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As previously reported, the Cypress Creek POA did not receive enough ballots in the recent vote to maintain manned gate attendants at the Calliandra and Cross Creek entrances. As a result, the POA will begin transitioning to a virtual attendant system. This solution will allow the POA to manage expenses within the current budget while continuing to fund reserves. Despite increasing costs, your 2025 assessments will remain at the same level they have been since ($350 a quarter).
A Special Board Meeting meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 26th, at 6:30 PM at the Lake Worth Drainage District office (13081 S Military Trail, Delray Beach, FL 33484) to discuss this transition. Representatives from three virtual attendant companies will present their systems and proposals:
Information about these vendors and their proposals is provided below. Residents are encouraged to attend the meeting, ask questions, and provide feedback.
We’ll also discuss plans to attempt another ballot initiative in an effort to avoid switching from manned gates to virtual. Cypress Creek hasn’t increased assessments in over a decade, while all other expenses have increased (gates, insurance, etc.). The two most-recent attempts to increase assessments by just by $50 per quarter failed because not enough people voted. Per our governing documents, ⅔ of the voting members must participate. The Board will discuss this matter and finalize the wording on the ballot initiative(s) before distribution to the community next month.
Cypress Creek Community Meeting
Time: Mar 26, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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The Cypress Creek Board of Directors acknowledges concerns about this transition. While the Board would prefer to keep manned gate attendance, financial constraints necessitate this shift. Resident participation is crucial to ensuring the best possible outcome for our community.
Video from Envera: https://youtu.be/DIxsW5iCNQU
Video from Envera: https://youtu.be/Km1zljlRGr8
Video from SafePassage: https://youtu.be/vKPabevy9aw
Video of the Meeting with the three vendors
Food Truck Fridays are back!
Join us this Friday, 3/28 from 4-8pm on Fox Trace when Best Pizza Heaven kicks off the 2025 events season! These delicious pizzas are cooked to order in 90 seconds in a mobile, wood-fired pizza oven.
Come and pick up some pizzas to bring home for the family or bring your blankets, tables & chairs for a family picnic with your neighbors. Either way, you’re in for an easy and yummy dinner!
See you Friday!
Hello Board of Directors and Residents,
AT&T is planning to upgrade their existing infrastructure to a new state of the art fiber to the home network. In order to do so we need to upgrade portions of the existing infrastructure within the easements, pole lines and right of way in your community, depending on where the existing network is located in the community. There is no cost to the community.
This upgrade work will require digging, underground boring and boring under driveways, along with the installation of underground vaults flush mounted to the ground (similar to water meter boxes), connected by underground fiber and conduits at various locations throughout the community within the legally platted utility easements or right of way. Most homes in the community will be affected by the upgrade. AT&T and its construction contractor guarantee that all disturbed areas will be returned to like condition by the end of the construction project.
During this time, you will see increased traffic and construction workers in your neighborhood. Locate flags will be placed and paint utilized to mark underground facilities. These are for the protection of your community utilities during construction. Residents will be notified by door hangers on all resident’s doors approximately 2-3 days prior to construction in the community.
We look forward to bringing this exciting new technology to your neighborhood soon. This job is scheduled to start at the end of March 2025, possibly sooner. If you have any questions or if I can be of assistance during the upgrade, please feel free to contact me.
Thank you,
Jen Lewer
ROW Coordinator/sub-contractor
AT&T Southeast
On Thursday, February 20, 2025, members of the Cypress Creek Property Owners' Association voted to fill three Board of Director seats. The results from that election are presented below.
Cameron Hoffman - 167
Thomas Gulla - 161
Christine Chavers - 102
Powell "Pete" Thomas - 80
Cameron and Thomas are incumbent candidates and will return to the Board. Christine is a new Board member.
The Board held an organization meeting immediately following the Annual Member meeting. The Board unanimously approved the following slate of Officers.
