Season’s Greetings!🎄

(Dec 2024)

All Ponte Verde Homeowners and Residents are invited to attend our Year-End Party on December 7, 2024 (Saturday) at the PV Basketball Court. The program proper will start with the President’s Report at 4pm and the Party will follow at 5pm.

This year’s theme is 80s NEON PARTY! Everyone is encouraged to come in their best 80s outfit! 💛💚🩵🩷

80's Neon Year-End Party

(Dec 2024)

Rain could not dampen our spirits.  It only brings hope and reassurance of a better atmosphere afterwards.

While we started later than we would have wanted, we were able to accomplish the major activities for the event.

Thank you for coming and gracing our Year End Party with your enthusiasm.

Clubhouse Facilities

(Nov 2024)

If you've been to the clubhouse recently, you'll notice some small improvements.   

A new brush of paint, simple gate and facade repairs, a cleaned up landscaping, additional plants, and mango tree lighting ... combined and you get some fresh look.

What about the toilets ?  Bidet installations, water tank repairs, working urinals, working lights ....

Some, or maybe, a lot of work still to be done.   

Guardhouse and Street Lighting

Oct 2024 Update

This is a GO !  Though deployed in phases, we still have to keep tab of our expenses.

(Apr2024)

Halogen Lighting is OUT, Solar Lighting is IN.  Solar equipment may initially cost more but halogen lighting costs a lot more on utility consumption.  

We are conducting a study which best fits our operational and security requirements.  Let's start with our back gate lighting and proceed to street lighting.  

TIMELINE:  Q4 2024 (from Apr 2024 - 6months study)

BUDGET: PhP 275,000

Signages Study

Oct 2024 Update

Delayed but not cancelled.  Costs and priorities under careful study.

(Apr 2024)

There is a purpose why we have signages.  There are specifications; relevance, colors, visibility, and height requirements.  

On a parallel aspect, how do we align enforcement.   If we need to be respected, we cannot do these with hand-drawn signages.

TIMELINE:  Q4 2024 (from Apr 2024 study - 3 months project implementation)

BUDGET: PhP 80,000

Exercise Machines

Oct 2024 Update

Lesser priority but not cancelled.  We're not stopping.  We only hope for willing HOs to help defray costs.

(Apr 2024)

We are looking for pre-loved outdoor machines; air walkers, steppers, twisters .... 

TIMELINE:  Q1 2025 (from Apr 2024 - May 2024)

BUDGET: PhP 20,000

TRICK OR TREAT

(Oct 2024)

We'll have games, we'll have prizes, we'll have fun !

We're starting off with a costume contest and lots of treats for the kids.

Then we'll head off to marked houses for MORE TREATS !

Register your kids, register your homes ... or else, who knows what tricks we we have for you.

Trick or Treat 2024

(Oct 2024)

Prayers indeed have power.   It was sunny and fair by the time we kicked off the event.

Trick or Treat 2024 went off without too much hassle.  A costume contest, then it was the most awaited event, TREATS !

Thank you Parents and Treat House Hosts who made it all happen for the kids.  It's all sugar rush from hereon.

Send your pictures to ponteverderoyale@gmail.com if you want them included. 

BER Months 

You know what this means.

Festivities, events, gatherings,  ... most of all, gratitude for the year and preparations for the coming year

Watch out for announcements.

Perimeter Wall Repair

(Update Oct 2024)

Upper Sweet Gum wall repair is 90% done.  

Preparations for Lower Sweet Gum is underway.  

Ponte Verde Ave is still on the list, of course.    The contractor is just timing their work as space is needed alongside the project.

Date: October 15, 2024

To: Ponte Verde Royale Homeowners

Re: Invitation to Bid for Solar Pole Project

Dear Homeowners,

Greetings!

We are pleased to invite interested homeowners with knowledge and experience in solar pole welding fabrication. This project aims to illuminate streets to enhance safety and visibility at night.

