Sunday, January 17, 2010
Margot Stevens Resume
cooking, washing floors, knitting, oil painting, fireside chats fill with errors.
Jake Eaten Resume
Cop, put the bad guy in jail, give out speeding tickets, Drive police car to dark alley and take a nap.
Jeff Salvin Resume
Mr. Salvin is an Engineer by Education, with a Baccalaureate of Architectural Engineering Degree from Penn State University and a Master of Science Degree in Construction Management from Florida International University.
Mr Salvin is a Viet-Nam Era Veteran. Mr. Salvin served as a Senior Resident Engineer for the Federal Government from 1967 to 1995, and has been directly involved in nearly one billion dollars worth of construction. A considerable part of his time was devoted to the analysis, documentation, negotiation, and litigation of construction contract claims. He is a founding member of the American Society of Architectural Engineers, and has been a recipient of numerous governmental awards and honors. A Professor of Construction Management at Florida International University for many years, he taught a highly popular graduate course on Construction Claims, Changes, and Disputes, and an undergraduate course on Management of Construction Projects. He has been certified as an EPA Asbestos Project Supervisor, a FEMA Disaster Housing Inspector, and an OSHA Construction Safety Instructor. Mr. Salvin served as a Municipal Code Enforcement Appeals Hearing Officer for Miami-Dade County from 2000 to 20005, and has lectured regularly on Construction Management topics to members of the South Florida Association of General Contractors. He currently serves on the Lake Ashton Architectural Review Committee as Pro Tem Advisor, and as Chairman of the Lake Ashton Appeals Committee. He has also be appointed to the City of Lake Wales Board of Adjustment and Appeals, and has served in that capacity for the past year. An appointment to the Polk County Board of Appeals is pending current review by the County Commission.
His construction projects include VA Medical Centers Tuskegee, AL, New York, NY, West Roxbury, MA, Bronx, NY, and Miami, FL, and Federal Buildings and Courthouses in MIami and Tampa, FL. He has provided expert services and litigation support to many high profile clients and projects, including the Dade County School Board and Universal Studios, Orlando.
Among other CDD matters, Mr. Salvin is particularly interested in the history and condition of our roads, security services, food & beverage services, grounds maintenance, and clubhouse leasing procedures.
Mr Salvin is a Viet-Nam Era Veteran. Mr. Salvin served as a Senior Resident Engineer for the Federal Government from 1967 to 1995, and has been directly involved in nearly one billion dollars worth of construction. A considerable part of his time was devoted to the analysis, documentation, negotiation, and litigation of construction contract claims. He is a founding member of the American Society of Architectural Engineers, and has been a recipient of numerous governmental awards and honors. A Professor of Construction Management at Florida International University for many years, he taught a highly popular graduate course on Construction Claims, Changes, and Disputes, and an undergraduate course on Management of Construction Projects. He has been certified as an EPA Asbestos Project Supervisor, a FEMA Disaster Housing Inspector, and an OSHA Construction Safety Instructor. Mr. Salvin served as a Municipal Code Enforcement Appeals Hearing Officer for Miami-Dade County from 2000 to 20005, and has lectured regularly on Construction Management topics to members of the South Florida Association of General Contractors. He currently serves on the Lake Ashton Architectural Review Committee as Pro Tem Advisor, and as Chairman of the Lake Ashton Appeals Committee. He has also be appointed to the City of Lake Wales Board of Adjustment and Appeals, and has served in that capacity for the past year. An appointment to the Polk County Board of Appeals is pending current review by the County Commission.
His construction projects include VA Medical Centers Tuskegee, AL, New York, NY, West Roxbury, MA, Bronx, NY, and Miami, FL, and Federal Buildings and Courthouses in MIami and Tampa, FL. He has provided expert services and litigation support to many high profile clients and projects, including the Dade County School Board and Universal Studios, Orlando.
Among other CDD matters, Mr. Salvin is particularly interested in the history and condition of our roads, security services, food & beverage services, grounds maintenance, and clubhouse leasing procedures.
CDD
CDD
Community Development Districts are getting more and more popular among politicians, developers and the whole connected industry. Local politicians love them, figuring they get all the future property taxes without having to invest anything. Developers can create their own little kingdoms without being supervised. They can write their own ticket and make huge profits without any big risks to them. The public bonds will finance all the necessary investments and if financial losses can't be avoided the homes of the people are the collateral for possible losses. Miscalculation from developers can be covered with money from the homeowners.
As in most cases the idea behind creating Community Development Districts is really good. But lack of supervision from the government agencies, which initially created these communities within communities, and the lack of enforcement of the existing Statutes, has definitely made many people think twice about the advantages of these developments.
Community Development Districts are getting more and more popular among politicians, developers and the whole connected industry. Local politicians love them, figuring they get all the future property taxes without having to invest anything. Developers can create their own little kingdoms without being supervised. They can write their own ticket and make huge profits without any big risks to them. The public bonds will finance all the necessary investments and if financial losses can't be avoided the homes of the people are the collateral for possible losses. Miscalculation from developers can be covered with money from the homeowners.
