• HOA Board Organizational Meeting, Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at 11:00am
• HOA Board Workshop Meeting, Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at 1:00pm
• HOA Architectural Review Committee (ARC), Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at 9:00am
• HOA Board Meeting, Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 5:00pm
• HOA Grounds Committee, Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 1:00pm
• HOA Communications Committee, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 1:00pm
• HOA Activities Committee, Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 10:00am
• HOA Architectural Review Committee (ARC), Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 9:00am
• HOA Finance Committee, Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 1:30pm
• HOA SSEP Committee, Friday, January 26, 2024, at 8:30am

If you are planning to attend any of the published meetings please contact the HOA Office at hoaoffice@heronsglenhoa.org for registration information to attend via Zoom.

• The HOA Office will be closing at 1:00 pm on Friday, December 29th and will be closed on Monday, January 1st in observance of New Year's Day.

• This coming Monday, January 1st, is New Year's Day. Garbage, Recycling & Horticulture will be picked up on Wednesday, January 3rd.

(CERT Committee)
Year End Report
Presented at the Annual Meeting
December 13, 2023

Before I begin, I’d like to express my deepest gratitude to Craig Woolley (SSEP Chair) for all his help and advice throughout the year.

Additionally, I’d like to thank the HOA Board, Joyce Gillespie, and her staff for all their support to help us make CERT happen, because without their support, it simply does not.

Included in this report are just a few things CERT was involved in throughout the year:

Along with being involved with some of the things SSEP did, CERT was also activated twice this past year on account of tropical events. I wish to report that with the help of our CERT Captains we were able to successfully utilize our team radios with the newly located antenna flawlessly. And, thankfully we as a community encountered zero storm related events needing CERT attention, but we were at the ready.

This past year CERT also participated in our Herons Glen activities Fair and were able to raise awareness to what it is we do for our community. Because of this event CERT was able to help additional residents sign up to join CERT, and we continue to help as many of those residents become FEMA certified as we can. Some have already become certified.

I continue to attend FEMA sponsored CERT leaderships meetings for additional training opportunities that are available. We also share information with other local CERT communities.
Our residents CERT commitment to the safety of our community continues simply because of our many residents’ participation, and for that I wish to thank each and every one of them.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barry J. Glaudel
Herons Glen CERT Leader

Year End Report
Presented at the Annual Meeting
December 13, 2023

First and foremost, I would like to thank the HOA Board members for their continued support along with Joyce Gillespie and her staff.

Below is a list of items the SSEP has accomplished for the year ending 2023.

As a committee, SSEP continues to be open to suggestions from homeowners and encourages residents to continue expressing their ideas and to know that their suggestions will be thoughtfully and kindly considered.

Accomplishments:

1. Firewise community day 2023 raised a little over around $9,000.00 for the fallen firefighters of SWFL. The Firewise check presentation was held on 2/13/23 in the Herons Glen Ballroom. The donation of funds was disturbed to the firefighters Local 1826 of Fort Myers, the Leroy Nottingham foundation.
2. The SSEP Firewise committee has set the date for its annual Firewise event which will be held on 2/12/24.
3. The SSEP worked with the NFMFD and LCEMS on a LZ for the Helicopter, this location is on North Mystic. To date there has been 3 Helicopter landings.
4. The SSEP and LCSO put together a Car fit program that was to be held on March 7, unfortunately it was cancelled.
5. SSEP, HOA and LCSO worked together on having a camera installed at the guard house.
6. The SSEP worked with the HGRD on having Golf rangers posted at Herons Glen Blvd. and Palo Duro for shot gun starts. This was for safety concerns.
7. The SSEP’s subcommittee CERT was activated twice this year, both for tropical storms.
8. SSEP worked with the HOA to have a standby generator installed at the guard house and had the radio antenna relocated to the front gate.
9. The SSEP continues to review all damaged Sidewalk and Curbing and reports their findings to the HOA.
10. The SSEP committee along with LCSO sponsored a READY class this past year that was well attended.
11. The SSEP and NFMFD the scheduled CPR/AED class on November 15th was cancelled due to illness. Another class will be scheduled soon.
12. The SSEP and LCSO held a Fraud Seminar on December 7th.
13. The HOA has directed the SSEP to investigate Golf cart safety and regulations. At our Oct meeting the SSEP formed a subcommittee to research and report their findings back to the HOA.
14. Firewise 2023/2024 renewal has been received and will be submitted for approval to the NFPA.
15. SSEP will provide traffic control for the Christmas cart parade.

I would like to thank each committee members for their time and hard work over the past year. Karen Willd, Chet Bartkowski, Barry Glaudel, Barbara Peet, Marilyn Magiera, Ken Marohn, Jo Moyer, Bob Castellanos, and Dave Kemp.

