Covington Place Newsletter
2018 SAFE HALLOWEEN INFORMATION
THINGS TO KNOW AND DO:
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The information in this Newsletter is provided to make sure that every resident is fully aware of the Traffic Plan and hours in our neighborhood.
If you have ANY questions at all, ASK THEM BEFORE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON! Contact Kaye Plitt @ kaye.cphoa@gmail.com.
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Please make sure you do the following before 5:00pm on Halloween night:
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1 - READ ALL OF THE DETAILS PROVIDED IN THIS NEWSLETTER
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2 - IF YOU LIVE ON A CLOSED STREET, PRINT OFF THE PASS NEEDED FOR YOUR CAR.
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3 - IF YOU HAVE GUESTS COMING TO VISIT YOU AND YOU LIVE ON A CLOSED STREET, MAKE SURE THEY PRINT OFF THE PASS NEEDED FOR THEIR CAR.
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4 - IF YOU CAN HELP VOLUNTEER EVEN FOR ONE HOUR, PLEASE DO!
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5 - HAVE FUN AND STAY SAFE!!!!
TRAFFIC PATTERN MAP, 5:00-9:00PM:
SAFE HALLOWEEN DETAILS:
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The following Traffic Flow Plan will be in place for Covington Place from 5:00-9:00pm on 10/31/18 as follows:
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1 – Traffic can ENTER into the neighborhood in TWO LOCATIONS: (1) at Crestview Drive from downtown Covington and (2) from Plantation Trace at Dearing St at the Laurel Lake Entrance. Those are the only two entrances.
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2 - Our Main Entrance from Eagle Drive/MLK Jr will be EXIT ONLY and “Closed to Entry Traffic”. Police will have barricades and signage stating that all cars must go to the next light (Dearing St) and turn right and enter at the Laurel Lake Entrance.
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3 - We will allow ONE WAY car traffic on Crestview Drive, Plantation Trace, parts of Fairway Drive, Parkside Lane, and parts of Golfview Circle. See Traffic Pattern Map for traffic arrows.
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4 - The following streets will be CLOSED except to golf cart traffic and walkers: Golfside Drive, High Lake Terrace, Willow Point and Azalea Drive. Homeowners that live on these streets (or cul-de-sacs off of them) may access as well with Halloween Passes on dashboards.
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5 - Volunteers along with police officers will be encouraging everyone to park at the pool parking lot and at Eagles Point in the lower section where we have a lower number of houses. NOTE: there are 42 parking spaces at the Pool Parking Lot and once it's filled, we can't take any more cars until someone else leaves.
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6 - CPD has asked that if you live on a street open to vehicle traffic, please bring your candy to the end of your driveway to prevent delay in the children moving from house to house. Traffic flow is always a problem and they have asked for our assistance in keeping the cars moving. PLEASE follow this request. *** PLEASE BRING YOUR CANDY TO THE END OF YOUR DRIVEWAY ***
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Note: This Traffic Flow Plan, if followed, will allow emergency vehicles to get to anyone in a timely matter as necessary during this event.
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HOMEOWNER INFORMATION:
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Homeowners will be allowed to enter and leave the neighborhood but will need to follow the one way traffic flow. Please remember that ALL VEHICLES who need to enter a barricaded (i.e. CLOSED) street MUST have a PASS on their dash. Please print it off today!
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By following this request and placing a Pass on Your Dash, you will greatly reduce unnecessary delays and possible stress that evening. Please print it off now.
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Please make sure your neighbors are aware of this just in case we do not have them on email or Facebook.
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All golf carts that are driven on any streets must be permitted by the City of Covington. The Open Container law will be enforced. No underage drivers are to drive a golf cart under any circumstances. Citations will be given throughout Covington for any violations.
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We also ask that you please turn your lights on at your residence and give out candy between 5:00PM and 9:00PM.
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Please begin turning off your lights and stop giving out candy at 9:00pm so that the Covington Police and our Halloween Committee can get all visitors out of our neighborhood and things back to normal by 9:30pm.
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Note: If you run out of candy it would be a good idea to turn off your porch light to avoid future candy kids.
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Note: If you do not wish to participate in Halloween, we suggest that you leave your front porch light off that evening.
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For your visiting Family and Guests who will be joining you that evening, they must have a Pass clearly visible on their dash if they wish to visit you on a Closed street. We ask that all vehicles be parked in driveways and not on the street for this event as any vehicles parked on the street will impede the flow of traffic and possibly be a safety concern. You will be asked by the CPD to move vehicles parked on the street.
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As always, please be VERY cautious of golf carts and children walking in our neighborhood enjoying Halloween. Golf carts and walking are permitted in ALL areas of the neighborhood including closed streets or Safe Areas.
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THANK YOUR NEIGHBORS:
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Please thank those neighbors who have worked hard to make this happen and who are volunteering to work shifts at the parking locations and to the teens at the barricades. It is not the most glamorous job and they will be the first line of greeters to those coming into our neighborhood.
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Let's make this the safest Halloween ever at Covington Place!
HALLOWEEN NIGHT NO-NOs
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1 - NO All Terrain Vehicles
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2 - NO Trailers of any type
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3 - NO non-permitted Golf Carts (i.e. must be permitted by the City)
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4 - NO under age drivers behind the wheel of Golf Carts; a valid Driver's License is required
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5 - NO Open Containers
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6 - NO being rude to the CPD or volunteer workers
VOLUNTEERS MEETING:
All volunteers need to meet at the Pool Parking Lot AT 4:30 on the 31st in order to receive your VEST and to share your CELL PHONE NUMBER.
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Please try to make this meeting so you'll be prepared for your shift.
CAN YOU OR YOUR KIDS MAKE SIGNS?
WE NEED 2 "PARKING SIGNS"
.CALLING ALL CREATIVE PEOPLE ..... We need two decorative parking signs
one for the Pool area and one for Eagles Pointe.
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BE CREATIVE. Use your imagination!
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Please respond here if you are able to make a poster. Kaye will need to collect these the Sunday before Halloween.
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You can also call Kaye Plitt @ 404-606-8062
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Please help out if you can! THANKS!!!!!
2018 SAFE HALLOWEEN VEHICLE PASS
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BLOCKED STREETS ARE:
- Golfside Drive (and cul-de-sac)
- High Lake Terrace
- Willow Point
- Azalea Drive (and cul-de-sac)
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Note: If you do not live on a blocked street and won't be visiting in your vehicle with neighbors who live on a blocked street, then you do NOT need to have a Pass on your dash.
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Golf Carts do NOT need to have a Pass.
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Please print so it is visible.
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Please print off the Pass and do not be upset and rude to the person at the barricade who doesn't know you and is only doing their job. Nobody deserves to be treated disrespectfully like that because YOU did not plan ahead.
SAFETY TIPS FROM THE COVINGTON POLICE:
JOIN OUR FACEBOOK PAGE:
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Newsletters are quarterly now and come out after each quarterly HOA Meeting. In order to stay up-to-date on neighborhood news between issues, you are encouraged to join our FB Page.
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Search "Covington Place Neighborhood Announcements" and you should find us.
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You will be REQUIRED to answer the 3 questions which ask for your street address so that we can verify that you are indeed a resident of CP.
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We receive member requests every week from people all over the place and we only allow CURRENT RESIDENTS to be a member of our Page. As residents move away, they are removed from the list. Family members and friends who don't actually live in our neighborhood are not allowed to join our FB page. Our only exception is the Covington Police who are helping to keep our neighborhood safe.