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www.fcaaonline.com • July/August 2019

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The Sheriff’s Watch – Apartments program is a voluntary partnership between the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, property managers, owners, staff and residents.

If you are a property manager or owner interested in learning more about this program please call the substation in your area to talk to a Coordinator.

Zone 1 (Downtown / Springfield / Eastside): (904) 924-5361 Zone 2 (Arlington / Mayport): (904) 726-5100 Zone 3 (Southside / Mandarin / San Marco): (904) 538-9902 Zone 4 (Riverside / Avondale / Ortega / Westside): (904) 573-3165 Zone 5 (Northwest / New Town / Baldwin): (904) 470-8900 Zone 6 (Northside / San Mateo / Oceanway): (904) 696-4335 Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office 501 E. Bay Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202

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OFFICERS APRIL HUDSON, President Highmark Residential KEN FURTAW, President Elect WRH Realty Services, Inc. JODY MAYOR, Secretary/Treasurer Fort Family Investments SHANNON GREGORY, Past President WRH Realty Services, Inc. MELISSA WENGER, Assoc. Vice President Apartments.com

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COMMUNITY DIRECTORS JULIA FURBER ResProp Management BETH LAKIN Vera Luxury Living MICHELLE MURPHY MAA SHARON STEFFEN Apartment Management Consultants BRENDA SHERRILL 5 Thousand Town KATIE WRENN WRH Realty Services, Inc.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

A Letter From the Executive Vice President Summer Sizzler Pictures 2019 Affordable Community of the Year 2019 Luxury Community of the Year 2019 Conventional Community of the Year PMC Checklist - Deadline September 30th Industry Resource Guide Legal or Not? 2019 Premier Sponsors July Dinner Meeting Pictures 2019 Property Management Company of the Year Let’s Taco About Apartment Day Pictures FCAA Annual Golf Tournament Announcement New! Power of Partnership Summer Specials!

Welcome Our Newest Members Meet the Chair

HOLLY FOX All Pro Roofing & Consulting LLC JASON FROTTEN HD Supply DANNY FUSINATTO House of Floors DUSTIN HAWLEY Knock KEN HILBERT Sherwin-Williams TERRI JEFFRIES Cutting Edge Carpet BEN ZEIGLER Sweetwater Restoration

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MAINTENANCE LIAISON KRIS MILLERSCHONE Lakeside

NEXTGEN LIAISON CAMY BERMUDEZ Alaqua Rental Community

DIRECTORS EMERITUS DARLA ERDELYI Giglio Signs DALE PRITCHARD A Greener Image JOHN GRAY Restore24 JILL WRIGHT Villages of Baymeadows STEVE THOMAS Maintenance Supply Headquarters ERIN TRIAY JEFF JACKSON Sherwin-Williams BRIAN DAVIES WRH Realty Services, Inc. KELLIE JACKSON Highmark Residential

FCAA STAFF LINDSEY McCLAIN Executive Vice President TAYLOR TUCKER Director of Special Events CORY LUSTER Director of Education and Membership

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BOWL-A-PALOOZA 2019 8/22 COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING 8/23 LUNCH & LEARN: ALL ABOUT MOLD 8/27 HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE MEETING 9/3 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING 9/9 CPO (CERTIFIED POOL/SPA OPERATOR) 9/11 ALL DAY MAINTENANCE 9/17 LUNCH & LEARN: MASTERING ONLINE REVIEWS 9/24 GOLDEN PLUNGER NOMINATIONS 9/30 MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE MEETING 10/8 NEXT GEN COMMITTEE MEETING 10/15 CAM (CERTIFIED APARTMENT MANAGER) - FALL 10/16 EPA CERTIFICATION 10/17 LANDLORD TENANT LAW PRESENTED BY: HARRY HEIST 10/18 COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING 10/18 LUNCH & LEARN: ADVOCACY 101 10/29

CoastLINES is published by the First Coast Apartment As­so­ci­a­tion (FCAA) in the in­ter­est of all seg­ments of the apart­ment industry. Copies of the news­let­ter are in­clud­ed free with each mem­ber­ship. Dues, con­tri­bu­tions or gifts to the First Coast Apart­ment As­so­ci­a­tion (FCAA) are not deductible as charitable con­tri­bu­tions. For Federal Tax pur­pos­es how­ev­er, such dues, con­tri­bu­tions or gifts may be deductible under other sec­tions of the In­ter­nal Rev­e­nue Code. Please consult your tax ad­vi­sor. Opin­ions ex­pressed are those of the au­thors and do not reflect the opin­ions of the pub­lish­ers.

