[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by justjim

You are correct---it should say "many accidents perceived".

Thank you!

[vette]

Originally Posted by TVMayor

What if the developer paid for and installed windshield wipers on all golf carts?

What if the developer paid for taxi service for legally blind people who drive golf carts?

What if you adjust the direction of your headlights so you can see, if they can not be adjusted you or the AAC could install a second set of headlights that can be adjusted.

In a nut shell, it is your problem to solve if you can not see to drive not mine. Fix it yourself before you kill someone. Plan �B� park it.

Well stated ! As have almost all of the other posts. . .

[PennBF]

There is the option of installing the small lights along the front and side of the cart. This lights up the curbs and provides good light for approaching carts. It is an alternative.

[T-325]

Hmmm..just ask Goggle to come up with self driving golf carts. No need to worry about ANYTHING at that point. Maybe The Villages could be a testing ground!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

OR...if we are having trouble seeing on cart paths we could take our automobile to where we are going. The streets are nicely lit.
It is a golf cart friendly community, not a golf cart dependent community.

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by justjim

Years ago in a place called The Villages a cry was heard by the Government to allow golf carts to travel after dark. �... In the years that followed, many accidents occurred.

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Not true. And that's one of the reasons the engineering study did not recommend side striping. The engineers are the experts, and base their decisions on facts.

[OCsun]

Wow! Tuff crowd today. I think the golf cart round about at brownwood could use a light or two. It is located away from the main road lighting and can sometimes be very challenging to maneuver, even if you can see well, take your time and have good vision.

I guess that covers it!

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by billethkid

And it will only cost you $1 or $2 per day increase in your amenity fee or $30 to $60 more per month.

Is that OK?

I think a moderate increase is OK. After all, the money is being spent on us.

[tuccillo]

Read your CDD paperwork - it doesn't work that way. Increases in the amenities fee is tied to the CPI.

Originally Posted by outlaw

I think a moderate increase is OK. After all, the money is being spent on us.

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by tuccillo

Read your CDD paperwork - it doesn't work that way. Increases in the amenities fee is tied to the CPI.

So are my property taxes. I believe the connection to CPI is a limit. In other words, the AF increase cannot exceed the CPI in any year. But that does not mean the AF has to be increased each year.

[tuccillo]

Your previous post suggested a moderate increase in the amenities fee. There really isn't such a thing - just the increases dictated by the CPI. What the CDD spends must fit into that budget. Your post suggested to me some arbitrary, unilateral increase in the amenities fee.

Originally Posted by outlaw

So are my property taxes. I believe the connection to CPI is a limit. In other words, the AF increase cannot exceed the CPI in any year. But that does not mean the AF has to be increased each year.

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by tuccillo

Your previous post suggested a moderate increase in the amenities fee. There really isn't such a thing - just the increases dictated by the CPI. What the CDD spends must fit into that budget. Your post suggested to me some arbitrary, unilateral increase in the amenities fee.

I guess I see it as a budget thing. For a capital improvement such as striping or ball field lights that don't fit in the current budget, one could identify excess funds. There probably is a general fund for things like an unexpected expense such as substantial bridge repair or tree cutting fines and replanting. Over time, the AFs are increased to the maximum each year until the AFs cover the added expenses.

[tuccillo]

Yes, presumably there is a certain amount of slush to cover some unexpected things. I suspect big ticket items (softball field work) have been planned for some time and actually shows up in the budgets.

Originally Posted by outlaw

I guess I see it as a budget thing. For a capital improvement such as striping or ball field lights that don't fit in the current budget, one could identify excess funds. There probably is a general fund for things like an unexpected expense such as substantial bridge repair or tree cutting fines and replanting. Over time, the AFs are increased to the maximum each year until the AFs cover the added expenses.

[PennBF]

This has become a "Political Football" and that is never the way to solve a problem. There are only 2 or 3 options, (e.g. paint center lines, curb painting or install your own lights on your cart.) Unfortunately there are those who have lost objective positions and are tied to their own wishes. This never leads to the best solution or answer. It only leads to each digging in their heals and thus the loss of the best answer. One of the basic rules of compromise is that each will changed their mind if convinced by the other. This logic has obviously been lost. It is now who can yell loud and over the other? There are the walkers who think they are at risk if the center lines are painted, the bikers who feel about the same, the cart drivers who think both of these arguments don't make sense. and the ones who don't want to spend money and say to just be careful. Talk about a dysfunctional group of arguments.

[Walter123]

We already have too much light on the cart paths. Bud light that is.