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* Did you know that we may have a new charter high schoolcoming to the Shores, to be built on the Oracle Campus,for up to 500 students in grades 9-12? Tere are lots of questions, and RSCA is trying to organize an event in April where you can get some answers. Watch your email or check our web site, and we’ll have more details in next month’sissue of Te PILO .

* Did you know that planning has started to expandSandpiper Elementary to accomodate more students on thatcampus? Tere’s more information this month on Page 11.

* Did you know that Redwood City Public Works will holdan open meeting on March 23rd to give the Shores a chanceto discuss projects planned and in process. See Page 14.

* And, of course, EGGstravaganza – RSCA’s annual egg huntfor Shores kids – is coming up. EGGstravaganza starts at1:00pm SHARP and – SERIOUSLY – it’s over in a minute!

Here are a few pictures from last year’s EGGstravaganza:

Calendar of RSCA EventsEGGsravaganzaRSCA’s spring egg hun

Saurday, March 19h,

1:00‐1:01pm

BE ON TIME: all he eggs

will disappear in a minue!

Sounds o he Shores summer concers,

June 12h , July 17h , and Augus 21s

(all on Sundays, 5‐7pm, in Marlin Park)

RSCA’s Annual Levee Cleanup,Saurday, Augus 27h , 8:00am ‐ noon

(Get this date on you calendars now; plan to come

out and help us clean up around our levees.)

Halloween Parade

Saurday, Ocober 29h , 1:00pm

And, of course, Sana will be back in he Shores

again nex year, Sunday, Dec. 11h (tentative)

You can always find more informaton abou hese

and oher communiy evens on our web sie aRSCA.org .

SPRING:I’s Jus Around he Corner

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REDWOOD SHORES

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

274 Redwood Shores Pkwy, PMB #603Redwood Shores, CA 94065 - 1173

RSCA.org 2016 Officers

PRESIDENSue Nix [email protected]

VICE PRESIDEN Jim Cvengros [email protected]

SECREARY Lynn Kathleen Adams [email protected]

REASURER Bob Slusser [email protected]

PAS PRESIDEN

Harris Rogers [email protected]

Board of Directors MembersLynn Adams Sue Nix Nina Boire Connie Munevar Jim Cvengros Clemencia RodriguezCarol Ford Harris RogersDon Long Bob SlusserMike Mancusi Andrew Young

RSCA’s Board of Directors meet at theRedwood Shores Library on the 2nd Tursday of

each month, 7:00 p.m. Our next Board Meeting will b

March 10, 2016

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REVIEW BOARD (non-HOA area

Jim Cvengros Carol Ford Sue Nix

For CC&R copies & information, email [email protected]

DEADLINES for Te PILO Deadline for space reservation is normally the end of the

week of each month for the following month’s issue.

Email for a precise schedule.

PUBLISHER : Redwood Shores Community AssociatiTe PILO is the official monthly publication

of the Redwood Shores Community Association

Circulation: 6,000 Shores Households & Businesses

Opinions published in Te PILO are solely those of tauthors and not the expressions of RSCA unless officially & expressly designated.

It’s Spring!...................................................Page 1•

Calendar of RSCA’s Events ........................Page 1•

From Te Mayor........................................Page 5•

It’s Elementary / Schools Update...............Page 5•

Walk-through Sandpiper Site March16..Page 11•

Sunset Magazine at History Museum......Page 12•

Preventing Teft in the Shores.................Page 14•Meet City Public Works, Mar. 23 ...........Page 14•

Library Events Calendar ..........................Page 19•

Classied Ads...........................................Page 20•

Water Conservation Classes in RWC......Page 21•

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My experiences over thelast six years on theRedwood City Council,and now as the Mayor,are amongst the mostrewarding I’ve had

serving my community.Te challenges thatcome with serving inthis capacity are far out- weighed by the joy I getfrom serving.

As I am out and aboutin the community, thereare two questions that Ioften get asked:

1. Wha does a Ciy Councilmember do?2. How do you find tme or your dutes as a

Councilmember?

