Madeira Beach Yacht Club
Welcome to the Madeira Beach Yacht Club condominiums web site. We will create email accounts for all MBYCC owners. The format for your email account will be first.last @mbycc.com. If you already have an email account, we can forward emails sent to your MBYCC account to that account. Please submit a request for your personnel email account by using the form on the "Contact Us" page.
The Anchor
April 2008
July 2008
November 2008
A CENTURY! BIRTHDAY
Kenneth McNeil of 229 C just celebrated his ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY! Kenneth is expected to return from up North soon, so if you see him, give him a hearty congratulation on this rare feat.
PAYMENT REMINDER
You will be receiving your new coupon books soon for 2009. As we begin the New Year, we want to inform all unit owners that we will be re-instituting late fees for maintenance payments received after the 10th of the month. Late payments will incur an 18% per annum interest charge as well as a $25 processing fee for each late payment.
A $25.00 fee will also be charged for checks returned to us from the bank for insufficient funds plus any bank fee imposed on the Association by the bank.
CHANGES TO OFFICE
Many of you may have already noticed, but we’ve made some design changes to the front office. A counter has been installed to better handle the paperwork exchanges between the office and our unit owners and tenants. It has proved to be efficient and user-friendly. We ask everyone who visits the office to now use the Medallion Blvd. entrance.
LARGE OBJECT DISPOSAL
When replacing furniture or appliances, please try to make arrangements through your supplier or delivery person to remove your old furniture, or make arrangements to have one of the charity organizations pick it up (numbers listed below). Additionally, when remodeling your unit, please remind your contractor that it is THEIR responsibility to remove construction debris. If you are doing the work yourself, please make arrangements to dispose of your debris off site (locations listed below). It is impractical to put this type of debris in our trash receptacles, and unsightly to leave it lying alongside the bins.
Salvation Army: 727-541-7781
Goodwill: 727-523-1512
Waste Management: 1-888-964-9744
Landfill locations: 3095 – 114 Ave. N.
St. Petersburg, FL
COPIES AND FAXES
We offer copying and fax service at the office.
The cost for faxes (both domestic and international) is $1.00 per page. Copies (both normal and legal sizes AND reductions) can be made at a cost of .10 per page for personal needs. Official Records of the Association copies are available at a charge of .25 per page.
CLICKERS FOR GATE ENTRY
The office was informed that not all members of the Association are aware that there are clickers (like garage door openers) available in the office. These clickers will open the main and middle gate for entrance only. The cost of the clicker is $50.
ON DEMAND WATER HEATERS
They’re green but they’re mean. On demand water heaters are becoming more and more popular and really can cut down on Mr. Electrical Bill; however, if you choose to replace your old water heater with an on-demand, understand that they utilize a lot of electricity for a short period of time and that you may need to upgrade your electrical panel to accept that demand, otherwise ALL of the service to your unit can be compromised. After speaking with Progress Energy we found that not only does your panel box need to be upgraded, but the heaters have such a pull on the transformers that Progress Energy now changes the transformers at the owners expense. Please keep this in mind before ordering one of these hot water heaters. Feel free to contact the MBYCC office for specs.
MAINTENANCE SHOP RE-LOCATED
The maintenance shop has been re-located to the old laundry room at the small pool. Other renovations are happening with the bike room, work shop, old maintenance shop, library, mail room and sunroom. All of which should improve the overall appearance of the common area.
POOL AREAS
All of the chaise lounges at both pools have been recovered and the pool deck at the large pool has been repainted to give a whole new look to that area once it has been re-opened after the sundeck roof is complete.
DONATIONS
In the past couple of years we have noticed a significant increase of people donating goods and leaving them in the sunroom/billiard. While all this is done with good intentions and most of it is taken and used by other residents, it is very unsightly to look at just lying around one of our main entries. If you have clothing, appliances or other donations, please donate them to a worthy cause instead of leaving them in the common areas. Your cooperation would be greatly appreciated. A HELPFUL WARNING FOR ALL BOAT OWNERS By: Tess Orlando,Slip 81 If cables on your lift are more than five (5) years old consider replacing them. If they snap and damage occurs to your boat, insurance will not cover it. This happened to my son. Because his boat was not heavy, only one cable snapped. A heavier boat might have had two cables snap. Never be in your boat when lowering it as you could be seriously injured. The cost to replace cables is well worth it. My son paid 280.00 for four cables. We are going to replace ours.
