Along with summer pools, picnics and vacations come an untold number of children out and about. Please be extra careful when driving as many children act impulsively and tend to put themselves in harm?s way. Without sidewalks they usually migrate to the roads.

The new trash contract with Coles Trash service starts July 1st. As of this writing Waste Management and Coles have not come to terms on the transfer of the existing trash totes. We have tried to intercede but the parties are far apart. Should the worst case scenario materialize it will mean exchanging the old totes for a new one. Continue to use your current tote until it disappears, if it ever does. New totes should be delivered as you read this if not before. If after July 1st you suddenly find yourself without please call the Business Office and we will do our best to assist. For a short spell, in an emergency, it may be necessary to use plastic garbage bags. Hopefully, it won?t come to that.

The Roads and Grounds Crew has finished the base for the vehicle/boat storage lot behind the stable. Fencing and lighting will be installed in the near future. If you have an interest we have a waiting list at the Business Office. With this task done the crew have turned their attention to their normal seasonal work. The top priority being cutting all the road shoulders and along the walking paths. Installing swings in Rudolph Park and extensive roadwork will follow this. The paving schedule is being tentatively set however, until we have an engineer review the road problems on Aquia Drive near Foresail Cove, we are not going to commit to work as we ma have to do extensive repairs/rebuilding in this area.

By now most have noticed the change in lighting at the gate. The former lights were excellent from a security standpoint but certainly left a lot to be desired from an esthetic view. The staff and especially the Beautification Committee are all working hard to give us an entrance of class. Thanks to all the hard working volunteers.

The new Police Chief, Ronald Normandin, is rapidly fitting in to the force and the Harbour. When you see him please welcome him to the community. He brings us years of experience and is dedicated to giving us the professional police force we want. We recently took delivery of a new police car to replace the one that was approaching 200,000 miles. Our Amber Alert System Station is up and running. This puts us in the immediate loop for missing children.

The wetland tradeoff agreement with VDOT is rapidly approaching reality. The project has been advertised for construction and bid opening should occur prior to this reaching print. We expect construction to start in August. The most noticeable impact will be the trucking of dirt from the end of Delaware Drive to the top of the hill on Harpoon Drive (the once proposed school site) to fill in a large depression. The work should take four to six weeks.

The marina bathroom refurbishment contract has been let and work will start as soon as the county permits are in hand. We plan on doing both bathrooms simultaneously so porta johns will be used. The goal is to complete the work by the end of July.

Work is underway in house at the marina to refinish and stain/seal the wooden deck surfaces. Part time help will be utilized to correct some electrical shortfalls and repair deteriorated concrete deck sections. A priority is to have an expert survey the entire facility and assist in developing a long term plan to upgrade the facility.

The mason should have the circular brick wall in front of the Business Office repaired by early July.