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The First Coast Apartment Association 9456 Philips Highway, Suite 4 Jacksonville, Florida 32256 Phone: (904) 292-1345 • Fax: (904) 292-1291 E-Mail: info@fcaaonline.com Website: www.fcaaonline.com Executive Vice President & Editor: Lindsey McClain J U LY / A U G U S T 2 0 1 9

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A LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Dear FCAA Community Member, The Mission of the First Coast Apartment Association is to promote, inform, and serve the apartment industry through education, legislation, and professional networking.

It has come to our attention that there was a maintenance professional in the Jacksonville area who was performing work outside of their legal scope of work. There was a PMC (Property Maintenance Craftsman) license holder recently caught by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) doing unlicensed contract work at their property. The charges against the individual will be assessed by the local Construction Trades Qualifying Board as well as DBPR. They can potentially face huge fines as well as even criminal charges.

We wanted to take this opportunity to send out a reminder to all of our member properties of the licenses and the included scopes of work for your on-site maintenance teams. You will receive this information in the mail. Please keep a look out for our correspondence.

We have created the document for informational purposes only. It should not be considered legal advice.

The PMC license is specific to properties in Duval County only and is administered by the City of Jacksonville.

2019 is a PMC License renewal year. If you have a PMC license holder on your property their license will expire on September 30th unless they renew it with the City of Jacksonville (COJ). PMC license renewal requires the license holder to: 1. Complete seven (7) Continuing Education Course (CEC’s) hours between October 1st, 2017 and September 30th, 2019.

2. Pay the $50 renewal fee to the City of Jacksonville.

If the license holder has completed their CEC’s with FCAA, we will forward their transcript to COJ for them.

They will only need to complete the renewal.

If the license holder has completed their CEC’s with one of the two other approved CEC vendors, the license holder is responsible for providing their transcript to the COJ prior to September 30th. The City will assess a $50 late fee to all PMC License holders who do not complete their renewal by the September 30th deadline.

If you have a license holder on your property that still needs to earn their seven CEC’s prior to September 30th, they are welcome to attend either of our two remaining “All Day Maintenance Classes” to earn their CEC’s with FCAA. Class dates and information can be found at www.FCAAOnline.com FCAA wants to be a resource to all of our members; if you have any questions about the PMC License, CAMT, or EPA scope of work you are welcome to call us at: 904-292-1345 or you can find copies of the ordinances and additional information on our website at www.FCAAOnline.com under the Advocacy tab –> Local Laws and Ordinances.

Sincerely,

Lindsey McClain Executive Vice President First Coast Apartment Association

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AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY of the year winner

Lofts at LaVilla began its pre-leasing process in April of 2017 and achieved a 100 percent pre-leased status in five months. The lease-up process for an affordable housing community is not an easy task. Every applicant must not only income quality at two and a half times the rent, but they must also fall under our income restrictions. The process involves verifying every applicant’s gross annual income as well as assets and student status. We opened our doors for business on December 15, 2017, and achieved 100% occupancy within a 45-day timeframe.

The team takes pride in making the Lofts at LaVilla a wonderful place for our residents to thrive. We host literacy lessons and job fairs along with dinners and Sheriff’s Watch meetings. In partnership with Sheriffs Watch, we hosted our first annual Chili Cook-Off. The grand prize winner of this event with received a 55-inch flat screen.

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The amazing staff is dedicated to maintaining an awardwinning property and providing excellent events and customer service. As the winner of Folio magazines 2018 Best Apartment Community the sola team continues to raise the bar.

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Online reviews and ratings constantly show why residents love living in this beautiful luxury apartment community. A wealth of premium resort-style amenities allows the team to deliver one of a kind events. Solas best asset is its team of outgoing and caring people.

Team members are often recognized for listening to concerns and finding solutions that work.

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CONVENTIONAL COMMUNITY of the year winner Lighthouse at Fleming Island Each Team member at the Lighthouse at Fleming Island recognizes the importance of customer service, expense control, product excellence, and camaraderie. The team exceeded its net operating income budget and consistently turned units on an average of 4.04 days.

The Lighthouse was also recognized as the 2018 MAA property of the year.

Every team member is willing to do any and all things in order to achieve a high level of customer service. The team demonstrates effective and enthusiastic participation in all assigned tasks.

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LEGAL OR NOT?

by Brian Wolk, The Law Offices of Heist, Weisse & Wolk, PA

I just started last week as manager of our apartment community. The former community manager had a plan in place for serving 3-day notices that has me very concerned. Prior to serving the 3-day notice to a resident, the community manager would pre-fill out the certificate of service section at the bottom of the 3-day notice.

Each notice would have a check mark on the “Posted on Premises” line at the bottom of the certificate of service. After reviewing notices in the files of our existing residents, and determining that the residents were receiving the original notices, it also appears that no 3-day notices were ever personally served. I am also concerned that the office used bright purple paper. Will these practices harm any future potential eviction case we may have?

