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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001 09 10 Other - Document was Provided to Commission by Commissioner McLeod under Reports Date: 091001 The following Document 'was given to the City Commission by' Commissioner McLeod on 09/1 % 1 under "Reports". ... OAK FOREST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 195283 Winter Springs, FL 32719-5283 August 28, 2001 City of Winter Springs Attn: Oak Forest Wall and Beautification Committee 1126 East State Road 434 Winter Springs, FL 32708 RECEIVED AUG ? 9 Z001 Re: Letter received by Homeowners Association CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS CITY HALL ce . cefcm/ CA!c. Dear Sir: Enclosed is a letter addressed to the Wall and Beautification Committee. I am forwarding this letter and keeping a copy for our files. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, 1/l~74l'/;; ~.YNe~1 OFHA Secretary 407/696-9080 enc. RECEIVEd' AUG ') 9 2001 CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS tC:~~/~A~1 Mfc Oak Forest Homeowners Association P.O. 195283 Winter Springs, FI 32719-5283 Attention: Wall Board! Beautification Committee August 19,2001 Dear Sirs, I have lived in Oak Forest since 1983. I watched as the wall committee and the city put taxes on our property for the wall construction. I also watched as the wall started forming. A reality, which gave Oak Forest residence very, mixed feeling. I watched the wall and said to my neighbors, heavens help us when that wall fall downs. We still have boards between pillars showing gaps, and area's left unfinished. You actually wonder what is holding the pillar and the wall to each other in some areas. I am not a contractor, only my family built houses. I know what I see and it concern me. The construction of this wall is a sham compared to the others that have been erected on TuskawiJla Road. It is a sham even to the ones that have been repaired. We will be paying on this wall for many years on our taxes. I fear paying much longer than the wall may last. I drove out of my street several weeks ago and discovered the city was planting trees. At this time they had not planted the trees along the wall of "Oak Forest" However, by the time I returned home several days later we had trees along our wall. Not only were they planted, but also they were planted very close to the wall and only a few feet apart. May I ask a simple question? DO YOU NOT KNOW TREES GROW? I watched the trees grow along Tuskawilla Road at other area's several years ago. The wall cracked and came down, making way for the tree roots and the circumference of the tree. So I ask. Whom looked into this when they planted so many trees so close to the wall, and so close to each other? Can a correction be made? Can we save our wall by having it inspected? Can someone look into the planting of these trees before the trees have to be cut down due to the roots taking over the wall several years in the future? We need to i 11 evaluate this potential problem. Maybe someone needs to admit a mistake was made. Correct it before it cost all of us money in the future. r encourage everyone to write the city, the Homeowners Association, the Wall Committee and the Beautification Committee. After all it will our money that will have to repair this wall long before the need should arise. Thank you for your consideration. R. Ramsey Oak Forest Concerned Homeowner ;000 Choke cher( t UJ; YI-t p ~s,~ r ;~<;"