Published for the Residents of Twin Lakes of Brandon

Fall Edition • 2019

In this IssuePresident’s MessageDates to RememberWelcome Tom Dee Real Estate News You Can UseHome of the SeasonArt in the Park-Custom Car Show From the BoardCritter CornerHalloween Fun FactsApple Cobbler anyone...2018-2019 HOA Board of Directors

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

website: www.tlbhoa.org

Dear Neighbors,

This was to be my farewell letter. Thanks for allowing me to serve as the President for the past two years. It was my pleasure to help in any way that I could as a volunteer in the community. I would then introduce toyou each of the candidates running for the annual election in October and wish them all my best to help keep our community running at full steam ahead and ask you all to vote...

Then this happened.

With only two hours left before the deadline to submit your Notice of Intent to run for a board position, only one current board member hadsubmitted his NOI. Thank you to Mark Gaudio for remaining an activemember of our community! While the board had been actively trying to recruit new members as the acting nominating committee, no one came forward. Options were limited as to proceeding after the deadline would pass and so Laura Moses, Irene Cusack, and yes, yours truly, sub-mitted our Notices to be on the board again this coming year.

According to Florida Statutes, we are no longer required to hold an election if there are only the number of nominees running that there are available positions. This means that our annual members meeting on October 15th should be much shorter as we will not need to have ballots recorded and counted. Of course, annual business will still be heard and a look at additional roof shingle colors will be considered and possibly approved.

I can not thank Irene and Laura enough for staying on the board and I would encourage all of you to also thank them too. An HOA Associationcan not run without a board. In our case, we are required to have at least three board members. This coming year, we will have four. This means that we will need more people to step up and volunteer to help in order to keep things rolling. And next year, well, you know.

If you are interested in volunteering or would like more information on�lling a future HOA Board of Directors Position, please reach out to me and I would be happy to discuss with you. As always, my best wishes for you and your families, Joanne Bialas

photo courtesy of Cindy Moran

Living in Twin Lakes... Loving Twin Lakes... Selling Twin Lakes!

Laura Moses, RealtorSignature Realty Associates386-383-5210, lauramosesrealtor@gmail.com

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Real Estate needs.

Results that will move you!

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Welcome Tom Dee to Twin Lakes

Tom Dee has been with Greenacre Properties since June of 2016 as an On-site Manager for the Groves Golf & Country Club in Land O’Lakes, Florida.

His property management experience includes 5 years of being on boards with high- end communities located in Dunedin, Safety Harbor, and Winter Park, Florida. Tom has over 30 years of experience in a variety of industries and organization sizes: start-up through Fortune 100 companies. His career emphasis in the following: customer/client process improvement; analysis; strategy; research; �nancial performance; risk evaluation / mitigation; and business plan development & execution.

Tom earned a B.S. from Arizona State University and an M.S. from Florida Institute of Technology. He enjoys time on the water with friends, traveling abroad with his wife Karen, and visiting grandchildren.

Please reach out to Tom at manager@tlbhoa.org or TomD@Greenacre.com.

REAL ESTATE NEWS YOU CAN USE

October 1: Quarterly Assessments DueOctober 15: HOA Board MeetingOctober 15: Annual Members MeetingOctober 31: Halloween November 19: HOA Board Meeting November 19: Annual Budget MeetingNovember 28: Thanksgiving December 10: HOA Board Meeting

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Courtesy of Laura Moses, Realtor, Signature Realty (386) 383-5210 lauramosesrealtor@gmail.com

photo courtesy of Cindy Moran

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NEUTRALSVery strong for 2020 are neutrals,they are not going anywhere! We will be seeing more bone, and wool white, and softer tones and tints of white. While gray is still popular the shift is moving from gray to bone.

DULLED DOWN BLUESBlue was the up and coming color in 2019 and now it’s the “it” color. This new decorating trend blue is moody and muddied and darker.

GEOMETRIC DESIGNGeometric designs have been popular for a few years and they are here to stay for another year. Geometric wallpaper, lighting, furnishings, and accents! The lines are clean and thin. Nothing clunky or heavy.

