NOTES FROM THE JANUARY 25TH HROA MEETING

Mark Catanese, Karen Grissom, Cheryl Gelinas, Jerry Mick, Kerul Kassel, and Cherry Heck were in attendance. Mark Hills from Association Solutions was there, as well as ten residents.

A question was asked about commercial vehicles, RV, and boat parking on Harmony streets and if the HROA is doing anything about this. Mark explained that they are indeed sending out violation letters as allowed. A question about the general upkeep of homes and yards and is the HROA doing anything about this was asked. Mark answered yes. He has employees that drive around to inspect for violations and letters are sent out. He went over the amounts and types of violations they found during the last inspection.

The board has been discussing the best option for house paint colors and approvals. At the September meeting the board decided to have Mark Hills contact Sherwin Williams and see if they could put some colors together for us to add to our current Color Book. They provided 36 new color schemes, and the board voted unanimously to adopt all 36 schemes and add them to the existing book. This will take Sherwin Williams about eight weeks to do. We will now have 77 color schemes to choose from. You must choose one color scheme and not mix and match. Association Solutions will have the new colors available at their office if you would like to look at them and use before they get uploaded into our book. If you are repainting your house the color it currently is, that is considered general maintenance, but you will still need to submit for approval. Please include the color names when submitting the application.

The board voted unanimously to no longer use Melrose Management as our Social Event insurer due to a rate increase or possible cancellation. Instead, we will insure each Social Event separately but will not be able to have activities such as bounce houses, petting zoos, carriage rides, etc., as insurance companies are increasing their rates for these types of activities or canceling policies. Jennifer will have a list of the activities not allowed and will come up with new activities for our social events. This will be less expensive for the HROA, which means more money for events. The board also decided to have Jennifer put on all advertising of HROA events that these are for residents only.

It was brought to our attention that outside companies are trying to come in and do vendor markets on the weekends. Mark Catanese asked Mark Hills if the HROA can stop this from happening. The answer is no, we cannot. But no one can come into Harmony and do markets or events without approval from the CDD. This was the opinion of the HROA attorney.

Mark Catanese has been looking into what we can do about speeding in the neighborhood, especially along Five Oaks. He has been looking into Speed Cameras. The board decided we needed more information before any decisions are made.

The Harmony Nature and Animal Committee members have been working on clearing some of the trails. A Conservation Cafe Club has been formed for children five and up. They will meet monthly to do conservation activities, science experiments, and the garden club has donated a garden plot to them to grow plants.

The committee meets every month or two and is looking for members to clear trails, help with the feral cat population, the new Cafe Club, and more. Upcoming events include a Garden Tour and a Photo Contest. See www.harmonynac. com for more information.

Mark Hills went over the financials, and we are staying on budget. As of December, there was approximately $8000 in delinquent dues for which Association Solution is aggressively chasing collection.

Next Meeting Date: Tentatively set for March 29, 6:00 pm in the ballroom.

Upcoming Hroa Social Events

February 19 – Harmony Sunday Market from 10 am-2 pm in the Town Square.

February 24 – Country Night, 7:30-10:30pm, Harmony Courtyard – Harmony Residents only – Adults only

March 19 – Harmony Sunday Market from 10 am-2 pm in the Town Square.

A few changes to enforce policies

The CDD is now trimming all street trees in Harmony. Violation letters will NOT be sent for street trees. For sidewalks not owned by the CDD, cleaning them is the owner's responsibility. Violation letters will NOT be sent, since they are county owned, but if yours are slippery or dirty please clean them for safety and to keep the neighborhood looking nice. For the verge areas (the strip of land between the sidewalk and street) that the CDD is no longer maintaining (Cat Brier, Schoolhouse, and Five Oaks), residents WILL receive violation letters if they are not maintained. n

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