[Opmoochler]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

This issue should not wait for the annual survey. Suggest you call Recreation Department and share this concern.
The number on the dog park page is 352-674-1800.

Done. Thanks for sending me in the right direction. What surprises me is that nothing was done about improving emergency access right after the Public Safety guys and then the EMT's had to climb over the fence. We'll see how long it takes to implement the lock/unlock suggestion!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan

How about lighted pickleball courts for those of us that work during the day. Also lighted softball fields.

Originally Posted by joldnol

A few lighted pools south of 466 would be nice especially in the summer.

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Are there lighted pools north of 466? If not, why not include those folks for being able to use the pools after dark?

Originally Posted by outlaw

Anyone for more helipads? Lighted, of course.

I would like a dog park for the thousands of dogs that live south of CR 466 and north of CR 466A.
It would keep dogs away from the postal areas which is a major complaint.
Lighted of course, to provide access at night for those who work.
The current small dog park is on a hill behind the Fire Station with restricted hours.

Heck, I'd be very happy with an unlighted dog park open during the day only, as long as it's not on a hill!!

[billybye]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

A good question for long time residents of TV who have participated in 15 or 20 of these. BTW, how many have you been here for?

I don't participate in survey. Too many personal questions and doubt that any suggestions from residents mean much to the developer unless it makes them money. And I am not saying this attitude is wrong, they are in business to make money and selling our personal info is profitable.

[Challenger]

Originally Posted by billybye

I don't participate in survey. Too many personal questions and doubt that any suggestions from residents mean much to the developer unless it makes them money. And I am not saying this attitude is wrong, they are in business to make money and selling our personal info is profitable.

Do you have some factual evidence that info on the survey is sold for profit?

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by billybye

I don't participate in survey. Too many personal questions and doubt that any suggestions from residents mean much to the developer unless it makes them money.

Participating in a survey is optional, just like voting. Just don't complain if your voice isn't heard.

Write-in comments are probably the ones collected and highlighted to the Developers.
For instance, there is no way the Developers are going to make every pool a lighted pool and open at night. Cost prohibitive plus safety issues.
However if the Developers received thousands of write-in comments from people who wanted one lighted pool in a central Village,
I bet they would listen.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Participating in a survey is optional, just like voting. Just don't complain if your voice isn't heard.

Write-in comments are probably the ones collected and highlighted to the Developers.
For instance, there is no way the Developers are going to make every pool a lighted pool and open at night. Cost prohibitive plus safety issues.
However if the Developers received thousands of write-in comments from people who wanted one lighted pool in a central Village,
I bet they would listen.

More than likely it would be The Villages Community Development Districts (VCDD) and not the Developer that would be listening.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

More than likely it would be The Villages Community Development Districts (VCDD) and not the Developer that would be listening.

Thanks for the information Bogie, I'm sure you're right.
My point was that unless thousands of residents write in a similar comment, it probably won't get much attention.
I don't see anything wrong with The Developer providing resident information to stores and restaurants that may want to open in The Villages.

[Challenger]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Participating in a survey is optional, just like voting. Just don't complain if your voice isn't heard.

Write-in comments are probably the ones collected and highlighted to the Developers.
For instance, there is no way the Developers are going to make every pool a lighted pool and open at night. Cost prohibitive plus safety issues.
However if the Developers received thousands of write-in comments from people who wanted one lighted pool in a central Village,
I bet they would listen.

Maybe , but it is easy to say you want something in a survey (no personal commitment). When it comes to making the project financially viable, many of the positive respondents become very hard to locate.

[Allegiance]

Is there any assurances that the developer can not associate the survey with the submitting house. It would be nice but I doubt it.

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by Allegiance

Is there any assurances that the developer can not associate the survey with the submitting house. It would be nice but I doubt it.

Interesting question, since the letter I received had specific user ID numbers to be entered. Almost always avoid any surveys that I think are traceable to the end user (aka me). In this case I will look very carefully at the intro text to see if the data and comments are made anonymous. As someone else pointed out, and as I recall there are some very personal questions. Will need to look at these, and if these are too personal, I will opt out....
I have a general case of paranoia, and with a very few exceptions, I tend to keep a low profile on the web, and share very little personal info. As I recall last year, I started the survey, and found the questions very intrusive, so I stopped.
Hopefully this year less intrusive..............

