2006 March

I would like to use this month's Newsletter to highlight and recap the many pertinent issues ongoing in our community at this time.

Our Board of Directors will meet with PAO, our project managers, in February to review the bids for termite eradication. We will also review Phase 2: The Document Preparation Phase and Phase 3: The Bidding Phase timetables for the project. I will keep you informed via this newsletter as information becomes available. Once a termite company is retained, they will take the lead in educating the community in the process and procedures required to accomplish the fumigation task.

The Maintenance Committee is continuing to work with several vendors on choosing the color schemes we will be considering. Should you like to have your voice heard regarding color selection, please check our website, www.turtlerockglen.com, for the time and place of the Maintenance Committee meetings.

Now would be an excellent time to consider replacing your old garage door or windows with newer and more efficient ones. This work should be done in the next 3 months, prior to construction work starting, as there will no time to coordinate personal improvements once PAO managed work gets started on your home. While Architectural Committee approval is required for these changes, we have a pre-approved garage door available from Anaheim Doors, by calling George Gable (714) 779-1919. (Panel Style Wood Composite – roll up doors with chateau style windows, frosted.).

Our first installment of $5,798, of our total assessment of $11,596 for this project, is due this month. Our second installment of an equal amount will be billed in our June 1, 2006 billing statement. Please refer to the special announcement letters dated December 13, 2005 and January 17, 2006, sent to you in both December, 2005 and January, 2006 for details concerning this special assessment.

March 1, 2006 starts our new fiscal year. On January 17, 2006 you were mailed our approved budget for the new fiscal year which increased our monthly dues by $39.00 to $386.00 per home/month. This increase includes an anticipated expense increase of $17.17 per home plus $21.83 per home to fund earthquake insurance for our 2007/2008 fiscal year. Also included in this mailing was detailed information regarding our: Reserves, Assessment Issues, Dispute Resolution Issues, Insurance Disclosures, Fine Schedules, and Architectural Procedures. Please take time to review this information to stay familiar with these important homeowner issues.

Our Budget Committee has been working with our insurance company for a number of months to present our homeowners with a good overview of insurance coverage for their property. Enclosed with this Newsletter is a special letter from Michael Berg of Berg Insurance Agency, Inc. which highlights pertinent insurance information for homeowners. Please read this letter for a good review of insurance requirements for your condo unit.

Your communications committee is working on a project to help us expedite and supplement information to our homeowner's and residents. Please review the special enclosed letter from Brad Denny to help get this project started.

There is a good number of homeowner's currently participating with the Parking Committee to present to the Board of Directors a parking policy that will best serve our community at this time. Should you be interested in this subject, please check our website for dates and times of Parking Committee meetings. As a reminder, if everyone would follow our rule of using their garage to park two cars, many of our current parking issues would be solved and valuable hours of association management attention could be alleviated.

I would like to acknowledge Jeannine Kremer, Chairwoman of our Landscape Committee, for the great job she is doing. Jeannine has been meeting with Mission Landscape on a weekly basis for the last few months to review their work on a weekly basis. While I participated on this months walk through of our property, I noticed a marked improvement in the consistency and quality of our landscaping due to Jeannine's efforts. Thanks Jeannine for the many personal hours of your time that you have donated to keep our association attractive.

Finally, for those of you who haven't heard, Yvonne Avila, our property manager from Optimum Property Management, has left that company. Our new property manager is Charles Jeffries and he will be assisted by Chris Appelt. We welcome them both and look forward to improved service in the future.

GARDEN HOMES MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David Wise President

Ray Clark Vice President

Don Siriani Secretary

Larry Rutherford Treasurer

Eileen Morris Member at Large

Standing Committees:

Architectural Don Siriani

Budget Liz Rutherford, Chair

Communications Sharon Roadman,

Lea Peterson, Co-Chairs

Landscape Jeannine Kremer, Chair

Maintenance John Gustafson, Chair

Parking Brian Dawson,

Robert Stand, Co-Chairs

Community Website:

Please note the NEW Street sweeping dates will be on alternating Tuesday's of each month:

GENERAL INFORMATION

STREET SWEEPING