Maintenance Committee: Lamps and Gates

The Maintenance Committee is responsible for the oversight of all maintenance and repair activities for Niguel Shores Community Association. Duties include assisting the Maintenance Department on large, annual projects like street maintenance, evaluation of alternative upgrade proposals like the Coach Lamp project, monitoring progress on approved projects, and budget projections.
Currently, the committee consists of seven volunteers, and meets monthly with NSCA staff (General Manager, Facilities Manager, Controller) and a representative of the Board of Directors. Our common facilities are valuable assets to our community and require everyone’s participation in maintaining their quality and appearance. If you would like to find out what makes NSCA tick—and if you would like to help keep it ticking—consider joining the Maintenance Committee.
OUR ENTRY GATE SYSTEM
NSCA has one attended vehicle gate and five unattended gates: Mariner (attended), Selva, Cabrillo, Manta Court, Garibaldi, and Breaker’s Isle.
The Mariner gate has a gate attendant 24/7 and is intended for residents using barcodes attached to the vehicle and for guests and service vehicles, who are assisted by the gate attendant.
The other gates are barcode or code box operated for residents. Guests and service personnel can speak to residents using a callbox or by using a telephone-based resident look-up system. The look-up system calls the resident’s telephone, and the resident can remotely open the gate by phone to allow access.
At the Selva and Cabrillo gates, when a proper barcode is detected by gate electronics, a gate arm is raised and the spike strip is lowered. The strip is raised again after the vehicle clears the gate. The unattended Selva and Cabrillo gates have signage warning that the gate is for resident use only, and all five unattended gates have signs warning against tailgating. Additional signs are posted at the Selva and Cabrillo gates directing visitors to the Mariner gate.
Unfortunately, almost every week one or more vehicles ignores the signs and attempts to tailgate behind a resident’s vehicle. Typically, these attempts result in some form of vehicle damage, often punctured tires or damage to the gates—all resulting in a very frustrated driver.
Please remind your guests and service personnel not to tailgate. Let them know in advance how to enter the community properly at the Mariner gate. If your guest or service personnel cause damage to the gates from tailgating, you will be held responsible for the cost of repair.
One more important word of caution: Tailgate rules also apply to those with barcodes. Even if you have a barcode on your vehicle, please do not tailgate. Barcode readers do not always read a barcode properly due to a number of reasons. So allow some space between you and the vehicle in front of you. A few seconds of waiting for the vehicle ahead of you to proceed could spare you hours of frustration if your barcode was not read properly. Everyone’s cooperation about gate entry is appreciated.
—Bob Gregg