the year ends on a high note new playground, bb downs …

NOV - DEC 2017

The End of the Year Is A Busy Time

Commencing with the Diwali festival of lights on October 19 and continuing through the welcoming of 2018 in January, the end of 2017 is a time of the celebrations of families and traditions…. and new beginnings.

The City of Tampa greenlighted the construction of the new fire station in NW New Tampa reducing the drain on the emergency services for Tampa Palms.

Parents, led by Tampa Palms’ own Tracy Falkowtiz, convinced Tampa City Council to earmark funds for the expansion of the New Tampa Rec Center.

The TPOA Owner Reps met for the 2018 Budget Meeting with 88% of the villages (residential and commercial) represented. Consistent with the multi-year financial plan, dues will remain $260 per year.

Compton Park shines with the newly opened play-ground, refurbished tennis courts and brand new night-illuminated basketball and pickleball courts.

The expansion of Bruce B Downs is nearly complete. Restoration of the entries and more is underway.

Poinsettias will replace Fall mums and the iconic Tampa Palms deer fashioned from manzinita branches will return soon.

The New Year is on its way.

The Year Ends On A High Note

New Playground, BB Downs Complete

Winter Hours & January (Pg 2)

Bruce B Downs Update (Pg 3)

TPWC Has Busy & Fun Filled Schedule

(P 4)

“Community Resource

Guide” (Pages 6 & 7)

Florida Tree Law (P 9)

Tampa’s Winter Village for 2017

(Pg 12)

You Can Almost Feel It In The Air

….. Winter Is Coming

Winter hours begin November 4th for Hampton Park and the facilities at Compton Park.

Winter Hours

8 AM - 9 PM*

Mon - Sat

8 AM- 8 PM

Sunday

*Compton will continue to have late night events in the club-house Friday and Saturday evenings until 10 PM.

Compton Pool Opening Rules

The Compton Park Pool opens at 9 AM everyday weather

permitting if there are residents wishing to swim.

1. The pool is covered each night with a heat-saving cover.

2. The pool will not open until the outside air temperature,

measured at Compton Park with an outdoor thermometer,

reaches a minimum of 50 degrees.

3. Even if the temperature reaches 50 degrees, the pool cov-

er will not be removed unless residents have indicated

that they wish to swim at which time the park attendants

will open the pool.

4. If it is raining, stormy or windy, the pool cover will not

be removed.

Opening the pool during the winter months is time consum-

ing due to the pool cover. To do so safely requires about thir-

ty minutes. It is suggested that on cold mornings any resident

interested in swimming do the following:

• Call Compton Park to inquire as to if the

temperature has reached 50 degrees.

• Advise the park staff that they wish to

swim and ask to uncover the pool.

• Residents should expect that the pool will be open within

30 minutes of their call.

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Celebrating The Holidays

In celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, all Tampa Palms parks will close November 22nd at Noon and they will be closed all day Thursday November 23rd, reopening Friday November 24th. Although the parks will reopen Friday, November 24th the TPOA business offices will be closed and reopen Monday, November 27th. The following schedule is in place for the December holidays: • All parks close at Noon Sunday, December 24th

and reopen Tuesday Dec 26th. • All parks will close at Noon on December 31st and

reopen on Monday January 2nd.

Compton Parties

With expanded room availability Compton will be bus-

tling with holiday party activity in the coming weeks.

Please drive with extra care through

the parking lots so that no one’s holi-

day spirit is dampened by an accident.

In particular please observe the no

parking rules around the building entrances.

Holiday Lighting Coming Soon

Tampa Palms will soon sparkle with thousands of tiny

lights again. The main entry illumination should begin

the weekend after Thanksgiving and the deer and

wreaths will follow during the first week of December.

Our Tampa Palms Professional Staff

Bruce B Downs Update

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We’re Almost There …. Contractors have advised Tampa Palms that the widening project for BB Downs (TP portion) should be complete within a few weeks.

At this time the contractors and overseeing engineers are completing final inspections of all aspects, from pavement to utility piping.