What does a City Councilmember do? While each one of us bring unique strengths, experiences, and backgroundsto our service on the Council, there are general similarities when it comes to our service on the Council.

First, a little background about local government inRedwood City. Redwood City is a Council/Manager formof government. Te City Council, elected by the voters in

Redwood City, serves essentially as a “Board of Directors”for the City. We provide vision, strategic direction, policy guidance, and high-level oversight for the City. We hire(appoint) a City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk.Our City Manager, Melissa Stevenson-Diaz, acts as the“CEO” and directs day-to-day activities of the staff through her department heads. I may be biased, but wehave the best City employees anywhere!

Being a Councilmember is an UNPAID position. Wereceive no compensation for our service and almost allCouncilmembers past and present have always had other

full time jobs!

We spend each day at our “day job” (full-timeemployment) or on a full-time list of things to do, serving “part-time” in our role as Councilmembers. On top of having an average of about 2 council meetings per month(every other Monday night at 7pm at City Hall), each of us serves on over 10 boards and committees where we work on issues in Redwood City, San Mateo County, andstatewide; this involves the need to spend additional time

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With spring around the corner, we are busy registerinstudents, planning for the 2016-17 school year, ancontinuing our outreach efforts regarding the planneproject at Sandpiper School.

Expansion a Sandpiper School

Last month, the school board authorized a conceptuadesign for the facilities expansion and authorized programdevelopment at Sandpiper to include grades 6, 7, and 8.

We are excited about this project because it will continuto provide capacity in Redwood Shores for all RedwooShores students, and it will provide a local public schoooption for students in grades 6-8, reducing the daily traffito and from Ralston Middle School.

We have scheduled a community meeting for SaturdayMarch 12, at 3pm, for anyone interested in learning morabout the specics of the project, asking questions, anproviding input. We will walk through the proposeexpansion site on the Sandpiper campus and then host discussion session with school district leaders. (See Page 1 for a preliminary site map and more details.)

Tis month, the Board will meet on March 3 and 3(6:15pm, 2960 Hallmark Drive, Belmont) to continue treceive updates on the project, and we are regularly postininformation regarding the project on our websitebrssd.org.

Sraegic Plan

We are also continuing to pursue our District’s strategiplan. Tis plan was developed last year by parents, staffand community members to ensure that the school districis preparing our students for their future in a rapidlchanging and internationally connected world.

Tis year is our rst year of implementation, and we arefocused on “instilling a mindset for learning.” Notsurprisingly, the rst job in

preparing our students for a changing world is teaching them a productive mindsetfor lifelong learning. We arebasing our efforts on theresearch of Stanford professorCarol Dweck.

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Mayor John Seybert City of Redwood City

Dr. Michael Milliken, SuperintendenBelmont-Redwood Shores School Distric

IT’S ELEMENTARYFROM REDWOOD CITY’S MAYOR

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Over the next three to four years, the school distric will focus on growing students’ capacity forcollaboration, innovation, and global citizenship.

If you know of any outstanding resources to teachthese skills or if you would like to be a part of ourefforts, please contact me at or call me at 650-620-2703. And always let me knowif you have other comments or sugggestions.

More information about our strategic plan efforts canbe found under the “District Information” section oour website brssd.org.

Tank you for your continued support of our schools

IT’S ELEMENTARY(continued from Page 5)

Heavy Drinking Linked to Oral CancerOral cancer is the sixth most common cancer in men worldwide and almost 2/3 of casare in advanced stages by the time they are detected. A number of risk factors have lobeen associated with oral cancer including smoking, human papilloma virus (HPV

gender and age. Recently, heavy drinking has also been linked to oral cancers, especially when occurring in conjunctiwith other risk factors.

The term "oral cancer" refers to cancers of the lip, tongue, floor of mouth, tonsils and soft palate. If you notice any sorswelling or discolorations that do not heal on their own after two weeks it is important that you consult your dentist. Eardetection can greatly increase your chances of a full and speedy recovery.

