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Board Meeting – Dec 29, 2019

Attention Residents: The Board will be conducting a brief Board meeting on December 29, 2019 at 1 PM at our community pool. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss only the items listed below, which need to be addressed before the end of the year. No other topics will be covered at this time. All regular business will resume in the new year. Future meeting dates will be announced as soon as possible. Thank you.

  • Review estimates for community-wide mulching and power washing-
  • Review estimates for monument repair and painting
  • Review estimates for repair of pool cabana door locks
  • Review delinquent accounts 

Landscape Committee Reports Now Available

The Mabel Bridge Landscape Committee is comprised of homeowners who volunteer their time and effort to assist the Property Manager in recognizing and addressing concerns and problems found on Mabel Bridge HOA common areas. 

The committee has created a landscaping report that is publicly viewable to all homeowners via this website. The report will be updated periodically when new issues arise and/or existing issues are closed.

You can access the report at any time on the Committees Page.

If you are interested in learning more or joining the Landscape Committee, please attend an upcoming Board of Directors meeting or contact our property manager.

Update on Castleview Elementary Sidewalk Access

Message from the Board of Directors

Dear Mabel Bridge Homeowners,

As a follow up to our last HOA meeting, we’ve gained new insight into the legality of the sidewalk access to the upcoming Castleview Elementary School. The Orange County Public School Board has determined that they do not want a sidewalk through our HOA-owned property, and prefer to use the sidewalk, as previously voted on and approved by the County Commission, that runs alongside the bus loop off of Thatcher Avenue. This will be the walking access for our community.

You may have noticed some construction that occurred and then was repaired back to its original state on our HOA common property that backs up to the new school. The school board attorney let our HOA attorney, the Law Offices of John Di Masi, know that building the gate and sidewalk was not part of the plans approved by the school board and should not have occurred. At the time, they were uncertain if it was the principal or the project manager who had decided to do this, but they were not authorized by the school board.

We engaged our HOA attorney to look into the sidewalk issue for us, because we knew our homeowners preferred the sidewalk on our HOA property as opposed to the bus-loop sidewalk. Our attorney made our desire clear to the school board, and also that we would need to be released of liability should an easement be created.

The school board attorney acknowledged that our points were valid, but they were going to continue on their approved plan. They also acknowledged that there is no easement on our property, it is Mabel Bridge HOA property, and the school board was unwilling to go back through the planning committee to secure the proper rights to build a sidewalk on our community land.

Our HOA attorney advised that even if we told the school board that we wanted the sidewalk there, they would have removed it until we had an easement in place and an agreement for use rights. We also looked further into our community bylaws and the board is not authorized to convey an easement for this purpose; it can acquire an interest in real property but not convey it, and it cannot grant an easement unless it is an easement for utilities and services, like water lines or cable, etc. without first obtaining the consent of the membership. [Article IV, Section 4.4 (E) permits the association to grant easements over and through the common areas. However, Article XII, Section 13.4 (A) requires 2/3 vote of the membership to encumber any portion of the common areas.]  

Therefore, our HOA Board is not the cause of the sidewalk being removed as has been miscommunicated, and the school board has chosen to use the bus loop sidewalk as voted and approved by the school board instead of a different access from our neighborhood into the school property.

Furthermore, we’ve been advised by our HOA attorney that where the school board property ends, it ends. Therefore, use of a different gate would be facilitating trespassing (for non-homeowners), so the school should be locking the side gate that exists. If someone were to get hurt on HOA common property, the HOA may be liable for that.

We were further advised by our attorney that our actions regarding our HOA property were in the best interest of our association and we would not have been doing our due diligence to allow unauthorized use of our HOA property to continue. More importantly, the school board would have stopped it on its own, regardless of our actions, because the principal and/or project manager were not authorized for that construction.

We hope this has cleared up any misinformation. We are honored to serve as your board and serve the best interests of our neighborhood.

Thank you for your time,

The Mabel Bridge HOA Board

New Community Manager Appointed – Debra Davis

Effective May 2018:

The Mabel Bridge HOA employs a management company to advise on our operations and to handle the day-to-day management of our community. That management company is Leland Management, and our dedicated, professionally licensed Community Association Manager (CAM) is now Ms. Debra Davis.

Debra can be reached via DDavis@LelandManagement.com and 407-781-5787. If you have any questions or concerns about Mabel Bridge HOA, or if you need to report a violation, Debra is the current point of contact.

As always, the community manager information can be found posted at the community entrances and at https://www.mabelbridgehoa.com/contact/

 

IMPORTANT: Fireworks on July 4th

If residents would like to observe Disney’s Magic Kingdom fireworks on July 4th, they may do so from the soccer field on Chateaubriand Ave. The July 4th fireworks are 9 pm.

Please do not bring any fireworks or alcohol to HOA-owned property. Fireworks and alcohol are prohibited at the field and the community pool. Also, the Mabel Bridge pool closes promptly at dusk on July 4th and every day. No one is permitted in the pool area after dark.

We would also like to remind you that FIREWORKS (other than sparklers) are ILLEGAL IN FLORIDA. In Florida, possession or use of illegal fireworks is classified as a misdemeanor. If you violate this law, you can be arrested. If found guilty, you can be fined up to $1,000 and sentenced to up to a year in prison. For more details about the use of fireworks, click here: https://www.tripsavvy.com/fireworks-laws-in-florida-2346885)

Furthermore, use of fireworks in our community is a violation of our community’s governing documents. 

If residents observe illegal fireworks being set off anywhere in our community, please call Orange Country Sheriff’s Office immediately as you would for any other illegal activity.

We wish everyone a HAPPY and SAFE Independence Day. We hope you enjoy the Mabel Bridge’s spectacular view of one of the best fireworks shows in Florida!

Reminder: May 11th HOA Meeting at 7 PM

The HOA Board meeting will be held May 11 at 7 PM at Windermere Prep School in the Video Conference room.  For a map showing the room location, visit the MEETINGS page on this web site.

All meetings for 2017 have been scheduled and posted on this website since the beginning of the year. You can always find meeting information on the MEETINGS page.

If you have any questions about the agenda or the meetings, please contact our property manager, Chris Browne from Leland Management. Chris’ contact information is found on the CONTACT page.

New Community Manager Appointed – Ayesha Antoine

The Mabel Bridge HOA employs a management company to advise on our operations and to handle the day-to-day management of the community. That management company is Leland Management and our dedicated, professionally licensed Community Association Manager (CAM) is Ayesha Antoine.

Ayesha can be reached via aantoine@lelandmanagement.com and (407) 982-3959. If you have any questions or concerns about Mabel Bridge HOA, or if you need to report a violation, Ayesha is the current point of contact.

As always, the community manager information can be found out https://www.mabelbridgehoa.com/contact/