Unfortunately for Tampa Palms, a storm water pipe in the new pond was found to be broken during the inspections and must be replaced. [Crews replacing it are shown in the picture below.] This is unfortunate because much of the

water in the entry pond had to be drained so that the dam-aged pipe could be repaired. There is no way to refill the pond except through rainfall and as this is the dry season it could take some time.

Agreement With the County

The Tampa Palms CDD has entered into an agreement with the County that will allow the CDD to make im-provements to the pond site - improvements that enhance the look but do not compromise the purpose of the pond which is storm water retention.

One of the first two improvements will be the installation of a fountain in the only deep pool portion of the pond which is in the front corner. The fountain will spray 45 ft high and 125 feet wide.

Another early improvement will be muhly grass planted along the perimeter to add interest and color. All of this work and other plans depend on when construction is complete.

Mitigating Damage To The Look of Tampa Palms The ambiance of Tampa Palms suffered from the con-struction more than that of most communities along the BB Downs for a number of reasons:

• Tampa Palms is the only community split down the middle by Bruce B Downs, with amenities [parks] on both sides of this new 8-lane highway.

• Tampa Palma alone has more than 1.3 MILES of rail-ing. [Railing that in standard form is industrial-look bare metal]. The railing in Tampa Palms is more than five times the total railing used for TP North, TPOST 3 plus ALL of New Tampa north of I-75.

• The widening project placed a major storm water pond in the middle of the main entry. This is a pond with unique characteristics that may result in portions being dry much of the year.

Five Years of Work

Thanks in part to the County’s process of involving all stakeholders in the project planning, Tampa Palms was able to take an active part in making BB Downs in Tampa Palms more in keeping with the community ambiance.

The CDD has a wide range of projects; some negotiated with the County (but funded by Tampa Palms) such as:

• Black fencing in place of bare metal.

• A redesigned pond to al-low a deep pool in the front for a fountain.

• Restored bricks at the main entries.

The remaining projects include (1) restoration and refor-estation of the entries (2) brand new hardscape at the main entries (3) landscape improvements all along BB Downs and finally (4) improvements to the pond site. As indicat-ed on the graphic above, 44% of the planned projects are complete or in progress.

Back After A Summer Break The traditional New Member Brunch started things off with a bang in October. Held at Compton Park and filled with spe-cial treats from members’ kitchen, the Pot Luck provided an opportunity for new friends and old comrades alike to share a delicious luncheon and catch up on the summer while making plans for 2018.

A trip to Weeki Wachee Springs with a delicious lunch at the ex-quisite Nouvelle Cuisine rounded out a busy Octo-ber.

Tampa Palms Women's Club

Has A Fun Filled Schedule

It’s The Event of the Season

Off And Running- The 2018 Officers

Marion Brookover, Chairwoman Nominating Committee, along with Meg Collins, Ivonne Blank, Audrey Bartley, and Purnima Kumar presented the 2018 slate of officers during the November 2nd General Meeting.

Charlotte Hogue, President

Pat Horvath, Vice President

Judy Garland, Secretary

Sharon Padley, Treasurer

Valerie Kelleher &

Ann Izmirlan, Membership

Liz Kirby, Charities

Ella Froman &

Beth Hatfield, Activities

A Busy Year Is Planned

Please mark your calendars for the following

events. They are Tampa Palms traditions.

Teamwork Makes All The Difference The TPOA and the Tampa Palms CDD serve the same constituency, the owners and residents of Tampa Palms. There are a number of ways that the two organizations cooperatively share responsi-bilities for the common good of the community. The most visible facet of that cooperation is reflected in the sharing of clerical staff: the CDD’s administrative assistant provides support to the TPOA property manag-er in the areas of deed restriction and modifications cor-respondence and negotiates the TPOA’s insurance poli-cies. These shared services save the TPOA the cost of staffing such a position, and the non-trivial costs of providing space for additional staff. Other examples of that cooperation include the TPOA Community Manager overseeing park staff for the CDD’s Hampton park, taking pavilion reservations for Hampton and Amberly parks and managing the opening and closing Amberly Park restrooms each day. These shared services save the CDD the cost of staffing such a position, which would be substantial even on a part-time basis. In addition, in many ways Tampa Palms is a hybrid community. Tampa Palms is not fully serviced by the City of Tampa for its municipal needs - such as are the communities of Forest Hills, or Seminole Heights. Tampa Palms is also not a fully independent gated com-munity - such as are Arbor Greene, or Hunters Green- where municipal services do not include streets, side-walks, streetlights or storm water.