Aaron Hallyburton - President
Cameron Hoffman - Vice President
Julie Nicholas - Secretary
Don Neubaum - Treasurer
The dates for the public hearings pertaining to Toll Brothers’ Brownfield Area Designation have changed. The dates are now as follows:
● Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
● Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
● Location: Governmental Center, 6th Floor, 301 North Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL
During these meetings, the PBC Board of County Commissioners will hear public comment about Toll Brothers' intent to seek a Brownfield area designation for the golf course parcel.
These designations help a developer secure tax breaks, liability protection and other incentives for redeveloping a property with known contamination, like the golf course where testing shows high levels of arsenic and other toxins in the soil and groundwater.
To read the 1,200+ page environmental report detailing the Cypress Creek Golf Course contamination, visit the FDEP's online portal and “view” the “Site Assessment Report” dated 10-31-2024. (Note: The written report is only about 25 pages with the remaining pages
containing supporting documentation.):
https://prodenv.dep.state.fl.us/DepNexus/public/electronic-documents/ERIC_10930/facility!search
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.
We now have a look into Toll Brothers’ site plan with proposed lot locations and lot sizes. This and other details are part of new or updated filings submitted this week to the county.
A few things of note:
● The number of proposed lots is 152 and lot sizes range from about 8,255 to 10,400 square feet. Cypress Creek’s average lot size is 14,882 square feet per Toll Brothers’ filings, although our lots include our portion of our private roads (we’re still significantly larger). Side setbacks (i.e., the distance between a home and the property line) are 7.5’ compared to our minimum 15’ side setbacks or 20’ side setbacks for some existing homes that abut the golf course property, such as those along Cross Creek.
● The developer has applied for special permission to remove more than 10% (or 353,000 cubic yards) of excavated soil from the site to create proposed lakes. This is an increase in the amount of contaminated soil needed to be removed from the site since the last filing. The lake excavations are expected to take 9 months.
● Per Toll Brothers, the adjustment in soil removal is because of “changed conditions or circumstances.” The filing says the additional lake area is needed to accommodate the development and further provide drainage for the surrounding community. We hope this is a sign that the developer is listening to our drainage concerns. Our independent engineer should have an opportunity to review the changes.
There are more details about the proposed 20’ buffers between existing Cypress Creek homes and Toll Brothers’ proposed sites. There will be a “decorative” 6’ fence (compared to 4’ feet), shrubs and a mix of taller trees (maturity unknown). This will sit on an area between our two communities that is roughly the length of an average parking space.
This does not represent a comprehensive assessment of the latest filings. To view the Toll Brothers’ application and newer filings yourself, visit PBC’s zoning site: https://www.pbcgov.org/ePZB.Admin.WebSPA/#/PanelContainer/ControlNoHistory
(Tips on “how to” search for the application are at the very bottom of the Association’s webpage at cypresscreekpoa.org under the Toll Brothers page)
NEXT ARC MEETING
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
6 pm at 4259 Fox Trace in backyard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING
Thursday, Mar 20, 2025 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Lake Worth Drainage District
13081 S. Military Trail, Delray Beach, FL 33484
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KEEP OUR STORM DRAINS CLEAR
CCPOA Board would like to request that you coordinate with your landscapers to ensure storm drains are not blocked by debris, for example: palm fronds, clippings, coconuts etc. As we have all noticed, we have headed in to summer on a very rainy path. In an effort to control flooding on our streets, communication with your landscapers is essential. Please take note if you have storm drains on your property an help to keep them clear. Thank you for looking out for our beautiful community.
Aaron Hallyburton, President
Cameron Hoffman, Vice-President
Julie Nicholas, Secretary
Don Neubaum, Treasurer
Jennifer Epstein, Director
Thomas Gulla, Director
Christine Chavers, Director
Contact: CypressCreekPOA@gmail.com
Antony Cramer, Property Manager
AKAM
12765 Forest Hill Blvd., Ste. 1320
Wellington, Florida 33414
(561) 983-6000
Property Manager - Tallfield Management
Antony Cramer acramer@akam.com or 561-983-6000
Daisy Vazquez - dvazquez@akam.com or 561-983-6000, Ext 205
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: dvazquez@akam.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