Interested bidders may submit a tender for the provision of welding fabrication of solar poles to ponteverderoyale@gmail.com or through the PVRSHAI Admin office on or before October 22, 2024, with the following details: 

Scope of Work

• Welding fabrication of 15 solar poles

• Compliance with all relevant safety and environmental regulations

Bid Submission Requirements

• Cost breakdown

• Project timeline

• Qualifications and previous experience

For additional reference, please see the attached solar pole design.

If you have any questions regarding this tender, please email Mr. Amiel Palacio, BOT and Head of Maintenance Committee, at amielpalacio_19@yahoo.com.

Yours Sincerely,

BOT 2024-2026

Case Study: One Way - One Side

(Oct  2024)

Dear Homeowners,

We would like to report that, based on our BOT assessment, the experimental one-way scheme and one-side parking implemented on August 5, 2024, along the Chestnut Street loop were followed and well accepted. In view of this, we will now include other nearby streets in our experiment to ensure smooth traffic movement in the area and minimize the risk of accidents by reducing conflict points.

We also take this opportunity to announce that starting October 6, 2024 (Sunday), we will implement the addition of a one-side one-way traffic scheme along Red Oak Street and half portion of Sweet Gum Street. This scheme is experimental, and your feedbacks are requested as we seek a permanent solution.

We would also like to thank the Homeowners along the Chestnut Street loop for your efforts in complying with the said scheme.

Very truly yours,

BOT 2024-2026 

(Aug 2024)

Road Use Optimization.  It is a passage for all vehicles and homeowners alike.  It is what we use on a daily basis.  It is what we need to organize and ensure it is what's best for all.

The BOT will conduct an experimental one-way one-side parking scheme in an effort to rationalize a safe and free flow of vehicles.  

Each area or sector could have unique solutions.  The experiment with Chestnut may or may not apply to other sectors.  Hence, the need for  sectionalized analyses.

Homeowners in the area are encouraged to participate in the experiment.

Stray and Pet Dogs 

(Aug 2024)

See the Advisory for more information.

Construction During Sundays and Holidays 

(Aug 2024)

See the Advisory for more information.

Trim and Cut

(June 2024)

Tree trimming ang grass cutting is ongoing.

The heat has left and the rains have come.  It's a welcome escape from all the sweat and the higher than usual electricity bill.  The rains also brought back the  green landscape of Ponteverde.

However, the vegetation has grown too fast and  it has become  sort of a jungle in our midst.

Sta. Lucia brought in a team of grass and weed cutters.  You'll probably hear the whirring sounds soon enough and just in time.

While they're 'on the ground', we've also scheduled tree trimming and a little bit of pruning of our trees at the same time.

We then ask for a little bit of patience and consideration from the residents if it gets a bit messy and noisy for the next couple of weeks.

Next up is our Clean Up Drive.  

ZUMBA FITNESS MARATHON

Let's get physical, physical

I wanna get physical

What a feeling

Being's believin'

I can have it all, now I'm dancing for my life 

So now I gotta cut loose

Footloose

Kick off the Sunday shoes

Please, Louise

Pull me off of my knees

Jack, get back

Come on before we crack

Lose your blues

Everybody cut footloose 

Zumba Fitness Marathon

(May 2024)

Zumba is a fitness program that involves cardio and Latin-inspired dance (Wikipedia). There must be an  acronym for it, like Zest Utilizing Mommies Beyond Art.  Surely it is an art form.

Thirty-five participants, no age bars, plus a few daddies on the sideline, danced, swayed, kicked ... name all the verbs, for 60 minutes to non-stop music reverberating throughout the clubhouse ... I can't stop the sentence please ....

The lights burned through the early night and so did the calories.  After which, some light snacks await.  :-)  It was certainly not light but it was all for the fun, the mastery of the steps, those smooth moves, and all the smiles and laughter, which define age-defying.

Who knows that this event wouldn't cost a drop from our treasury.  From registrations, donations, potluck meals, stage design, all were covered by generous parties.   Congratulations to the organizers and donors.  It was a health and social activity well done.

More of these to come for our Ponteverde Royale Community.

See more pictures and videos here.

PONTEVERDE ROYALE SECURITY PROGRAM

(May 2024)

We are evaluating a Security Program which involves tighter controls of vehicular and pedestrian access.   The program involves a line up of projects which will be evaluated based on each project's overall impact and necessity.