Tampa Palms uniquely receives some / many services (streets, water, police, fire, storm water, wastewater, streetlights) through the City of Tampa.

Some services are provided by Hillsborough County (most notably garbage collection ).

Shared Resident Support

TPOA CDD Clerical Support For TPOA

Operations (25%)

Personnel √ Pro Rata Salary √

Park Attendant Management

CDD Parks Hiring √

Training √ Resident Reservations √

Scheduling √ Staff Salary √

Opens & Closes Amberly Park √

Irrigation TPOA Park Compton Park

Non-Potable Water (No Cost) √ Maintenance √

Timers & Hardware √

Snipe Sign Pick-Up Weekdays √ Weekends √

Community Newsletter Prepared & Printed √

Mailed To All Residents √ 50-50 Cost Sharing √ √

Office & Meeting Storage Meeting Prep √

Meeting Media Storage √ Whiteboard Storage √

Holiday Decorations - Entries

Provides Decorations √ Provides the Power √

Provides Storage For

Decorations Including Deer √

Full Community Resource Guide Follows

A Useful Tool To Keep For Reference

Community Services Guide

Maintenance By

Community/Municipal Service CITY Hills

County CDD HOA

Private Owner

Bike Path Maintenance (Private-Gated ROW) √

Bike Path Maintenance (Public ROW) √

Brick Paver Maintenance (Gated Villages) √

Brick Paver Repair (Public ROW) √

Construction Permitting & Inspection √

Curb Maintenance (Gated Villages) √

Curb Maintenance (Main Roads) √

Curb Maintenance (Village Roads Public ROW) √

Drinking Water √

Fire & EMS √

Fountains- Pond on Main Roads √

Fountains- Pond/Gated Villages & TPC Club √ √

Irrigation Medians, Parks & Landscape Tracts (Non √

Irrigation Cul de Sac's City-Owned ROW (Potable) √

Irrigation Wells (3) SWFWMD WUP √

Irrigation Pump Stations (2) √

Landscape Lighting (Main Roads) √

Median Landscape Maintenance - CDD Owned √

Median Landscape Maintenance - City ROW √

Monuments Signs & Lighting (Main Entries) √

Monuments Signs & Lighting (Village Entries) √

Monument Signs & Lighting (Commercial Bldgs) √

Monument Signs & Lighting (Community Parks) √ √

Mosquito Control √

Park Maintenance (Compton & River) √

Park Maintenance (Hampton, Oak & Amberly) √

Playground Maintenance (Hampton & Amberly Parks) √

Playground Maintenance (Compton & River Parks) √

Police Protection √

Reclaimed Water None

For Tampa Palms Residents

Maintenance By

Community/Municipal Service COT Hills

County CDD HOA

Private Owner

Main Roadside Landscape Maintenance CDD -Owned √

Main Roadside Landscape Maintenance City ROW √

Sidewalk Maintenance (Gated Villages) √

Sidewalk Maintenance (Village Roads Public ROW) √

Solid Waste & Recycling √

Storm Water Conveyances (Gated Villages- Private ROW)1 √

Stormwater Conveyances (Village - Public ROW) √

Stormwater Inlets- Curb & Swale (Gated Villages)1 √

Stormwater Inlets- Curb & Swale (Main Roads) √

Stormwater Inlets- Curb & Swale (Village Roads) √

Stormwater Ponds - CDD Owned √

Stormwater Ponds - Privately Owned √

Street Lights Gated Villages √

Street Lights Main Roads 2 √

Street Lights Village Roads2 √

Street/Pavement Maintenance (Main Roads) √

Street/Pavement Maintenance (Village Roads) √

Street/Pavement Maintenance (Gated Villages) √

Street Signs (Decorative) (Village Roads) √

Street Signs (Decorative) (Gated Villages) √

Tennis Court Maintenance & Lights (Compton Pk) √

Tennis Court Maintenance & Lights (Hampton Pk) √

Traffic Control Signs City ROW Main Roads2 √

Traffic Control Signs City ROW Village Roads2 √

Traffic Control Signs Gated Villages √

Tree Trimming- Gated Villages √

Tree Trimming– Main Roads3 √ √

Tree Trimming- Village Roads √

Waste Water (Sewer) √ 1. Stormwater in the gated villages of Huntington and Westover is COT maintained 2. Streetlights on public ROW are provided by TECO. Streetlights are paid for by the City of Tampa 3. The CDD assists by trimming trees 8 ft over sidewalks and over roadways when possible.