The vast majority of oral cancer cases are linked to tobacco use, and the greater frequency and duration of use of tobacproducts is directly proportional to increase in risk of oral cancer. Heavy drinking can also increase your risk of oral cancebut it is the combination of tobacco use and heavy drinking which really causes your risk to skyrocket. It has been estimatthat this combination can cause up to a 100-fold increase in your risk of oral cancer.

Men are about twice as likely as women to develop oral cancer and the average age at the time of diagnosis is 62 years.

has been estimated that HPV -- which is usually associated with cervical cancer - is responsible for 20 to 30 percent of ocancers. If you develop oral cancer, you dentist may suggest a number of dental treatment options, including surgicalremoving the affected cells, radiation or chemotherapy.

Remember, early detection is indispensible in fighting oral cancer so consult your dentist immediately if you notice airregularities that do not disappear within two weeks. Your dentist can provide an oral cancer exam at each of your reguldental visits.

Yours Truly, Dr. Rocky Dhaliwal

ROCKY DHALIWAL, D.M.D.Family, Cosmetic & Implant Dentistry

278 Redwood Shores Parkway(Next to the Nob Hill Market)

Redwood Shores, CA 94065

Tel (650) 654-6545 Fax (650) 654-6564

www.DocRocky.com

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reading and studying informationfor each of these meetings.

Finally, we represent RedwoodCity at a wide variety of eventscelebrating cultural activities,non-prots, businesses, schools,community members, etc.

How do we nd time to balanceall that activity along with ourcareers, families, hobbies, andfree-time?

My answer to this question is always the same. We just do.

It is our way of giving back to our community and, whileit may seem “super-human”, there are a number of amazing people in our community, serving as coaches, tutors, andcommunity volunteers whose seless service to others in ourcommunity far outpaces the hours we give.

We are honored to serve our community on the RedwoodCity Council.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS:

WHAT WE DO

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he Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (K-8) isproposing a plan to increase capacity at SandpiperElementary on Redwood Shores Parkway.

Te purpose of this expansion is to ensure that elementary school students living in the Shores are able to attend

schools in the Shores. Additionally, the District isproposing the development of a small grade 6-8 program(180 students maximum) which would address middlegrades enrollment demand, reduce the number of middleschool commuters, and provide a local alternative toRalston Middle School at the top of Ralston Avenue.

District officials are inviting the community to a scheduled open “walk-through” of the proposedexpansion site on Saturday afternoon, March 12, at3:00pm.

Tis walk-through is to give all interested parties anopportunity to review the proposed plans and to providadditional feedback on the design. Afterwards, we wihave a discussion session to answer any questions abouthe project and share our plans for the 6th to 8th grad

program. We hope that you will join us!In parallel to the facility design process, the District wilbe working with consultants to examine any potentiaimpacts to the environment and community according tthe procedures outlined in the California EnvironmentaQuality Act. Reports generated though that process wibe made public, and community input will be solicited

If you would like more information, contact BRSSDSuperintendent Dr. Michael Milliken at 650-620-270or email .

Walk‐hrough Proposed Sandpiper SieExpansion on Saurday, March 12h, 3 pm

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Experience he Wes:Sunse Cover Ar

April 5 – June 23On April 5, 2016, the San Mateo County History Museum willopen its newest exhibit in the rst oor central rotunda entitled,“Experience the West: Sunset Cover Art.”

Originally a promotional magazine for the Southern PacicRailroad, Sunset magazine was established in 1898. Te magazinewas purchased in 1929 by advertising executive Lawrence W.Lane who changed the format to have a Western lifestyleemphasis.

From 1951 through 2015, Sunset was headquartered in MenloPark in San Mateo County. Referred to as the Laboratory of Western Living, the campus included test gardens and a testkitchen and served as the location for much of the magazine’sphotography.

Te “Experience the West: Sunset Cover Art” exhibit featuresframed pieces that once graced Sunset’s Menlo Park offices. Eachpiece presents an original Sunset magazine cover covering theperiod from 1898 to 1981. Among the 16 Sunset covers thatwill be exhibited is the inaugural May 1898 edition.

