From the General Manager

GREG BABBITT General Manager gbabbitt@clpoc.org

CLPOC OFFICE 10690 Pierce Rd. Canadian Lakes, MI 49346 Phone: 231-972-7651

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

MEMBER SERVICES Dawn McNeill Michelle Farris Jane Hensley memberservices@clpoc.org Bring on spring! I don’t know how you are feeling, but I am ready for winter to be done. To me, it seems to have been an excessively colder winter, especially with overnight lows. The older I get, the shorter I want winter to last. Over the weekend I was telling Janene, my wife, that with the loss of snow I was expecting to see some daring members out on The Pines course this coming week, getting in some early season swings. But we went overnight from having basically no snow on the ground, to now we have four inches and it’s still snowing. Oh well, that’s March in Michigan. The good news is spring will be here soon enough as this is all part of the Canadian Lakes fourseason allure, at least for some of us.

ADVANCE NOTICE

I have two items I want to make you aware of early. First is the Canadian Lakes Annual Community-Wide Garage Sale. Once again, this popular event will occur during Memorial Day weekend on Friday, May 27th and Saturday, May 28th. Please see page 10 for all the details.

Secondly, I wanted to give you advance notice regarding the 4th of July fireworks this year. The fireworks this year would typically be done the Saturday prior to July 4th. Unfortunately, our fireworks this year will be the Saturday after July 4th due to issues with our prior contractor not being able to continue doing business with us, and the available dates with our new contractor that we were able to find. This year, the fireworks are scheduled for Saturday, July 9th.

ROYAL GRILLE

Some good news for the Royal Grille, especially if you are a beer fan. We hope to have the new walk-in cooler completed by April 1st. This project allows for safer and better storage of our kegs, beer, and wines and better storage of our beverage cart products. This project also increases our tap beer selection from four taps to ten taps. The Royal Grille will be going back to high season hours beginning Friday, April 1st.

MAINTENANCE

Along with the arrival of spring comes plenty of maintenance for our busy staff to perform around the community. So please be patient as staff works around to all the items. They will be busy with pot-hole repairs, clean-up of golf courses and common areas, asphalt road sweeping, tree and brush clearing, signage repairs, etc.

PROJECT COMPLETIONS

We have some projects that were ongoing last fall but were delayed because of contractor staffing and/ or weather. This involves the golf course cart path paving we hope to finish up in April. There is also the placement of some new subdivision signs, Royal North, Canadian Lakes East, and Trapper Woods. In addition to these completions, we have some replacement reserve projects planned for this year including asphalt road maintenance, castle furnace replacement along with adding air conditioning, campground dump station renovation, outdoor pool furniture replacement, etc. These are just some of our planned projects and they are still weather dependent, meaning some could be completed sooner or later than expected.

FINANCE

The new Fiscal Year 2023 started April 1st and the Board has approved the budget for this fiscal year at their March meeting. This fiscally sound budget will be our guideline. This budget also has projected amenity income and expense levels that hopefully we will meet. The new funding plan, even in these uncertain economic times, has performed well our first two years. We are hopeful this trend will continue again this year and we, as always, will operate conservatively in order to achieve a positive outcome.

COMMITTEES

I will continue to have General Manager Committees again this year. My committees this year will be Building & Grounds, Compliance, Golf, Lakes & Environmental, Marketing & Public Relations, and the Royal Grille. Some of these committees meet year-round while some are seasonal. The committee members assist my department heads with operational issues. I am very appreciative of the support from members who volunteer their time and efforts to serve on these committees.

As you can tell, lots of exciting things are happening. I hope all of you will make time to enjoy Canadian Lakes as we are looking forward to another fantastic year. I will again ask that while you are enjoying Canadian Lakes to be safe and courteous to others so that we can all enjoy this great community together.

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15TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY-WIDE

GOT STUFF TO SELL? LIKE GOING TO GARAGE SALES? The 14TH Annual Canadian Lakes Community-Wide Garage Sale is expected take place on Friday, May 27th and Saturday, May 28th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members wanting to participate must register at the CLPOC Office beginning Friday, May 6th and no later than Saturday, May 21st for your location to be placed on the map being provided to potential shoppers.

The CLPOC will be advertising outside Canadian Lakes so the public will be aware of the event. Maps showing the locations participating in the garage sale will be available at the CLPOC office and canadianlakes.org, beginning Tuesday, May 24th, in the afternoon.

Our community sign policy remains in effect. If you want signs for your garage sale, you can pick up a set at the CLPOC office for a deposit of $20. These are the only official garage sale sign(s), limit two signs per sale, available at the CLPOC Office. No other type of signs will be permitted. Upon returning the official sign(s), in the same condition as they were received, to the CLPOC office no later than Monday, June 6th, you will be refunded $10 of your deposit.

Again, this year, Canadian Lakes Property Owners are encouraged to combine sale sites with two or three households, if permitted and possible. This tends to congregate more buyers, reduce neighborhood traffic, and makes marketing of one’s treasures a little easier. It is also a great way to socialize and get better acquainted with your neighbors.