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Coming up in March 2020: – St. Patrick’s Day Party & Dinner on Tuesday, March 17th, at 5:00 PM. The Committee has been working hard again this year to bring another fun and festive St. Patrick’s Day to Tara Woods. Tickets have been on sale for the last couple of weeks at $15.00 per person. The last selling is Tuesday, March 10th. You don’t want to miss this party! – Please save Saturday, March 14th, at 9:30 AM to attend the Activities Planning Meeting for the coming season, September 1st, to August 31st, 2021. All Club and event leaders are welcome. Come and see what’s happening and what’s new. It’s important that representatives from the groups attend, and anyone interested.

Coming up in April: – Sunday, April 5th, Bill Black & Friends will host the Activities sponsored FREE Ice Cream Social and Karaoke at 6:30 PM in the Clubhouse. Come on down to make your own ice cream sundae and have some fun listening or singing karaoke. – Easter Dinner will be hosted once again by Sue & Ron Proulx on Sunday, April 12th. Watch for the poster in the Clubhouse and in The Columns. As you plan your event for the coming year, please keep in mind some basic guidelines: – Put it on the website by contacting Bill Loveday. – Put it in The Columns by the 10th of the month before the event by sending the info to Linda Beaulieu. – Notify Lloyd Kelsey of Sound & Lighting for microphones, use of the big screen or other sound and lighting needs. – For Kitchen supplies contact Janet Daly, at least a week before the event. – As Activities Coordinator, I am available to meet with your committee early in the process to offer guidance in your preparations.

Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have questions regarding the parties and events. If I can’t answer your question, I most likely know who can. Janet Daly, Activities Coordinator janetdaly@yahoo.com 239-567-2285

To stay informed of events in Tara Woods: - Read the posters on the bulletin board in the Clubhouse.

- Check the Clubhouse bulletin boards for meeting and event information and sign-up sheets.

- Come to Saturday Morning Coffee! - Read The Columns and check the Calendar.

- Sign on to the Tara Woods website, www.twhoa.net, to be kept informed of all current events and more!

- Check out page 4 of the Tara Woods Community Resident Directory to see all the opportunities to keep you busy in Tara Woods, with the contact people for each one listed if you have questions.

- Page 3 of the Directory lists the contact people for specific responsibilities under the Board of Directors that you can contact with questions.

HEALTH FAIR

The Tara Woods Health Fair at the Clubhouse was a rousing success. Residents could obtain information about everything from their head to their toes and parts in between. Hilda Dienes, Dave Lindon and Barbara Werner-Lubich did a wonderful job of organizing the event and making sure that as much information as possible was available to the residents of Tara Woods regarding their health and well-being.

Approximately 34 participants made themselves available from 8:00 AM until noon on Tuesday, January 14th, to answer questions and provide helpful information. Those participants were extremely knowledgeable and fielded questions regarding their area of expertise. Attendees collected pamphlets, business cards and trinkets that were offered at each table in bags conveniently provided at the entrance to the fair. Many residents took advantage of the opportunity to garner info that may significantly impact their health now or in the future.

Much appreciation is extended to Frankie Lindon and all of the volunteers she organized who lent a hand before, during and after the health fair. Working together they helped to bring about a very successful morning. A hearty thank you goes out to those who donated blood at the Blood Mobile in the north parking lot of the Clubhouse.

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Greetings all! YOU DID IT!! As we were told during this past week, FMO created “such a ruckus” about HB 1339, [and previously about SB 818] FMHA was willing to find some common ground with us. Senator Hooper, the bill sponsor, had previously said he intended to FORCE the parties to the table to find common ground…and that has occurred this week.

• Are we completely happy? No. [And neither are they!!]

• Is the legislation improved? Yes!! It is so greatly and much improved!!

And, so…GOOD JOB AND BIG THANKS to all of you who engaged the Legislators.

Below please find some of the issues we raised (in black) and the outcome (in red). You will see how effective you have been. Our Legislative Counsel has been told by so many Legislative Staffers that your courtesy, articulation of the issues, and passion have been persuasive in the debate.

• Removes the right for a home buyer to assume a lease and receive the initial prospectus that goes with the lot. No, No, No!! Changed as follows:

• A home buyer may continue to assume the remainder of an assumable lease…keeps current law.

• A home buyer will have the option to receive the seller’s prospectus or a new prospectus

• Permits adding an unlimited number of units to a park with no requirement to increase or add amenities for the new units. This would dramatically affect our pool, clubhouse, exercise area, or game area.

Changed so expansion of more than 15% requires increasing facilities or amenities within reasonable time frame.

• Permits amending the current prospectus without disclosure to homeowners about expanding the size of the park. Changed to require amending prospectus when expanding the park to include new lots.

• Requires a home buyer to make changes prior to occupying the home. Resales may become impossible. Deleted from the bill which takes the pressure off the resale. Homeowners must continue to maintain the community standard as established in the prospectus.

• Removes the requirement for certified or registered mail if there is an eviction notice. Deleted from the bill! Current law unchanged. • Prohibits an experienced negotiator or attorney from attending the negotiating committee meeting. Deleted from the bill! Current law unchanged.

• The bill required changes to the requirements and obligations of homeowners when there is a lot rent dispute. (Timeframes, deposits, and access to funds deposited into the court registry) Deleted from the bill! Current law unchanged.

• Language was added to create a strict prohibition to prevent the park owner from passing on to homeowners’ taxes in an amount in excess of what he/she actually paid to the tax collector.

Taken from Senate Bill 1022: • Requires the park owner to send the change in use eviction notice to the Division of Condominiums, Timeshare, and Mobile Homes and the Division must then send the notice to the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation. This will help avoid rumor and hearsay about park closings. ADDED TO THE BILL

• The amendment makes changes to the HOA statutes that are specific for mobile and manufactured home communities. These disputes are between the homeowners’ association and a community resident. This amendment improves the areas of elections of officers or directors, and the inspection and photocopying of official records. It is important to note that these changes apply to Chapter 723 homeowner associations only. ADDED TO THE BILL

Your involvement and engagement have been a best example of a GRASSROOTS effort. We must continue to build on this political activity!

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