PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Kathy Nobles, LOHOA Pres., Commissioner Robert Stuart, George Morning, Camino Real Assoc., Pam Johnson, Rosemont Shores Condo Association. It has really been and continues to be rewarding and humbling to serve as the Lake Orlando Homeowners Association(LOHOA) President. It is rewarding when we undertake a project and achieve the goals even higher than my high level of expectation. It is humbling when I continue to see a small group of homeowners throughout the Rosemont community commit to successfully complete tasks that are for the betterment of our community; and when I see a large group of volunteers willing to help us with our clean-up and beautification. One of these highly successful projects is the massive and comprehensive MLK Plant Seedlings for Civil Rights event held on January 21, 2013. This City of Orlando event was sponsored by the Mayor s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission and spearheaded by Jan Rahill and staff in the Green-up Orlando Department. This event really took a large collaborative effort by many residents, the City of Orlando staff and volunteers from several organizations and private companies throughout the city. True to his unfailing support, Commissioner Stuart also pitched in to help. We had more than 200 volunteers and 20 coming from our Rosemont community covering an area beginning with Orange Blossom Trail on the East to Pine Hills Road on the West of the community; along Long Road, around the entire Lake Orlando Parkway, and throughout all the main entrances leading into Rosemont which include Cinderlane Road, Rosamond and Lake Breeze. This was really a lively yet humbling experience!! Residents representing Arbor Oaks community, Camino Real, Rose Point, Dunwoody Place, Rosemont Shores Condos, and the Lake Orlando Homeowners Board contributed their time before and during this event to plan and then to execute the plan along with the City staff and volunteers. We had Rosemont residents that committed to being Team Captains to oversee initiatives, such as picking up trash; trimming trees and shrubberies; replanting and cleaning street islands; and replanting our two large roundabouts. Thank you to everyone who participated to make this grand event successful!! Thank you to the Mayor s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission for selecting our community to participate in this event and demonstrate how collaboration and commitment lead to success. This newsletter is dedicated to all the efforts made towards its success. It features many pictures, such as the one on this page, that capture the activities of the day by spotlighting our gathering place and ten targeted zones. Kathy Nobles LOHOA President I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Plant Seedlings For Civil Rights 2-4 February /March 2013 Lake Orlando Update Membership Meeting Annual LOHOA Homeowners Mtg. 6 6 6 City & County Workshops 7 Membership Application 8
l a k e Orl a ndo H o m e o w ne r s A s s o c i a ti o n P a ge 2 ROSEMONT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANT SEEDLINGS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS MEETING PLACE Volunteers, LOHOA members, City of Orlando Staff and Commissioner Stuart and LOHOA Team Captains eagerly gather at the Rosemont Building parking lot on Rosamond for task assignments at 7:30 A.M. January 21. 2013. ZONE 1 Highway 441 Bordering Rosemont Approximately 30 volunteers and Team Captain, Mike Nobles, traversed Highway 441 from Rosemont Plaza to Wendy s restaurant and collected approximately eight full bags of trash. ZONE 2 Rosamond Entranceway Approximately 30 volunteers from Wells Fargo Bank, Timberland, Davell R. Davis family, and Team Captain, Kathy Nobles, cleaned out median plant beds, removed litter from adjacent canals, cleaned out wooded areas, mulched trees and flower beds, planted junipers, and cut out dead growth. Volunteers collected approximately 12 large buckets of debris in accomplishing their tasks. ZONE 3 Cinderlane Parkway Entranceway Approximately 21 volunteers that included Bank of America and Team Captain, Jerry Fahey, removed litter, painted the Rosemont Park wall and mulched the grounds in Rosemont Park. They also cleaned debris and trash from along the roadway and in the median from the round-about on Lake Orlando Parkway to Rosemont Plaza. Approximately 15 large bags of trash along with other debris were collected.
l a k e Orl a ndo H o m e o w ne r s A s s o c i a ti o n P a ge 3 ROSEMONT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANT SEEDLINGS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ZONE 4 Cinderlane Round-A-Bout - After completion of a new landscaping design by Chris Boehmer of Dunwoody Place for this round-a-bout, crews from the City of Orlando s Green-Up division and Timberland planted palm trees and other plants in the days prior to the MLK event. ZONE 5 ZONE 6 Heritage Park/Point Lookout About 15 volunteers from Traveler s Insurance, OUC, Northface and Team Captain, Cheryl Wiley, cleaned and spruced-up the median at Point Lookout and Long Road. These volunteers cut crepe myrtles, planted plants, spread mulch that included five streets along with the median. Arbor Oaks Median About 15 volunteers which included area homeowners, Pamela Johnson, and Team Captain, Yvette Sharpe, cleaned out the median by removing litter and debris, weeded flower beds, planted ground cover, and mulched flower beds. Approximately 100 trash bags were filled with trash and debris.
