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VOLUME 5, NO. 6

A plan for water woes Flagler County Commission reports that Plantation Bay will get new, $6 million water system. PAGE 2

INSIDE DOES SECURITY MEAN SECURITY? Board moves to change name to Access Control.

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PLANTATION BAY PATRIOTS

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MEET THE SANVILLES

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Plantation Bay to get new, $6 million water system Users will not see rate increases to pay for it, according to the county government.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

For much of the community’s history, Plantation Bay residents have dealt with discolored or bad tasting water. That era is coming to an end, with the county committing to building a new, $6 million reverse-osmosis water treat-

ment plant to replace the current plant.

The county, in partnership with the city of Bunnell, acquired the ailing facility from developer Mori Hosseini in 2013 for $5.5 million — it had been appraised for $1 million in 2011 — then, in 2015, the county took it over entirely.

In a County Commission meeting May 20, the commission approved a $3.8 million bond to build the new plant, and a $6,093,000 bid for the work.

The community also has user fees and a $2 million loan to cover the work; the bond covers the shortfall between those funding sourc-

es and the project cost.

The bond, through Sterling National Bank, has a rate of 2.99% for 14.3 years. The construction will be performed by Sawcross Inc., based in Jacksonville.

It will be funded through rates, although those will not increase for Plantation Bay residents, according to county administrator Jerry Cameron.

“This project had been approved to move forward, and I halted it until I could make sure that we were going to be able to service the debt out of the existing income stream,” Cameron said.

Two commissioners expressed frustration over the county’s history with the utility.

“We paid $5 million too much to buy the system,” County Commissioner David Sullivan said.

“I feel bad that I’ve been put in a position again, now as a commissioner, to say because of the pressure to get this done, we’re faced with another situation where we’re going to spend a lot of money. ... The only reason I’m even thinking about approving this at this point is because we do have a new county administrator.”

County Commissioner Joe Mullins said he’s looked into dif-

ferent options, and the reverse osmosis option seems to be the best one.

“I do know we paid too much for it,” he said. “But we’re here today and we’ve got to get this resolved …. The residents that already are living there have been living with this for years. ... This system currently is the best option that I’ve seen out there, and it will solve the problem.”

The commission voted unanimously to approve the bond and the bid for the work.

Email Jonathan Simmons at jonathan@palmcoastobserver. com.

Attorney suggests ‘Security’ gives a false sense of security Also: ICI to pay for fixes to construction entrance.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The team of staff members that mans Plantation Bay’s gates is getting a new name: Instead of “Security,” they’ll now be known as “Access Control.” “ O u r o u ts i d e co u n se l advised us that we should not be using the word ‘security’ to give people a false sense of security,” Board member Bruce Bandes said at the Board of Directors’ meeting on April 29, noting that the district’s staff are not police officers with authority to enforce the law.

Board Chairman John Gamin said the board would be “only changing the name. We’re not changing anything of what we do.”

“The implication of the word ‘security’ is a very serious legal implication,” Board member Russ Reinke said. “Thats’ all we’re doing, getting rid of a word.”

He said homeowners associations have been advised by their attorneys to make the change in response to a legal case in which a community that advertised itself as having security staff had a robbery that ended in a resident’s death; the resident’s family had

then sued the community.

Plantation Bay resident Jane Gentile-Youd opposed the proposed change, saying that the case that prompted it involved a community with dramatic differences from Plantation Bay. “It was a community that had no security; it had a manual gate; it had no guards, no roving guards, no guard station,” she said. “This lawsuit has nothing to do with Plantation Bay.” And if “security” was truly such a dangerous word to use to refer to staff members who are not police officers, then Walmarts and banks wouldn’t be using it either, she said.

Board members thought the safest option would be to follow the legal advice they’d been given.

“I learned very early on in my professional career: It is usually wise to do what your attorney advises you do,” Reinke said.

They approved the name change unanimously. The staff vehicles will also be re-lettered to read “Community Patrol.”

The change will be announced in a letter that will be mailed to residents in June.

Gamin also noted for the audience at the board meeting that

“The implication of the word ‘security’ is a very serious legal implication. Thats’ all we’re doing, getting rid of a word.”

RUSS REINKE, board member

the current gate and buy the shell material, he said.

At the same time, the community is preparing for some minor fixes on its residential streets: Community Manager Margie Hall has solicited bids for the resurfacing of Hampstead Lane from the bridge to about halfway down Hampstead, where there are some “very little potholes,” Gamin said.

