For the past several days, there has been at least 1-3 inches of sand covering the bottom two thirds of the south beach crossover. This can certainly result in someone losing their balance walking down or up the stairs because of the instability that loose sand creates on the steps. Not having an additional and required second and correctly installed handrail, that was finally and recently installed at the north beach crossover, increases the change for someone to fall on these now unstable stairs. There already has been a serious fall at the north beach crossover.
The sand was deposited there by a turtle throwing sand when digging a hole for its eggs. The hole (crater) is along side the stairway, well up the dune. It is a natural occurrence. If the Board of Directors and the onsite Property Manager were doing their jobs of daily oversight within the community, then these piles of sand on the steps would have been shoveled and swept away. It’s interesting that we hardly ever see our self anointed President/Monarch and his onsite Property Manager minion tour the community to check on its condition to ensure the welfare and safety of its Residents or engage Residents for feedback. They stay sequestered in their place of residence or work carrying out the selfish Cabal goals; and not the goals for the whole community of Aquarina.
Hopefully, the steps were cleared of its present and clear danger to the Residents for the Fourth of July event yesterday.
As has been stated over and over again in this Blog, we are in a active resort community, where daily maintenance is required, like cleaning off the beach crossover steps and deck area, where daily use occurs. The same can be said of the river facility, where folks make daily use of the launch and walkway areas. All these facilities need daily inspections. After all, our Board of Directors have annual Resident fees in the amount of nearly $1.5M to spend on our behalf. There should be an effort to provide daily inspections to maintain the community and its amenities in a safe condition for the welfare of all of us.