The Board majority (and I say Board majority because there are one or a few that do not necessarily agree to the Board majority’s mindset) has failed in its maintenance of our esteemed Beach Club and its surroundings. This failure is an absolute neglect of the Board majority’s responsibility to keep up maintenance and safe conditions at this much frequented facility by our community.
This Blog has listed many Beach Club matters that can be addressed and are ignored by the Board majority. The golf course and continual party events are instead the main focus. These golf and party events, through the auspices of AGI, are subsidized by the Aquarina Residents, to the tune of $100’s of thousands of our dollars. Our funds are taken for selfish purposes and not spent on whole community needs as is the fiduciary duty of a community’s Board of Directors.
Looking at the Beach Club facilities, the following requires constant attention because of its location at the ocean and its continued use by the community. These are:
- The south beach access stair crossover needs an alternative and required weatherproof handrail that provides better and safer use for beach users. The north access has this additional rail. That rail’s elevation offers easier handling for ascending and descending the stairway. The existing and elevated wooden rail is too high for most folks to grasp and in many areas is splintered causing injury.
- The stairs should have daily maintenance to keep the stairs clean of accumulated sand, especially at the bottom stairs, where the sand piles up and creates unstable footing.
- With the current Virus, some type of hand sanitizer and disposal should be available at the deck hose that is constantly used all day long.
- The stairs and decking are becoming splintered and the wood has been left untreated, which is causing hand and foot cuts.
- The Beach Club House deck area and furniture should be regularly hosed down and disinfected. The Beach Club House windows should be regularly cleaned because of constant sea spray accumulation.
- A monument shower should be erected at the bottom of each stairway at the parking area.
- Lastly, the sea grapes have grown into the beach and ocean view window that was once had from the Beach Club House deck. Now you look into vegetation. The sea grapes should be cut down to an allowable elevation to return the beautiful view we once had, and to restore one of the reasons folks frequent the deck.
The bottom line is that our Beach Club House and the beach accesses are probably the most used of all our amenities by most of Aquarina’s Residents. Certainly, with this continued use, regular maintenance is required. There should be hired help that keeps this amenity in a sanitized and safe condition on a daily basis. It can and should be much more than what it is now for the community. It is being neglected because it is not a priority item for the Board majority as are the golf and golf social events for a set few.
The Beach Club suggestions set out in this Post can be implemented at nowhere near the costs that have been incurred on golf and its social gatherings, which the Residents are subsidizing. Again, what we have is Board majority failure to apply measured attention and funds to ALL our amenities for ALL our Residents.
Be safe fellow Residents, and please abide by the directives we have been requested to follow for the welfare of all, and have hope for a soon resolution to our worldwide dilemma.