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Landscape Notes

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Trees are a violation and a problem in the foundations. Damage to the underground pipes, home siding, and roofs can occur. The HOA does not plant these trees in the foundations and any damage would be the owner’s cost to repair. It appears that people purchase small plants, and they grow up becoming trees too large for the area. It is suggested that owners hire someone to remove the trees and plant something from the approved shrub list along with the foundation replanting application located at Rec Ctr 1.

Waddington, Gaye Lee & Bruce 23471 Villena Unlisted

Laguna Beach, CA

Williamson, Nancy 28002 Via Bonalde (949) 374-1139

Mission Viejo, CA

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Hudson, Paul 27916 Via Granados (619) 376-9511

Maintenance Report

Ed Pedroncelli, Maintenance Services Supervisor

Reporting Broken or Malfunctioning Lights

Southern California Edison (SCE) owns and maintains most of the streetlights in our community. Any requests for repairs and/or maintenance of street lighting, such as an outage, should be directed to SCE to expedite the repair. You may contact SCE directly at (800) 611-1911, or submit an online SCE Street Light Outage Form to report an issue. For More Information: publicworks@cityofmissionviejo.org

(940) 470-3056

200 Civic Center

Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Maintenance Responsibilities

Defined:

• Homeowners are responsible for repairs per CC&R’s section 3.07 Exterior Maintenance and Repairs and 9.0.1 of the Architectural Rules & Guidelines: All dry rot, termite and exterior repairs must be made prior to painting of the dwelling at the owner’s expense.

• For your convenience, there are companies listed in the Casta Courier and within the Casta del Sol Homeowners Telephone Directory.

Note: The Casta del Sol HOA, or the management company, does not recommend or endorse any companies listed within the periodicals. However, please note some of these companies have performed work for fellow residents and should be able to provide you with references.

Ed Pedroncelli, Maintenance Supervisor, epedroncelli@powerstonepm.com, (949) 215-9155

Donna Duhn, Maintenance Coordinator, dduhn@powerstonepm.com, (949) 455-4671 (office)

ALERT: Medicare Fraud

by Lucille Naves

Medicare is being charged and paying a company called Gulf Coast Molecular Lab for COVID-19 tests. In my case, I discovered two billings on the summary sent out by Medicare. These were for kits in March and April which I never ordered or even received. Recently I did receive some low-grade kits, so Medicare probably is being charged again. Another Casta del Sol resident has also been charged through Medicare for five unsolicited orders from five different companies and different states.

It is important that each of us review our summaries or billings to be sure they are valid. If not, call the fraud phone number that is on your Medicare summary statement.

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