget

voting members

water woes