What An Accomplishment! "Freedom High School PTA and faculty would like to con-gratulate students the following students who are semi-finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Annie Cao, Ryan Dembo, Catherine Weng.

Nationwide each year about 1.6 million students enter and only 50,000 are selected. These three students have exhib-ited the outstanding academic talent and PSAT scores nec-essary to become finalists. The FHS Family salutes their hard work and dedication to their studies and wish them the best at the finals."

Bill Schneider (Col. US Army Ret), Tampa Palms resident and noted community leader, was recently honored by Rep-resentative Kathy Castor during a Veteran’s Day pinning ceremony held at Haley VA. Medical Center.

A pinning ceremony publicly acknowledges the military service and sacrifices made by the Veteran and his/her fam-ily. The ceremony gives an opportunity for each veteran to share part of his or her story.

Bill is pictured below with Councilman Luis Viera (center - ceremony displaying a plaque that was presented) and also Rodney Coleman (left) who is from Hunters Green.

Club Day at

Liberty Middle

Students Making Connections and Pursuing Interests

For middle-schoolers, having time to engage in activi-ties of interest gives them something to look forward to once a month and a nice break from the same lessons day in and day out. To make that happen Liberty Mid-dle School has Club Days on the first Friday of every month to accommodate student interests and engage-ment.

On Club Days, students are given variety of over thirty-five unique clubs with passionate sponsors. Students stay with the same club all year so that they can bond with their peers and sponsors over similar interests. The variety is endless.

For instance, in the ARTistic Connections Club, students are encouraged to make their own illustrations for books or poetry they read.

They also illustrate some of their own work to share with others in a way that could potentially take them down the path of becoming authors or illustrators.

Some students enjoy Club Days for the ability to do good in the community and make a lasting impact. Our Random Acts of Kindness club and Best Buddies club allow the students to do just that. In Random Acts of Kindness, students are encouraged to be the best ver-sions of themselves and spread kindness and positive vibes through not only the club, but the school as well.

Liberty has a wide variety of clubs from sports clubs, to various science clubs that cover engineering and the STEAM program, to clubs that focus on fostering inter-personal relationships through games and friendly com-petition.

Pictured below, the Science Club looks ready to move us to “that next frontier” in the coming years.

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Freedom High

Students Shine!

Rep Kathy Castor

Honors Vietnam Vets

TPOA Annual Meeting Is Moving

More Convenient For Residents Tampa Palms has two community-wide meeting every year:

• The Budget Meeting • The Annual Meeting

The Budget Meeting takes place immediately prior to the beginning if the fiscal year which commences October 1. Traditionally the Annual Meetings takes place in January, barely three months after the Budget Meeting and just as families are getting back to routines for work and school after the winter holidays. At the Budget Meeting it was proposed by the Board that the Budget Meeting be moved to April, midway though the year and at a time more convenient for families. The 2018 Annual Meeting is scheduled for

Thursday, April 19, 2018

There will be more announcements as the date approaches.

Don’t Let This Happen To You Flushable wipes are clogging sewer pipes. This has been reported throughout the country. In September flushable wipes, along with heavy rains and a computer glitch, caused a severe sewage spill in Tampa. The City of Tampa Wastewater Dept. urges residents to pro-tect their families - and their pocketbooks - and not flush wipes.

So-called flushable wipes can cause back-ups in the home plumbing - which is costly for the homeowner. They also can col-lect and cause breakdowns within the City systems.

Questions About Problem Trees And Who Is Responsible

This year the first hurricane in a long time in this part

of the state, there have been many questions from

Tampa Palms residents about problem trees:

• Am I responsible if a tree falls from my property

onto a neighbors home.

• Who is responsible for a tree that worries me but

is in an adjoining property?

