2nd Quarter 2025 Board Meeting

 The 2nd Quarter Breakwater Estates Homeowners Association Board of Directors meeting is scheduled to take place virtually, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 6:30 PM. Please save the date and plan to attend if possible.

The meeting must be accessed by clicking on the link below. Please plan to join the meeting at least 5 minutes prior to the start of the meeting at 6:30 PM.

You can submit questions or concerns that you would like answered or discussed in advance of the meeting.

https://calendar.app.google/JH15hR5sT9cVgBLA9

Snow and Inclement Weather Notice

The National Weather Service has forecasted inclement weather that may impact our community.

As in past years, our community has contracted with Walker Construction to plow our roads. 

For more information on the forecast please visit the National Weather Service website 7-Day Forecast 38.72N 75.1W.  For more information on storm preparedness please visit www.ready.gov.

Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

1st Quarter 2025 Board Meeting

 The next Breakwater Estates Association Board meeting is scheduled to take place virtually, on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at 9:00 AM. Everyone is invited. Please save the date and plan to attend.

The meeting must be accessed by clicking on the link below. Please plan to join the meeting at least 5 minutes prior to the start of the meeting at 9:00 AM.

You can submit questions or concerns that you would like answered or discussed in advance of the meeting.

https://calendar.app.google/V5WS3LcRRA2p3hng6

Report Streetlight Out or Damaged

The Delmarva system lets people log on to a mapping tool that helps them report if a streetlight it out or damaged, according to an announcement from Delmarva. To use the online application go to www.delmarva.com (http://www.delmarva.com/), click on “my home,” and then click on “report an outage or a safety hazard (http://www.delmarva.com/my-home/report-an-outage-or-safety-hazard/).” The reporting requires customers to provide the utility pole number or an address for the streetlight.
Those who prefer not to go online can use the telephone to call customer service at Delmarva Power at (800) 375-7117

Casella Trash Collection

Your Board has negotiated a special rate for trash pickup with Casella (formerly GFL, formerly Waste Industries). As of February 1, 2024 their monthly trash pickup rate will change from $21.38 to $19.50.

This is a three year contract with the rates fixed at    2024: $19.50/month,  2025: $20.28/month,  2026: $21.09/month.
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All rates will be changed automatically starting with the February invoice. Homeowners with this service will not need to request the price change. any money pre-paid will be adjusted.

Casella does offer partial year service! Homeowners would need to call to suspend service – they will set up the resume date at that time too. This can be done through the Casella office at 302-934-1364. For anyone signing up for new service, just reference Breakwater Estates.

 If you are using another Trash Service, this would be a great time to change over to Casella. And actually the Sixth Amendment to our Covenants states the following:

Section 4.12. Trash

All trash must be kept out of sight in covered trash receptacles. Trash cans should be placed at the curb either the night before or the morning of the scheduled pick-up and removed within 24 hours of pick up.

To eliminate weekly pickups by multiple heavy trash trucks in the community, residents using trash service will use the designated trash service selected by the board for their trash and recycling services price for these services for Breakwater Estates residents. The board will solicit bids from at least three companies each year to obtain the lowest price for these services for Breakwater Estates residents. Quotes will be shared with residents in the yearly annual meeting packet

This Amendment revised Section 4.12 of the Covenants on July 13, 2012. The Amendment was put in place to cut down on the truck traffic going through our community. You can help the community save the roads and save a couple dollars at the same time.

Annual Homeowners Meeting October 9, 2021

Breakwater Estates will be hosting their annual meeting on October 9th 2021. After considering the continuing health impacts of COVID-19, and the well being of our community, the board has elected to hold the 2021 HOA annual meeting by remote communication through an internet webcast again this year. We will be addressing a number of topics as we prepare for the next fiscal year.
In order to conduct association business, we must have a quorum of 32 owners present or represented by a proxy.
There will be an election of seven directors to the board.

In order to attend the virtual meeting, you must be registered in the HPS website portal, www.infohoa.com. Please ensure you have registered at least 3 days prior to logging into the meeting. And, if you are interested, HPS provides an excellent video with instructions on how to access the meeting at www.infohoa.com/meeting.

We strongly urge you to complete a proxy far in advance of the Oct. 9th annual meeting, even if you are planning to log-in and attend. This is to ensure that we have a quorum.