Te posters will be hanging in the Rotunda from April 5-June23. Tey will be available to view during regular museum hours,uesday through Sunday 1:000am-4:00pm.

Pecha Kucha a

he Hisory MuseumDuring March and April, the SanMateo County History Museum will join Fuse Teater to present a series of workshops resulting inperformances using the Pecha Kucha international techniquethat features 20 photographicslides viewed for 20 seconds eachto tell a story. All shows for this

program will depict immigrantexperiences using the Museum’s

exhibit gallery, Land of Opportunity: Te ImmigrantExperience in San Mateo County as its backdrop. Activities willcater to both high school students and to the general public.Dates are as follows:

For High School Sudens

Tursdays, March 3 and April 7, 4-6 p.m.: Pecha Kucha Basics will explore this creative process and generate ideas through a gallery tour.

hursdays, March 10 and April 14, 4-6 p.m.: Pecha KuchBeyond will allow participants to work on their indivpresentations with coaching from Fuse Teater and Mustaff.

Tese workshops are offered free to the students thankgrant from A&. Students can register by going t

Museum website, www.historysmc.org. Registration mcompleted one week before the programs. Students that ptheir own laptop computers or tablets are encouraged to them.

For he General Public

Saturday, March 5 from 1-4 p.m.: Pecha Kucha Basiexplained above).

Saturday, April 9 from 1-4 p.m.: Pecha Kucha and Beyonexplained above).

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November 1957 Sunse Magazine Coverhe Balclutha in San Francisco Harbor with Coit ower b

(Courtesy of San Mateo County History Museum)

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Among the most commoncrimes that affect residents of Redwood City is auto burglaries.

Recently implemented legislation,such as California’s Proposition

47, has substantially reduced theconsequences faced by thieves,even after they’ve been caughtrepeatedly. Tis is one type of crime that can be prevented by simple actions on the part of vehicle owners.

Most auto break-ins have one thing in common: there'ssomething VISIBLE in the car worth stealing. Tese crimes of opportunity could be prevented by taking a few simple steps.Te Redwood City Police Department recommends the

following:• Don't leave valuables in your vehicle: You'd be surprised

how often this happens, but individuals leave valuable itemssuch as cell phones, tablets, laptops and purses in plain sightall the time. If you leave items in your vehicle and they'revisible, a break-in is likely.

• Place items out of sight BEFORE reaching yourdestination: Someone may be watching as you lean over toput your valuables under a seat. If you can't take the items with you, secure them in your trunk before you arrive.

• Avoid leaving packages or shopping bags out in the open:Lock them in your trunk.

• Lock ALL of your vehicle's doors, even if you plan on only being gone for momentarily. It's not uncommon for thievesto walk down a row of parked vehicles, looking for unlockeddoors. Also, make sure car windows aren't left open.

• Park in busy, well-lighted areas: Pick a parking spot wherethere is a lot of activity. Don't leave a trace. Don't leave any sign that there might be valuables out of sight in yourvehicle. For example: the suction cup on your dashboard

might tell thieves that you have a GPS system in yourvehicle. Leave nothing in plain view. Very few auto break-ins are random. Te thieves usually see something out in theopen or hints of possible hidden valuables.

• Alarms do work : Tieves are usually looking for the easiesttarget. If your car has an alarm, it could act as a deterrent.But just because you have an alarm, doesn't mean thieves won't break-in if you leave valuable items in plain sight.Tey’re betting they can get in, take the item, and get away before someone can stop them.

• Tieves don’t frequently break into locked vehicle trunkTey can’t see whether anything is inside, and the timrequired to defeat the lock is a deterrent in itself. With thsaid, people often forget that there is a manual trunk releainside their vehicle’s passenger compartment. Tieves kno which types of vehicles have such levers that do ndeactivate when the vehicle is turned off. Tey simply brethe window and pull the trunk release. If you have suchmanual release that is not deactivated when your remoyour keys, consider having someone disable this feature fyou.

If your vehicle is stolen or property is taken from your vehicplease le a report directly with the Police Department raththan contacting the Homeowners’ Association. Tis reportiallows police to accurately track the frequency of occurrenin specic areas so that preventative patrols can be bet

focused. Your Homeowners’ Association does not have the means authority to report crimes you’ve been the victim of on yobehalf.

