Skyview Estates General Park Meeting
3003 Sego Lane, Lakeland, FL 33801
Monday, March 16, 2026 at 7:00 pm
The meeting was called to order at 7:04 pm, and the pledge of allegiance was recited.
Welcome comments were given by Charlie Maidl and a quorum was established.
The secretary read the minutes from the last Board of Director’s meeting in February 2026.
Treasury Report & HOA Fees and Collections - 2 properties are currently a nonpaying status and there are 5 Homeowners that have outstanding HOA dues. The Finance report will be posted in the Clubhouse and on the Skyview Website.
President Report, Amendment VI Explanation & Vote – Comments were given by the president. Currently the HOA dues are $400 per homeowner per year. Out of the 400 collected $100 is being saved immediately to the road fund because our roads need to be repaired. That leaves $300. from each homeowner to pay for all park operations and expenses. Please get acquainted with our budget. Because of rising prices, bids are exceeding 1k more often than before. By granting authority to the board to spend up to 2,500 per job allows the park to operate more efficiently and get work finished and paid for in a timely manner. The finance committee works hard to take into consideration the price changes when the budget is formulated. If $300 per homeowner will work to support the park we stay on budget. If not, the board will recommend that we to go to the park with a new budget for operating expenses. The proposed amendment changes will allow us stay in compliance with the 720 Florida statutes. Also, the proposed amendment changes will help in the preservation of our park.
There were a number of member statements, questions regarding the proposed amendments.
The ballot counting was in process by two designated ballot counters in the back room, where it is usually performed. The process was then interrupted by a homeowner who entered the room where the ballots were being counted. The counting was stopped. All of the ballots and other voting materials were then gathered and placed in an envelope. The envelope was then signed and sealed, and witnessed by 4 people, then locked up. The process to correct this imposition is now under review in order to remedy the disruption that occurred.
The General Park meeting was abruptly adjourned at 7:46 pm. Respectfully submitted, Desiree Evered HOA Secretary
Board of Directors' Meeting Minutes
Skyview Estates
3003 Sego Lane, Lakeland FL 33801
Monday, March 9, 2026 at 7:00 pm
The Board of Directors' meeting was called to order at 6:58 pm by Charlie Maidl.
Roll Call - board members present were: Scott Arnstein, David Boodhoo, Pratana Carthunjarearn, Becky Chupek via telephone, Desiree Evered, Charlie Maidl, Janice Moore, Mike Nease and Jack Wilcox.
Secretary Report - The secretary read the minutes from the Board of Directors' meeting held on January 12, 2026. Janice made the motion to accept the minutes, Scott 2n d the motion and the minutes were accepted unanimously into record. Please urge HOA membership to utilize the Say It In Writing cards to communicate with the Board, or telephone or email.
Treasurer Report - The 720 mandatory statement regarding reserve accounts was read by Charlie. The treasurer's report was given by Pratana C. The budget was presented and has been posted online and at the clubhouse. The Treasurer's report was accepted unanimously.
HOA Fees & Collections
There are 8 HOA dues that have not been paid. HOA fees will be assessed, an additional $25.00/per month, followed by a notice of foreclosure if applicable. Please be aware that the funds collected from the HOA dues (represented in budget) are used for the parks operating expenses for the entire year. We are putting aside funds every month towards road repair.
President Report
Regarding HOA funds and emergency expenses, if the budget exceeds the HOA's funds and approved budget then the board must hold an emergency meeting to vote on emergency spending.
Proposed 6th Amendment
Urge membership to review the information packet that was delivered and vote on the amendment next week. A ballot was mailed out for a vote at the General Park Meeting in March.
1504 Haley Lane Foreclosure
The property on Haley Lane went up for auction on Feb. 18th 2026 and was awarded to Skyview Estates for zero dollars in a default judgment. We will take suggestions from the general park at future meetings.
Dover Property A dead tree hit the transformer so we emailed the daughter. There has been no response to that email. In November 2025 the family was willing to pay but now are not replying to our correspondence. The park will pursue the full amount through the attorney's office.
Pocket Park The funds for the pocket park were $7,973. After some work the fund balance was $3,256. After some donations the balance is $3,500. The rezoning of the property can be done if done correctly but there are costs associated with the rezoning. Finding volunteer laborers has been a problem. Fixing the hillside with a french drain could cost around $1200-1,500. A motion was made by Jack W. and seconded by David B. to have a general park vote: To keep the pocket park or To sell the pocket park. A stipulation was made that the vote should be on a paper ballot. The vote was unanimous to accept the motions. What are the costs associated with a paper ballot vote. They exceed $300 due to the cost of postage, paper and envelopes.
