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PUBLIC SAFETY
Summer is a Busy Time for Public Safety As summer approaches and the weather gets better, not only do the animals and trees come to life, but our residents take advantage of many more outdoor activities - Golfing, Boating, Hiking, Swimming, Walking and BBQ’s. Our community comes to life after a long winter’s nap and our children, grandchildren and friends are out playing and enjoying all the great weather and amenities our community has to offer. This is definitely a wonderful and busy time of year for all of us. Of course, with so many people out and about, our streets become more crowded, the beach area becomes an important gathering place and just walking in general through the community is one of the simple pleasures we look forward to.
With so many people out and about and our children playing in the community, one of the biggest concerns we have this time of year is vehicle (all types of vehicles…cars, trucks, golf carts and Rec Utility Vehicles) speeding. Please DON’T SPEED!! Of course, we have a number of speed bumps throughout the community as well as stop signs and speed limit signs, but to no avail….speeding still takes place regularly! Who’s speeding? Is it residents? Is it visitors? Is it people who are working in the community? The public Safety Committee has discussed and continues to work towards a better solution. First, we’re trying to identify who the most egregious offenders are. Are they residents? Or non-residents? Next how can we stop them from speeding? More speed bumps? More stop signs? Ticketing for speeding? We are trying a combination of all of those methods. Some are inexpensive solutions like more stop signs and speed limit signs. Some are much more expensive like radar and camera capture. But ultimately the solution is to just slow down. As our community turns over and becomes more vibrant with new residents and young children, we must not only slow down to keep everyone safe, but our community is a respite from our otherwise hectic lives…..Let’s slow down and look around and enjoy it!
One of our most beloved and important amenities at Tanglwood is our beach area. We have a wonderful beach and boating tradition here in Tanglwood. Unfortunately making sure this amenity stays a safe and pleasant place for our members is not such an easy task. We regularly see people who are not Tanglwood members using (and sometimes abusing) our amenity. We have expensive boats docked at our docks and it is our responsibility to make sure our boaters can enjoy and have a safe experience there (night and day). Parking is certainly at a premium at the beach, especially on beautiful weekends. Many of the cars we see are not authorized to be there! In order to keep our beach area safe for all of our members, we have just recently installed a video surveillance system. This system records the entire area including the beach, bathhouse, gazebo, docks. Boat launch, parking area and the entrance and exit are recorded on a continuous loop 24/7. We can also access videos remotely and monitor all activity. In addition to the video surveillance the Board has approved the installation of entry and exit gates at the beach. All members will receive key fobs which will allow entry of vehicles to the beach area. In addition to those each member may purchase New Yoga & Meditation Studio additional fobs for entry of additional cars or golf/utility vehicles. The upper area will Please see our website be cordoned off so that the only entry and exit will be through the gates. for classes and scheduling Additionally (and most importantly) there will NOT be lifeguards on duty at the beach this season. Like many of the other communities in the area, finding qualified lifeguards to work fulltime through the summer has become extremely difficult. After many months of trying to secure lifeguards with no luck, we have decided to open the beach without lifeguards. Please keep vigilant watch of your young children while at the lake. Make sure they are safe and can swim. If they cannot swim, please stay with them in the water or make sure they are wearing life jackets. Let’s make this a safe summer and let’s all enjoy our time in our beautiful community (especially after the trying year we have all endured). As the TV show used to say “Let’s be careful out there”.
TANGLWOOD LAKES | AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021
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