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The U.S. Open focused even more attention on the Pebble Beach area than is customary for annual AT&T, Pro Am golf tournaments.
People throughout the United States and in many other parts of the world were treated to views of our wonderful area as
they watched television coverage of the prestigious golf tournament. Our success as a community in hosting the U.S. Open
is cause to reflect on the good fortune we have to live in such a magnificent and famous locale.
It is also a good time to write about a few of the many things that the DMFPO Board of Directors and other stakeholders
have recently accomplished in our efforts to enhance the high quality of life in the Del Monte Forest.
As mentioned in my first letter three months ago, I continue to be impressed by the effectiveness of the DMFPO board.
In particular I am pleased by the way chores are delegated to members of the board, and how well each member handles things
in their various areas of responsibility. A few of the major issues we continue to closely monitor are water items regarding
the Cease and Desist Order, and the progression of plans to build a regional desalinization water treatment facility
on the landfill north of Marina; fire prevention and other emergency preparedness in the forest; enforcement of traffic laws;
and misdemeanor and felony criminal activity in the forest, mostly relating to property crimes such as vandalism, burglary and theft.
There are myriad other issues of major, moderate or minor priority where the board members keep close tabs.
A specific item of concern has been the fact that POD storage units have been visibly left on properties for inordinate periods of time.
There have been many complaints from property owners on this subject, as well as related complaints about boats, motor homes, campers,
trailers and other vehicles that are visibly "parked" for indefinite periods. Since enforcement authority is at the county level,
three DMFPO board members, Loran List, Sandy Getreu and yours truly met earlier this year with Supervisor Dave Potter and three county employees.
As a result of that meeting county personnel have recently informed us that, as an interim measure, design approvals will now
be required in order to initially place or continue to maintain a POD in a visible place on a property. Those approvals will be
for specified and relatively short periods of time. This will be the first important step in a protracted process to promulgate
new land use regulations that will include PODs, and have the new regulations incorporated for the coastal zone
in Coastal Commission standards for this area. Homeowners who have specific questions on this issue are encouraged to call the DMFPO office.
Very Truly Yours,
Don Eastman
President
Del Monte Forest Property Owners
Apr 2010 - President's Message
Feb 2010 - President's Message
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There is a saying that we Americans love to collect "stuff", that sometimes we have so much "stuff" that we
fill our garages with it and park our cars in the street or driveway because there is no room left in the garage!
We are also entrepreneurs and seeing a need for a solution to the mounting piles of "stuff" collected by Americans, huge
storage parks have sprung up across the country where we can rent additional space to store our extra "stuff". Another
recent innovation is PODS or Portable On Demand Storage. PODS have been popping up recently in various locations in the Del Monte Forest as people remodel
their homes or clear out their "stuff". The original idea behind PODS was that you called, they came and dropped off the
storage unit, you filled it up and they took it away to their storage facility or delivered it to your new location if you were moving
house or relocating.