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What You Can Do

  Here is a partial list of professionals to contact! Please feel free to INCLUDE (cc) the mayor (Demmings) in any or all that you wish.  His email is mayor@ocfl.net.  He knows me (from all of my visits to the Board of Commissioner meetings). You may also want to CC Commissioner Gomez-Cordero and her aide, Phillip […]

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Directory of Contacts

HOA Board of Directors President: Jeff McCall (District V) jeffmccalleastwood@gmail.com  Vice President: Noah Emerson (District VI) NoahEmersonEastwood@gmail.com Treasurer: Sarah Gonder (District V)  sarahgondereastwoodhoa@gmail.com  Secretary: Keith Walls (District I)  keithwallseastwood@gmail.com  ​ District I: (Eagle Lake, Interlachen, Sherwood, Shoal Pointe) Brian Schumacher (Term ends January 2024) brianschumachereastwood@comcast.net   Keith Walls (Term ends January 2025)  keithwallseastwood@gmail.com ​ District II: (Fairway Pointe, Greenbriar, Muirfield Pointe, Turnberry Pointe) Vacant (Term ends January 2024)   […]

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The Lawyer Opinion

The Eastwood Board of Directors had previously asked a question to a panel of Attorneys. The answer provided by these lawyers has caused needless fear and confusion, and perhaps a premature negative outlook of our future potential to fight against the development in a civil court. To best discuss why,  it is important to explain […]

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Who “they” Are

Who Are the Guys on the Other Side? Benge Corp: owns a piece of property declared “wasteland property” within Eastwood. Benge Corp was the original developer of Eastwood. Caporaletti : owns the golf course property

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Substantial Change

The developers that are petitioning to develop Eastwood golf course land had made a claim of “by right” development.  That is why there has been a rumor that this is a “done deal.”  What “by right” means is that the planned development (PD) was approved for up to an additional 304 homes, so he’s claiming […]

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Settlements are Worthless Unless…

Settlements negotiated between two parties, written in a legal document and signed by both parties may have the appearance of being rock-solid and reliable. This is not the case… When a contract is formed and signed, the resulting contract can be broken by one of the two parties. In this situation,  the damaged party would […]

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2 Different Things

The Orange County Board of County Commissioners and Civil Court are 2 Different Things. Understanding the differences between the Orange County Board of County Commissioners and Civil Court is key to properly fighting development at any point of time. The Orange County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is the governing body of Orange County. The […]

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Why Eastwood Declarations Need to Be Updated

Developments of communities move through many stages during the build-out of the development. During the build-out, the developers are very much in charge of the community. As such, the initial Declarations (the documents that pertain to the ownership and management of the community) are written with the process of development in mind and include the […]

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Reasons Why the Board of Commissioners Should Turn Down Development

Flooding : Future home building would require more dirt/fill to be brought into the community in the areas designated for building.  The addition of homes in the community has the potential to put a greater burden on water drainage.  There are already areas within the community that flooding is an issue.  Implied Covenant/No Entitlements should […]

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Eastwood Flooding

One of the major concerns about additional development within Eastwood is that current flood prevention measures are marginal at best. Any development would remove current safety zones and put current houses at additional risk.  Here’s some pictures taken after a significant rain storm:

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Many, Many Ways to Fight

There are many ways to fight development of the property located inside the Eastwood Community. The developers are attempting to convince the Orange County Board of County Commissioners to allow the development even though the Developmental Review Committee determined that converting a portion of the golf course land into a subdivision of homes is “a […]

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