Newsletter June 11

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Welcome to the 6th edition of the Calmwater Shores Newsletter.

individuals that persist in speeding through the estate. Some time ago a decision was

made to increase the limit from 20 km per hour to 40 km per hour to make it more

reasonable. It poses the question – should we lower it again and hope that those who

cannot keep to the set limit would then travel at somewhere near 40 km per hour?

Please remind those in the household that are too young to remember

records, and your visitors that the speed limit is 40 kph.

We want this to be a positive, safe place for children so

PLEASE SLOW DOWN.

Calmwater Shores Newsletter

BODY CORPORATE NEWSLETTER

ISSUE NO. 6 : June 2011

almwater Body Corporate

etter Box located at the

ate.

yster Cove International

Management

514 0633

ecurity

414 944 472

SKB – Sallena Gibb

504 2030

[email protected]

Website

ww.calmwatershores.com

ewsletter

almwaternewsletter@

mail.com

A broken record you may be asking yourself! Well that is how we

are beginning to feel when it comes to speeding in the estate.

From comments in the recent survey it is clear that the committee

are not the only people who are concerned about the few

Other catches reported are of tailor inthe canal between Mandolin and

Parkview.

Do you have any fishing photos or

catch information that you would like

to share with the neighbours? What

they’re biting on, type of rig and

where. Please email us on

[email protected]

They’re on the Bite!

Over the last few weeks the fish have

been on the bite in the estate waterways.

Catches of good size bream have beenmade off residences in Mandolin Ave on

re-cycled bait! Bream love the heads

from Green prawns purchased at the

supermarket.

24/9/2011 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 24/9/2011

Due to the success of last year’s AGM, we are again going to have the meeting in a

Marquee in the park area near Pipers Point. Drinks and nibblies will be provided and

we hope that all residents will take the opportunity to come and meet the neighbours

and have a say about their estate or just become more informed about how it works.

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Resident Survey.

Thank you to all the

residents who took the

time to complete our

recent resident survey.

With an over 50% return

rate from resident owners,

the information gathered

during this process will

prove invaluable to the committee to ensure we

are attending to those matters that are important

to all. It will also provide some strategic direction

for both the current and future committees to

provide the services and amenities to enhance

the lifestyle we are all fortunate enough to enjoy

here in Calmwater Shores.

An overview of the survey has been prepared and

included in the minutes of the last committee

meeting. This would have been recently

distributed to all owners.

Many excellent suggestions have been offered

and some of these have already been

implemented.

Unfortunately other items involving Saltwater

Creek and areas outside our gates that are either

on council or crown land are beyond the control

of our Body Corporate. Residents are encouraged

to pursue these individual matters with the

relevant authority should they wish. The

committee will however continue to advocate on

behalf of the estate on matters affecting all

residents.

While the survey has been a very worthwhile

exercise, please keep the ideas and suggestions

coming. A short note into the Body Corporate

letterbox at the gates is all that it takes.

Landcare.

Thank you to those who provided some excellent

feedback in the survey on Landcare issues. As a

result action has already been taken to address

some of the points raised while some other

projects that had already been planned have been

given a good “kick along” in the knowledge that

they had wide support from many residents. This

includes:

Additional planting at gates.

Extra planting in Pipers Point gardens.

Trimming back Birds of Paradise at Pipers

Point to improve roadway visibility.

Identifying and treatment of disease in

street trees. Lopping of overgrown trees in Calmwater

Crescent Easement Park.

Future changes to the Landcare schedule

to include additional weeding in summer

months.

Costing of Park Benches.

Many other initiatives under

consideration.

It is pleasing to note that most residents havenoted a general improvement in the estates parks

and gardens in the last 18 months following a

rework of the maintenance schedule and are

generally happy with the standard. I should like to

point out that recent improvements have not

contributed any cost pressure to our annual levies

and have all been met from existing funds. Our

expenditure on Landcare maintenance has

remained fairly constant in the last 3 years. The

objective we have set out to achieve is to stretch

out the fixed “pot of money” we have for

Landcare to get the best value possible. While it is

not perfect and often involves some compromises

feedback and suggestions from all residents is

always appreciated.Estate Gates

In recent times our front entry gates have been

hit by cars twice. This leads to the gates not

functioning correctly or having to be left open

which creates a security risk. We also have to payfor them to be repaired. If you observe anyone

hitting the gates, please take a registration

number and report it to Security. Your details will

be kept confidential.



Green Waste Pickup.

This has proved to be a

popular and well used

service, however those

residents who place their

piles out weeks early are

jeopardising the future of this facility.

Many complaints have been received about the

unsightliness of having green waste stacked up on

the verge weeks prior to the pickup. This does

defeat the purpose of the pickup. Please only

place your green waste items out no earlier than

the weekend prior to the pick up (1st

Monday

each month).

Street Trees.

The committee has approved the final details of

this project. All missing street trees will shortly be

planted including those on the few vacant lots we

have left in the estate. The project will be

overseen by our Landcare supervisor Steve Price.

The trees are to be planted on the common

property adjacent to the verge. If you do not have

a tree at the moment expect to be contacted by

Steve who will determine if you have a preferred

location or any irrigation lines etc that may affect

the planting. Please note that the missing street

trees will be provided by the Body Corporate.

Some residents have expressed an interest in

having additional trees planted along their verge.

