Guest lists
As we approach the winter holidays, please make sure your guest lists on the Dwelling Live System are current. During the summer months many folks modify their lists to allow for a fresh group of friends, relatives and service providers to visit. This at times, by design, excludes others. At the beginning of each new season, keeping the old list leads to a good deal of frustration and some loss of composure by guests, and causes delays in processing folks into the community.
This year, the issue may be more severe as we have quite a few new residents, and they bring a new group of associates and service providers. For whatever reason, many of these new guests and service providers simply have not been added to our system.
We suggest that everyone audit and update their Dwell- ing Live system on a regular basis. Go to the “Gate Login” tab on the Niguel Shores website, or go to dwellinglive.com.
A Few Thoughtful Words
Every month we have ten or more vehicles suffer severe tire damage while tailgating through the Cabrillo and Selva gates. Investigations invariably determine that the drivers of these vehicles were either service people, guests invited to our community and directed to these gates by GPS or residents that rush through and follow too close to the vehicle in front of them. The driver failed to read the signs and tried to tailgate another vehicle past the gate before the spikes popped up. Apparently, this tactic is successful in other communi- ties. However, our system functions exactly as it should, and the spikes pop up to deter entry.
Your well-meaning words of caution and directions to the proper gate will save a guest or service provider the unnecessary expense of repairing their vehicles.
Coyotes
Several coyotes have been seen this past month walking through our community. One is described as very large. Be aware that the animals are looking for a no-risk source of food left outside and unsecured. Other easy pickings are small animals allowed outside while their humans remain inside. Another surprising easy source of attrac- tion and nourishment for a hungry coyote is dog poop. According to experts, hungry coyotes are attracted to dog skat looking for undigested morsels of food.
By monitoring our pets, their food, and picking up their waste, we will make the community less attractive to preda- tors and have healthier and safer neighborhoods.
—God Bless . . . Tim Murphy
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