“We don’t want to make them bigger potholes.”

DEBTORS ARE PAYING UP Board member Helen Siegel

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the board had investigated several reports that staff members at the gate had been improperly waving vehicles through without checking their licenses and had found those allegations to be “totally false.”

“That is not what happened, and we have the video to prove what happened,” he said. He noted that he’s been waved in when he comes through in a rental car without his clicker, because the guards know he lives there, but someone who didn’t know who he was and witnessed the interaction might assume he was a visitor being waved in without a security check.

“They know people, they know vehicles,” said Access Control Manager Steve Clair. “Most of them know a lot of people by name. … The majority of the time, when I’ve had complaints about it and I go investigate it, the guard — they did everything right.”

ICI TO PAY FOR FIXES TO CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE

ICI homes will pay for upgrades to Plantation Bay’s construction entrance to keep it passable, so driver’s of heavy vehicles won’t be tempted to use the regular entrances instead.

“The objective here, No. 1, is to keep these heavy trucks as much as possible off our roads,” Board member Bob Anderson said at a May 20 Board of Directors meeting. “That (construction) road is in rough shape, and last year we had some experiences with heavy trucks getting bogged down in the rain.”

ICI had three proposals, he said: Replace the construction entrance gate with an electric, cantilevered one; repair the existing one; and keep a mound of about 10 cubic yards of shell on hand to maintain the roadway by filling in holes.

For now, they decided to fix

People who owe money to Plantation Bay have been paying up.

“It’s ... basically down to three accounts that owe us big dollars,” Board member Marty Garbarino said. “We’re under $50,000 now. … So the finances are doing very well; we have money in the reserves.”

GUIDELINES ON FOUNTAINS, ACCESS STAFF MANUAL

Plantation Bay is planning new guidelines for determining where to place fountains, and will be meeting about the matter in the next month, Board Chairman John Gamin said at a May 20 board meeting.

Those recommendations will then be passed along to the Budget Committee.

The Procedures Committee, meanwhile, will be reviewing the Access Control staff’s manual and job descriptions to see if any require revision.

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New name, same service, same message for Access Control Help everyone out by updating your information in CapSure.

STEVE CLAIR ACCESS CONTROL MANAGER

As you may have noticed or heard, Plantation Bay Security has a new name! We have been renamed as Plantation Bay Community Access Control. There will be virtually no noticeable changes to anything we do or to the current services we provide to the residents and visitors of Plantation Bay. Access Control officers will still be present and performing all of the required processing procedures at both gates, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, as we’ve always done.

One noticeable difference is that our patrol vehicles will be lettered to read Community Patrol instead of Security. The patrol officer will still perfor neighborhood patrols on our shifts, to observe and report any situations/incidents of concern to management or law enforcement as necessary.

VISITORS AND VENDORS

We continue to have long lines and traffic backups at both gates on a regular basis and particularly on Monday mornings, when we issue passes for vendors.

In almost all cases, this is a direct result of residents not calling in their visitors or vendors to Access Control beforehand. It only takes one or two vehicles at the gate trying to get entry, if they’ve not been called in, to cause a traffic jams and long lines, sometimes even blocking the residents gate entrances.

Our normal procedure is, if the driver has not already called in or listed in your CapSure profile, to call you and verbally receive authorization to allow the visitor/ vendor entry to your residence.

Many times, we must call numerous phone numbers or leave several voicemails to obtain permission for their entry. This can become extremely time consuming and almost always results in backed up traffic or worse, a denial of entry to a visitor/vendor you were expecting.

Please help us, by contacting Access Control at 437-2496 or 437-4985 and have us put them on your visitors list before their expected arrival, or you can enter them yourself in the CapSure program, to help us avoid the traffic backups at the gates.

When in CapSure, also please verify that your own information is current and correct. Many times, when we call residents, their telephone numbers have been changed or no longer exist.

Also, check your authorized visitors list to make sure it is also correct and up to date.

If you need assistance with CapSure, such as logon or password resetting, contact property management at 437-0038.

HURRICANE SEASON

As a reminder, hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through Nov. 30.

As this was written, there has already been a tropical system, Andrea, developing in the Atlantic Ocean. Hopefully, this is not an indicator of how busy this hurricane season will be for us here in Plantation Bay. It’s never too early to prepare and make sure you’re ready and prepared in the event we do have a weather occurrence.