New Property Manager

June, July, and August Sales - 2019

Status Address Sq Ft Sold Price Beds Baths Year Built Pool ADOM LP / SqFt SP/SqFt

SLD 3026 PARTRIDGE POINT TRL 2,427 $365,000.00 4 3 1997 Y 4 $150.39 $150.39

SLD 2805 CLOVER DEW CT 2,806 $350,000.00 4 3 2002 Y 116 $133.64 $124.73

SLD 2802 WINDING TRAIL DR 2,649 $394,000.00 4 3 1998 Y 13 $149.11 $148.74

SLD 2928 WINDING TRAIL DR 3,286 $470,000.00 4 3 1997 Y 68 $152.01 $143.03

SLD 4904 OTTER CREEK CT 1,793 $287,000.00 3 2 1997 Y 45 $161.18 $160.07

SLD 5007 WHISPERING LEAF TRL 2,586 $399,000.00 4 3 2001 Y 25 $154.29 $154.29

SLD 2964 HICKORY GROVE DR 2,186 $270,000.00 4 3 2001 29 $130.38 $123.51

SLD 2907 MOSSY TIMBER TRL 2,982 $387,000.00 4 3 2000 Y 43 $134.10 $129.78

samples of proposed roof shingle colors

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R O O F I N G

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1st Annual Custom Car Showjoins 10th Art in the Park!

Congratulations

Jack & Esther Stanford

who reside at

4707 Lina Ctin

Eagle’s Nest Village

This home has been selected as the Twin Lakes of Brandon “Home of the Season.” Jack and Esther will receive a $50 gift card for a local restaurant in honor of their selection as this issue’s featured home.

Nominate your favorite home that exempli�es the care and pride of the community for the next issueby emailing editor@tlbhoa.org.

What a huge turnout this year! In addition to the 10th annual Art in the Park, there were approximately 50 custom cars from Twin Lakes and surrounding areas showing us their prized possessions...WOW!

A special thank you to the Roamin’ Oldies from Sun CityCenter, FL for coming up even though rain was probable!

Prizes were awarded tothe top 3 picks of the day!

HOMEof the

Season

#1 #2 #3

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From the BoardJoanne Bialas—President The “Berm” has �nally been approved by all parties and is underway. Please note that while agreat deal of time and attention has been paid to this very costly project, we have done every-thing possible to keep the costs down and still proceed within the guidelines set forth by Countyregulators. Our Association legal team has been involved from day one to walk us through anyand all options and while we are in fact an HOA board made up of volunteers, we do believe that we have made all of the best decisions possible given the circumstances. It will take some time to replenish the funds in our reserve system, but it will happen and we will continue to make need-improvents and maintain them to the best of our abilities with the help of our property manage-ment team. Thank you for your continued support of our community!

Derek Matthews—Vice President 1/ACC We’ve been getting more visitors to our monthly meetings lately, in large part because of the numerous ACC requests being submitted — especially roofs and painting. Many of our homes are beyond 20+ years old, so it’s time. If you are unsure as to whether or not you need to sub-mit an ACC request, feel free to check with me or reach out to our property manager at Green-acres. As a general guideline, if it is outside of your home, you probably need one.

Also, as a reminder, please be sure to submit all of your ACC requests to the board before begin-ning work on your homes. There are many guidelines to follow with regards to roofs and paintcolors and many homes are being done. If you need any help, please email acc@tlbhoa.org.

Laura Moses—Vice President 2/CSAC I am coming to the end of my �rst year serving on the HOA board for Twin Lakes and have some thoughts to share. When my husband and I decided to make our home in Twin Lakes 10 years ago it was for many reasons. We loved the lake and the park and the great schools. But we really loved the idea of a community that came together over events. As a board member I have repeatedly asked for volunteers and ideas on what residents would like to see as events. I have received none and no input. These are free events, sometimes with free food and entertainment put on entirely for the enjoyment of the community. So please take a walk down to the park to enjoy them. Text, email, attend a board meeting and get involved in any way. We have a beautiful community with lots going on. Come be a part of it and help make Twin Lakes the best it has ever been!

Irene Cusack—TreasurerArt in the Park, our arts and crafts show was held in Zeina Park on September 14th. We had arts and crafts with vendors from all over the area, but especially some creative works from within our own Twin Lakes community. This year we had free food, a wonderful DJ and many vendors. In addition, we held our �rst ever Custom Car Show featuring cars from the Roamin’ Oldies in Sun City Center. We also had several cars from Twin Lakes Homeowners on hand for the displaying of these beautiful cars. One homeowner, Tom Schmidt from Heron Point won 3rd place with his classic corvette.

Please remember to keep an eye on the announcement board, the website, and of course this news-letter which comes out quarterly to be in know about upcoming events including board meetings and more!

