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Meet Michael Kwiatek

Dear Homeowners,

Let me introduce myself, my name is Michael Kwiatek, and I will be your New Community Association Manager for Fisher’s Landing Homeowners Association effective January 3, 2022. I have been in the property & community association management business for over two and half decades and look forward to working directly with you.

As your Community Association Manager, I want you to know that I am committed to assisting you in any way that I can in times of urgent need or just general everyday questions. I can be reached at 757-345-5105, or by email at michaelk@brooks-re.com with any questions or concerns. After normal business hours and on weekends, you will be connected to our after-hours emergency answering service.

It will be a pleasure to work with you and I look forward to continuing the relationship in 2022!

Sincerely,

Michael Kwiatek, ARM, CPM, CMCA, AMS
Community Association Manager
Brooks Real Estate, Inc.

Melissa Sabb, CMCA, AMS
Community Association Manager
Brooks Real Estate, Inc.

Brooks Real Estate Announcement

Fishers Landing Homeowners,

As you may know, we have positioned ourselves with a very progressive platform with the latest in management technology and tools, as well as have assured that our staff and property managers have the skills and resources to service our clients. Through the pandemic we have managed our program tightly, and have navigated into, during, and post Covid with on-time services, maintenance of all budgets, and open lines of communication, as well as extremely low vacancies and very low delinquencies in our lease/management programs. And, have maintained our contractor and vendor relationships to assure our properties have the needed maintenance work completed, and their capital projects moving forward.

With that said, expansion is always a strategy we give great thought to assure we maintain the integrity and consistency in our programs. Melissa Sabb has managed our Community Association Management portfolio with care and precision with excellent results and has positioned us to expand our Community Association Management program.

We would like to introduce Michael Kwiatek. Michael will be working alongside of Melissa Sabb as a Community Association Manager. He has been in the community and property management business for over twenty-five (25) years and holds outstanding designations and certifications in the field (ARM, CPM, CMCA, AMS), and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the job.

As a Community Association Manager, Michael is committed to assisting his communities in managing their association business on a daily basis from accounting to administration to facilities management. We are very excited to be able have Michael as part of our Brooks Real Estate Team. We are so proud of the work Melissa and the staff have done over the years to build our Community Association Management program, and are confident the integrity and hard work will continue to be the cornerstone of our program.

As we go into 2022, we have many new Communities in our program. Melissa will maintain many of her existing Communities, and Michael will take on some of our existing communities as well as some new Communities. Michael will be reaching out over the next couple weeks to those communities that will transition to Michael, and appreciate each Community Leadership working with Michael with the same professionalism and positive approach that has always been part of our relationship with our Associations. We are grateful for all of our business and working relationships, and look forward to working with each of community, client, contractor, and vendor into the future.

Tyler Brooks
Broker/Owner
Brooks Real Estate

John Wilson
Broker/Owner
Brooks Real Estate

Hurricane Isaias

Dear Owners,

We are closely monitoring Hurricane Isaias.  A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for our area with an increased chance for tropical storm force winds to come through the area.  The window for Tropical Storm Force Winds begins early Tuesday Morning until Tuesday afternoon with a potential for winds between 58 to 73 MPH.  We encourage you to take precautions to ensure as minimal disruption as possible.

  1. Bring outside items in if they could be picked up by the wind.
  2. Grills, lawn furniture, decorative items should be secured so they will not become a projectile.
  3. Always, always remember to report any power outages to dom.com or by calling 1-888-667-3000. Do not assume that someone else in the community has made the call.
  4. Continue to monitor the weather. There may be some dramatic changes to the timing and placement of the track.

MOST IMPORTANTLY

  1. Check your hurricane kits. Remember the COVID-19 crisis is still happening.
  2. Keep COVID-19 in mind when planning. Make sure there are plenty of masks in the hurricane kits.
  3. Shelters may not have the same capacity as they had before COVID-19? So keep all that in mind.

We have vendors that will be providing storm clean-up if the need should arise, they have their instructions and will respond accordingly.

If you have a life threatening emergency you should call 911.  Brooks Real Estate, Inc., has an after-hour emergency number (757-229-1507). You should call this number if you observe an immediate threat to association property, a manager will respond as quickly as possible.  I will conduct an inspection of your community after the storm has passed and there is no longer a safety concern.

Once again please be reminded that debris removal efforts for the common areas will not begin until the winds have stopped unless immediate containment is required to sustain life or property.

Please take proper precautions to keep you and your family safe.

Melissa Sabb, AMS®CMCA®
Community Manager

August 2020 Board of Directors Meeting – CANCELLED

CANCELLED

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION-BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING-AUGUST 3, 2020
The Board of Directors meeting scheduled tonight for 5pm has been cancelled.  You will be notified via e-mail when the meeting has been rescheduled.  
 
Sunday, August 3, 2020 at 5PM
12700 McManus Blvd # 105
Newport News, VA 23602

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Cherry Tree

Many of you have likely noticed that the large cherry tree by the brick wall and sign at our front entrance is not looking too good.  Unfortunately, it has died.  Once it was noticed that it was not looking well, we had the landscaper come and take a look to see if there is anything we can do to save it.  There was not…it was already dead, and likely died some weeks ago.  There is really no way to determine why it died…it could have been one of many factors, or even a combination of them.  We will have someone come out and remove the tree and grind the stump, and then in the fall consider options of what to do in its place.  Thank you to all who had called or sent messages to alert us that the tree was failing, it is much appreciated.

Deer Update, Part Two

For those of you in attendance at the HOA Annual Meeting, you might recall we talked a bit about the deer problem. This was certainly a topic of interest to many of you. More specifically, what can we do? what can the city do?, the state?, etc.

At the November Board meeting, we will have a representative from the VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries present to talk about the deer problem, discuss potential solutions, and answer questions.

All of you are welcome (as you are at every Board meeting) to come and listen and ask questions. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 @ 6:00 pm at 11838 Rock Landing Drive, Newport News, VA 23606 There is a large conference room upstairs on the second floor. Take the elevator to the second floor and then look left as you get off. The conference room is straight ahead through glass doors. Hope to see you there! – Eric Kean

Deer Update

We contacted the USDA Wildlife Services regarding deer control for our community, and they were kind enough to forward us the following information:

Below are links to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) webpages on nuisance deer and deer hunting regulations.  These webpages have excellent information regarding how to reduce damage and control deer populations.  Please contact VDGIF if you have any further questions. Deer hunting season is currently in progress.

Nuisance Deer: – https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/nuisance/deer/

Deer Hunting Regulations: – https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/hunting/regulations/deer/

They Are Cute, But…

Due to the growing concern of the Deer Population in the community, the Board of Directors are requesting that all owners REFRAIN from feeding any wildlife.  The community manager has reached out to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fishery for assistance in managing and/or decreasing the deer population.  Stay Tuned for updates……