One of the problems defying solution this year has been where to locate the trash dumpsters. The conditions we are dealing with now are not the same as when this complex was built. For one thing our society is more throw away minded than ever before. We are generating more garbage than ever in our past. When this complex was built, the pick up trucks were smaller and picked up the containers from the side.  Four pads were built and worked out just fine. Notice in the picture below how small the pad is. Also this container below was placed next to what is now our office. This makes this location less desirable.

Later the pick up trucks went to front pick up and got much larger. In the picture below the result can be seen of the front pick up trucks and their large size. The front pick up trucks require the drivers to align the trucks from a direction that is not easily achieved given our parking spaces. Not unlike a lot of things in communities we all want the convenience of location, but not the smell and unsightly appearance.

The appearance becomes an issue on Sunday afternoons when the weekend crowds have departed. We have the containers serviced on Fridays and Mondays and still there are overflows at times. We changed from three cubic yards to four cubic yards in an attempt to take care on most of the overflow. The container below has now been relocated because we added a new pavilion just to the right in this picture.

 So now we have the problem of locating four containers in the summer and three in the winter. Two work out well at the south end of the boat parking. The other two are more problematic. One could be placed near the boat wash area that has some advantages, but then accessibility becomes a problem. Only the 700 building would have easy access. This summer two were placed at the end of the entrance road, but they were not what we wanted to see or smell when entering the property. There is just not room for two at the east end of the 700 building. We could move up from four cubic yards to six cubic yards to get by with only three in the summer, but they are one foot taller and may be difficult to access.
We will look at some of these issues at the annual meeting and hopefully come up with a solution that is functional and  palatable to everyone