Have a hurricane preparedness plan ready for you and your family. You can find great examples on both Flagler and Volusia County Emergency Management websites to help guide you with planning and executing your plan in the event of any emergency.

of waters connect to the Tomoka water basins and several surrounding wetlands, via culverts and drains. You may see them today, and tomorrow they could be gone, many miles or several ponds away.

Alligators are extremely important to our ecosystem and help keep other animal populations in balance (they eat snakes, turtles, frogs and other small prey).

Therefore, Florida Wildlife Commission normally doesn’t allow or authorize the removal of any alligator under 5 feet long unless they are a nuisance alligator, and this usually only happens when they are being fed and have lost their fear of humans. Most alligators smaller than 5 feet will normally show no interest in humans or larger animals, preferring to eat smaller prey.

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it is illegal to feed any wildlife, alligators included.

SPEEDING AND STOP SIGNS

Local law enforcement is aware of our traffic concerns and is assisting us with enforcing traffic laws and addressing violators within our communities for these violations.

According to data from our radar signs, we still have a percentage of vehicles driving faster than our posted speed limit of 30 mph in certain areas. With the numbers of vehicle traffic, pedestrians, bicycle riders and golf carts on our roads, it is not only illegal, it is dangerous, too.

Please, obey the traffic signs and speeds. Slow down and stop at all stop signs. It only takes a few seconds or minutes more in your commute time to keep our community safe.

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Because of the vast number of bodies of water here in Plantation Bay, it is very normal to see alligators in your neighborhood waters. It is mating season, and they are more active, on the move and looking for love. Our bodies

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Fortunately, the weather cooperated for Plantation Bay’s Music at the Park event April 28, at Prestwick Park.

Attendees lined up for fresh grilled burgers and milk shakes while live rock ’n’ roll was playing in the background. It was a beautiful day to be out and about, whether it was sitting in the shade under the tree with the neighbors, or running behind dogs or grandkids.

There was entertainment for everyone. Kids enjoyed a bounce house, face paining, and balloon art.

Christina Price, marketing manager for ICI Homes and event organizer, walked around greeting people and making sure there was fresh popcorn for everyone.

“I love these events,” one Plantation Bay resident said. “It creates an opportunity to share with my friends and meet new ones”

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Sanvilles found friendly home they were looking for PAOLA RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Stephen and Lisa Sanville and their son, Logan, and pets have been living in Plantation Bay since March. They were considering just renting, but that changed after touring the community andhaving a chat with the sales team.

Florida was their gateway from New Hampshire. Now it has become home and where their kids come to visit on a regular

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Exterior changes need permission Residents, not contractors, are responsible to get approval from the Association for any changes.

MARGIE HALL COMMUNITY MANAGER

The Association wants to remind all property owners that obtaining approval is required for all exterior projects you may have planned for this summer.

Applications can be downloaded from the community’s website; or contact the management office at 386-437-0038 to have one sent to you. Management staff is happy to answer any questions regarding this process.

Plantation Bay residents should submit their requests to the management office for the Resident Modification Committee’s (RMC) review. The RMC is a five-member committee that meets the first Monday of each month at the management office.

Westlake residents have their requests reviewed by the Westlake Architectural Review Committee (ARB), which meets the second Wednesday and fourth Thursday of each month at the ICI Homes’ office in Daytona Beach.

Submissions to the RMC and ARB should include as much detail as possible: color samples, drawings, plans, photos and dimensions to name just a few.

Whether you are installing new landscaping or landscape curb-

ing, yard ornaments, removing a tree, or extending your patio, a survey of your property will be required so that the specific location of work can be shown within your property boundaries.

Applying for Association approval is the homeowner’s responsibility, not a contractor’s.

Don’t assume your contractor submitted your application to the Association. Also, don’t assume because your neighbor’s modification received approval that you will automatically be approved.

Homeowners are also responsible to comply with all federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations and must obtain all necessary permits, if applicable.

Once the approval is granted in writing from the Association, you can begin or schedule your project. Once started, your project should be conducted without interruption and in a good workmanlike manner by you or your contractor to its completion. If your project is delayed more than six months, you’ll have to resubmit for Association approval.

If you are not sure as to what exterior changes need approval, please contact the management office.

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COOKING CORNER Chunky Italian Soup, with Kathleen McCormack PAOLA RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For soup lovers, every season is appropriate for a hearty and warming bowl of deliciousness.

