Sago Point Home Owners Association
Welcome to the Sago Point HOA
This site provides our homeowners with a resource to find Rules & Regulations, and to easily contact the right person if you have ACC questions, landscaping needs or irrigation issues. Browse the site to find answers to your questions or Contact Us if you have questions. If you have irrigation or landscaping needs - please use the website links.
Latest News
The next Board meeting is Tuesday November 26 at 6:00 at the Bayou Club Board Room. Topics include 2025 Budget and quotes for services for 2025.
Effective the week of October 28th, Pinellas Park permits watering two days per week. The irrigation system will be adjusted accordingly.
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Hurricane Milton update - Sunrise cleaned up the yards and removed the debris prior to Wednesday's mowing. If you have picked up debris, please pile near the sidewalk and do not put in plastic bags or trash cans. The county will not permit them to mix plastics and debris at the dump.
The water main break was fixed in the stretch past Maidencane. The large oak tree was cut down and BCCA has responsibility to remove the tree debris. The county will be back this week to fill in the hole in the sidewalk and fix the sidewalk. Please watch and be careful around that area. You may encounter air in your lines when you first open the spigot.
Hurricane Helene update: The Board is contracting with the landscaper to remove the debris from the storm in the front and back yards. If you have raked your yards, or picked up debris, please place near the driveway (not in the street) . There is a list, please be patient. The BCCA is responsible for removing debris from the streets.
Pump 1 is being inspected at is was completely submerged during Helene and water was coming out of the electrical and pump head even after the water subsided. Until that is complete, the homes on Pump 1 will not receive irrigation.
Next Board meeting is October 15, in the Private Dining Room at the Bayou Club at 6:00. - This was cancelled.
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The Board met on Tuesday, September 17 at 6:00 at the Bayou Club and discussed the procedures for meeting the new Florida Statutes, approved hiring a firm to do a Reserve Study, and discussed plans to obtain quotes for landscaping for 2025 going forward.
The Board met on August 20th and nominated Dr. Dale Urie to fill the open position of Vice President. The updated State of Florida Statutes for HOAs will require a number of changes for the HOA and plans to address those changes were discussed. The board approved the purchase of a new software called HOALife that will enable addressing these changes and improve the ease of communication both ways between residents and the Board, and help maintain records. Landscaping contract was also discussed.
The current Board is:
President: Lynn Jakeway
VP: Dale Urie
ACC: Marlena Kern
Secretary: Deval Shaw
Treasurer: Leslie Roberts
Irrigation was increased to 45 minutes but we are still limited by the county to one day per week. The rain gauges on the pumps are working, so if it rains significantly, the pumps will not run the following day.
The Board met on May 7th and accepted Michael Saxon's resignation and congratulated him and his wife on their baby that is on the way.
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Sale of Houses - New Residents
We have had quite a few houses in Sago sell in recent months and have a number for sale. As a reminder, please complete an Application to Sell a Home when you have a contract and send to Sagopointboard1@gmail.com. This will trigger an ACC review so that you and the buyer knows if the property has any non-compliance issues. Estoppel requests and the $200 estoppel fee should be submitted by the Title company to sagoboadT@gmail.com, please allow two weeks for processing.
Welcome new residents! The website has a lot of information on it, please visit. As a reminder please complete the Consent to Receive Emails and Truist ACH form for the Sago $208 monthly dues.
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The Board met on February 13, 2024 to discuss the BCCA proposed changes to the Governing Documents. BCCA Annual meeting is February 21st at the Bayou Club. Please review the proposed changes carefully and vote.
The Second Notice of the Annual meeting was emailed/ mailed. We only received two intentions to be a candidate for the Board, Lynn Jakeway and Leslie Roberts to fill the two vacancies. In accordance with State Statutes, there is no requirement to hold an election if the number of candidates equals the number of positions open.
The Board met on December 5, 2023 to accept Linda Moore's resignation as president and nominate Michael Saxon, previously Vice President as the new President. The Board thanks Linda for her service. The Board appointed Lynn Jakeway as a Director to fill the vacant position.
Beginning December 1st, Pinellas County is under a watering restriction due to the drought. Your lawns will only be watered once per week until the restrictions are lifted.
