Rolling Hills Estates HOA News

12/19/2024

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                                   What's going in RHE?

          Rolling Hills Estates Community Owners' Association, Inc

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Administration (6410) includes mailings; annual meeting and budget mailings, and Certified mailings for violations.

10/23/2024

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Homeowners,

In response to some questions and complaints recently, the Board is sending this update on what’s happening in the community.

Our Fines committee is in place and will be having their first hearing meeting shortly, affected owners will be notified. By being able to enforce violations, we should be seeing improvements within the community.

After several unsuccessful attempts to get the water feature working, the board has decided not to spend additional funds on the project. We will be exploring other options for the corner.

We are working with the landscapers on several items including a better job of upkeep on the property.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, Osceola County will be removing yard waste as soon as possible. In the meantime, we as homeowners should try to make sure to have any yard waste piled neatly at the curb.

We are working with the county to alleviate the parking problem in the neighborhood. 

The board is planning a general meeting in November to solidify some of these plans. We will include time for open discussion of any issues you may have.

09/27/2024

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  ROLLING HILLS ESTATES COMMUNITY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION

                                        VIOLATION POLICY

Pursuant to the authority within the Association’s governing documents and Florida Statute Section 720, the Board of Directors hereby adopts the following Violation Policy which shall be in effect for Rolling Hills Estates.

1. A “violation” refers to any action or condition within the community and on the common elements that violates any covenant, rule, or policy contained within the Association’s Declaration, Bylaws, Rules & Regulations, or Board Policies (collectively, the “governing documents”).

2. Violation Procedure:

(a) A violation may be identified by Association Board Members, residents, or the Property Management firm – and must be reported to the Association’s Property Manager, Jacqueline Locasto, via email: ROLLINGH@Ciramail.com.

(b) Upon identifying a violation, the Property Management firm will provide notice of the violation to the owner and/or occupant (1st Notice) and afford the owner or occupant a reasonable time to cure the violation. The 1st Notice is a courtesy notice and will document the violation, identifying the specific rule that has been violated, and will indicate how the violation may be corrected.

(c) If the violation remains uncured, and can be cured by abatement, the Board shall invoke the authority contained in Section 77 of the Declaration and enter upon the lot to correct the violation after ten (10) days’ notice and assess the cost of doing so to the owner. The cost of abatement shall be subject to collection action as provided for in Section 17 of the Declaration and Section 720.3085 of the Florida Statutes. 

(d) If the violation is not curable by abatement, and remains uncured after the 1st Notice, the owner will receive a Fining Notice letter indicating that a daily fine or suspension is being levied, and providing the owner or occupant with at least 14 days’ notice of a hearing date before the Fining Committee. The daily fine amount is $100.00, and fines may accrue for each day of a continued violation up to $1,000.00, beginning with the date of the Fining Notice.

(e) An Association representative will inspect the premises on the day of the fining hearing to determine whether the violation has been cured. If the violation has been cured, the Association will waive the fine.

(f) If the violation remains uncured as of the date of the fining hearing, the Association will seek the maximum fine amount of $1,000.00 and the owner will have an opportunity to present evidence regarding the violation and remediation efforts, if any, to the Fining Committee.

(g) The Fining Committee’s role is to accept or reject the fine or suspension proposed by the Association. If a majority of the Fining Committee approves the proposed fine, the fine shall be placed on the owner’s account ledger and the Association shall issue a letter to the owner advising him or her of same. Payment of the fine shall be due thirty (30) days after the final letter is issued to the owner advising them that the fine was imposed. Fines in excess of $1,000.00 shall be subject to collection action as provided for in Section 76 of the Declaration and Section 720.3085 of the Florida Statutes. Any fine that remains unpaid for 90 days shall result in suspension of the Owner’s common

element or common area amenity use rights and voting rights.

(h) If the violation remains uncured after the fining hearing, or if the owner denies access to the Association for an abatement matter, the file will be turned over to the Association’s attorney to initiate litigation, at which point the owner may be responsible for the Association’s legal fees.

(i) Depending on the nature and severity of the violation, or in the event of a repeat violation within twelve (12) months, the Board reserves the right to escalate a violation directly to the attorney for enforcement at any point.

3. This violation policy supersedes any previous violation policy both past and present, and any deviation from this policy shall not constitute a waiver of any rights or remedies of the Association in having violations resolved.

08/28/2024

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August 25, 2024

Residents of Rolling Hills Estates,

My name is Chuck Jirsa and I am the new President of the Rolling Hills Estates Homeowners Association. I would like to share some of the goals of the new board.

1. The Board is going to strive for better communications with the owners by posting more information on the website, including minutes of meetings, upcoming meetings, and project information.

2. We are working to make the website interactive with the ability for residents to ask questions and have conversations.

3. We have formed a fines committee which will enable us to deal with owner violations. We are waiting for the attorney to advise us of the new laws and how we will proceed with notice of violations.

4. We will continue to work towards making Rolling Hills a community we can all be proud of.

Board members email addresses are posted on the website and we will answer them promptly.

If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to email me or any other Board member.

On behalf of the entire Board, we look forward to the upcoming year with enthusiasm.

Thank you,

Chuck Jirsa, President jirsachuck@gmail.com

Edwin Ortiz, Vice President Starlakeviewdrive2610@yahoo.com

Jason Banston, Secretary-Treasurer j.banston@gmail.com

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Jason has looked into the chat feature. There is not a way that he can find where residents can talk back and forth. He did add a chat button for anyone to ask a question that can be answered by a board member.

07/20/2024

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The new solar lights at the SLVD entrance have been installed.

The entrances have been spoused up as well as at the water feature. 

04/05/2024

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                                   What's going in RHE?

We have terminated our contract with Heavenly Landscaping.

We have hired Brightview Landscaping. You will start to see improvement with the palms, the entrances, and around the water feature. 

We are also getting quotes to replace the spot lights at the entrances and at the water feature.

Someone messed with the water feature, we are having it looked at and running soon.

Same with the fountain, I am working on getting the lights back on.

01/25/2024

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The Irrigation will be repaired next week.

We are in the process of getting electric to the pump at the pond for the water feature. (Within the next two weeks.)

We are getting quotes for a new landscaper.

We are getting the lights at the entrances repaired.

12/22/2023

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     The repairs to the water feature at Formosa and Livingston is now running. There is a couple of things to do with the pump at the pond. There are two great features with this. There are two floats/water level detection. One will turn the pump off if the water level gets to low. The other turns the pump on at the pond to add water back in. Then it will restart. I need to replace the light bulbs out there as well.  

12/01/2023

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     I will be leaving updates here on what is happening in the neighborhood. I will put a notice on Facebook when I add to this page. 

• The plants at the Livingston entrance have been replaced
• The irrigation at Heritage entrance has been repaired and heads have been replaced. (Please let me know if it is not working properly or the timing is off)
• Sod at Heritage entrance will be replaced soon as well as cleanup at both entrances
• The water feature at Formosa Gardens and Livingston is in the process of being repaired. The trenching and pipe have been lade to the pond. We have electric there.  

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