Windjammer Article by John Reinboldt Aquia Harbour Board of directors.  12-2-02

 

With the new Board of Directors in place and the budget process starting, I believe this is a good opportunity to lay out my goals for the new session. I tried to get as much input as possible last year by bringing up various issues, and asking for your opinions. This endeavor does not stop. I am always looking for your opinion and potential solutions. Your input has dramatically changed and driven my opinion on projects or directions to move in. (john@reinboldt.com) The following projects and issues are going to be my primary goals. All were driven by or dramatically supported by your feedback.

 

• Complete the storage facilities for the storage of Boats, Trailers, Campers, or whatever else should be in a storage area rather than in front of our homes.
• Connect our parks with walking paths especially along our busiest roads. I want to be able to walk from Section 3 to the stables and have a path wide enough for two to walk next to each other.
• Strengthen or re-write and clarify our rules as they pertain to the homes and property in the Harbour. The condition of some homes in the Harbour is deplorable! Your home is your castle, and you have the right to keep it in the fashion that suits you, UNTIL that condition effects the value of the homes around you and in the Harbour. Simply putting leans on homes after laborious communications is not working. We will update our Rules and Regulations, then the By Laws and then the Covenants.
• Fix the roof on the Harbour Inn and add a kitchen.
• Complete a plan for the replacement of the Harbour Inn Pool. A pool committee is in the process of forming (Volunteers Needed!) to look at some of the options. In the near future I will have some “concept” drawings available for comment and review.
• Rebuild hole # 1 or #9 at the golf course. The Virginia State Golf Assn. and the U.S. Golf Assn.  recommend that these holes be replaced.
• Build a Pool House at the Country Club Pool to alleviate the wear and tear on the C.C. bathrooms.
• Create or task a committee to redesign the Country Club main floor. To include moving the Kitchen, the Bar and possible expanding the Dining area.
• Continue the removal or reduction of the redundant or ridiculous signs we have up around the Harbour as well as standardizing the design of Harbour signs.

 

As always-unforeseen issues and projects will arise, but I hope to move forward in the next year as well as we did in the past year. Some of those successes were:

• An open and non-confrontational board.

• Getting half the cost of the dredging project paid for by Stafford County.
• Moving forward with recognition of Government Island.
• Moving forward with the purchase and creation of wetlands by VDOT.
• September 11^th Memorial.
• Fencing in Section 1.
• Financial plan & program for “Capitol Improvements”.
• Storage facilities begun.
• Setting precedence for selling (or not selling) common property without resident approval.
• New paddocks for the stables.
• Significant movement on Harbour Beautification.
• Implementation of improved security procedures by our new police chief.
• Improved Web Site www.aquiaharbour.org. This site has developed nicely and I would hope everyone takes the time to go through all the information. Especially the essay by Ben Blankenship concerning the history of the Harbour.

 

I look forward to the new session and truly hope all of you will continue to send emails and offer your help, support, or suggestions. I am very excited about the progress and direction we are taking. The future of Aquia Harbour has never been brighter!  Pleas feel free to email me at john@reinboldt.com .

Please Have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

 

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