Cypress Creek Property Owners' Association

 It's another Food Truck Friday in Cypress Creek!  Dinner and dessert will be taken care of by CrayZlicious this Friday, 11/15.  Nominated for Palm Beach Post's Best Food Truck Award for the past five years and for Best Catering in 2023, Chef Maureen Cray has customized a unique and delicious menu for Cypress Creek!  Swing by the bend in Cross Creek Dr. (West Gate) anytime between 4pm-7pm.  Preorders are now being accepted through Thursday, 11/14 by calling 561-267-9568.  Simply place your order, tell them what time you'd like to pick it up and just like that, dinner is done!  

Feel free to bring your chairs, tables or blankets to picnic with your neighbors or pick up some yummy takeout for the family at home.  Either way, you're in for an easy and delicious dinner.  See you Friday! 

By now, you’ve likely received a ballot in the mail asking you to support two critically important assessment changes:
 

1. New capital contribution to reserves for future home buyers equal to one year of      annual dues
2. $50 per quarter (or 55 cents per day) increase in your assessment, raising the      quarterly assessment from $350 to $400

If both measures are approved, then Cypress Creek will be able to keep its gates manned, and

increase its contributions to reserves. Failure to approve BOTH measures will mean the Association will no longer be able to cover the costs for manned attendants at the East and West entrances.  

That could have consequences for Cypress Creek, including the following:
● Loss of a physical presence or visual deterrent to prevent criminal activity

● No human to open gates when there’s maintenance, transponder or internet issues

● Possible lengthy visitor delays and backups onto Old Boynton 

● Increased potential for gate damage due to frustrated or inpatient visitors

● Higher homeowner insurance rates if you receive a discount for guarded gates

Why is this needed now?

For more than a decade, your annual assessments have been capped at $350 a quarter all while the Association’s expenses (e.g., insurance, utilities, gate maintenance, and gate attendants) have increased – much like many of your personal expenses. This is making it more difficult for our community to pay its bills and set money aside for future needs like road repairs and improvements.

Why must we change the documents? Why can't we just approve a one-time annual increase which only requires approval by 201 members?

At current rates, the Association's operational costs, including the gate attendants, exceed the total assessments the Association can collect (400 properties @ $1,400, or $560,000). If this were just a one-time, one-year request to exceed the $1,400 limit, then asking the members to approve a higher assessment for a single year might make sense. But we know that the Association can no longer get by with a $1,400 annual cap. Given our current costs, we can't pass a balanced budget with the $1,400 cap. Thus, we need a long-term solution. 

How to return your ballot

Within ten (10) days of receiving your ballot in the mail, please mark your vote on the Limited Proxy for items, sign and date the Limited Proxy and return your completed Limited Proxy to the Association by any of the following methods:

1. Mail back the Limited Proxy to: Cypress Creek Property Owners Association, Inc., c/o      Tallfield Management, 12765 Forest Hill Blvd.; Suite 1320, Wellington, FL 33414 
2. Hand deliver the Limited Proxy to any Association Director. For your convenience, you may drop it off in a ballot box located at 4275 Fox Trace (the Board Secretary’s house)
3. Scan the completed Limited Proxy to PDF and email it to the Association at: ccpoa@tallfield.com
4. Attend the Special Members’ Meeting of the Association which is scheduled as follows:

Special Members’ Meeting

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024

Time: 6:30 PM

Place: Lake Worth Drainage District (LWDD) Auditorium

13081 S. Military Trail, Delray Beach, FL 33484

Please view your ballot packet for more detailed information.

On behalf of the Cypress Creek Property Owners’ Association’s Board of Directors, thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please email ccpoa@tallfield.com with any questions or if you don’t receive your ballot within a day or so from this email.

Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners voted to move Toll Brothers one step closer to building on the Cypress Creek Golf Course during the July 17, 2024, BCC meeting.  Commissioners approved the abandonment of a special exemption that had allowed for the golf course, replacing it with residential zoning. The vote also included an excavation request.

Commissioners’ approval is contingent on Toll Brothers’ adhering to more than 60 different conditions of approval, an unusually high number of conditions by many accounts. These conditions are largely related to improving toxic soil remediation, dust mitigation, flooding and drainage measures, creating larger buffers between communities in some areas and other requirements the developer needs to meet as part of this project.

