Doorknob Flyer from the BOD

TOWNHOUSES AT JACARANDA CONDOMINIUM ASSOC.

8201 NW 8 Street · Plantation, Florida 33324

Phone: (954) 472-2283 · Fax: (954) 472-3857

Board of Directors

Wendi Hill, President

John Lovell, Vice-President

Phyllis Fabara, Treasurer

Paulette Watson, Secretary

Ben Odebralski, Assistant Secretary

Mark Morgenstern, Director

Carol Hazan, Director

Dear Unit Owners and Residents,

There have been some recent developments in regard to our Hurricane Wilma insurance claim for building damage. It looks as if we may reach a resolution on this painstakingly long ordeal we have been subjected to. Our appointed judge, after hearing a recent motion, has allowed the insurance company ninety days to investigate for mold damage. The short story is that we desperately need your cooperation in facilitating an inspection of the unit interiors. The inspection of the unit interiors will begin this Monday, the 22^nd of March. Our representatives from Epic Adjusters and maintenance staff will accompany the insurance company’s inspectors from Rimkus Consulting Group as they look for damage in the units.

Please be sure to let the inspectors know of any and every place that has leaked after the storm, even if the area no longer leaks, or has been repaired.

1. Please point out areas that were water stained, even if they have been repaired since the storm.

2. Point out any fixtures that are rusted due to leaks as a result of the storm.

3. Point out any soft drywall or soft exterior wood paneling, even if it simply got worse after the storm.

4. If you can see any water stains on the underside of the roof by looking in your attic, please photograph it, or let us know. This is to check for any damaged or failing roof structure.

5. Please provide to our office (and only our office) any pictures of hurricane damage that you have.

6. If you filed your own hurricane claim with your own insurance company, any documentation or records showing this will be instrumental in furthering our case. Please stop by our office and allow us to make copies of these items.

**Please contact the office and let us know the day and time that you will be available for inspections in order to schedule you in accordingly**

This is a very important and time sensitive matter and we greatly appreciate your cooperation.

With Regards,

Townhouses at Jacaranda

Remembering Hurricane Wilma, from October 2005

Here are some pictures that I took in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma. Captions to be added later.

Above is the path that Hurricane Wilma followed, from the West to the East across Florida. Below is what it looked like out my back window when the rain started to fall and the wind started to blow. You can see a piece of the plastic that was supposed to protect our building that was mostly under construction.

Pictured above, we could see trees start to lose limbs during the storm.
Pictured below, the aftermath of the storm when it was safe to walk around the neighborhood.

Above right and below left, building #35 can be seen to be without exterior siding as that building was under construction. It had been wrapped with sheets of plastic by ConTech, the construction company working on the building. The plastic quickly blew off in the storm and offered little protection. Fortunately the storm was more about wind than about water so the building experienced little damage due to water intrusion.

Trees were the big casualties in Hurricane Wilma. When the ground became saturated with water, the high winds toppled many of the big trees that had big, full, leafy "heads".

September 5 BOD Meeting: Multiple Special Assessments