• Can I cut limbs from a tree that crosses the bound-

ary onto my property?

The responsibility for tree damage in Florida law de-

pends on two factors:

1. The location of the tree,

2. The health of the tree.

If a tree that is dead

falls on a neighbor’s

property and damag-

es the home or or

other property, the

landowner who owns

the tree is responsible

for damages.

If a live tree falls on

an adjoining property

(storms or winds)

and damages that

neighbor’s property,

it is the neighbor that

is responsible for his

own damages.

Insurance companies follow this law.

IFAS has produced an excellent handbook on the Florida Fence and Tree Law which covers fallen trees, tree limbs and much more. This is available on line at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe962

Florida Tree Law

Flushable Wipes Aren’t So Flushable

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe962

Standing Up

For Standards

If You Get “The Letter”

Please don’t be insulted, or embarrassed because you assume that someone “turned you in” or angry because you think someone else’s home is “just as bad” (chances are enforcement is in pro-gress for them as well). An overwhelming percentage of the time (99%+) an “action required letter” is the result of property management patrol and not initiated by a neighbor. Call the TPOA, acknowledge that you are handling the situ-ation for which you were cited and agree upon a timeframe for compliance. It is as easy as that- no fines, no lawyer or other legal costs!

Tampa Palms Living Comes With Responsibilities

The community requirements in Tampa Palms are not oner-ous or overwhelming. Most important, they were disclosed to every owner prior to purchase by the seller or the seller’s agent - by law At the 2017-18 Budget Meeting the owners made it clear that failure to take action in the case of those who do not live up to their deed-bound standards is not an option.

In part this is due to the effect un-kempt conditions have on value. Knee-high grass, untrimmed shrubs or yard waste, mold or mildew on homes or mailboxes or dirty roofs in a neigh-borhood are all things an appraiser will not ignore.

According to Richard L. Borges II, Past President of the Appraisal Institute quoted in the NY Times, when calculat-ing the value of a property, an appraiser factors in sur-rounding conditions. Neighborhood nuisances can frequent-ly bring down the value of adjacent homes by 5 to 10 per-cent. The TPOA Board has made it clear:

• There will be continued enforcement patrolling

• Fines and legal action will ensue if they have to

• The intent is compliance with the standards, not collec-tion of fines.

Community Director: Jo Ann Conrad

Property Manager: Bonnie French

Assistant Property Manager: Brian Koerber

16101 Compton Drive M-F 9 AM - 5 PM Phone: 977-3337 Fax: 978-8067 E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.tpoa.net

Board of Directors Bill Edwards, President 972-4238 Warren Dixon, VP 977-3337 Marianne Trubelhorn, Secretary 977-3337 Jake Schoolfield 977-3337 Sally Fuson, Dir 977-3337

CDD 16311 TP Blvd. West Maggie Wilson, Consultant Phone: 977-3933 Fax: 977-6571 E-Mail: [email protected]

CDD Board of Supervisors Gene Field (Chair) 977-1162 Patty Maney 977-7129 Jim Soley 220-3200 Jessica Vaughn 977-3933 A. Michael Gibson 977-3933

One Source (Landscaping ) Joe Laird, Project Manager 267-1756 Tampa Palms Parks Compton Park 972-0897 Hampton Park 972-5699 River Park 971-6241 Police & Fire 911 Non-Emergency Police 231-6130 Non-Emergency Fire 223-4211 Local Schools Tampa Palms Elementary 975-7390 Lawton Chiles Elementary 558-5422 Liberty Middle School 558-1180 Freedom High School 558-1185 Miscellaneous Street Repairs 274-3101 TECO 223-0800 Progressive Waste Solutions 248-2820 Water Department 274-8121 New Tampa Rec Center 975-2794 Storm Water (Floods or Dumping) 274-3101

NOV– DEC

November 2017

1 5 Private Event 5 Private Event

2 10 Private Event 10 Private Event 5 Private Event 5 Private Event

December Holidays of Note

The Prophet’s Birthday Dec 1

1st Day of Hanukah Dec 13

Christmas Dec 25

3 - 9 Private Event 9:30 Private Event 1 Private Event 3 Private Event 3 Boy Scouts 4 Girl Scouts