As in most cases the idea behind creating Community Development Districts is really good. But lack of supervision from the government agencies, which initially created these communities within communities, and the lack of enforcement of the existing Statutes, has definitely made many people think twice about the advantages of these developments.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Jan. 8th CDD Meeting
Saturday, January 09, 2010 11:41 AM
What do residents really think? The CDD Engineer reported that geotechnical tests on December corings show that definite road building defects do exist in Lake Ashton. CDD Engineer, and CDD lawyer Jan Carpenter reminded CDD supervisors that they had already received a recommendation from an outside consulting construction certified law firm that if they want to protect homeowners rights under the law they should be hiring a construction lawyer quickly and filing lawsuit before homeowners rights expire. This legal consultant reported that judging only by what he has been shown, these rights may be in the process of expiring now. That without a filed lawsuit there is no way assure that all existing documents have been provided in the many requests that have been made under the sunshine law. He reported that the City of Lake Wales has said no documents are available regarding road design and inspection. The CDD managers office says they have no documents regarding road design and inspection. The Developer and the old Engineer who authorized public dollar payment for these roads, have not produced any inspection documents. The Florida Department of Transportation, Polk County, the governor's office, Lake Wales City Attorney,the office of JD Alexander , etc. all said we need legal council for this issue. Both The CDD's Consultant lawyer and the CDD"s own lawyer have said-protect the expiration of your rights by filing in court now.
What did the CDD supervisors concern themselves with at that meeting? Mr. Eaton, Ms. Stevens, and Mr. Owens removed their chairman from his place at the table in an unprofessional and self-serving way. The same chairman, the only Professional Engineer on the board, who had been telling them for over three years that the community had road construction defects and the board needed to take action in order to have the developer fix what he was paid to do. That if they did not take action all homeowners would have to pay to fix the roads through special assessments. When Mr. Chickness directly asked Ms. Stevens why she made the motion that removed Mr. Salvin, she said because Mr. and Mrs. Follett asked her to.I guess that is why Mr. Eaton seconded the motion. They must have asked him to do it also. For those of you that would like to know who the Follett's are- Well, Mr. Follett ran for the CDD and lost to Mr. Salvin, and Mrs. Follett works for the developer. And now of course, Mr. Eaton is the new Chair and Ms. Stevens is the Vice-Chair.
Oh, yes i almost forgot. Ms. Stevens, after receiving the engineers report and her call to action, made a motion to have some railings put on three steps for the stage. She made no mention of the report.
I personally am embarrassed to be allowing, and in fact am frightened to have these three (Stevens,Owens,and Eaton) handling the finances of my community. The finances that control the value of my home and to have the ability to take money out of my pocket to repair or preserve a road that was built defectively.
Hopefully Mr. Salvin will continue in his professional straight forward manner to do his best for the homeowners. Hopefully Mr. Chickness will continue in his ethically straight forward and commendable manner to call a "spade a spade."Hopefully they will overcome the inability of this trio to understand that their job is to protect the finances of this community.
What do you think? Well people......what now? Are you ready to pay?????
This Editorial was taken from another Blog site.
What do residents really think? The CDD Engineer reported that geotechnical tests on December corings show that definite road building defects do exist in Lake Ashton. CDD Engineer, and CDD lawyer Jan Carpenter reminded CDD supervisors that they had already received a recommendation from an outside consulting construction certified law firm that if they want to protect homeowners rights under the law they should be hiring a construction lawyer quickly and filing lawsuit before homeowners rights expire. This legal consultant reported that judging only by what he has been shown, these rights may be in the process of expiring now. That without a filed lawsuit there is no way assure that all existing documents have been provided in the many requests that have been made under the sunshine law. He reported that the City of Lake Wales has said no documents are available regarding road design and inspection. The CDD managers office says they have no documents regarding road design and inspection. The Developer and the old Engineer who authorized public dollar payment for these roads, have not produced any inspection documents. The Florida Department of Transportation, Polk County, the governor's office, Lake Wales City Attorney,the office of JD Alexander , etc. all said we need legal council for this issue. Both The CDD's Consultant lawyer and the CDD"s own lawyer have said-protect the expiration of your rights by filing in court now.
What did the CDD supervisors concern themselves with at that meeting? Mr. Eaton, Ms. Stevens, and Mr. Owens removed their chairman from his place at the table in an unprofessional and self-serving way. The same chairman, the only Professional Engineer on the board, who had been telling them for over three years that the community had road construction defects and the board needed to take action in order to have the developer fix what he was paid to do. That if they did not take action all homeowners would have to pay to fix the roads through special assessments. When Mr. Chickness directly asked Ms. Stevens why she made the motion that removed Mr. Salvin, she said because Mr. and Mrs. Follett asked her to.I guess that is why Mr. Eaton seconded the motion. They must have asked him to do it also. For those of you that would like to know who the Follett's are- Well, Mr. Follett ran for the CDD and lost to Mr. Salvin, and Mrs. Follett works for the developer. And now of course, Mr. Eaton is the new Chair and Ms. Stevens is the Vice-Chair.