This can be arranged with Steve who will provide

a quote and payments for this can be made direct

to him. All the trees will be 100 litre pot size.

If you have any queries on this please contact

Steve Price on 0408 777 102.

Estate Intercom.

Many residents have reported issues with the

estate intercom system in our recent survey. The

problems have ranged from scratchy or faint

audio to complete failure. Those with video have

not seen a picture for some time. This is not news

to those of us who have been it the estate for

some time. Unfortunately we have a system that

is both inadequate for the size of our estate and

completely outdated, making parts near

impossible to find. The system installed by the

original developer is designed more for a high rise

apartment block and not well suited for the long

underground run that

extends from the gates

all the way to the lock.A variety of different

contractors have

connected houses using

differing qualities and types of cable over many

years. A short circuit in any one of these

connections has the ability to knock out the entire

estate system and this has occurred frequently,

especially during wet periods. Over the years our

system has had many “band aid” repairs to keep it

going however this cannot continue much longer.

So where to from here?

The first step has been to identify the extent of

the problem and canvas some acceptable

alternatives – your responses to the survey have

greatly assisted with this. Also the committee has

engaged Surfside Security to conduct an audit of

every house connection to the main

communication line to identify all connectionissues and faults before addressing options with

the main electronics. Other estates in Oyster Cove

have had to rewire and replace their entire

system. Our aim is to avoid this expense by

looking for every other alternative first. So please

be patient during this process. As always feedback

and suggestions are always welcome.

Thank you again to all the residents

who completed the survey. We have a long list

of ideas which we can prioritise and implement

to create the living environment that everyone

is seeking.



By Laws

The resident survey provided invaluable insight to

residents’ expectations in regard to the

enforcement of By Laws.

Of the people who responded 88% were in favour

of the ByLaws and Covenants being enforced tohelp protect house prices. The 88% were evenly

split between rigorous enforcement and

reasonable enforcement. Only 35% believed that

enough was being done by the committee to

enforce the ByLaws.

Some issues highlighted in the survey were quite

specific and others were of a more general nature

but the committee now have a clear mandate to

work to the wishes of the residents.

Love them or hate them, By Laws are a

permanent fixture to how our estate operates.

They are attached by law to any contract of sale

of property in our estate and by signing such a

contract to purchase in Calmwater Shores we

have all agreed to abide by them.

If you are unaware of what the By-Laws are they

can be found on the Calmwater website or can be

obtained from SSKB.

To assist with compliance without becoming a

“police state” we will continue to feature some

topical By-Laws in each newsletter.

Boats parked in driveways and on vacant lots are

a concern to many residents.

“6.1 Parking and Repair

(i) A person must not park or keep any Vehicleon a Lot except wholly within the parking

area designated for it and except that a

recreation Vehicle (which includes, but

without limitation, a camper unit, car

motor home or boat) may be parked or

kept elsewhere on the Lot if it is screened

so as not to be visible from any other lot.”

Many owners already comply with this ByLaw and

it is one that we ask you to consider and move

towards resolving so that formal steps are not

necessary.

Letterboxes.

For some time there has been much discussion

about the problems with mail getting wet in the

letterboxes. At the last committee meeting,

members of the committee were nominated to

investigate and obtain quotations so that a

decision can be enacted at the next committee

meeting.

Your concerns are not being ignored but this

could be a costly project and as such the best

solution needs some serious investi ation.

Boat Ramp.

As you would be aware we have a boat ramp at

the end of Parkview Place which is for the

exclusive use of residents.

Parkview Place is a narrow street and there is no

provision for parking cars with boat trailers.Please take your car and trailer home after

launching your boat. We have invested time,

effort and money into the park area in this

location and therefore don’t wish to waste that

effort by having vehicles parked on the grass.

Other Housekeeping

BARKING DOGS – At the last Principle Body

Corporate Meeting there were complaints from

other Body Corporate members in the Oyster Cove

group about dogs in Calmwater Shores barking

constantly. Noise travels across water. Please be

mindful of the neighbours. The recommendation

was that we should try to address these issues

internally but if they could not be resolved then it

is within the jurisdiction of the Gold Coast City

council.

…. And please pick up your dog’s parcels when walking

them.

Security

Crime has been in the news a lot on the Gold

Coast recently. We have been lucky enough to

escape the statistics in our estate, however there

have been some incidents immediately outside

our estate with our own Security catching a

burglar red handed whilst on patrol nearing the

entry of one of our Oyster Cove estates.



Solutions to Puzzles

Here are the solutions from the last issue:

Classifieds.

As a result of a suggestion in the survey, we havedecided to accept classified ads in the newsletter

for a small fee ($20). This will offset the cost of

producing the newsletter and hopefully help

expand it further.

We try to publish a newsletter 3-4 times per year,

the timing is dependent on the time and

resources available to the 2 committee members

who volunteer their time to produce it, but

generally follows each committee meeting.

The classified ads are available to any local or

resident owned businesses that may wish to

promote their services to our estate residents.

Additionally we will trial a free For Sale section

available to all Calmwater residents. This section

could also include items wanted and give-aways

(freecycling).

If you are interested in placing an ad in the next

newsletter please e-mail the details (including

your name and lot number) to

[email protected]

For Sale.

Golf Clubs. Children’s starter set incl Bag and

Buggy. $40. Mark: 0403 239 747.

Wanted. 2nd

Hand Kayak. Pay up to $200.Michael: 0403 333 107.

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