4 9 Private Event 4 Private Event 4 Private Event

5 10 Private Event 1 TPWC Canasta 6 Chess Club 6 Girl Scouts

6 9 Private Event 4 Private Event 5 Fly Fishing

7 9 TPWC Meeting 10 Private Event 6 Private Event



10 9 Private Event 9:30 Private Event 1 Girl Scouts 3 Private Event 3 Private Event

11 9 Private Event 4 Private Event 5 Covenants meeting 6 Cub Scouts

12 10 Private Event 12 Private Event 4 Private Event 6 Chess Club


14 10 TPWC Bridge 6 Private Event


16 10 Private Event 10 Private event 5 Private Event 5 Private Event

17 9 Private Event 9:30 Private Event 3 Boy Scouts 4 Girl Scouts

18 2 Private Event 6 Cub Scouts

19 1 TPWC Board 5 TPOA BOARD 4 Private Event 6 Chess Club

20

9 Private Event 10 Sanctuary HOA 10 Private Event 4 Private Event




24 Closed at Noon

9 Private Event 31 9:30 Private 9 Private 9:30 Private

25 Parks Closed

26


28 6 Private Event

29 5 Private Event


DECEMBER

SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT

1 9am Private Event 10am Private Event 4 Private Event

2 9am TPWC Monthly Mtg 6 Private Event


4 10am Private Event 10am Private Event 5 Private Event

“Fall Break” No School 11-20 thru 11-24

5 9am Private Event 9:30am Private Event 1Private Event 3 Boy Scouts

6 9am Private Event 10am Private Event 4 Private Event 7 Huntington Annu-al MTG

7 10am Private Event 1 TPWC Canasta 12 Private Event 6 Chess Club 6 Girl Scouts Board

8 0am Private Event 4 Private event 6PM CDD MTG

9 10am TPWC Bridge 6 Private Event 6 The Reserve Annual MTG

10 NO SCHOOL 10 Private Event


12 9am Private Event 9:30am Private Event 1Private Event 3 Private Event

13 9am Private Event 1 Private Event 4 Private Event 5 Covenants Mtg 6 Cub Scouts Mtg

14 10 Private Event 10 Private Event 6 Chess Club 5 TPOA Board

15 9 am Private 10am Sanctuary 10 Private Event 1 Private Event 4 Private Event 4 Westover Annual

16 9 Private Event 10 Private Event 6 Private Event 6 Kensington Annu-al MTG



19 9am Private Event 9:30am Private 3 Boy Scouts 4 Girl Scouts

20 9am Private 10am Private event 5 Private Event

21 10 Private Event 10 Private Event 1 TPWC Board Mtg 6 Sanctuary Annual MTG

22 Parks Close at

Noon

23 Parks Closed

24 TPOA Offices

Closed

5 Private Event


26 -9 Private Event 9:30 Private Event 3 Private Event (2)

27 - 9am Private 10am Private event 6 Cub Scouts

28 10 Private Event 6 Chess Club

29 10 Private Event (2) 4 Private Event (2)


Tampa Palms CDD Meeting Agenda*

January 10th at 6:00 p.m. Compton Park Recreation Building

16101 Compton Drive, Tampa, FL 33647 1. Roll Call

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Strategic Planning

4. Public Comments

5. Board Member Discussions

6. Project Updates

Main Entry Improvements Amberly Improvements Entry Pond Update Park Updates 7. Additional Board Business

8. Public Comments

9. Board Member Discussions

10. Adjourn

* Items may be added to the agendas as needed.

Tampa’s Winter Village Opens

Celebrate the holiday season in Downtown Tampa at the

Winter Village at Curtis Hixon Park, will be opening for

the holiday season on Friday Nov 17.

Located along the Tampa River-

walk, Curtis Hixon Waterfront

Park is transformed with the

sights, sounds and activities of the

holidays for children and adults.

Downtown Tampa’s only outdoor ice rink welcomes

families and friends to share in this holiday tradition with

a view of the beautiful Tampa Riverwalk and Hills-

borough River.

“Tampa Palms” and the Palm Tree device are registered trademarks of the Tampa Palms Owners Association Inc.

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