The Board approved the 2024 budget at the November meeting. Dues will increase to $208/month effective January 1, 2024. The primary reasons for the increase was a large increase in 2023 for trash service and a 4% increase in landscaping and fertilization in 2024. Irrigation budget did not increase. 2024 Budget.
We have two open positions for the Board in 2024. Please submit your intention to be a candidate by January 11th, 2024.
Paver repairs were completed in November.
The July 12, 2023 Board meeting was held. The Board approved the filing of paperwork with the attorney to preserve the Declarations and Covenants for Sago under the Marketable Record Title Act. There was discussion and plans to address paver replacement issues, mulch, and irrigation issues. An ALOFT treatment was made the week of July 16 to address chinch bugs.
OLD 2023 News
The Annual Meeting was held February 28, 2023 at 6:00 at the Bayou Club. The new Board of Directors are:
President: Linda Moore
Vice President: Michael Saxon
Secretary: Deval Shah
Treasurer: Leslie Roberts
Director / ACC: Marlena Kern
Pump #1 was repaired and the pressure has been reestablished. Watering was resumed.
1-14-23: Board Meeting - Primarily focused on Irrigation issues.
December 12 Board meeting was cancelled.
November - West Coast goes to bi weekly mowing. You will be receiving information on ordering mulch if you would like to have it put down for you.
11-9-22: Board Meeting - 2023 Budget meeting - the Board voted to increase the monthly fee to $196/month from $162/month due to increased expenses for contracts this year.
10-31-22 Halloween Meet & Greet - 9812 Sago Point 6:00 PM See Details here
10-22-22: ITS will be reducing watering times as the temperatures drop and we go into the winter slower growing season.
10-19-22 Board Meeting - 1 PM Bayou Club - Irrigation Review & ACC - the Board is obtaining pricing for a group discount for mulch, but the residents will be required to pay for mulch this year as there is no budget for it. Yards should be mulched before Thanksgiving.
10-11-22 Board Meeting - 6 PM Bayou Club - regular meeting
9-29-22: Post Ian - BCCA will be contracting with Fieldstone to remove the debris from the streets. Please pile debris curbside and it will be picked up. (Don't sweep into the storm drains.)
9-27-22: Waste Connections is cancelling recycle pick up for Sago Point residents on Wednesday Sept. 28 and hope to resume normal service on Friday Sept. 30.
9-26-22: ITS will be on property today and shut down the irrigation with the impending Ian storm approaching. It will be turned off until further notice.
West Coast is offering a discount of $35/palm for taller palms. Contact Ken Dobler at kdobler@westcoastlawns.com by October 6th. They will be trimming on October 18th.
9-27-22 Board Meeting cancelled due to potential hurricane
ITS completed the initial repairs which was approximately 100 hours of service tech time to repair broken heads, zones coming on simultaneously, clogged nozzles, line breaks and changing nozzles. Please see the list of of repairs. The Board is reviewing the next list of repairs. West Coast applied Top Choice treatment Sept. 22 for mole crickets.
9-13-22 Board Meeting - Deval Shah was appointed Secretary.
ITS has completed their initial inspection and found numerous issues including valves that were not shutting off completely, zones coming on at the same time as others, a break under a sidewalk, and zone breaks on Controller #2 that were turned off until repairs could be complete. The Board authorized an initial repairs of the most critical items that should be completed by 9/24. Additional work needs to be done and the Board is working on a longer term strategy.
8-1-22: The contract with Fieldstone has been terminated and West Coast is the new contractor for landscaping and fertilization. On 8-3-22 they applied ALOFT treatment for chinch bugs and a post emergent herbicide. The board authorized this to deal with the widespread issue in the community and is supposed to treat for 3 months. Irrigation Technical Services (ITS) was hired to manage the irrigation system starting August 7th.
7-20-22: There were several changes to the board that happened at the meeting: Ray Ballou's resignation was accepted as director; Deval Shah was appointed a director to replace Ray. Jeff Lovelady announce he will be moving to Lakewood Ranch and so could not continue as President. The Board asked Jeff to stay as a Director as long as possible until a new board member could be found. Linda Moore was selected to be the new President.