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Bill14564 07-15-2025 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Altavia (Post 2445807)
More than once, a gate attendent has risk my safety in a golf cart leaving a gate up at an entrance I can't see the car coming.

I would happily trade gate attendents for additional people to verify people using recreational facilities are residents.
I have sent emails to the District (might have been Customer Service, might have been Community Watch) mentioning this when it has happened. I don’t recall receiving a reply but the practice stopped, at least for a little while.

BeachBum121 07-15-2025 01:20 PM
Gate attendants are very much needed. For instances if the gate arms malfunction in which the gate arm doesn’t raise traffic backs up very quickly. If this occurs gate attendants currently address this problem immediately. The gate entrance on Morris Boulevard off 466 is one of the busy gates in The Villages. Can you imagine a gate arm malfunction at that gate. You would probably looking at a 5 to 10 minute respond time to address the gate malfunction. With that response time traffic would back up to 466 quickly. Gate attendants are critical during the high traffic times of the day to keep traffic moving though these gates safely.

Bwanajim 07-15-2025 08:02 PM
How much???
 
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2445287)
I attended the District's Budget Meeting last year.

The amount of money spent on Community Watch, is criminal. The guy that runs it, is a nut bag in my opinion. I had to leave after listening to his nonsense for 10 minutes ... he apparently went on for another 20 minutes after I left. He thinks he's running the NYC Police Department and had more facts and figures than any human could stomach.

Want to know how many homes Community Watch can drive by per minute? He can tell you. Want to know how long it takes to call a homeowner, to tell them their garage door is open? He's got the statistics. It was mind boggling.

I left before I heard how much they spend for those clowns operating the gates & paddles at the gates ... I can only imagine!

Cutting all those guys loose is going to be an issue. It should have been done a long time ago. I'll be curious how this one shakes out.
SO HOW MUCH DO THEY SPEND ON COMMUNITY WATCH???? I walk every morning and usually see at least one or two

Laurawilcox 07-23-2025 07:23 PM
In DeLuna, we can get several cars turning in from 301 when the green arrow activates. During busy times, our attendants do a nice job sorting and slowing the cars as they approach and make their way through the two entrances. We appreciate their help.

BrianL99 07-23-2025 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by TalkTalk (Post 2445400)

HOW do you unsubscribe from that monthly (or however often) paper that's delivered? WeI would like to unsubscribe.

Thanks, everyone!
Call them. Easy Peasy.

tophcfa 07-23-2025 09:12 PM
OP here. Dam, lots of options regarding the subject. Whatever happens, here is hoping gate attendants aren’t ever reassigned to monitor the pools and pickleball courts to insure outsiders are not sneaking in. Once an employee gets really good at waiving through everyone as fast as they can, without showing a valid Villages ID, it most definitely wouldn’t be a good idea to have them monitor our amenities!

Topspinmo 07-24-2025 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Velvet (Post 2445299)
Disagree! I think if any thing we need more Community Watch. Too many unauthorized people taking liberties with TV property. Using swimming pools, using recreation areas, golf courses, trying to get around deed restrictions etc etc. And there is a sense of comfort knowing they drive by my home each day and night. They help keep our place safe and civilized.
Different system, districts have paid personnel at rec center that’s supposed to be checking ID’s. Some rec centers do good job and some do nothing.

DARFAP 07-25-2025 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Mrs S (Post 2445316)
I suggest keeping all of the gates, however, have the gates open as our vehicles approach them. This way we don’t get soaking wet when it’s pouring rain and we have to open our window to wave our card in front of it.
Just hold your card up against the window and pull close enough to the gate card sensor so that it reads your card and the gate opens. I do it all the time.

golfing eagles 07-25-2025 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2448162)
OP here. Dam, lots of options regarding the subject. Whatever happens, here is hoping gate attendants aren’t ever reassigned to monitor the pools and pickleball courts to insure outsiders are not sneaking in. Once an employee gets really good at waiving through everyone as fast as they can, without showing a valid Villages ID, it most definitely wouldn’t be a good idea to have them monitor our amenities!
But somebody should. Tired of freeloaders.

drducat 07-25-2025 07:31 AM
When going north on the cart trail along Morse...

The cart crossing at Bonita is terrible....cars come flying around the corner off Morse onto Bonita and sometimes it gets dicey crossing there....the gate is after the cart crossing. Can't imagine what would happen if gates were all removed!

golfing eagles 07-25-2025 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by drducat (Post 2448441)
When going north on the cart trail along Morse...

The cart crossing at Bonita is terrible....cars come flying around the corner off Morse onto Bonita and sometimes it gets dicey crossing there....the gate is after the cart crossing. Can't imagine what would happen if gates were all removed!
What gate. There’s no gate at either end of Bonita, mainly because there are no intersections into residential streets. The only cross street is Canal, with gates on both sides

MX rider 07-25-2025 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by drducat (Post 2448441)
When going north on the cart trail along Morse...

The cart crossing at Bonita is terrible....cars come flying around the corner off Morse onto Bonita and sometimes it gets dicey crossing there....the gate is after the cart crossing. Can't imagine what would happen if gates were all removed!
Exactly!! If we didn't have the gates to slow cars down we would have many more golfcart accidents and fatalities. Keep the gates and the attendants. I like having both.

Even though the attendants can't do much, they're another set of eyes and ears for us.

drducat 07-25-2025 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2448454)
What gate. There’s no gate at either end of Bonita, mainly because there are no intersections into residential streets. The only cross street is Canal, with gates on both sides
That's even worse....I assumed the gate was further down.

golfing eagles 07-25-2025 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by drducat (Post 2448464)
That's even worse....I assumed the gate was further down.
Despite that, your point is EXTREMELY valid. Without gates, every crossing would be as dangerous as Bonita. Just watch what happens when a gate is broken and they put up a stop sign, especially when both entrance gates are broken. Cars race to beat each other to the merge behind the gate, carts can't see oncoming cars because gatehouse blocks the view. I wonder how many accidents occur due to this scenario.

tophcfa 07-25-2025 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by drducat (Post 2448441)
When going north on the cart trail along Morse...

The cart crossing at Bonita is terrible....cars come flying around the corner off Morse onto Bonita and sometimes it gets dicey crossing there....the gate is after the cart crossing. Can't imagine what would happen if gates were all removed!
Glad you brought that up, that is a great example of why gates (not necessarily gate attendants) are very important. I find going south at that crossing to be even more dangerous. Having a roundabout dump out of Morse onto Bonita, right before the golf cart crossing, is extremely dangerous. You can never trust a blinker, or lack of one, from the vehicles in the roundabout as a safe indicator of it being safe to cross. The only real safe way to cross is to wait until the roundabout is completely empty. It’s a very poor design.


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