Mark Gaudio— Secretary/CALM Hello Twin Lakes Neighbors, Hope some of you have noticed the new plantings around Lake Michaela. It appears they’re thriving in their new home. It does take time, even for Florida native plants, to grow fully into their environment. I think you’ll like what you see as they continue to �ourish.

And, if you have any other landscape suggestions, please let me know. We can always try to �t things into the budget, either this year or next.

I look forward to seeing you all at the next board meeting.

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CRITTER CORNERMEET FRANNIE, THE RESCUE DOG!

A retreiver, shepard mix rescued from theTampa Humane Society 5 years ago, she

watches TV and barks at any moving animal on the screen. She is shy meetingnew people but when she gets to know

you, she loves to gives kisses!

Would you like your petto be featured in an

upcoming issue of the newsletter? Email your photo and pet info to

editor@tlbhoa.org.

Halloween has been called All Hallows’ Eve, Witches Night, Lamswool, Snap-Apple Night, Samhaim, and Summer’s End.

The �rst Jack O’Lanterns were actually made from turnips

The word “witch” comes from the Old English wicce, meaning “wise woman.” In fact, wiccan were highly respected people at one time.

The owl is a popular Halloween image. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches, and to hear an owl's call meant someone was about to die.

According to Irish legend, Jack O’Lanterns are named after a stingy man named Jack who, because he tricked the devil several times, was forbidden entrance into both heaven and hell. He was condemned to wander the Earth, waving his lan-tern to lead people away from their paths.

Trick-or-treating harks back to the Middle Ages and All Souls’ Day, when poor people in Britain would beg for soul cakes, a sweet-bread treat, and pray for dead relatives in return. When trick-or-treating �rst became popular in the United States in the 1800s, more children played mischievous pranks than asked for candy. By the 1950s, though, the focus had switched to good old family fun, with sugar-hyped children dressed in costumes.

Candy Corn was originally called Chicken Feed. Over 35 million pounds are produced every year, which is about 9 billion pieces.

Orange and black are traditional Halloween colors. Orange represents the harvest and black darkness. Over 90% of parents admit to sneaking candy from their kids Halloween bag.

HALLOWEEN FUN FACTS

HAVE A SAFE AND SPOOKY HALLOWEEN!

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The (CSAC), Communications and Social Activities Committee has made every effort to provide accurate, relevant and timelyinformation. However, errors and ommissions can occur. By using the information herein, the reader assumes all risks associated with such use. The Homeowner’s Association, (CSAC), or contributing authors shall not be responsible for any special, consequential or other exemplary damages resulting from any reader’s use, interpretation or reliance upon any information contained herein.

Twin Lakes of Brandon Newsletter • Fall 2019 Edition Laura Moses, Editor

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If you have a question that you would like to ask the Board, please send it to editor@tlbhoa.org.

GENERAL INFORMATION

2018 - 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Joanne Bialas PresidentDerek Matthews Vice President, ACC ChairLaura Moses 2nd Vice President, CSAC ChairIrene Cusack TreasurerMark Gaudio Secretary, CALM Chair

president@tlbhoa.orgvice-pres@tlbhoa.org

vice-pres2@tlbhoa.orgtreasurer@tlbhoa.orgsecretary@tlbhoa.org

Recipe Talk ....with HOA Volunteer Laura Moses

Hello Twin Lakes’ neighbors. Let’s talk about the glamorous subject of …recipes… speci�cally, apple cobbler for this fall season.

INGREDIENTS 1 stick Butter1 cup Sugar1 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour, divided2 1/4 tsp Baking Powder3/4 tsp Salt1 1/2 cup Milk5 small Granny Smith Apples1 1/2 cup Brown Sugar2 tsp Cinnamon1/4 tsp NutmegINSTRUCTIONSPreheat oven to 350.Place butter in baking dish (9x13) and place in oven until melted. Remove from oven and set aside.Core, peel and slice apples and place in large bowl.Add 1/4 cup �our, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to apples. Mix until well coated.In another large bowl, whisk together remaining �our, sugar, baking powder and salt until blended.Pour in milk slowly while whiskingPour batter into baking dish over melted butter.Pour apple mixture over batter.Bake 45-50 minutes until golden brown

Homemade Apple CobblerHave a recipe that you would like to share

with Twin Lakes? Email it to editor@tlbhoa.org.