There are many mistakes made here which are often made by property managers.

First, instead of keeping a copy of the 3-day notice in the resident’s file, the property manager should provide the resident with a copy of the 3-day notice, and the original should be placed in the resident’s file. For the same reason you maintain the original lease in your file, you also want to prevent the resident from altering the original notice.

Florida law clearly makes reference to delivering a copy of this notice to the resident.

A second mistake made is that the certificate of service section has not been filled out properly if it does not reflect personal service when the notice has indeed been served personally; Florida law requires that an effort be made to hand-deliver the 3-day notice before securely posting it. Keep in mind that the certificate of service section is not for the resident’s benefit, but rather for the benefit of the property manager and the judge, in case an eviction action is filed. There is no need to fill out the certificate of service section on the resident’s copy. However, it must be filled out on the original, which is then placed in the file. When delivering notices, we recommend keeping a list of any notices served personally; this well help you when filling out all the certificate of service sections on the original notices after you get back to the office. You should ring the doorbell and/ or knock on the door with force, and serve a copy to an adult occupant if such an individual answers the door. If only a minor or guest answers the door, or nobody answers the door, then the 3-day notice should be securely taped to the door, and no other residents who walk by should be able to read it. We also advise you not to use the purple paper, as this may cause unnecessary embarrassment to the resident, and could cause collection related problems, especially if the notice was served by mistake.

We have a resident who moved in two weeks ago. This resident is causing a massive disturbance. He is drinking alcoholic beverages along with his guests, and bringing in excess guest traffic throughout the common areas of our apartment community. He is drinking in the common area hallway, the clubhouse and the swimming pool area.

This resident and his guests are loud and leave litter behind, including beer cans and cigarette butts, and other residents are constantly complaining. Our lease does not prohibit the use of alcohol in common areas. How can we stop this horrible conduct?

I am worried that other residents will fail to renew when their leases come up because of this terrible resident.

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LEGAL OR NOT?

by Brian Wolk, The Law Offices of Heist, Weisse & Wolk, PA

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The first action that must be taken is serving the resident with a Seven Day Notice of Noncompliance with Opportunity to Cure. The unreasonable disturbances, littering and excess guest traffic are a proper basis for serving the resident with this notice, which should be prepared with the assistance of your eviction attorney. If these problems continue, you may be able to issue a Seven Day Notice of Termination after consulting with your attorney. You should consider adding a clause to your lease which provides that consuming alcoholic beverages in community common areas is prohibited.

There may also be a local ordinance which prohibits this type of conduct. If you attempt to implement a new rule or regulation prohibiting drinking in community common areas to take effect immediately with regard to all your residents, you may run into resistance from those residents who claim they entered the lease with the expectation that this practice would be acceptable, and was a factor in signing the lease agreement.

Yesterday, one of our residents came into our management office and told us her neighbor had indicated he was moving to Missouri. We then walked by the unit and discovered that the front door was unlocked, the electricity had been turned off, and mail was piling up in the resident’s mail box. This was especially surprising to us, since the rent is current. There was still a decent amount of furniture inside, but many personal items have been removed. It sure seems apparent to me that we can change locks and treat the apartment home as abandoned.

Do you agree?

Absolutely not! The landlord should not take immediate exclusive possession of the apartment home in this case. Common sense and logic are not included as the criteria for deciding whether an apartment home is legally abandoned. When you do not have “actual knowledge of abandonment” (a clause not defined under the applicable Florida statute), there is a three-part test to determine whether a unit is legally abandoned. All three elements must be met to create a presumption of abandonment. First, the rent must be unpaid; next, you need to be able to prove that nobody has been inside the apartment home for at least a full, consecutive 15-day period. Finally, you must not have received any notice from the resident or occupant indicating an intended absence. In your case, the rent is current, so on that basis alone, you may not treat the apartment home as abandoned. Moreover, presumptions can be overcome in court, and when personal property items of significance remain in the apartment, the presumption of abandonment could definitely be challenged in court, even when all three parts of the test appear to be met. The landlord should consult with their attorney, as it may be best to evict and dispose of the resident’s belongings pursuant to an executed writ of possession, so that the potential for liability is diminished or eliminated. In instances when the property manager regains possession through legal abandonment, our office recommends that pictures or videotape be taken of each room before retaking possession of the premises. Always remember that if you take back possession of the apartment home prematurely, there will be serious consequences if the resident sues the landlord. The landlord could be liable for thousands of dollars for prohibited practice violations, liability for the actual value of anything the resident claims was left inside the unit, civil theft, consequential and punitive damages, attorney’s fees and court costs. Even worse, there could be criminal law charges.

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