Summerplace

Morning Walks & Bird Rescue

Each day I drag myself out of bed at 6:15am so I can meet up with my perky friends at 7am for a walk on the beach. We laugh, tell jokes, look for sea glass, interesting shells, and get charged up for the day.

One of my walking buddies is veterinarian Dr. Mary Kirby, so (of course) when we see beached fish we have to place them back in the water. And she has to greet to every single dog on our 3 mile walk.

This week and last we found two injured birds on the beach and I learned how to capture birds without getting beaked bloody. Last week's bird was about the size of a cat and could be held. Today's bird was huge with blue eyes. Mary had us running a mile back from Orchid (ugh) to her house for gloves and a garbage can to contain the bird. On both rescues, we drove the birds to Sebastian Inlet Beach Park and put them in holding pens. The Brevard Animal Control agency collects the birds from the holding pens and brings them to a wildlife rehabilitation center.

Summerplace Lad is Youngest Pro Skimboarder in the World

The latest issue of Skim Magazine has our neighborhood son, Brad Domke, pictured in a fabulous two-page spread showing his stuff. It's pure Brad - fast, powerful, and amazing! You can see Brad honing his skills on our Summerplace beach - it's a "wow" experience to see the world's youngest pro skimboarder in action. Brad is a junior at Sebastian River High School.

Florida Statute Governing Homeowner's Associations

Here is a handy link to Florida Statute 720 that governs Homeowner's Associations in the State of Florida.
Florida Statute 720

Board Meeting, Dec 17th - Please attend

It looks like this new Board is complying with Florida Statutes that require notice of all Board meetings. This is a very promising first step. Here's the notice that was sent by email:

"There will be a meeting of the Summerplace Board of Directors on Sunday, December 17, 2006, at 5:00 PM at the home of David Courage, 1820 Barefoot Place East, in Summerplace. It is open to all members of the Summerplace Improvement Association, Inc."

Follow Flax Variance

Here's a link to more details about the Flax variance and DEP permit. Please note that County staff recommended approval of this maximum variance and they also sent DEP a "letter of no objection" for a 50' seawall return on this same property which is adjacent to our public Wabasso Beach Park.

Board of Directors Ignore ByLaws Regarding Executive Officers

Just received minutes from the Annual Meeting held on Nov 11th. I don't want to annoy myself on a pleasant Saturday evening so I'll address only one point right now. The meeting minutes inform us that "President Glynn will submit his recommendations to the Board of Directors for the position of vice president, secretary and treasurer."

If the elected Board of Directors familiarized themselves with the Summerplace Association ByLaws they would see in ARTICLE III, SECTION 1 that Executive Officers (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and other officers and assistants) shall be elected by the Board of Directors. They shall take office immediately after election.

The ByLaws clearly state the appointed president reports to the elected five-person Board, not the other way around. There is a reason for this folks!

Glynn Begs to be President Again - and IS!

After telling everyone he will NOT run again, Bill Glynn showed up at Board of Director David Courage's house yesterday and pleaded to be president again. This came as no surprise to anyone except Mr. Courage, it seems.

The Board had a meeting yesterday and stuck the Association with Glynn and his shenanigans for yet another year! I think this makes year fourteen. Unbelievable!

Election Results & Annual Meeting

No surprise -- the 5 names on the ballot, of course, were the 5 people elected to the Board of Directors (Haidee Williams, Chuck Pickard, David Courage, Ernie Thomas and Sheila Grange who doesn't even live in Summerplace).

There were six people who requested their names be on the ballot. The only one of the six that got on the ballot was Ernie Thomas. The others were ignored including Dr. Mary Kirby who Glynn disqualified because he said Mary was not a Summerplace property owner! Mary brought her deed to the Annual Meeting and Glynn just shrugged. When asked to apologize to Mary, Glynn told the gentleman to "sit on it."

Hear Testimony by Bill Glynn Regarding Flax Property, and More!

Here's ear-opening testimony by SIA President Bill Glynn in front of the County Board of Zoning Adjustment. Neighbors turned out to protest a maximum variance requested by Flax to build seaward of the DSSL setback line. We also learned that Flax presented plans that were not the same plans approved by the Summerplace Architectural Committee and were against the Summerplace Protective Covenants. Turn up the volume on your computer. Especially interesting is Audio 2 when Glynn reveals that he doesn't know what the Covenants of the Summerplace Association say.

And then a classic line when Glynn was asked if the 3-story Flax house was a stilt home he responded, "I don't know. I'm not the architect."

Click the link just immediately below for more info.

Updates Coming

I haven't posted for awhile. Was out of town and then last week had a health scare with my husband. Back on track now and will get some updates posted in the next couple of days.