Oh, yes i almost forgot. Ms. Stevens, after receiving the engineers report and her call to action, made a motion to have some railings put on three steps for the stage. She made no mention of the report.
I personally am embarrassed to be allowing, and in fact am frightened to have these three (Stevens,Owens,and Eaton) handling the finances of my community. The finances that control the value of my home and to have the ability to take money out of my pocket to repair or preserve a road that was built defectively.
Hopefully Mr. Salvin will continue in his professional straight forward manner to do his best for the homeowners. Hopefully Mr. Chickness will continue in his ethically straight forward and commendable manner to call a "spade a spade."Hopefully they will overcome the inability of this trio to understand that their job is to protect the finances of this community.
What do you think? Well people......what now? Are you ready to pay?????
This Editorial was taken from another Blog site.
Board of CDD Supervisors: 2010
Board of Supervisors:
Joseph (Jake) H. Eaton
Chair
Margot Stevens
Vice Chair
John L. Chickness, Sr.
Supervisor
Scott Owens
Supervisor
Jeffery Salvin
Supervisor
Joseph (Jake) H. Eaton
Chair
Margot Stevens
Vice Chair
John L. Chickness, Sr.
Supervisor
Scott Owens
Supervisor
Jeffery Salvin
Supervisor
Keith Stevens
Keith Stevens uses the ballroom free and pays no fee. On Thursday he teaches square dancing and receives money for doing this at our cost. We pay the lights and the upkeep. What the hell is going on? I tried to use it and they want $375.00 and I give the money to charity. You can easily see he is connected to the management. This place is so crooked and fixed, Al Capone could do no better. Keith must pay a fee. He is no different than us residents.
I send this notice to Joe "do nothing" Hunter and Trich Adams, Jake Eaton, George Flint John Chickness, Jeff Salvin and Barbara Follett.
I send this notice to Joe "do nothing" Hunter and Trich Adams, Jake Eaton, George Flint John Chickness, Jeff Salvin and Barbara Follett.
Barbara Follett
How is it that an employee of the developer/management company, Barbara Follett, has the power to rearrange the leadership of our community's financial custodian -- the CDD Board of Directors? Keep in mind, that developer/management company holds contracts (worth over one million dollars of our money) that are dependent on the decisions of that Board.
Ms. Stevens announced, on the record in the Jan 8th CDD meeting, that Barbara Follett (and her husband Bill)were the people who caused her to make a motion to remove the CDD Chairman (Mr. Salvin)midterm. The motion was seconded by Eaton and passed due to the vote of Stevens, Eaton, and Owens(an officer in that developer/management company). Stevens then nominated Jake Eaton for Chairman and the same three put him in office. Then the same three put Ms. Stevens in office as the Vice-Chair.
How is that?
Well Ms. Stevens' husband appears to be a manager for that developer/management firm. They also appear to have the ballroom reserved every Thursday night (through the services of Barbara Follett)at no charge to the Stevens. This is for square dancing lessons where every resident participating has to pay $3.00 to attend. Square dancing also appears to have non-residents involved. Free ballroom...money in the his pocket....hmmmm I would think that the people that are taken these lesions should quit. Keith is using the ballroom free at our expense and he is putting money in his pocket.
Then there is Mr Owens. Did he forget AGAIN to announce before the vote and comments that he is actually in the chain of command for Barbara Follett's employer. Isn't that a violation of State of Florida Ethics mandate.
Edited Editorial from another blog site
Ms. Stevens announced, on the record in the Jan 8th CDD meeting, that Barbara Follett (and her husband Bill)were the people who caused her to make a motion to remove the CDD Chairman (Mr. Salvin)midterm. The motion was seconded by Eaton and passed due to the vote of Stevens, Eaton, and Owens(an officer in that developer/management company). Stevens then nominated Jake Eaton for Chairman and the same three put him in office. Then the same three put Ms. Stevens in office as the Vice-Chair.
How is that?
Well Ms. Stevens' husband appears to be a manager for that developer/management firm. They also appear to have the ballroom reserved every Thursday night (through the services of Barbara Follett)at no charge to the Stevens. This is for square dancing lessons where every resident participating has to pay $3.00 to attend. Square dancing also appears to have non-residents involved. Free ballroom...money in the his pocket....hmmmm I would think that the people that are taken these lesions should quit. Keith is using the ballroom free at our expense and he is putting money in his pocket.
Then there is Mr Owens. Did he forget AGAIN to announce before the vote and comments that he is actually in the chain of command for Barbara Follett's employer. Isn't that a violation of State of Florida Ethics mandate.
Edited Editorial from another blog site
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)