Bay Breeze Point

As you might have noticed, the new East Beach Marina Apartment complex construction has started (South of Pretty Lake Ave near 30th Bay St). Of potential interest is the fact that this construction will include the placement of at least 150 concrete pilings — each being 80 foot long. These pilings will be pounded into place to support the interior garage and may produce potentially damaging impacts on homes nearby. If your home is near the construction site, you might want to take some before pictures of your home so that if damages do occur you will have evidence of your home’s condition prior to the pilings installation.

FYI: It should be noted that the recent pilings installation at the corner of 29th Bay St and Pretty Lake Ave did cause some minor damages to homes in our community, but the prior home conditions of these homes were not documented so validation of the pilings installation damages would be difficult to prove.

Safety notice: surge protectors are recalled due to fire risk. There has been a major recall of an electrical power strip surge protector that can overheat, smoke and start a fire. You should check your office and your home to determine if you are impacted by this recall. The recalled units (series APC 7 and APC 8) were manufactured by Schneider Electric before 2003. (See below for a photo of one of the recalled power strips.) If you do have one of the impacted units, unplug it immediately. Call Schneider Electric IT Corp. toll-free at 888-437-4007 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or go to http://recall.apc.com to see the surge protectors in question and/or to submit a claim for a free replacement. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said the company had received: 700 reports of overheating and melting; 13 reports of injuries, including smoke inhalation, and burns from touching the overheated device; 55 reports of property damage, including a house fire that caused $916,000 in damage and a fire in a medical facility that caused a loss of $750,000.

Norfolk Police Department representatives have requested that the following be made available to our HOA members: Norfolk has seen an increase of stolen autos from September 1-30. For that month alone, there were a total of 82 motor vehicles stolen, 19% of the motor vehicles stolen had keys left inside the vehicle. Please remember to secure your vehicle and take all valuables out of your vehicle. See the our “Crime Prevention Tips To Prevent Auto Theft” doc for additional helpful guides.