Gate Timers for Front Gate
The timers for the front gate is not functioning correctly and an estimate to replace the timer is around $300. with park volunteers doing the work. David B. can do the work.
Member Comments
-Shuffle Board Court -What is the status of repairs? The funds were $500. Charlie will review.
-A new form was adopted for the park wide annual house inspections.
-Currently under consideration are:
Person/volunteer to monitor the front gate cameras.
Person/volunteer to perform the mechanical maintenance of the gate.
Person/volunteer to program the gate openers and gate register.
Adjourn A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Janice M. and seconded by Becky C. The vote was unanimous. Meeting was adjourned at 8:04 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Desiree Evered, HOA Secretary
Skyview Estates General Park Meeting
Skyview Clubhouse
3003 Sego Lane, Lakeland FL 33801
Monday, February 16, 2026 at 7:00 pm
The General Park meeting was called to order at 7:07 pm by President, Charlie Maidl.
A Quorum was established. The pledge of allegiance was said.
Meeting & Agenda
Regarding 720 we will keep our book/covenants up to date in regard to 720 statutes.
Amendment 6 - Discussion with Attorney Dan Pilka and park membership.Dan Pilka, Association's attorney for 9 years. The Declarations should be there protect you and the association. The legislature has made changes to 720.305, that require HOA's to update their declarations. Your association never adopted the new laws that were passed. Provisions for an individual assessment; this is for the individuals do not follow the rules. Fines are difficult to recover under the current rules and that is why the association should pass the new amendments. The new amendments will help preserve the longevity of the community. Attorney Pilka departed.
Secretary Report The secretary read the minutes from Board of Directors' meeting on 1/12/2026.
Treasurer Report The treasurer's report was read by Pratana C. which is posted in the clubhouse. 720.303 compliance, capital expenditures. The report is posted in the Clubhouse and on the website.
HOA Fees & Collections Invoices have been sent out to all HOA members. There are 29 unpaid HOA fees. They will incur a 25.00 late fee per month. A profit of $6,600 was raised from the annual flea market.
President Report The Haley Lane sale is going up for sale on Feb 18th for 46,000 the Atty. suggested that we buy the property in order to recoup our costs.
Elections of Officers & Board Members (Swearing In)
The officers remain the same as last year as they ran unopposed.
The voting/ballot results for Board Members are:
Scott Arnstein 37, serves for one more year
Mike Nease 56, for a 2 year position
Jack Wilcox 61, for a 2 year position
Charles Wellen received 23 votes. We thank him for running. All officers of the HOA and The SEA officers (same as last year) were sworn in.
Petitions regarding Pocket Park on Blue Lake Drive Due to time of this meeting this item is being tabled until the March meetings.
Other Business The RV compound located on Galaxy requiring drainage work. There was a great turn out in order to prevent the erosion at the compound. Pictures of the work were posted on Face Book. The cost for rocks use to be $40-45/yard but today are $100.00/yard.
A motion to adjourn was made by Tom M. at 8:35 pm, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by Desiree Evered, HOA Secretary
Board of Directors' Meeting Minutes at Skyview Estates
3003 Sego Lane, Lakeland FL 33801
Monday, February 9, 2026 at 7:00 pm
The Board of Directors' meeting was called to order at 6:58 pm by Charlie Maidl.
Roll Call: Board members present: Scott Arnstein, David Boodhoo, Becky Chupek via telephone, Desiree Evered,Ted Harms, Charlie Maidl, Janice Moore and Bonnie Powell. Excused absence: Pratana Carthunjarearn.
Secretary Report - The secretary read the minutes from the Board of Directors' meeting held on January 12, 2026. One correction: add Charles Wellen's name to the minutes. Janice made the motion to accept the minutes, Ted H. 2nd the motion and the minutes were accepted unanimously into record.
Treasurer Report - The treasurer's report was reviewed by Ted Harms for Pratana C. The 2026 budget was presented and has been posted online and at the clubhouse.
HOA Fees & Collections
$75,200 has been collected, (188 paid) and $8,400.00 outstanding (21 homeowners have not paid.) For the homeowners that have not paid their HOA fees they will be assessed an additional $25.00/per month, then a notice of foreclosure as well as additional fees for collections. A motion to approve the budget made by Desiree E, seconded by Scott A. The vote was a unanimous to accept the presented budget items. We are still saving funds in order to repair our roads. There was a brief discussion regarding expenses for both parks.