We’ll share more information about what this could mean for our community as it becomes available.

We’re pleased to announce that Cypress Creek is moving to a new Visitor Management Software designed to streamline our visitor management process. The transition to this enhanced system comes at no cost to our Association and is required because our gate access vendor no longer supports WebGuest.

What This Means for You: 

EntranceIQ will replace our current Safehouse Webguest system, offering more efficient and user-friendly features, including:

● Quick and easy visitor registration

● Real-time notifications and updates about visitor arrivals and departures

What to Expect: Look for an email on June 18 with the subject line “Welcome to EIQ” which will

come from “Donotreply@entranceiq.app.” This email will explain how to download the new

resident’s app called EIQ Connect and activate your account.

Do I have to re-enter my guests?: Hopefully not. Once you download the app and log into your new account, your work should be done! Your previously approved guests and vendors should be automatically transferred to the new system. However, this is a good time to verify that your list is still accurate and to remove anyone who is no longer needed.

What if I need help?: In your activation email, you’ll receive access to a tutorial and other tips.

If you need additional help throughout the transition, the EntranceIQ team will be available to

provide support and assistance. Our property management team from Tallfield is also on tap to

provide further assistance. 

Please reach out by emailing at ccpoa@tallfield.com. Some people with older mobile devices may need additional troubleshooting guidance, which Tallfield can provide.

Having transponder trouble or need a new transponder?

If you suspect that your transponder sticker isn’t working, please email

cypresscreekpoa@gmail.com with the following info and we’ll have your information checked or

re-entered in the system:

● Transponder sticker #

● License plate #

● Car make and model

● Name and address

If you need a new gate transponder sticker, they are available at the West Gate, Monday

through Friday from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. The stickers cost $25 each, payable by check or money

order, made out to CCPOA. Please bring the vehicle requiring the transponder with you to the

West Gate. Proof of residence must also be provided. 

Contact Aaron Hallyburton at heffey01@gmail.com if you have questions or have trouble with gate access.

CCPOA Board representatives met with Toll Brothers on June 4 to continue negotiating important changes to the developer's site plan and secure concessions. Consistent with the results from the community survey, the Board continued to emphasize changes in the site plan which address the neighborhood's top concerns and minimize the impact of the proposed development on those most directly affected. Many topics were addressed, including the following: 

Securing financial contributions for perimeter improvements and Association reserves  

Committing to transparency about soil sample results / toxin reports

Adjusting site plan to improve compatibility with Cypress Creek (i.e. single-story homes, etc.)

Increasing the compatibility buffer between the proposed development and Cypress Creek

Please click on the button below to view the response from Toll Brothers.

Property Manager - Tallfield Management 

Antony Cramer antony.cramer@tallfield.com or 561-983-6000

Daisy Vazquez - Daisy@tallfield.com or 561-983-6000, Ext 205 

Suzanne Blake - suzanne@tallfield.com or  561-983-6000, Ext 201

General: ccpoa@tallfield.com

Cypress Creek POA Board 

Contact: CypressCreekPOA@gmail.com

Where to send dues:

Cypress Creek Property Owners' Association Inc.

Tallfield Associates, LLC

P.O. Box 628207

Orlando, FL 32862-8207 

ARC (Architectural Review) 

Contact: daisy@tallfield.com

You may also mail your ARC application to:

Tallfield Management

12765 Forest Hill Blvd.

Suite 1320

Wellington, FL 33414

Gate Transponders

Available from the West Gate Attendant, (561) 375-9896, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday through Friday

Gate Attendants

East Gate (561) 375-9176

West Gate (561) 375-9896

Safety

PBSO Non-emergency  - (561) 688-3000

PBSO/Fire/EMS Emergency 911

Local Service Providers

City of Boynton Beach Water/Sewer: (561) 742-6000

Florida Power & Light Company: (561) 697-8000

Solid Waste Authority (SWA): (561) 697-2700  

Pick up days: 

          Wednesday – Garbage/Recycling 

          Saturday – Garbage/Bulk/Yard Waste

ATT Uverse: (800) 288-2020

Comcast: (800) Xfinity

DirecTV: (800) DirecTV

DISH: (800) 333-DISH