To All Residents:

 

Thank you for your patience during the Septic to Sewer Project.  We apologize for the disruption the construction has caused you.

 

The Wekiva Springs Road gate is returned to full service.  The Welch Road gate will be closed from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM Monday through Saturday.  As always, your transponders will open both gates.

This weekly update is provided to help inform residents of upcoming active work areas. Residents are asked to use caution near construction areas and understand this schedule could be affected by weather or other unforeseen conditions.

 

ENTRY GATES: The main entrance at Wekiva Springs Road is open. The Welch Road entrance will remain closed unless you have a community transponder. During the directional drilling next week, the Wekiva Springs Road entry gate will be limited to one lane and flaggers will direct traffic.  

 

WASTE/YARD WASTE PICK-UP: The sanitation trucks have been missing a significant number of containers lately.  If your trash or yard waste is missed, please call the Orange County Solid Waste Hotline at 407-836-6601 to request a pick-up. Issues may also be reported via Orange County’s 311 phone number.

 

THIS WEEK: The contractor will be working on the manhole hole at Sweetwater West Circle at Sweetwater Country Club Drive. Concrete curb, gutter, and sidewalk work continues. If gutter work takes place in front of your driveway, you will be asked to park outside of your driveway for 24 hours, if you need your vehicle accessible. Directional drilling continues on Sweetwater Country Club Drive.

 

PAVING WORK: The first lift of paving is scheduled for Friday and may continue to the following week if needed. Paving may be delayed due to supply chain issues. Notices will be left the day before paving to remind those near paving to park in their driveway. The crew will come to your door before the paving equipment is in front of your driveway in case you need to leave soon. The process in front of the driveway should take about 30 minutes to two hours at most. You should be able to drive on the asphalt as soon as the paving equipment is at a safe distance. Any cars parked in the street will delay the paving process.

 

Driveway access at the following properties could be impacted:

 

• Homes on Sweetwater West Circle between Northfield Drive and Valley Pine Circle

• Homes on Grassy Ridge Lane and Sweetwater Country Club Drive

 

Lapin Services is a plumbing sub-contractor who will be working in Sweetwater West to install the service connection from the cleanout to the home. Lapin’s Kim Smith continues to call residents to coordinate the Orange County permit to allow them to complete the service connection. Throughout the community, a videographer will be filming areas where work will take place.

 

For concerns or questions, please contact Public Information Officer Lisa Mark at 407-338-3650 or lisa.mark@qcausa.com.

 

 

Happy Spring!!  I have seen so many of you cleaning up your yards, cutting lawns, trimming hedges, deadheading all the frost damage, getting trees trimmed and planting those annual flowers/plants in the ground. It is such a good sign that Spring has arrived.

 

Our first of the year Food Truck Event was held last Friday and many of our residents attended and a fun time was had by all. Again, kudos to our Board member, Sarah Gumina for making the arrangements to make this happen.

 

Also, our first of the year Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24. The hours will be from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. It is time to clean out our garages and make a profit on things we no longer use!

 

I am glad to report that the Septic to Sewer Project is proceeding, though behind schedule. The contractor advised that Sweetwater West Circle, between Northfield Drive and Sweetwater Country Club Drive is to be temporarily repaved following the installation of the gravity sewer and the “force” main leading from the lift station to the County’s sewer that parallels Wekiwa Springs Road. Also, the electric service to the lift station was installed last week. It appears, that the garbage, recycle and yard waste collection issues in the construction area have been resolved between the contractor and Waste Management. I hope you find the weekly construction update notifications helpful. A few of our residents have not completed and returned the License Agreements. The County sent out registered letters to those homeowners and some if not all, have been contacted by a Board member. If you have not done so, please complete the License Agreement and return it as indicated.

 

You might not have noticed that we have engaged a new landscaping contractor, RLC Landscaping. They have over 50 years of landscaping services for both commercial and residential clients across Central Florida. I am interested in any feedback you have regarding their work.

Commissioner Christine Moore notified me to let our residents know that the County Board has voted to reduce the speed limit on several local streets from 45 MPH to 40 MPH. The street, most affecting us, is Wekiwa Springs Road. Soon, the County will be changing the speed limit signs. The change is made because of the number of accidents and speeding tickets issued. I wanted to make you aware of the change, please be careful.

 

Our Annual Members Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. We are holding the meeting at First Baptist Church Sweetwater, 3800 Wekiva Springs Road, Room A115 in Longwood. If you are unable to attend in person, a virtual link will be made available. By now, all of you should have received your meeting packet mailed to you. In the event, that you are unable to attend the meeting, please execute your Proxy to ensure the necessary quorum of owners is established. You may also sign your proxy and give to a neighbor who will be attending the meeting. We also included in the mailing, a Contact Information Sheet. In case of an emergency, our Property Manager and/or a Board Member may need to contact you. We ask that you return this sheet with your updated information to our Property Manager, Ramona Leccese or bring them to the meeting.

 

Regards,

Bob Richcreek

SWW Board President

Dear SWW Residents:

 

At last night's Board Meeting, the issue was raised again regarding the activity of Bears in our community getting into garbage containers, etc.

 

Please see the attached article from Commissioner Christine Moore.  She has arranged for bear proof garbage cans to be purchased for $50.00.  These cans normally sell for $245.00.

 

The article linked below details how they can be purchased at this reduced price.

 

Regards,

 

SWW Board

 

PS: Commissioner Christine Moore's office has corrected the problem we have with the county's website, indicating we do not live in a bear management area.  The County has a glitch in their system.  When ordering the bear proof can, DO NOT LIST....Circle, Court, Street, etc.  For example,

 

Link: http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ocfl.net%2FBearCarts&h=AT2OM6vbzYf8M9i9mymVJdgU2-a76k_NNzNQcB3W0IjmmP3tmbiriJFiOgREQ6oytN7XtYt0E-sm9bezbu0pffiTByZanZn_CN5-K9uHr54w0JigcOSApDtxYJYrN3-wJGKj1qIw3erAUcGq&s=1&sfnsn=mo

SWW Residents:

 

A question was raised at last night's Board meeting regarding identification flags placed on yards by the septic to sewer contractor.  

 

These flags mark underground cables and water piping.  If possible, please do not remove them.

 

If you have any questions, please call Bob Richcreek or Laurie Windham.  Thanks for your cooperation.

Dear Residents:

 

With some reluctance, the Board has reinstated the Orange County Sheriff Patrols in our Community. These Officers will be issuing citations to offenders. The Board has received additional complaints of speeding and ignoring stop signs.

 

We ask that all residents adhere to the 25 MPH speed limit and obey stop signs.  

 

Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

 

Regards,

 

SWW HOA Board