President Report
Everyone on the board signed an oath when sworn in. Please familiarize yourselves with that oath and take into consideration your responsibilities.
1504 Haley Ln Foreclosure
Foreclosure on Haley Lane - a final default judgment has been entered. Atty. Pilka has recommended that we purchase the property on February 18th for up to the foreclosure amount as the highest bidder as that money goes back to the park.
A motion to follow Pilka's suggestion to be the highest bidder for the property was made by Janice M. and was seconded by Ted H. all voted yes with one exception from Bonnie P., the motion was passed.
Proposed 6th Amendment
The informational packet that was delivered was meant for homeowners to read and review. Atty. Pilka will be at the General Park meeting on the 16th of February to answer any questions and to make changes if necessary. A voting ballad will then be mailed out to facilitate a March vote. Charlie has reviewed which residents are out of town in order to mail their ballots to them. For Canadian homeowners we may require their email address' because of how slow the current mail is. Again, the actual vote will be in March. We are not allowed to hang ballots on doors, they must be mailed.
LDSPD-2025-7 Development
The housing development located across from Blue Lake will be installing some fencing. In order to protect our property (trail, park) we will need to install additional fencing that will join/connect with their fence line. We may require repairs to our current fence and are looking into estimates and formulating a possible plan for a continuous fence line.
Skyview Facebook
Facebook should not be used as a political forum. It was established as a social forum. No one on the board or park members should not be posting political opinions.
Pocket Park Petitions & Board Discussion
The petitions in the park were reviewed. The petition to request a vote to remove the park provided the required information: printed names, signatures, and addresses. Also 720 requires that 20% of the membership sign a petition in order to be valid. The petition to keep the park did not have all the required information. Please folks if you want to put together a petition remember to include all pertinent information. Some homeowners signed both petitions so their names will have to be taken off of both petitions. There was some discussion regarding the expenses of the Pocket Park.
Member Comments
None
Adjourn A unanimous vote to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 pm
Respectfully submitted, Desiree Evered, HOA Secretary
Skyview General Park Meeting at Skyview Estates
3003 Sego Lane, Lakeland FL 33801
Monday, January 19, 2026 at 7:00pm
The General Park meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President, Charlie Maidl.
The pledge of allegiance was said.
President comments
We have provided handouts to assist you in making an informed vote next month. Please read through these handouts in preparation for the vote. For those not in attendance documents will be delivered to your homes.
Secretary Report The secretary read the minutes from Board of Directors' meeting on 1/12/2026.
Treasurer Report The treasurer's report was read by Pratana C. which is posted in the clubhouse and online. The mandatory 720 compliance statement was read.
A big thank you to the Finance committee volunteers: Ken Nelson, Jan Figgins, Beverly Towers, Jack Wilcox and Becky Chupek helping with year end data compilation
HOA Fees & Collections
209 invoices have been sent out to all HOA members.
$49,200 has been paid by 123 members and $34,400 is outstandin
Officer Candidates & Board of Director Candidates
Officers running for 2026-7 are the same as those currently seated.
Board of Director Candidates
There are 3 vacant seats on the board. Members running are:
Scott Arnstein, Mike Nease, Jack Wilcox and Charles Wellen.
Committee Chairman Approval
All Committee Chairman positions have been filled with the exception of 2 open positions. They will be posted in the Clubhouse.
Welcome to New Residents Thank you for attending the meeting and welcome.
Upcoming Projects:
RV Compound (RV Boat & trailer storage), located on Galaxy requires drainage work.
Dennis Risk needs a work crew to help with drainage issues. Work is scheduled for: Sunday, February 15th at 9:00 am.
Blue Lake Cleanup - thank you to Ken Nelson for cleaning up the lake and shoreline.
Nature Trail- a mower is working on trail clean up, but we need volunteers.
We will check with the developer to connect their fence with ours, so that there will be a continuous fence line with no walk through access to the nature trail.
Update on Teco Gas Line Installation
Teco is still working on installation of new gas lines in the front of the park. They will move to the back of the park and anticipate completion in 2-3 months. No fee to current customers, new customers- installation fee from main line into home.
