Welcome to the Hawkes Bluff web-site where we try to provide up-to-date information about the homeowners association.
Requests for Estoppel letters should be made by fax to 954 434 5015 or by mail to 4474 Weston Road PMB 150, Davie, FL, 33331 - no phone calls please. A $50 fee will be charged for all estoppel letters. Please allow enough time to process.
You can e-mail the association directly from this site (click here) or send newsletter items (click here).
Current board members and their roles are shown below - please remember we are an all-volunteer board.
All the association documents are available on-line - just look for the links below.
Newsletters and minutes of board meetings are added as they become available. We post upcoming association events and meetings and provide links to some useful sites in the neighborhood, city, county and state.
January 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!
Your board members spent the past couple of months determining the new budget for 2010 which will be presented at the January quarterly meeting scheduled for Tuesday 26th January at 7:30pm in the Ivanhoe Fire Station Community Room. Following a review of the budget items and answers to any questions the 2010 budget will be adopted.
Invoices for association fees for 2010 will be mailed to all homeowners in late January / early February with payment due by February 28th. As in recent years, failure to pay on time will result in additional costs including late fess and mailing charges.
Awards for the holiday decorating contest will be presented to those winners present at the January quarterly meeting where light refreshments (cookies and sodas) will be available as usual - please join us.
December 2009 winners are :
Major Light Display - 5241 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Runners up - 5031 Hawkes Bluff Ave, 5040 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Best Daytime - 15601 Canterbury Court
Runners up - 5120 King Arthur Ave, 5241 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Best Small Display - 5040 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Runners up - 15920 Surrey Circle, 5201 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Most Creative - 5041 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Runners up - 5241 Hawkes Bluff Ave, 5740 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Best Use of Lights - 5031 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Runners up - 5821 Surrey Circle East, 5241 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Best Children's Display - 5120 King Arthur Ave
Runners up - 15601 Canterbury Court, 5041 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Most Unique Feature - 5740 Hawkes Bluff Ave
Runners up - 5201 Hawkes Bluff Ave, 5701 Surrey Circle East
Many thanks to all the homeowners who decorated so delightfully
Prizes will be awarded to the winners at the January quarterly meeting
The next Quarterly meeting of the homeowners association will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday 26th January 2010 in the Ivanhoe Fire Station Community Room. At this meeting the budget for the new association year will be presented for review.
Current board members (for 2009 / 2010) year and their roles are :
Howard Neu - President
Mo Christie - Vice President
Gretchen Farmer - Corresponding Secretary
Norman Rose - Recording Secretary
Robert Giordano - Treasurer
Rick Wisniewski - Director (Construction Approvals)
Terry Coulton - Director (Code Enforcement)
Mo Christie also produces the community newsletter and maintains this web site
Rick Wisniewski also co-ordinates Crime Watch for our community
The Association Board is elected at the annual meeting held in October each year.
The board members normally meets monthly with additional meetings as needed
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A neighborhood Crime Watch was established in 2004.
To learn more about Crime Watch contact current board member and Crime Watch co-ordinator RickWisniewski by e-mail click here
To request an estoppel letter please FAX your request to 954 434 5015 - a $50 fee will be charged.
You are likely to need an estoppel letter if you are moving or re-financing.
In order to complete the sale of your home, your closing agent is going to require that an estoppel letter be provided by the Association. This letter includes information about your account with our community and requires that we provide information regarding your current Homeowner Assessment status. Some lending institutions require an estoppel letter in order to complete the refinancing of your home or to open a home equity line of credit. We also include details of any covenant violations in the estoppel letter - this provides notice to the new residents of items that need attention but in no way prevents the completion of the sale.
You may not be able to close on your home or loan unless this letter is provided by us. BUT, remember, your Board is made up of volunteers from your community and performing this service is a part time, non paying, commitment to the community. We all have regular jobs taking priority over our Association duties. Allow enough time for us to process your request. If the request is received a day or two before your closing, we can almost assure you that the letter will not arrive on time. Please cooperate with us and everything should go smoothly.
In keeping with what has become a standard practice among other associations in south Florida, at the August 2003 board meeting it was decided to charge a $50 fee for all future estoppel letters.
Residents are reminded that, if you are thinking about putting in a pool, erecting a fence, changing your driveway, painting your house or making other changes or improvements and you are not sure how to proceed your Association Board members are anxious to advise you. Ideally we would like you to let us know before starting any project just to make sure you are conforming with the Rules and Regulations of the Association. Some projects will require written permission from the Association before the Town of Davie will issue a permit. Our best advice is to check with us about everything. You can call or write or click here to send construction approval e-mail request. Thank you.
If you as a Hawkes Bluff resident own, operate or work for a business and would like to have that business advertised here on the web-site please submit your business card to the association mail box address or submit a scanned copy of your card via e-mail by CLICKING HERE TO SUBMIT
Click here to view business cards
If you have had a contractor do some work in your home and would like to recommend them to your neighbors then please submit their information and your name and street. While the homeowners association will not endorse any business we will provide this area for you to share recommendations with your neighbors.
Click here to e-mail us a business recommendation
Click here to view business cards
Submit your editorial (comments, suggestions, complaints) in this location. Your message will be emailed to a special address where it will be reviewed for accuracy and content. Once that is done, it will be posted on the Editorials page where it will remain for up to 60 days. When submitting your letter, be sure to include your name (we will withhold it if you request) and your street. Your full address will not be required, but your street name will be. This section is for all Ivanhoe residents and Hawkes Bluff residents in particular.
construction approval information
budget and financial information
Government Agencies and Other Sites
If you have any news articles, announcements (births, marriages, etc.), recipes or any other item you think would be of interest to our residents, please submit them to our newsletter editor, Mo Christie by clicking here. Thanks
When using the above link, please note in the subject line that your message is for the newsletter.
Click on the Official below to email them personally
Click Here To Download the Complaint Form
Updated 25th January 2010
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