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house on Dovercourt Lane was the top real estate transaction for Feb. 14 to April 10 in Plantation Bay. Ivar and Sally Kasaks, individually and as trustees, sold 1328 Dovercourt Lane to Ralph and Holly Kotoski, of Ormond Beach, for $720,000. Built in 2006, the house has four bedrooms, four baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 4,059 square feet. It sold in 2009 for $675,000. Following is a partial list of other sales.

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Nicholas and Maria Cardaci, of Manorville, New York, sold 1005 Hampstead Lane to Peter and Shannon Lucarelli, of Ormond Beach, for $650,000.

Built in 2003, the house has four bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a swimming pool and 3,332 square feet. It sold in 2003 for $491,310.

Guy and Christina de Luca, of Ormond Beach, sold 672 Southlake Drive to Robert and Jane Flynn, of Ormond Beach, for $520,000. Built in 2015, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 2,624 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $471,800.

Robert and Jayne Flynn, of Ormond Beach, sold 1264 Sunningdale Lane to Angel and Susan Valdes, of Ormond Beach, for $345,000. Built in 2001, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 1,931 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $305,000.

Patricia Webster, of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, sold 1297 Royal Pointe Lane to Jeffrey Lipet and Bethanie Phillips, of Ormond Beach, for $335,000.

Built in 2004, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,019 square feet.

Prestwick at Plantation Bay, of Daytona Beach, sold 848 Aldenham Lane to Stephen and Lisa Sanville, of Ormond Beach, for $285,000. Built in 2018, the townhouse has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,086 square feet.

Claudia Ruffing, of Venice, sold 795 Aldenham Lane to Connie Hoover, of Ormond Beach, for $272,900. Built in 2016, the townhouse has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,510 square feet.

It sold in 2016 for $235,000.

Cathy Burdette, of Arlington, Virginia, sold 1256 Crown Pointe Lane to Rosel McAndrews, of Ormond Beach, for $262,000. Built in 2005, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 1,762 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $297,900.

Prestwick at Plantation Bay, of Daytona Beach, sold 832 Aldenham Lane to Vidia Narine, Edmundo Cortez and Rex Narine, of Ormond Beach, for $260,000. Built in 2018, the house has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,086 square feet.

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Jimmy and Linda Chumney, of Ormond Beach, sold 1279 Royal Pointe Lane to John and Gayle Lascari, of Shirley, New York, for $260,000. Built in 2006, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,905 square feet. It sold in 2009 for $170,000.

Jerry and Cathy Byerly, of Ormond Beach, sold 1204 Kilkenny Court to Robert and Julie Peterson, of Ormond Beach, for $250,005. Built in 2015, the house has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,081 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $234,100.

Harold and Karen McGaughey sold 770 Aldenham Lane to Alan Witherspoon, of Court House, Ohio, for $235,000.

Built in 2017, the house has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,510 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $220,700.

Edmund and Linda Shurly, of Ponte Vedra, sold 49 Kingsley Circle to Anthony and Debra Zambuto, of Ormond Beach, for $235,000. Built in 1987, the house has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,644 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $193,000.

Donald Gioia, of Palm Coast, sold 80 Kingsley Place to Lolether and Charles Crooms, of Ormond Beach, for $222,000.

Built in 1990, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 2,100 square feet.

It sold in 2002 for $135,000.

Leona Mullery sold 1325 Hansberry Lane to Paul and Diane McGuinnes, of Ormond Beach, for $212,000. Built in 2009, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,551 square feet. It sold in 2009 for $187,230.

Ernest and Jennifer Tuthill, of High Falls, New York, sold 23 Jasmine Run to Richard and Cheryl Parker, of Forked River, New Jersey, for $179,000. Built in 1987, the house has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,427 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $159,000.

Toby Tobin, of gotoby.com, contributed to this report.

Clifford Schomburg Jr. and Ann Bajka, of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, sold 42 Gale Lane to Carey and Angela Creasy, of Palm Coast, for $412,500. Built in 2000, the house has four bedrooms, three baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,537 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $395,000.

Volusia Residential Construction LLC, of Daytona Beach, sold 902 Creekwood Drive to Karim and Kimberly Bardo, of Ormond Beach, for $401,800.

Built in 2018, the house has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,263 square feet.

Prestwick at Plantation Bay, of Daytona Beach, sold 652 Aldenham Lane to Billy Innes and Galina Stingel, of Ormond Beach, for $385,500. Built in 2018, the house has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,238 square feet.

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