AUTO STICKERS
The new blue stickers for the next two years will be available beginning the middle of December. The maroon ones will expire January 1, 2009. After that date any vehicles on Madeira Beach property will be given reminders to come to the office and get new stickers.
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
As of November 30th we will no longer have the regular gate access service with Allegiance.
Our own staff will be covering the duties of the Allegiance Security Group (our former gate access company). They will be doing rounds to check for illegally parked vehicles, checking for visible property concerns, checking waterside, and assisting MBYCC residents as applicable. Our staff will have a cell phone on their person that anyone can call in an emergency. This number has been prominently posted. We will still have in place our current gate access system, our directory system to assist guests, and our surveillance camera system. By going to in-house duties for this service we are saving a great deal of money and this is one of the reasons we are able to have lower maintenance fees in 2009.
GATE ACCESS
Since we will no longer have the regular gate service, it will be mainly up to the unit owners to see that any quests/tenants gain access to their units. We have publicized how to let someone in over the years, but since people have depended upon the gate access service instead of doing it themselves and since we have new owners, we feel we need to print it again.
You will still be able call the maintenance and/or the office cell phone during the time they are on duty by pushing 33# for maintenance or 3# for the office.
One of the biggest problems over the years with the gate system is the pound (#) sign. This has to be pushed first when dialing a unit. The # sign serves as the dial tone. If it is not pushed first the system will not work. THE GATE CANNOT BE OPENED FROM YOUR UNIT IF THE PERSON AT THE GATE IS CALLING YOU FROM A CELL PHONE. The system is as following:
A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 D = 4
E = 5 F = 6 G = 7 H = 8
I = 9 J = 0
This system is for the unit itself. (Example: unit 121E would be punched in as #1215).
If phone numbers in the office are not up to date the system will not work. So if you have changed your number to your unit, please inform the office of that change.
BIKE ROOMS
January is the month to renew your bicycle stickers. If you have a bicycle any where on the property you need the new stickers for 2009 – 2010 on your bike. The sticker needs to be placed where it can be easily seen.
If you are a resident/owner who has a bike in the bike room, please inform the office if you no longer need that space. We have owners that have been on a waiting list for several years. Keep in mind that all bicycles have to be road worthy to remain on property. A recent inspection of the property and bike rooms show that numerous bikes do not have up to date stickers. Owners will be notified of deficiencies and expected to comply. Warning: If the office does not get any response to notices, do not be surprised if your bike is removed at some point in the near future and your space is given to someone on the waiting list.
Additionally, the Rules & Regulation committee will be presenting to the Board an increase in the storage fees for the bike rooms. Please do not register your bike early due to the fact there may be changes in the amount.
FILING COMPLAINTS
When filing complaints or concerns to the office or to the Board, please be advised that the Board of Directors will not accept any verbal complaints. All complaints will have to be in writing before they will be addressed.
When filing a complaint, you may e-mail, fax, regular mail or drop it off at the office. The Board also recently adopted a formal request for information form that must be completed when requesting official records of any kind.
WELCOME NEW OWNERS
Blue Hawaiian Products, Inc. 253 H Rex Place, from Largo, Fl
David & Joan Ranni, 250 B Medallion Blvd., from Nova Scotia, CANADA
Helen Allen, 233 B Rex Place, from Nova Scotia, CANADA
OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY
Eileen Griffiths
Eileen & Bill were former residents of the Yacht Club and still have several friends from here. She passed away on November 2, 2008. Our sympathy goes out to Bill and his entire family.
229 D
Victor passed away on September 15, 2008 after a battle with a very severe infection. He was a USAF Korean War veteran and a member of the Civil Air Patrol. Our deepest sympathy and prayers go out to Sheila in this very difficult time.