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan

How about lighted pickleball courts for those of us that work during the day. Also lighted softball fields.

Yes baby, I'm all for the lighted pickleball courts and I don't work during the day I play handball need couple courts also

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by Jim 9922

Seems to be too much of "gimme the free stuff" and let "big brother" wrap me in bubble wrap going around !
I have found most of the past surveys are comprised of leading questions or those that are self serving to the Developer. I would love to see the responses to questions concerning correction of major design errors such as cart traffic south of Hy 466 on Morse Blvd or the need for a cross over tunnel under Morse Blvd at the Hy 466 Morse Blvd gate, or widen the Lake Sumter bridge cart path, or who should pay for the apparent shoddy underpinnings for the island built on swampland in the middle of the Lake Sumter Bridge (note that the lake is privately owned, the road is owned by the county), change the traffic light left turn signals in our major intersections to prohibit turns when the opposing traffic has the green light, etc. Yes, some of these corrections will cost money and who should pay for it, The CDDs, The Developer who originally did the work and assessed all the homeowners under the "bond" scheme, the county governments who happily took over "ownership" of the roads for "free" just as soon as the Developer finished building them, should we build a new special covered/enclosed pool? or a combination of ???. Not easy questions to answer or maybe even fund, so probably nothing will ever be done about these and other major problems.
So, many of the Questions center around our "lifestyle"; how many times do you eat out?, how many times do you golf (who cares, there is a finite number of course available to the whole Villages and already there are a bunch of rules as to usage)?, how many times do you go shopping?, where? what hospital?, etc. All nice statistics for marketing rental space to outside commercial establishments.

Wow......

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by joldnol

4 pools in the historic district are open at night. There is no good reason at least 4 south of 466 couldn't be lit also. It would not be a "freebie" and a much needed amenity for those less heat tolerant or for those that have o avoid the sun. Grace it is a twenty minute drive for those of us in the south and that's by car.

I thought there were only two pools open after dark or sunset. paradise and Chula Vista?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Retiring

I�m not a villager at this time so I don�t have a dog in the hunt but want to share my thoughts as a future villager.

You all have some great suggestions here. Just to be clear, the �free� stuff is not free. If you want to light a court or field or dog park, if you want charging stations, if you want� Someone has to pay for it.

For those that want charging stations, are you referring to pay stations? If you truly want �free� fuel for your electric cart than I�m sure you would not have a problem with �free� fuel for gas carts.

I do feel sorry for those on fixed incomes when their amenities fee starts to skyrocket. There is nothing wrong with compiling a wish list but keep in mind the financial impact to those villagers who don�t have a ton of money to spare. God has blessed me with a career that has provided well. If the amenities fee, one day, goes to $1,000/mon. I can pay it, but many cannot. Please have them in mind when suggesting and or demanding amenities.

When I was in college we had several racquetball courts. If you wanted to play late and needed light, you put a token in the meter and the lights would come on for a set amount of time. Those that wanted the lighting paid the electric bill. At that time, 30 yrs ago, I think we paid $1/30 mins of light. You can have a set number of lighted pickleball courts, away from houses (for noise), with pay as you go lighting at an amount that pays for lights/electric/maintenance of the lighting system.

A user pays system can work for more than lighting, this approach can work for charging stations too.

As for safety suggestions, such as street and traffic lights, MMP lighting/striping, signage, all benefit so that is a valid expense all should pay.

Just my opinion, worth what you paid for it

Like you said you have NO dog in the fight, therefore no input.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by tuccillo

From a practical point of view, it isn't clear to me that there is a need for charging stations. As has been pointed out by others, electric carts generally have sufficient range to get you around The Villages. In those cases where you do run out of power, there is always Cart Aide, or one of the other services, to get you home. For many carts, the charger is an external unit and would need to be carried in the cart. Also, I believe most (all?) of the chargers are 115v 15amp devices and take a considerable amount of time to charge the batteries - hours. If we consistently saw stranded electric carts all over The Villages I guess you could make the case for charging stations but that doesn't appear to be the case. Charging stations will take up space and provide questionable value, in my opinion.

That fact jack, it they want charging station they can bring they're own portable generator