Respectfully submitted,
Craig J. Woolley, Chair

Year End Report
Presented at the Annual Meeting by Linda Lynch
December 13, 2023

• 18 years of publication we have not missed publishing an issue. That is 216 months of work that have resulted in a newspaper to your home each month (this includes one online edition our staff produced themselves when Seabreeze shutdown during the COVID pandemic)

• Thank you to Anita Sharninghouse for her years of service coordinating the newspaper

• The newspaper committee consists of two groups

o Production team – Karen Jessop, Linda Lynch, Pam Sheid, Jack Nelson, Kathleen Lynch; plus, our HOA liaison, Chris Kozak

o Delivery Coordinators – Rick and Pat Scharf (formerly Dominic Polidoro); plus, their many volunteers who deliver to your door

• Our production team writes, edits and coordinates everything prior to submitting the articles/photos to Seabreeze Publications for publishing the hard copy of the paper at no cost to our residents.

• The production team meets once a month to plan the upcoming newspaper. During this meeting we discuss potential articles and placement in the newspaper. Numerous residents submit articles and photos that usually include our many social groups as well as activity and sporting events. Plus, included in every issue are two articles the staff deemed helpful to our residents:

o VOG Ride Share

o Official HG Sources of Information

• Our delivery coordinator, Dominic Polidoro, did an excellent job, but after six months had to relocate out of state. We were very fortunate that Rick and Pat Scharf returned in June to lead the Delivery Team of 45+ volunteers once again. These dedicated volunteers deliver the paper to the 1300 homes in Herons Glen. They continue to complete this task professionally and successfully.
The online copy of The Heron is available to all residents. It can be found on the HOA website.

• Challenges overcome this year included illness, injury, retirement, and loss of volunteers. The dedication of all our members and the enthusiasm they show each month is amazing! If anyone would like to join us in working on The Heron, our contact information is printed in each issue.

We thank the HOA Board of Directors for their support and the many Herons Glen residents who have worked with our teams to assure enjoyable and informative articles are included in each issue of The Heron. This is your newspaper so we welcome your feedback and ideas.

Respectfully submitted,
Rebecca Gignac, Chairperson of the Newspaper Committee

Year End Report
Presented at the Annual Meeting
December 13, 2023

After the HOA Board approved the new guidance for the Communications Committee, we worked to fill our vacancies, a task now completed.

A Government Structures document for the Herons Glen HOA and HGRD was prepared and reviewed by the Committee and Manager Gillespie. The HGRD is finalizing their comments on the document. Once changes are finalized and reviewed by the Committee, it will be submitted to the HOA Board for approval and distribution.

A flowchart document visualizing the Grounds Committee Request & Approval Processes was prepared and approved by the HOA Board in November.

A similar flowchart document visualizing the Architectural Review Committee Approval Process was prepared and will be reviewed by ARC one more time; when finalized by the Committee, it will be sent to the HOA Board for approval.

Respectfully submitted,
Linda Lynch, Chair
Mike Stropes, Co-Chair

All pets whenever outside of a Unit must be confined on a leash that is held by and under the control of a responsible person.

Pet Rules and Regulations

To help ensure the safety of our residents, their pets and guests, in accordance with the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Herons Glen Article XIII, Section 4 Animals and Pets and to clarify:

Article XIII, Section 4 of the Declaration

Animals and Pets. No animals, livestock, or poultry of any kind shall be raised, bred, or kept on any portion of the Properties, except that dogs, cats, or other usual and common household pets not to exceed a total of three (3) such pets may be permitted in a Unit. No pets are permitted to roam free.
If the owner fails to honor such rule, the pet may be removed or a fine or other penalty may be imposed by the Board of Directors. No pets shall be kept, bred, or maintained for any commercial purpose. Household pets shall at all times whenever they are outside a Unit be confined on a leash held by a responsible person. Persons walking pets shall be responsible for removing solid pet waste and properly disposing of the waste.

1. No more than three pets are permitted in a Unit. Sub Association rules and regulations may be more restrictive but not less restrictive.
2. No pets are permitted to roam free outside of the Unit.
3. No pets shall be kept, bred, or maintained for any commercial purpose.
4. All pets whenever outside of a Unit must be confined on a leash that is held by and under the control of a responsible person.
5. Persons walking pets are responsible to remove pet waste and properly dispose of it at their Unit. Disposal of pet waste on Common Areas or locations other than the Lot Owner’s Unit is not permitted.
6. Pet owners are not permitted to allow their pets to create any noise or other condition that will or might disturb the peace, quiet, safety, comfort, or serenity of the occupants of surrounding property.
Sub Association rules and regulations may be more restrictive but not less restrictive. Residents and tenants living in a Sub Association are responsible to check their documents for additional restrictions.

Violations

Notice of Violation to the Lot Owner will be a warning.

Notice of Violation to the Lot Owner will result in a $100.00 fine.

Additional violations will result in a $100.00 fine for each occurrence.

Violation of the Pet Rules & Regulations may result in additional action by the Association board and/or management as allowed by the governing documents of Herons Glen.

Dog Friendly Parks in Lee County: https://www.leegov.com/parks/parks/dog%20friendly

North Fort Myers: https://www.leegov.com/parks/parks/juddpark

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