News & Announcements 

As always we are losing friends and neighbors in SIA and having new neighbors join us.

Long time SIA resident JEAN ETZEL passed away at age 90 in late December 2024 with her family in Cincinnati after and extended illness. Jean and her late husband Frank spent many years in their home at 1860 E. Barefoot Pl. and were active members of our community. Jean served for a number of years on the Nominating Committee for SIA Board of Directors. She and her beloved little terrier Chip were seen regularly walking the neighborhood. A Memorial service was held for friends and family at her home on Feb. 22. The family has at this time decided to keep the house as a retreat for family and friends as they visit regularly.

Billie and Bob Thompson sold their home of 13 years at 1961 W. Barefoot Pl. and have moved back to their childhood roots in Oklahoma to be closer to family on March 1. Billie’s pet sitting and gardening skills will be missed by many of us. The new owner, Susan Lewis, is already in residence. Susan has lived in the non-association parts of Summerplace for about 14 years and knows many members of SIA. She will be a full time resident and plans to continue to enhance the gardens and plantings on the property that Billie and Bob worked on for so many years.

Carol Jascula sold her house at 1930 W. Shell Lane in February and has moved to Barefoot Bay north of Sebastian in Brevard County. Carol, had lived here for over 5 years. Cindy O’Dare, the new owner, is a Vero resident and will be using the house as a weekend getaway to the beach.

Welcome Susan and Cindy. We hope you enjoy your new community.

The Beach access stairs at E. Shell Lane and E. Barefoot Pl. have been repaired. It was a long process due to changes in the permitting process in our county and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection regarding emergency repairs, the requirement to re-engineer both sets of steps and the backlog of available contractors due to the large amount of tornado damage in Vero Beach. Thanks to Dockside Builders for coming to our rescue when few other showed interest in the job. Thanks to Bill Stoddard of Schulke, Bittle and Stoddard, LLC for the engineering designs and to Steve Melchiori, John Finn and Michael Flax for working with the contractors to get them on board and get the job done to our satisfaction.

The members approved $20,000 from the reserve fund for the stair repairs at the last annual meeting and the project came in under budget at $16,889.85.

All three access stairs are functional. Enjoy!

The SIA Board of Directors

Minutes  from the open SIA Board meeting on Tuesday Jan. 21, 2025 at 2pm at 1990 W. Barefoot Pl.

Attending: Pres. Michael Flax, VP John Finn, Board Members Steve Melchiori and Walter Garrard. Absent – Sec./Treas. John Lehnhardt

Meeting called to order at 2pm

Agenda:

1. Review review and vote on revised site plan for the proposed house construction on the lot at 1990 W. Barefoot Pl. The Board reviewed the revised plans for the layout of the house on the lot. These plans meet the criteria established at the last board meeting to save one additional oak tree that forms the canopy over the SIA owned cul de sac. It was moved and seconded to approved the revised plan. Sec./Treas. Lehnhardt will be instructed to inform the owner and builder, which has been done.

2.        The attendees also reviewed new bids for our mowing contract and tentatively selected   the lowest bidder. President Flax will recontact the bidders to see if there are any changes   in their numbers and let us know how it went.

Meeting adjourned at 2:15pm

John Lehnhardt – Sec./Treas.

There will be an open SIA Board meeting on Tuesday Jan. 21, 2025 at 1990 W. Barefoot Pl.

Agenda:

Review review and vote on revised site plan for the proposed house construction on the lot at 1990 W. Barefoot Pl.

This meeting will be very short as this is the only agenda item.

All SIA members are welcome to attend.

John Lehnhardt – Sec./Treas.

Minutes from the Open Board of Directors meeting 1-10-25 are now posted on this website under the minutes heading.