Preventng Common Incidens o Thef in he Shore(Capt. John Spicer, Redwood City Police Department)

Redwood City Public Works Services is pleased to invRedwood Shores residents to join us for a CommuniOutreach Meeting on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 7:00p.m. in the Redwood Shores Library.

Public Works Staff will provide a brief introduction anpresentation on Department functions, highlightiactivities and topics of special interest to Redwood Shoresidents.

opics will include:

the City’s 50/50 Sidewalk Replacement Program (an•YES, homeowners will be responsible for half the cos

LED street light replacements;•

tree pruning service for trees along Redwood Shores Pkw•

An informal Q&A will follow the presentation. Tis eveis designed to allow residents the opportunity to meet anspeak with Public Works staff, ask questions aboneighborhood projects, and learn about and provide inpon new and continuing Public Works programs and effoin Redwood Shores and the City.

March 23rd, 7:00pm

Redwood Shores Library Communiy Roo

399 Marine Parkway

Mee Ciy Public WorksMarch 23rd, 7:00pm

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Participants for both workshops must register through theMuseum’s website (www.historysmc.org) one week prior to the

programs. Each workshop is $20. For those that sign-up forboth workshops, the total cost is $35. Tose coming areencouraged to bring their own laptop computers or tablets.

Pecha Kucha For Everyone

April 21 at 7:00 p.m.: Selected Pecha Kucha creations from thisprogram will be presented at the Museum for all that areinterested. Te event is free with the cost of Museum admission:$6.00 for adults, $4.00 for students and seniors. Participantsof the workshops will be admitted free of any charge.

FREE FIRST FRIDAYS

Te San Mateo County History Museum continues its “FreeFirst Fridays” program on April 1, 2016. Not only isadmission free the entire day (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.), but twoprograms are planned for the public without any fees. At11:00 a.m., preschool children will be invited to learn aboutagriculture. Tey will make paper ower wreaths to takehome. Ten Museum staff will conduct a special program inits “Nature’s Bounty” exhibit gallery. Here the youngsters willhear the story, Te Little Gardener. At 2 p.m., museumdocents will lead tours of the Museum for adults.

Te Museum will present a program developed by membe

its volunteer Auxiliary entitled “Notable Women in San MCounty from Ranchos to Rockets” on March 12, 2016 atp.m. Te presentation will consist of a skit during wreenactors in costume will be interviewed.

Te San Mateo County History Museum is located at 2Broadway within the 106-year-old “Old CourthouseRedwood City. It features exhibits related to the use of naresources, suburban development, ethnic experience entrepreneurial achievement onthe Peninsula from the time of theCostanoan Indian through today.

Te Museum is open every day except Monday, from 10 a.m. to4 p.m.

Te “Free First Fridays” programis sponsored by the RedwoodCity Civic Cultural Commission.

For more information go to

www.historysmc.org

or call 650-299-0104.

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“Noable Women in San Maeo Couny”Saturday, March 12 at 1:00 p.m.

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in Redwood Ciy:March 19, 9am-12pm, LectureSustainable Edible Gardening (Sherri Osaka):Learn how to reduce water, maintenance, and materialneeds for seasonal vegetable gardening. Find out how togrow "warm-season" vegetables to harvest all summer long.

April 2, 9am-12pm, LectureGarden Maintenance (Deva Luna):Discover how simple changes to your landscapemaintenance practices can help your garden thrive whilereducing your water use! Learn about irrigation systemmaintenance, watering schedules, soil amendment, andmulching. Discover water-efficient irrigation alternatives.

April 9, 10am-1pm, Hands-onGraywater (Christina Bertea):Learn to simply and safely reuse water from sinks, showersand washing machines to irrigate plants. Te class willdiscuss residential graywater reuse and how to construct a "laundry to landscape" graywater system.

Check the BAWSCA website for other classes and othercities.

