McMillin, Grounds Chair, took way too much time, unprofessionally last night. He spoke about bulk heading over by the pond on the right hand side as you enter Wedgefield. He spoke about a fountain for the middle of that pond. He spoke about a ridiculous project on lot 6A, which is stated to be owned by the WPA. McMillin has taken long periods of time at our board meetings, that as a meeting attendee, I wonder, who gave him this role, and why is he talking about it? In the past, he spoke at length about his plan to do a maintenance dredge on the canals, it was just added to the minutes, no vote, and he wasn't even the Water Amenities Chair. He spoke about changing the office parking lot even though there were no official complains. It went away like a bad cloud carried by the wind on a stormy day. Again, no vote, nothing. As I reviewed reports from the past, he wasn't in charge of the pond project, DeMarchi has been, and he wasn't in attendance last night. Who is in charge?
This lead me to two recent projects, the Gatehouse Fix, and the Wedgefield Drainage Project, also managed by DeMarchi, and ultimately this board, and it demonstrates, in both cases, how they fail to complete. If you follow the blog, you know how I feel about the Gate House Fix. According to the minutes, it still isn't fixed. I won't spend time with that now. I decided to follow the Wedgefield Drainage Project. I went all the way back to the end of 2012 in reviewing the minutes.. Our sanitized minutes, first speak to the Wedgefield Drainage Project, under the Drainage Report, in March 2013. I will provide a time line from every month, under Drainage Report, that information is provided in the minutes. Before I continued, I went and took pictures of the project this morning. There obviously continue to be problems. More will be written after the pictures are presented.
This is a picture of the project as you stand on the road. I will remind you that besides taking care of drainage problems, electrical boxes that were truly at risk of being washed away, THAT THIS WAS A PLACE ALL RESIDENTS COULD ENJOY THE CANALS, AND FISH. How do you like the lack of grass, a place to sit, etc. The land, as you see in some of the following pictures, is washing into the canal. As we review the minutes later on, be aware that a resident bulk headed part of his/her property with the same contractor during this project ( Resident paid their portion of expense.), and their bulk head appears to be tied into the WPA bulk head.
Picture #2, wash away about mid ground in the project.
Picture #3, drain basin set in the project.
Picture #4, first wash away spot at bulk head.
Picture #5, another wash away spot at bulk head.
Picture #6, standing near the bulk head looking at the water, notice to your right the run off soil in the canal, from seepage. This resident is new, not part of the project. Where are the questions from the Water Amenities' Committee?
Picture #7, a close up of the soil in the canal on the right hand side.
Picture #8, view standing at the bulk head looking toward Wedgefield Rd.
Picture #9, view of plantings selected to put on boarder line of WPA and private resident with new bulk head on left.
Picture #10, close up of plantings which appear to be in poor shape. Look like the might be Butterfly Bushes.
NOTE: The Wedgefield Examiner hopes to complete this article by end of day on August 21st. We'll follow the sanitized minutes for money motions, and any discussion on the project progress, under Drainage Report. In the mean time, if you had been at last nights meeting, you might be asking why we haven't heard about THIS MESS OF A PROJECT since April 2014? Maybe you'd ask why McMillin was talking about fountains and bulk heads on DeMarchi's pond project, when as a board member, and a member of the Water Amenities' Committee, that he obviously, hasn't had any questions according to the minutes, regarding this mess. LOOK FOR A UPDATE NOTICE ON THIS ARTICLE LATE ON AUGUST 21.
UPDATE ADDED ON 8/21/14 FOLLOWS:
