New Collection Days

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03/24/2025 - The State alligator trapper will be installing a trap since alligators have been on land around the pond.. Please follow the directions on the signs and do not walk near the ponds, feed the gators or get close to the gators. Feeding alligators is illegal in Florida. They are dangerous. If you see one contact board member immediately so trapper can be contacted to come asap.

If you have a well for irrigating your lawn you may be paying a fee for having a meter to measure reclaimed water usage. This community DOES NOT have reclaimed water. The water that goes through that meter is potable water just like the rest of the water in your house. Those residents with wells have no water going past that meter, but you may be paying a fee for that meter anyway. It would show up on your water bill like this:

Reclaim Residential
Service from 05/02/24 - 06/03/24

PRC Meter Fixed Charge $8.51

Public Service Tax $0.85
Subtotal $9.36

You can alleviate  this problem by emailing Orange County Utilities, tell them you have a well and Fontana Estates does not receive reclaimed water. Ask them to lock your meter. This will stop the charges from being applied at a yearly savings of nearly $120. Make sure to include your contact information in the email along with your account number.

Send this email to www.utilities.information@ocfl.net

It took a tremendous amount of time to organize the street repairs so that the residents understood the scope of the project and exhibited the level of cooperation needed for the process to be executed appropriately. Numerous signs were made and posted in the community and on the website. A newsletter was written and sent to all owners and residents. We arranged for garbage pick up and parking in neighbors driveways. The contractors made a point of saying that it was the most well organized community repair job they have seen. 

None of this happened by chance nor does the management company work at this level. It was the volunteer efforts of board members and a few homeowners who checked the streets daily. 

Many of you saw the efforts of your HOA president putting up the signs out front, adding caution tape everywhere for safety and delivering 30 packages to owners so delays weren’t experienced. This didn’t take place just one day but during the entire street repair process. 

Please make a point of thanking your board members who go above and beyond the job description of a volunteer

1. If any resident sees gators close to land or on land and it seems aggressive please report to a Board Members asap. The only way the county will issue a permit to trap it is if the Board knows about it immediately.

2. Any residents living along the east side of Fontana Estates, where the new community by Home Dynamics is being built, please report any people trespassing to a Board members asap. Legal signs will be posted so that we can call the police and follow up on issues.

3. When trees are removed from any owners property an ARC application needs to be submitted prior to removal. A list of approved replacement trees are also available. Trees in front yards will need to be replaced.

4. HOA POLICY UPDATE : "All residents and owners who live along the back wall need to make sure that the irrigation is not hitting it. This damages the walls and the irrigation can be redirected or caped off since the trees are well established in those areas. Any homeowners who cause damage to the wall as a result of irrigation hitting it will be responsible for paying for repairs to those areas. Letters were sent out to all owners prior to the wall being repaired and painted in January 2022"

5.HOA  POLICY: “No one can advertise homes in this community as vacation property for sale or rental. This includes time share or time share like properties i.e. fractional ownership or others. Our covenants do not allow rentals for less than 90 days and that is with board approval. Board must see contract before rental agreement is signed also.” This  Pacaso company is out of California and is some  type of fractional ownership company.It is advertising homes here at Fontana Estates in the manner described. Pacaso is a 3rd party listing company that helps people get LLC. Fontana Estates  is not a vacation rental community."

 6. Mission Statement or Vision for Fontana Estates Community Homeowners Association Board as of July 31, 2024: The HOA  was created to maintain high standards of this deluxe community, that we all purchased into, with established covenants and bylaws to abide by. These predetermined standards help guide the HOA in providing uniformity to proper care of the common areas, long term care and emergency contingencies. The goods and services  provided with  HOA fees are determined by an accurate  evaluation annually of how to pay for maintaining property values for the present and future.”

Board of Directors

Fontana Estates Community HOA, Inc.