Separate Visitor Passes for Main and Back Gates

Visitor Registration Using Online Forms

RFID-Based Auto Gate Barrier with Vehicle Accounts Management

Parallel facility project understudies are likewise ongoing for additional solar lighting and IPCam monitoring of our streets.

As such, beginning May 1,2024, vehicles with NO 2024 PVR STICKER will be required to leave their valid government IDs with the gate guard upon entry.

We kindly advise you to secure your PVR gate pass stickers to avoid any inconveniences.  The PVR office is open Tue - Sat from 10am to 3pm.

The Board of Trustees

PVRSHAI

Quarter 1 General Assembly

(Apr 2024)

Let's paint a picture.  A thriving community nestled atop the border between Marikina and Antipolo City.  With crisp air, bustling pine trees, and befitting facilities, families flourish.  It was one of those topics discussed during the Q1  General Assembly.

Attended by 50+ homeowners, the BOT updated the community of past, present, and future operations.  While Security, Maintenance, Construction and Pet Awareness have always been a concern, Sustainability took center stage as we look beyond the next 5 years.

Thrust and Balance can take as anywhere.  First we need to set our directions and focus on the goal notwithstanding future changes in administration.   This means a revision of our bylaws perhaps.  Next is to be decisive across all considerations.  We cannot float ideas forever.  We need actions to sustain thrust, lest we blow out the flame.  Lastly is passion.  We have leaders and future leaders in our ranks.  Let ourselves be active residents.  

We look forward to the next GA.  By then the canvas would have been set and brushes dipped in ideas.

2024 ASSOCIATION DUES AND GATE PASS STICKERS 

(Apr 2024)

Annual Dues collection and Gate Pass car stickers issuance are still ongoing.  Reminding all HOs to settle their dues and secure their car stickers.

Your may still use the Vehicle Registration form to upload your vehicle information.   Digital records are easier to locate than physical paper files.

We accept Bank Deposit, Online Bank Transfer payments.  GCash payments (Bank Transfer)

HOW TO GET  YOUR 2024 GATE PASS STICKERS

1. Vehicle Documentation

   • Upload the documents using the Vehicle Registration Form, or

   • Bring copies of your vehicle OR and CR

2. Payments

   • Pay online and confirm your payment using the Payment Confirmation form, or

   • Pay through our office

3. Sticker Issuance

   • Bring your OR and vehicle to the back gate guard for sticker release and mounting

Notes: 

• The stickers are issued for vehicles owned by PVRSHAI Members only.

• Business Days and Hours - Tue to Sat, 10am to 3pm

• You may remove your 2023 stickers for faster sticker mounting.  The guards will not remove old stickers.

Baby Ruth Q. Velasco is our Administrative Assistant and will handle day to day operations.

Baby Ruth is an IT graduate and had a career in ABS-CBN and AMTI.  She now devotes her time for her kids.

She is also resident of Ponteverde Royale and is the daughter-in-law of our long time resident, Mr. Pedro Velasco, Jr.

Basketball Court

(Apr 2024)

We're getting there.  The basketball court may not be as fresh but with fresh paint and additional lighting, it looks several years younger.   Swish !.

Additional Lighting and Paint, Php 26,560

Lent 2024

Pope Francis: Lent is a time of conversion and freedom

In his message for Lent 2024, Pope Francis invites the faithful to “pause” for prayer and to assist our brothers and sisters in need, in order to change our own lives and the lives of our communities

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Playground Rejuvenation

(Mar 2024)

We're done.  Or maybe not just yet.  It's a continuous maintenance project.  Here's a breakdown of expenses.  Four projects chained into one.  

Repair and painting of equipment, Php 26,265  

Repair and adding of  seating areas, Php 36,500 

Landscaping, Php 1,936 

Solar lighting, PhP 58,330  

We still accept donations.  

We hope you enjoy VIEW POINT (where thoughts come together).  You have to admit.  It looks even better at night.

TIMELINE:  Apr 8  (Mar 2024)

Actual: Php 123, 031