Member comments
A community petition has been handed to the Board requesting a Park wide vote to sell the property at 1640 Blue Lake Dr., known as the Pocket Park. The impetus for the sale is attributed to:
Allocate money to other community areas that have higher member usage
Costs of maintaining i.e., insurance, water, mowing, loss of HOA fee
Reducing overhead will help defer increases in HOA dues
The petition goes to the board then to the General Park for a vote
A motion to adjourn was made by Chuck B. at 7:36 pm. The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by Desiree Evered, HOA Secretary
Board of Directors' Meeting at Skyview Estates
3003 Sego Lane, Lakeland FL 33801
Monday, January 12, 2026 at 7:00 pm
The Board of Directors' meeting was called to order at 7:02 pm by President, Charlie Maidl.
The Board of Directors present: Charlie Maidl, Becky Chupek, Desiree Evered, Pratana Carthunjarearn, Janice Moore, David Boodhoo, Ted Harms, Bonnie Powell and Scott Arnstein was present via telephone.
President Report
Thank you to the finance committee volunteers and Pratana for putting everything together for the year end and the new 2026 budget. Thank you to board members for attending last weeks working meeting with Atty. Pilka to review the blue book compliance issues.
Secretary Report - The secretary read the minutes of the last Board of Directors' meeting from December 1, 2025. The minutes were accepted unanimously into record.
-720 update – In order to stay compliant with 720 we have posted several things on the Skyview's Website – go to Skyview Estates Lakeland FL, Google from the main page go to Our Purpose (blue link) there you will find posted the following: By Laws, Board Member Training Certificates, Covenants, Addition to Existing Covenants 2022, Annual Budget for 2025 & 2026, and current Certificate of Insurance.
-Recommendation to give a gift to Ronnie McGillvray for $100.00 for work performed: creating and maintaining Skyview's Website and posting new updates. Ted made motion for $100 as a gift for website work. Becky 2nd the motion all voted yes.
Treasurer's Report - The treasurer's report was read by Pratana C. The treasurer's office is in adherence with Florida Statute 720.303. The 2026 budget was presented and has been posted online and at the clubhouse. A motion to approve the budget was made by Ted, seconded by Janet. It was a unanimous approval to accept the 2026 Budget. A brief discussion regarding how we implement the pool method and not the reserve method (where every asset must be inventoried, evaluated with new amortized amounts each year.)
HOA Fees & Collections
$49,200 has been collected, (123 paid) and $36,000 outstanding (90 unpaid)
Officer Candidates and Board Candidates
Current officers will run again for 2026. David B. and Janice M. will remain on the board completing their 2 year term. Running for board member positions are:
Scott Arnstein, Mike Nease, Jack Wilcox and Charles Wellen.
Department of Business & Professional Regulation (FL dbpr)– has links for Board Member certification training the link is (https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/)
This is a free board training and certification process. One suggestion is that we transmit the class in the clubhouse, everyone takes the class together. The courses are under Calendar of events. Course compliance is to be completed by all board members within 30 days of accepting office.
Committee Chair Approval
The committee chairmen positions were presented by Charlie. A motion to approve committee heads was made by Becky and 2nd by Pratana. There was a unanimous vote to accept all committee chair positions.
Violation Notices
Heather Way – currently working with appearance committee and park volunteers.
Blue Lake – another violation will be sent to owner.
Shed Request
3035 Galaxy Way – install sheds on existing pads – 10x10 and an 8x8 - A motion to accept the approved shed request after permit restrictions reviewed, was made by Ted and 2nd by Becky. All voted yes.
TECO People's Gas – Gas Line Upgrades
They are currently working in the front of the park. They were looking for city sewer lines which slowed up their progress.
T-Mobile Meeting at Clubhouse on Monday, Jan. 19th at 5:30 pm to present their available plans for sale. Door knocking will be addressed at the group meeting.
Park Member Comments
Expense concerns regarding Pocket Park were voiced from persons on finance.
For dock repair - 3k has been allocated, which should go out for bid.
The hillside requires stabilization - volunteers and equip. are needed, for approx. amount of $1,500. The footings, rock and delivery will be at an additional cost. Currently $3,425.00 is in reserve for pocket park development.
Additional issues are hazards, eyesores, usage and cost of repairs. More will be presented and the next board meeting.
The clubhouse is a recreational building – the supervisor can make improvements with park approval after the the February sale and other events.
Rebuilding the support wall behind the RV compound is being evaluated.
Adjourn A unanimous vote to adjourn was at 7:51 pm. Meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted, Desiree Evered, HOA Secretary