Idelwild Entrance Work

Dear Anonymous (and everyone in Idlewild),
Thanks for your inquiry, and for noticing the improvements underway at the Mallard entrance to our neighborhood.As was discussed at the Annual Membership Meeting, your Board has been working toward upgrading this entryway. After studies and planning, we have hired Richardson Landscaping to do the work. The improvements will include (1) new lighting to improve the visibility and look of the brickwork/signage; (2) all new shrubbery flanking the entrance and on the island, and (3) bringing the inground irrigation system back up to 100%.
The work is underway. As with any such job, the uprooting of the old growth takes place quickly, while the placement of the irrigation improvements and new shrubbery goes somewhat more slowly. We appreciate everyone's patience, and believe you'll like the new and improved look of Idlewild's main entrance when all is done. As new developments spring up, we want to keep Idlewild among Sumter's preferred residential communities. And while an improved entryway will help, it is up to every homeowner in the Association to do their part, by keeping their properties properly landscaped and maintained. Our combined efforts that will help to protect all of our individual property values.
Let me also take this opportunity to mention that to date, there have been no email responses to the "Idlewild Grounds Maintenance" message posted on this site. We are moving forward to arrange the best possible grounds maintenance service.And to those who have not already done so, the receipt of your annual dues payment would be most appreciated. To those who have already taken care of this, many thanks!
On bahalf of your Board,
Jamie Eldridge
Chairmanjceldr@aol.com

Street Re-surfacing

The streets within Idlewild are in bad need of resurfacing as we all know. There are some intersections (i.e. Muscovy & Mallard) where the holes are quite deep & wide. If you’d like to contact the City to ask them to re-surface Idlewild roads, you can contact them using the info below (from the city website):

Please contact our City Council Rep and tell him that our roads need to be re-paved. They are so thin that pot holes are popping up at nearly every intersection. Call, write or email him at:

WARD 5 Robert Galiano

608 Antlers DriveSumter, SC 29150

803-469-0005

rgaliano@sumter-sc.com

January Newsletter

Covenants Enforcement: Numerous infractions of the Idlewild Restrictive Covenants have recently been brought to the Board'sattention. We recommend that each Idlewild homeowner take a few minutes to review their copy of the Covenants. It's easy overtime to forget some of the provisions that we all are contractually bound to observe. If you cannot find your copy of the Covenants,you can get a copy from the Register of Mesne Conveyances in the Sumter County Courthouse for a nominal fee. Some of the issues that have been cited include:

• erecting outbuildings, fencing/walls or other structures without the written consent of the Architectural Review Committee;
• parking boats, trailers, campers, or other non-self propelled vehicles (commercial or non-commercial) or trash cans in front of or beside homes rather than in the rear of the home;
• keeping inoperative vehicles on a property for longer than a thirty (30) day period;
• parking oversized and commercial vehicles in a manner other than in back of the residence and out of view of the street.

We remind all Idlewild Homeowners that if they allow tenants to rent, lease or otherwise live in their Idlewild home, the tenants are subject to our Restrictive Covenants as well, and should be provided with a copy before taking occupancy. Going forward, your Board plans to meet on the second Thursday evening of each month. If you have issues you wish to address to the Board, please forward them by mail to the appropriate board member, below. We will do all we can to resolveinfractions of our Covenants. Please keep in mind that all issues of civil law (traffic issues, leash law, noise, etc) are not under thepurview of the board to enforce, and should be addressed to the appropriate civil authorities.

Know Your Board: The 2008 Idlewild Board is as follows: Chairman - Jamie Eldridge, 515 Canvasback Cove Architectural Review Chair - William Renwick, 330 Mallard Drive (all Arch. Review requests/issues should be in writing to WR) Grounds & Maintenance - Robin James, 2515 Merganser Point, and Tom Moersen, 2765 Pintail Drive Treasurer - John Martin, 20 Aylesbury Cove

New Idlewild Website: Brett Swigert has generously offered his time and expertise to put together a website for the Idlewild Homeowners' Association. The web address is www.idlewildhoa.blogspot.com. Please check it out and give your input. Also, please send your(legibly written) email address with your dues payment so we can improve our communications flow online.