The rope lights look fantastic.  The 1,250 feet we purchased covered 13 Palm Trees and really make the place look like Disney land in the evening.  We still need to cover some more trees down the center walking path to complete the effect and then I think we should stop at that.  We have a lot of palm trees on Las Palmas and we can't cover them all like Francisco said.  We should finish he center walk way down the path to the beach and a couple more at the entrance and then stop at that for now.  Lynda,  We need to order 8 more rolls and that should do it for us.  Can you place the order and have them mailed to my home address again.

 

I took with me two rolls of ground cover to place under the rocks and stop the weeds and grass.  Really look good and very clean when Francisco and his guys put it down.  This was to be a test project and it looks like we need to purchase more to cover as a minimum the problem areas.

 

I had also taken with me two bottles of weed/grass killer that Francisco used to spray some problem weed areas.

 

I bought 4 motion detectors for the club house bathrooms and everything we tried could not get them to work correctly.  I brought them back and will replace them with another name brand and try it again next month.

 

At the request of some owners I bought two pedestal fans and a clock and placed them in the club house gym to move the air around in there.  The fans look good and seem to be working very well.  I already had a couple of comments from owners that they liked them.  The new spa digital heater at Grande seemed to be working good.  I did not much time to check it out but it seems to work a whole lot better then the old manual one.

 

The Beach cleaning project we had previously talked about I was told by Francisco that the City of Penasco has taken it under their responsibility to announce to the citizens of Penasco they want to be known as having the cleanest beaches in Mexico.  They city bought some equipment for beach cleaning and plans to start cleaning all beaches in and around Penasco.  I don't know how often they plan to do this but at least it will be free for us and the other resorts.

 

I had purchased a light sensor that works on a dusk/dawn basis.  We placed this on the Grande Building as a test project and it works GREAT!!!!!   The sensor costs $20.00 and it was turning the lights off 1 hour before all the other three towers which included the building lights, hallway lights, and parking lot lights.  This is therefore a savings of all of these lights being turned off an hour before all the other lights and must be a significant $$ savings over the course of a year.  In the past we had to rely on the employees to adjust the timers about 4 times a year due to the sun coming up earlier or later and it was not happening effectively.  Now we don't need to worry about it.  They will come on when it gets dark and they will go off when it get light outside.  I will be purchasing 4 more to cover the other three towers and the clubhouse/pool area lights.

 

The wall at Villa #20 is coming along nicely.  Bella Serena finally took the ball as they should of and placed a large tube under ground for draining the water and they also made new sidewalk and placed a proper drain at the end of the sidewalk to allow the water to flow.  The wall has been fixed again and still needs final painting.  When I had left they still did not have the dirt all replaced but they were working everyday on it.

 

The resort was pretty busy for the whole time I was there and numerous Mexican Nationals were starting to arrive for Semana Santa.  I was told the rental company will have a 100% occupancy for this holiday. 

 

Osvaldo told me he had sent an e-mail to admin secretary for the New Mexico group and informed them we were taking steps to place a lien on all their properties.  He was told there is a New Business partner and the new business partner wants to know what the total amount owed is because he wants to write a check and pay all past due HOA fees to bring the group current.  This is of course great news and I hope it happens.  Regardless, Francisco and Osvaldo have contacted an attorney who is asking around about who and how a lein it to be placed on the properties.

 

I discussed with Francisco the Board still has the 3 Priorities of Painting the Villas, Purchasing the Palapas and Planting them and widening the main path and placing a couple of benches on the route down to the beach.

 

I want the Board to know that I was there for 7 Days and Francisco and his people are working hard to stay on top of the many things that need to be done at Las Palmas to keep it nice.  We need to keep on the cosmetic things such as trash, cig butts, weeds to keep the place looking clean and enviting.  The Resort over all looks really good.  There are a lot of people moving around on the Resort right now and it is a constant battle to keep it cleaned up. 

 

 

Bruce