lake Orlando Homeowners Association Page 4 ROSEMONT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANT SEEDLINGS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ZONE 7 North Lane 40 volunteers which included members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority joined Team Captain, Leroy Bickley, with the support of Orlando Police Department, traversed along North Lane from Lake Orlando Parkway to Pine Hills Road, and along a lake in Signal Hill. They picked up 45 large bags of trash, collected 97 illegally placed signs offering services (i.e., tax preparations) and painted over graffiti markings in 25 different locations. ZONE 9 Dunwoody Place/Lake Breeze and South Lake Orlando Parkway Approximately five volunteers and Team Captain, George Morning, assisted Davey Tree Trimming Service with tree trimming. They also completed flower bed clean-up Tree and plant shrubbery debris were collected in piles. Magnolia trees were removed. ZONE 10 Lake Breeze Round-A-Bout George Morning and team cleaned out debris and weeds in the round-a-bout and the City replaced the reflector tape surrounding the wall. With assistance from a landscaping design completed by Chris Boehmer, Green-up Orlando and volunteers completed additional plantings in the island. ZONE 8 Rose of Tara Way and Rose Petal Lane Approximately five volunteers and Team Captain, Bennie Henderson, weeded the medians on both streets, planted plants and collected multiple large bags of debris. SPECIAL THANK YOU!!! A special thank you is extended from the Rosemont community for all the hard work from LOHOA Directors and Committee Chairs Jan Rahill, Green-up Orlando and Jody Buyas, Green-up Orlando Commissioner Stuart and Cheryl Wiley, Rose Point HOA, Event Photographer. OUC Team and other City workers from Green up
P a ge 5 l a k e Orl a ndo H o m e o w ne r s A s s o c i a ti o n ROSEMONT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANT SEEDLINGS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS A FINAL THANK YOU IS EXTENDED TO ALL VOLUNTEERS
Page 6 Reopening of Lake Orlando Lake Orlando s water quality is very good and the bacterium count is now much below minimum. The lake is, once again, open for fishing. Thanks to the inquiries from LOHOA, the City Of Orlando is working diligently to monitor and maintain Lake Orlando and other Rosemont waterways for safe recreational use. We appreciate all their efforts in this endeavor. If you have any questions about obtaining boat ramp lake access, please contact Leroy at 407-299-4342. ANNUAL LOHOA HOMEOWNERS MEETING Our next Annual LOHOA Homeowners Meeting will be April 9, 2013, 6:30PM at Rosemont Community Center. You will be able to elect officers and identify areas of interest and concern. The membership committee developed a fee schedule to include other associations and multifamily units across the Rosemont community in the Lake Orlando Homeowners Association(see the 2013 membership application). As demonstrated by the large number of volunteers at our Rosemont Neighborhood MLK Plant Seedlings, it really does take a village!! We not only live in our immediate community surrounding our homes but also in the greater community in which we drive, walk, and complete daily errands. Together, we must continue to maintain the safety, beauty and vitality of our neighborhood. Through collaboration and support among ourselves we can be successful in a more comprehensive and efficient manner. The time is now open for membership renewal and commitment to support your community. Attached is the membership application for new members and for renewals. Please submit to our treasurer, Leroy Bickley, at the address reflected on the form. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Nobles at (407) 297-1822 or Faye Henderson at (407) 295-0429.
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DUES INVOICE 2013 Lake Orlando Homeowners Association, Inc. 4522 Pageant Way Orlando, FL 32808 Lake Orlando Homeowners Association By-Laws Article II: Objective and Purpose "It shall be the purpose of this Association to promote a sense of community spirit, to work together for the common benefit of all neighbors, and assist with problems which affect the general betterment of the neighborhood. The efforts of this Association shall be directed toward maintaining and improving the quality of the neighborhood." Please fill in the membership application/renewal form below and mail it to the association. Include your e-mail address if you wish to be notified electronically of meeting announcements. All information provided is kept confidential and use is strictly limited only to association activities. No commercial use of membership information is ever permitted. Non-residents may apply as "Friends of the Association" and will not have voting rights but will have Lake Access. Make checks payable to: Lake Orlando Homeowners Association, Inc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lake Orlando Homeowners Association Dues are voluntary and are due January 1st. ANNUAL DUES PRICE LIST: Membership: (Applies to everyone if they are joining alone) Single Family Homes $50.00 Boat Dock/Membership $100.00 Apartments/Condos/Duplexes/Other Homeowners Associations within the Rosemont Community 1-15(Units) $100.00 151-200(Units) $300.00 16-50(Units) $150.00 201-250(Units) $350.00 51-100(Units) $200.00 251-300(Units) $400.00 101-150(Units) $250.00 Partnerships Businesses $250.00 Churches $250.00 The yearly dues are for January 1st - December 31st. Name Address City State Zip Phone E-Mail Signature Please check if you have an interest in joining the Committees listed below. Neighborhood Crime Watch Serving as an Association Board Member Covenant/Code enforcement Lake Access information: Landscape/Roundabout maintenance Lake Committee Welcoming Committee Newsletter Type of Boat and State number Vehicle year, make and tag # Boats shall use trolling motors only as written in the developer's lake restrictions and approved by the City of Orlando. The City owns the Rosemont Preserve and the Lake. The fenced area known as the boat ramp and dock area as well as the lake and parking area shall be used only at the risk of the user. The users take full responsibility for their activity and the activity of family or friends with them. The Association and the City of Orlando have no Liability for property damage or personal injury. Use at own risk. Please follow the state laws on boating and respect the property of others. Boats with trolling motors, kayaks, canoes and sail boats are allowed. Watercraft with engines are not allowed, including Jet Skis. The combination to the lock will be changed January 1st of every year. After you enter and park, please lock the gate. Commercial fishing is not allowed. Lake Orlando Homeowners' Association will not be able to refund or credit boat ramp dues when unforeseen adverse conditions prevent its recreational use. For boat ramp information call Leroy at (407) 299-4342 or Mike at (407) 297-1822.