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Who’s thinking about their mower?

love-the-lakeby Tim Langer – Lake Management Committee

As I fire up the snow blower and begin to make pass after pass clearing my driveway of snow, I begin to dream about warmer days, my lawn and projects outside. Whether you do the work yourself or hire a reputable contractor, a few best practices can help improve our water quality.

When was the last time you sharpened your mower blades? Sharp blades help prevent clogging and clumping. Decomposing clumps can wash excess nutrients into the lake. Sharp blades provide better mulching. Those fine grass clippings returned to the soil provide measureable amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. It’s free fertilizer and studies have shown that when clippings are removed, 20% to 25% more fertilizer was necessary to maintain color and quality. Sharp blades cause less stress on your lawn. A stressed lawn could cost you more in water and fertilizer.

This is the perfect time of year to complete some preventative maintenance on those tools you use to maintain your home and yard. So when preparing for this spring and summer, please be mindful of things you could do now that could provide benefits to you and the lake.

Remember to Love the Lake and BE LAKE RESPONSIBLE!

Source: Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet; Lawn Mowing HYG-4020-93

2016 Early Bird Drawing #3

The winner of Early Bird Drawing #3 for 2016 and recipient of $400 is Lee Goozdich of lot 816. Congratulations!

Next week’s drawing will be for $350.

Fireworks Information

FIREWORKS: SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2016
(Rain Date: Sunday, July 3rd)
50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

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The Promotion Club will fund the fireworks show for 2016 in “thanks” for so many generous donations from our RRA members over the past few years. Therefore, we did not have a formal fundraiser this past Fall.

*** Any families who still wish to donate, thus enhancing the 2016 display, may do so when paying their dues, with a separate check to the Roaming Shores Promotion Club, which will then be given to us.

Many thanks to all who, through their donations, have continued to make the fireworks event possible each year in our community of Roaming Shores.

Our best wishes for good health & much happiness to all
in 2016.

Carol & Bob Delly
Fireworks Coordinators for the RS Promotion Club

2016 Early Bird Drawing #2

The winner of Early Bird Drawing #2 for 2016 and recipient of $450 is Robert Roberts of lot 1090. Congratulations!

Next week’s drawing will be for $400. The sooner your Dues & Assessments are paid in full, the more drawings you will be eligible for!

Cash Flow Analysis for the proposed New RRA Office

By Tom Sopko

As you probably already know, the Office at Route 6, is over 100 years old and now unusable. The Association is currently renting Office space in Rock Creek while investigating the options for a permanent Office location. At the December 10, 2015 meeting at the Clubhouse, the Association Manager and the Board reviewed the RRA Office options. There were two suggested proposals from the audience. These proposals were to look at (1) a cash flow analysis of Buy versus Rent; and (2) to consider a mail out/mail return survey. The survey is under consideration. The cash flow analysis has been done and a summary is shown below for Buy versus Rent.

  1. Buying an Office is $70,000 cheaper than is renting after 20 years. Twenty years is the maximum length of the commercial mortgage period offered by lending institutions.
  2. Buying an Office is $400,000 cheaper than is renting after 50 years. Fifty years is about how long we used the Office at Route 6.
  3. Our current rental cost of office space in Rock Creek is $12,000 per year. The breakeven to buy versus rent, meaning the approximate same cost, would allow for a commercial mortgage of $40,000 per year. This is twice the amount the Board plans to borrow.
  4. The cost of buying an Office is clearly less expensive to the Membership than is renting an Office.

As of January 21, 2016, there has been no Board decision on the location of the new permanent Office.

The complete analysis with the base case and approximate breakeven points can be found here.

The Cost of the Lawsuit

By RomeRock Association Board

The Association Attorney, David King, answered the question about the cost of the Lawsuit at the January 7, 2016 Board Meeting. However, there continues to be contradictions and questions about the cost of the Lawsuit. Hopefully this can answer it.

  1. The Lawsuit, against the Association, was filed by Barry O’Connell, Pat Long, Joseph Petraus, and Neighbors for a Better Roaming Shores Inc. on March 20, 2014.
  1. The Association’s out-of-pocket legal costs, as of the January 7, 2016 Board of Directors Meeting, for the Association to defend this Lawsuit, was about $39,000. These costs are from about March 20, 2014 until now. This defense money comes from Member dues and assessments.
  1. The Association/Board did not file the Lawsuit; the Board defended the Association against the Lawsuit. Even though the case is considered Closed, legal costs continue to accumulate. These continued legal costs are to execute the Settlement Agreement.
  1. A complete docket for this Lawsuit can be found on the Ashtabula County Clerk of Courts website.

We hope this helps.

Missing Dog

Have you seen this dog, his name is Laker. He went missing from the west side of the lake around Callender Ext. If anyone has seen him please call 440-563-1879

Clubhouse to Undergo Repairs

If you have been to the Clubhouse in recent years, you may have noticed the floor cracking on the west side. From January 18th to approximately March 9th, the Clubhouse will be closed to all activities while the floor is replaced. Please contact your Club leaders for an alternate meeting place.

When finished, the floor should have a sharp new look including a dance floor. The maintenance department have removed roots and installed drain tile to prevent future damage.

2016 Early Bird Drawing #1

The winner of Early Bird Drawing #1 for 2016 and recipient of $500 is Lawrence Pisarick (Lot #2001J)! Congratulations!

Next week’s drawing will be for $450. The sooner your Dues & Assessments are paid in full, the more drawings you will be eligible for!

Plowing in Roaming Shores

Climb aboard one of our plow trucks as the maintenance department tries to keep up with the snow! This video is from the night of January 12th, where the Shores received almost a foot of snow.

Plowing 26 miles of roads in the Shores is no easy task. A big thank you to the guys on the RRA maintenance department for their tireless efforts!

Please help them out. Remove all vehicles, boat trailers, basketball stands, etc. from the RRA right-of-ways. Do not park on the roads when there is a possibility of snowfall. Not only is it dangerous, it is against the RRA Rules & Regulations to park on the road when snowfall exceeds 2 inches.

Also note that the RSV has a regulation against plowing snow out into or across the roadways.

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