[village dreamer]

its going to cost us .... $225k to tear down and replace the water tower and windmill in brownwood. the wood is all rotten. just tear it down . somebodys brother inlaw is making a lot of money.

[Keefelane66]

And why do The Villagers need to pay for it?

[Papa_lecki]

#1- if homeowners were to pay for it, it would cost like $1 each.

$2 - i am pretty sure the developer owns the squares, not amenity authorities.

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

#1- if homeowners were to pay for it, it would cost like $1 each.

$2 - i am pretty sure the developer owns the squares, not amenity authorities.

Oh we're going to pay!
“ The Project Wide Advisory Committee will be asked to consider an emergency budget resolution to fund the demolition and restoration of the windmill and the water tower, which have no useful function and are purely decorative.


The windmill and water tower at Brownwood Paddock Square will have to be torn down and rebuilt at a cost of $225,000.
The amount of the demolition and restoration of the windmill and water tower is estimated at $225,000. The money would come from maintenance assessment fees paid by residents of The Villages living south of County Road 466.”

[dewilson58]

Dreamer...............$225k sounds like a lot in your life, but it is costing you nothing extra.

Breath and enjoy the wonderful square.

[retiredguy123]

If $225K is the actual cost to replace both structures, it sounds like a bargain to me. Decoration at a square is a useful function. What's the big deal?

[Bill14564]

If you read the article, linked in the original, about the $63K to rebuild the entrance, when the PWAC objected to paying for a structure in Brownwood Square they were informed that the PWAC "owned" the maintenance of it.

Not sure if that applies to everything in the square or only the non-commercial structures. I cynically suspect that the PWAC "owns" the expenses and the BCDD "owns" the income.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

If $225K is the actual cost to replace both structures, it sounds like a bargain to me. Decoration at a square is a useful function. What's the big deal?

$225K extra on top of $700K extra for the new trail on top of whatever is being paid to repair the sinkholes both north and south of 44... I may be getting some of my funding mixed but the point is, a couple hundred thousand here and a few hundred thousand there and it begins to add up.

[village dreamer]

maybe we should extend happy hour , take the profits for the tower and windmill. then everyones happy.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

$225K extra on top of $700K extra for the new trail on top of whatever is being paid to repair the sinkholes both north and south of 44... I may be getting some of my funding mixed but the point is, a couple hundred thousand here and a few hundred thousand there and it begins to add up.

I worked in Federal construction. Looking at the photos of those two structures, I'm thinking millions, not thousands. LOL.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I worked in Federal construction. Looking at the photos of those two structures, I'm thinking millions, not thousands. LOL.

Oh, I misunderstood your point. That would make sense. The trail ballooned to five times the original estimate, why not this too?

[Garywt]

For someone who lived through the Big Dig in Boston, things do add up.

Of course if they just take them down the next post will be, look what else the Morse family took away from us, I can see the end of Brownwood coming…

$225,000 is not much in this day and age and things need to be maintained or replaced as needed.

[Keefelane66]

The Developer is under such financial distress maybe we should all pitch in to help.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

If $225K is the actual cost to replace both structures, it sounds like a bargain to me. Decoration at a square is a useful function. What's the big deal?

Yep, just like the walking trail. 225 will turn into 850……

[Stu from NYC]

So who actually does own the squares? If the developer why are they not responsible for maintenance?