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As you will have seen, we have been • Possibly adding a recreation hall at the
introducing floating islands made of clubhouse for use by residents.
recycled materials. We are in the process
of adding more, now that we have freed A project we are very excited about is
the dams of the masses of hornwort. Not the addition of the long-awaited bowling
only do these mimic wetlands, they also green!
provide shelter and breeding spaces for
the birds who nest around our dams, away Most importantly, we have appointed an
from free-roaming animals, including our environmental lawyer who will see to our
homeowners’ dogs. sewage spillage problems as well as our
opposition to the proposed Silver Lakes
Other projects, such as the yearly reed Outfall Sewer.
removal programme and our weed
removal protocol, have become ingrained The way forward is in Leah’s hands. She has
in the maintenance programme of the been part of the Environmental Committee
estate – so much so that most residents do for the past two years and there is a lot of
not even realise they are doing it. work left for her to do! I know that even
the social aspect, one of the main parts of
Another heart-warming project was when this portfolio, will not go amiss with Leah,
we saved and released the Cape seal otter who helped start the chess club.
Game Reserve who got caught under a rock.
I wish you all a fantastic 2020,
Although we did put a roof over the gate at We are planning to appoint a town planner and lots of fun on this amazing
Silver Lakes Drive as part of the clubhouse to modernise, re-invent and rejuvenate
revamp process, we did not get to the Silver Lakes. This will involve Silver Lakes estate of ours!
plants or a full re-design of the gate areas Drive, the gates, HOA offices and the
due to problems with wayleaves, budget clubhouse, to a lesser extent.
and an overall design philosophy. All of
this is planned for the coming year and we There are many projects still in the
will appoint an urban designer to give us pipeline, namely:
guidance and guidelines in order to give
our estate a ‘face lift’. • Finishing the revamp of the workshop
area;
After asking homeowners for a revamp of • Adding more and larger floating islands;
the staff housing near the workshop area, • Modernising the overall look and feel of
this is now complete and liveable. Voting the estate;
took place via a resolution at the AGM • Revamping the gates and roads leading Corlia Mathews
three years ago. to the estate;