N Jerico Dr Entrance Sign

N Jerico Dr Entrance Sign
Night Photo By Mr. Lare

WELCOME TO ORANGE GROVE PARK SUBDIVISION

The Board Of Directors of the OGPHOA would like to welcome you. We hope that the information provided here will assist you in learning more about our community. Please peruse the news posts, history and photos, contacts, and official documents. You may comment on any message post by clicking the "Comment" button under the post. You may also subscribe to the website's new posts and comments via either the email or RSS feed gadgets, located on the right-hand side of the first page. No sign-in is required and you may comment anonymously.

ABOUT THE OGPHOA

The Orange Grove Park Homeowners Association (OGPHOA) is a deed-restricted community governed by its Covenants, Amendments, and By-laws. It is governed by a six-person Board Of Directors who employ a Community-Association Manager to administer the subdivision.

HOA DUES: The dues, $200.00 as of 2016, and are increased 5% per year by the Board of Directors) are mailed out by the Community-Association Manager in January and are due by March 15. Email the Community-Association Manager if you need a payment plan.

Community Association Manager

The Orange Grove Park Homeowners Association is professionally managed by Ms. Jessica Speak, LCMA, of Fla. Rent, Inc. Her responsibilities include managing the HOA's contractors, collecting its dues, and enforcing its Covenants and Amendments.

She may be contacted at: email her at: jessica@flarent.com, tel: 407-339-5797. Mailing address is: Flarent, Inc., 1488 Seminola Blvd., Casselberry, FL 32707. Please DO NOT contact Board members if you have problems or questions.

History Of Orange Grove Park subdivision

Construction of Orange Grove Park began in June of 1984 by the Anden Group home builders. The site was an orange grove, killed by a freeze earlier, that the Anden Group developed into 200 homes divided into four construction phases.

The model homes were constructed on N Jerico Dr. near Red Bug Lake Rd. that year. The first homes were sold in phase one starting in August 1984. Final construction was finished in 1988.

The subdivision is a deed-restricted community governed by a Board of Directors which enforces the OGPHOA Covenants, By-laws, and Amendments. Please see the Links section below to view the documents. The Board contracts with a Property Management firm to provide bookkeeping and to assist the Board in managing our community. The OGP Neighborhood Watch assists the Sheriff's Office in observing for crime and other issues.

The subdivision is bordered by Red Bug Lake Park, a Seminole County Park. It features a boardwalk to the lake, walking paths, picnic pavillions, barbecue grills, tennis courts, and handball courts. Facility reservations may be made at the Park Ranger Station in the park.

OPG has it's own entrance to the park on Wesson Dr. near the retention pond.

WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEER FOR THE OGPHOA?

The Board sometimes has jobs, like front-entrance or irrigation-system maintenance, that members, and/or their families, could volunteer to help perform. Your valuable time helps keep the HOA's expenses down. Jobs will be posted in the message area as needed.

In order to volunteer, you must:

1) Email the Community Manager which job that you want to perform and the date and time when you are available. Please include your name, mailing and email addresses.

2) Print out, sign and mail to the Community Manager a "Release Of Liability" form, located in the "Document Links" section below.

3) The Board will then contact you by email.

Hedy Lamarr as Delilah

Hedy Lamarr as Delilah
From the movie "Samson And Delilah"

Hedy Lamarr, famous actress and inventor, lived on Wesson Dr

Hedy Lamarr, a famous actress from the 40's and 50's, was most known for her role as Delilah in "Samson And Delilah". Click link above to jump to her biography. Click Hedy Lamarr Video to watch a fantastic video of her engineering feats, like Wi-Fi and torpedo guidance system. What a lady!

She spent the last year of her life living quietly in a house on Wesson Dr, passing away on January 19, 2000. But, did you know that she was also an inventor during WWII who developed a new torpedo fuse and had a role in the early days of wireless telephony?

LOCATION OF ORANGE GROVE PARK

ORANGE GROVE PARK IS A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE

Patrolled by the Seminole County Sheriff's Dept. and OGP's Neighborhood Watch members, Orange Grove Park enjoys a very low crime rate. Fire and EMS services are provided by two nearby fire stations. Florida Hospital Altamonte's emergency room is only a few miles north of us.

About OGP's Neighborhood Watch

Orange Grove Park has a Neighborhood Watch that is the eyes and ears of the Seminole County Sheriff's Dept. Our N.W. DOES NOT observe for NOR report violations of OGPHOA Covenants or Amendments.

It's members walk, ride, and observe from their homes and yards, for suspicious behavior or crimes in progress and report them to the Sheriff's Office. The subdivision is patrolled day and night. In addition, members observe for stray dogs, street, sidewalk, and storm drain damage and report them to the appropriate authority. They also participate in crime education for the cummunity.

OGP Neighborhood Watch is sanctioned and advised by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. It is a member of the National Sheriff's Association (USAonWatch.org), which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice.

OGP N.W. is led by a Coordinator and three Block Captains. We presently have 20 members. If you wish to join or want information, please click Coordinator to email him.

At the present time, OGP enjoys the lowest crime rate on Red Bug Lake Rd. from S.R. 436 to Aloma Ave.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

OGPHOA Covenant Revitilization, Letter From Board To Members



September 9, 2014

Owners of Orange Grove Park
Homeowners' Association, Inc.

