Community Manager’s Message

As we close out another successful summer season, I want to thank the staff, Board, Committees, and the membership for their cooperation. The SemiAnnual Meeting of the membership will be held at the Community Center on October 15, 2022. The election results for positions on the Board of Directors will be verified at that time. The members have until 9am on the date of the meeting to vote for the candidates of their choice. There will be four candidates elected to the Board this year. The candidate with the least number of votes will serve a one-year term. The other candidates will each serve a three-year term. The successful candidates will officially be on the Board as of January 1, 2023. Once the Board sits at the January meeting, the directors will elect the corporate officers for the community. The officers are President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, and Treasurer. The First Vice President assumes the duties of Corporate Secretary for the community. The responsibility for each office is identified in the bylaws in Article X. If you did not receive a ballot, please contact the Chalet.

There were new Consolidated Rules that were adopted by the Board this past year. Rule [004] Authority. This rule change provides authority for an authorized representative of TLCA, including Public Safety, access to a member’s property. [Approved by the Board February 2022.] The Rules, Regulations, Building Code and Covenants require the Board of Directors to promulgate such rules, regulations and building codes for the general benefit of the community. Authorized representatives of TLCA including Public Safety, Code Enforcement Officer, and community committee members, are authorized to enter upon a member’s property in connection with conducting safety checks and assuring compliance with the Rules, Regulations, Building Codes and CC&Rs.

In [Rule 205] it states the use of the Boat Ramp in Lake Wallenpaupack is for TLCA boat owners and their guests [approved June 2022]. Launch stickers and launch fees will no longer be required. The maintenance staff will be working on repairing canoe storage racks at the Indian Drive Storage facility. We are requesting that members who have canoes at the storage facility remove their canoes by October 15, 2022, so that staff can make the necessary repairs to the racks and prep the property for the next season. We appreciate your cooperation. The maintenance staff is prepping the equipment for the upcoming winter season. We have built up our supply of salt and cinders.

We anticipate removing the docks on Lake Wallenpaupack around October 15, 2022. As we approach the date, we will send an email blast to the membership.

We continue to receive requests for permits for new homes and home improvements to the exterior of properties. There are many new members of the community who purchased homes this past year. Please note that a survey is required on a member’s property for structural improvements that increases the size of the footprint of the existing structure including additions, decks, sheds, garages, new and/ or existing driveways, etc. The survey will ensure that any new construction conforms to setbacks and is not encroaching on a neighboring property.

The management and the Board continue to stress the importance of voting to extend the Restrictive Covenants. We are approximately 30 votes away from the approval. The Board has stressed the importance of extending the Restrictive Covenants for the past two years. The threshold for the vote to pass is a ‘yes’ vote from 67 percent of the members entitled to vote. The covenants are the most important document that governs the community; it provides the authority to operate as a community. The covenants will expire in 2043 without the necessary number of votes to extend them. To protect your property values, a ‘yes’ vote is requested. If you have not voted, please contact the Chalet for a ballot. The concern is that if not extended, the expiration date will start to show up in Title Searches. The bottom line is that without the Restrictive Covenants in place, the community cannot continue to operate providing essential services, snow plowing, trash removal, road paving, installing the docks, collecting dues and all the functions necessary to provide the level of service required to keep Tanglwood a viable community.

There is nothing further to report regarding the Pocono Lake Front Development. The developer has been working with contractors on the construction of the sewage treatment plant to service this development. We will be notified by the township should there be any meetings regarding this proposed development that includes four seven story towers on the former White Beauty View property overlooking Lake Wallenpaupack. In addition, the plans call for approximately 200 home sites on the upper portion of the property bordering Tanglwood Lakes. We will naturally keep the membership informed as the approval / review process moves forward.

I know members have expressed concerns regarding the PPH Golf Course. A committee has been established consisting of three Board members for the purpose of meeting with the ownership of the golf course as it relates to removal of the building that has been totaled by a fire and plans for the future. Once more information becomes available it will be communicated to the membership.

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Respectfully, Ralph E Graf, Community Manager