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Jus Some o Wha RSCA Has Been Doing!It always seems that when we have conversations about whatRSCA does, there is surprise at ALL the things in which we were involved.

Most of you are aware of our holiday events for our kids. And every home and most businesses get Te PILO

magazine each month, so you know one way in which wecommunicate. We also have our web site, and for specicissues and events we use our roadway median signs and a fairly extensive email system.

So let me list just some of the many things that RSCA hasbeen doing in the last few years.

1.Our Canada Goose Problem:

We worked for almost two years with U.S and California wildlife officials and Redwood City to identify the things wecould (and could NO) do to help mitigate the problemscaused by our resident (non-migrating) Canada geese andthe unhealthful excrement they leave on our sidewalks andin our parks and other green spaces. Te result in 2012 wasa draft document providing clear guidelines to property owners on approved methods to help control our growing population.

While there has been improvement, we continue to work toget a larger number of property owners, especially ourbusiness properties, to take a more active role in controlling this nuisance in our community.

2.“Beautficaton” o he Holly Enrance o he Shores

If you enter the Shores from the Ralston interchange you geta most favorable rst impression of the Shores. If you enterfrom the Holly interchange, though, that impression hasbeen quite different. Te properties between Hwy. 101 andwin Dolphin Drive belong to different cities plus severalcounty and state agencies, and there was in the past noagreement on who owned and was responsible for what.

After several frustrating years of RSCA trying to deal withthis, Redwood City nally tasked a staff person to determineonce and for all who owned what. With that done, the City continues to work with RSCA to get all of the parties

involved to develop a plan for each city and agency to “cleanup” (and keep clean) their respective properties. We hopeyou have already noticed some efforts to begin the“beautication” of the Holly entrance to the Shores.

3.Tree Replacemen Along he Parkways

It was almost four years ago that we rst began to walk theparkways with City Public Works to take a closer look at thedamage to the roadways and sidewalks that was being causedby the roots of older trees lining our streets. Some placesthat had been repaired the previous summer were breaking

up again. It was obvious a more permanent solution wasneeded to deal with continuing damage to our roadways.

We continue to work with the City to come up with aprocess to mitigate the constant (and costly) need for streerepairs. Te City described their preliminary plan at our Annual Meeting in February 2014.

We also have asked the City to develop a “master” tree planfor the Shores that will specify that any tree removed bereplaced from a list of recommended trees that arecompatible with our Shores biosystem. We don’t want ourtrees to disappear, and we want to maintain a consistent lookthroughout the Shores.

Public Works is holding another community meeting onMarch 23rd, 7:00pm at the Shores Library to discuss thisand other issues. See Page 14 for details.

4.Public Saey

We are fortunate to have one of the City’s re stations locatedin the Shores. Tis means fairly quick response to re andmedical emergencies. But it was only a few years ago thatthere was only sporadic police presence in the Shores. Weare trying to ensure that we have a consistent 24/7 policepresence in the Shores. We also continue to work to makethe Department aware of certain “hot spots” where we seepotential danger to pedestrians or other motorists. We hopeyou have noticed the increased patrol presence around ourschools and parks this past year.

5.New Sewer Pipeline Coming “Under” he Shores

At our 2014 annual meeting we rst heard about the needto replace an old (and leaking) sewer pipeline that runsunderneath the Shores. If you weren’t at our recent AnnuaMeeting, you can nd details about this coming project onPage 12 of the February PILO (download at RSCA.org iyou don’t have a copy.)

RSCA already is and will continue to be active in mitigatingthe impact of this needed infrastructure project on ourShores residents and businesses.

6.Don’ Forge he Levees!

It’s been a few years now, but it was RSCA that took the leadin focusing attention on and getting our levees brought upto current FEMA standards. Tis avoided the Shores beingdeclared a “ood zone” with signicant impact on insurancerates and property values.

Te Redwood Shores Owners Association (RSOA) is theumbrella organization for most of our local HOAs, and we want to acknowledge the help of Carole Wong and RSOAin supporting many of these efforts. Our local HOAs are animportant part of our efforts to keep the Shores a GREAplace to live and work!

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