Re: Covenant Revitalization - In Response to Communication from “Michele”

Dear Orange Grove Park Homeowners:

The Board of Directors of Orange Grove Park Homeowners' Association, Inc.
(hereinafter the “Association”) is aware of a recent communication that a number of the owners
in the community have received from a “Michele” regarding the Association’s current Covenant
Revitalization process. While this letter will attempt to address the issues addressed in
“Michele’s” letter, please be advised that it is nevertheless important for each Owner in the
Association to return their Covenant Revitalization written execution form (e.g., “Written
Joinder and Consent to the Revitalized Declaration of Covenants and Governing Documents of
Orange Grove Park Homeowners’ Association, Inc.”) to the Association in order for the
Association to properly continue. While “Michele” may appear to have some knowledge of
certain issues regarding the Association, upon review it should become quite clear to the
Association’s Owners that her response on a number of the issues she addresses is, in fact,
inaccurate.

First of all, with regard to the Association’s Covenant Revitalization process, in fact, it is
the Association’s intent that all Owners within the Association shall be provided the Covenant
Revitalization materials either in person or by mail. In order to save the Association money, only
those individual Owners who do not reside in Orange Grove Park were provided the documents
by mail. Please also note that this is completely legal and proper in accordance with Florida
Statute §720.405(5). The Association Owners should also be aware that the advanced notice
required in accordance with this Florida Statute is fourteen (14) days, not thirty (30) or sixty (60)
days. Nevertheless, however, the Association intends to provide all Owners of the Association as
much advance notice as possible before submitting the Covenant Revitalization materials to the
State of Florida for review and approval, pursuant to the above-mentioned Statute. Please note
that the September 1st date set forth in the Covenant Revitalization documents was a goal date
which, unfortunately, has not been met. As such, the Association does not wish for this to be
considered to be a deadline by any particular Owner of the Association to provide Covenant
Revitalization documents to the Association.

The Board acknowledges that a number of Owners that the Association has attempted to
reach in person have not been available at the time when the Board member has stopped-by to
explain the Covenant Revitalization process and hand-deliver the materials. As such, the Board
Members will continue to visit all Owners within the Association to explain the Covenant
Revitalization process until such time as all Owners are provided with the proper materials. It is
unfortunate that “Michele” had not received this information in person as of the date of her letter,
but nevertheless, it is the Association’s intent to provide that information to her. Every Owner
will get a copy of the documents to be used for the Covenant Revitalization, even including the
Owners who do not wish to vote in favor of the Covenant Revitalization.

With regard to the Association’s budget, the Association would like to make clear that
there have been many expenditures by the Association, including painting, new lighting,
repairing of fences, cleaning of retention ponds, and mowing of certain common areas within the
Association, as part of the Association’s $200 per lot annual assessment. Owners should keep in
mind that the Association’s budget is, in fact, very small compared to other similar homeowners
associations. Owners should also keep in mind that the Association is required to maintain its
stormwater management ponds. If the Association were to disband, the Association would need
to find another entity to maintain those stormwater management ponds. Often, local
governments, such as Seminole County, may be able to take-over maintenance of those ponds,
but in most instances, if a county takes over maintenance of the ponds, they will only do so upon
establishment of a Municipal Services Taxing Unit (“MSTU”) for the Community. If such an
MSTU is established, likely Owners within the community would see an increase in their
property taxes. From our Attorney’s and Property Manager’s experience, associations that have
an MSTU often find an increase in property taxes which is larger than the amount of
homeowners association assessments that may be otherwise levied against a particular
Community. Moreover, Owners should also keep in mind that the Association has not been
selectively enforcing its covenants, however, the Association has had some difficulty in
enforcement where properties have been abandoned and a bank is seeking foreclosure.

As to communication with the Association’s Attorney, in order to reduce the costs for the
Association, the Association does not generally allow Owners to speak to the Association’s
Attorney. Please keep in mind that if all Owners, or a large number of Owners, would speak to
the Association’s Attorney, the legal bills for the Association would be huge. If you have a
concern that you feel needs to be addressed by the Association’s Attorney, please feel free to
address it with the Association’s Board of Directors and/or the Association’s Property Manager
and we will forward the information from there as necessary.
Association Owners should also keep in mind that in 2005 or 2006, the Owners took a
vote at a special meeting to increase the assessments and, in fact, the Association’s assessments
have recently been decreased from $220 per year to $200 per year due to adjustments to the
Association’s budget. Additionally, the Association’s Property Manager is on-site at least once
per week and is also assisting the Association with going door-to-door to hand out and discuss
the Covenant Revitalization documents.

In summary, while the Board has made a significant effort to respond to all the concerns
raised in this particular letter, please be advised that it is the Board of Directors’ #1 priority for
the Association to keep its costs low and to show good value to the Association for the amount of
its assessments on a yearly basis. Nevertheless, however, the Board of Directors did feel that this
response was warranted given the communication sent by “Michele.”
We look forward to discussing this issue or any other issues you feel are important to
Orange Grove Park at any owner’s convenience.

Sincerely,

Board of Directors of Orange Grove Park
Homeowners’ Association, Inc.

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