COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD Cont’d

Facilities

Asphalt will be complete August 17. Thanks to all residents who showed patience and understanding while their streets were being done this year. The streets being done look new and smooth.

Don’t forget: the trash bins at Rec Ctr 2 are not for personal or contractor use. Cameras have been installed for monitoring. Contact Waste Management for pickup of bulky items.

If you are looking for a driving range, check out the one on Jeronimo in Lake Forest. Please keep our residents safe by not using the Chipper area as a driving range. Golf balls need to stay within the Chipper area and not go into surrounding areas where residents are enjoying the Heritage Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Paddle Tennis amenities.

The Facilities Committee is working on a gate locking system for Rec Ctr 1, the Rec Ctr 2 Pool and pedestrian exit gates, refreshing the Rec Ctr 2 pool and spa, updating awnings, umbrella covers and picnic tables at Paddle Tennis, remodeling of Ceramics, replacing chairs, fixing and replacing chain link fencing between Gates 1 and 2, replacing wrought iron fencing at Gate 1, adding No Trespassing signs, adding audio/visual equipment to the Fiesta Room, and looking into future capital projects (Pickleball courts, a dog park, a walk path to chipper area, expansion of the vegetable garden, solar panels, and upgrade of Lawn Bowling Pavilion). Capital funds are required.

Check out the Facilities Committee. New members are always welcome. We meet monthly on the fourth Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Fiesta Room. Nancy Cunningham, Chair, (949) 350-3562

Greenbelt

The Greenbelt Committee (GBC) welcomes Cathy Weflin. By the time you read this, we may be welcoming another new member as well. Volunteers are vital to the operation of our community. As I mentioned in my annual report, “Volunteers are not paid because they are worthless, but because they are priceless!” If you have an interest in helping develop projects and resolve resident landscaping issues, the GBC welcomes you. A green thumb is not required. If you are interested, please obtain a Committee Interest Application at the

Rec Ctr 1 office.

Hopefully, August will bring the long-awaited new landscape maintenance contract. Meanwhile, we continue with a month-to-month landscape maintenance contract which prohibits long-term projects from being completed. Therefore, homeowner concerns are a priority. GBC visits about ten homes each month regarding special requests or complaints, and we are out in the community viewing homes for compliance with our rules. So if you’ve received a courtesy notice, it’s because we want to retain the first-class nature of Casta del Sol. Your cooperation is appreciated.

The GBC is tasked with planning and prioritizing projects throughout the year. We also select renovation projects to place into the reserve account for future completion. For instance, the perimeter slopes we own along Jeronimo Road and Alicia Parkway still require renovation to remove over 50 years of overgrown landscaping. We meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 9 a.m. in the Fiesta Room at Rec Ctr 1.

June Anderson, Chair, juanders2004@yahoo.com

Library

The Library Committee is happy to continue offering free books to residents. These books are donated by residents or pulled off our shelves to make room for newer books. We do want to emphasize that only the books, puzzles, and DVDs on the free cart are available to take and keep. The books on the shelves are to be checked out and returned in three weeks so that other residents can enjoy them. The small paperbacks and DVDs do not need to be checked out, but please return them when you are finished with them.

Our committee members are still discussing how to handle the growing number of books that should have been checked out but were not (47 last month), or should have been returned when due but were not (20 last month). We will let you know the outcome of these discussions. In the meantime, listed below are books that should be on the library shelves but are not: Wild Card by Stuart Woods, Skin Game also by Stuart Woods, The Partner by John Grisham, The Affair by Lee Child, and Look For Me by Lisa Gardner. Are they on your personal bookshelves? Maybe they are in the back seat of your car. Could you check your house/car one last time? Thanks.

New Additions to the Library

Regular Print:

All the Sinners Bleed, S. A. Cosby Blue Skies, T. C. Boyle Central Park West, James Comey

Genealogy of a Murder, Lisa Belkin

Good Night, Irene, Luis Alberto Urrea

Killingly, Katherine Beutner

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, Lisa See

Loot, Tania James

Speak of the Devil, Rose Wilding

The Five-Star Weekend, Elin Hilderbrand

The Quiet Tenant, Clemence Michallon

The Spectacular, Fiona Davis

The Wind Knows My Name, Isabel Allende

Welcome to Beach Town, Susan Wiggs

Zero Days, Ruth Ware

Large Print:

A Sinister Revenge, Deanna Raybourn

Bad Summer People, Emma Rosenblum

Clive Cussler Fire Strike, Mike Maden

Sam, Allegra Goodman

The Celebrants, Steven Rowley

The Little Italian Hotel, Phaedra Patrick

Well Traveled, Jen DeLuca

Audio:

The East Indian, Brinda Charry

The Paris Deception, Bryn Turnbull Pat Vitti, Chair, (949) 457-9194