Mesyuarat Agung Kedua

Harap dimaklum bahawa mesyuarat agung Persatuan Penduduk akan diadakan pada 11 April 2010 di taman permainan kanak-kanak pada 9:30 pagi. Diharap para penduduk dapat hadir untuk memberikan pendapat dan juga mengemukakan sebarang cadangan atau aduan.

New roads in our taman

Anybody been noticing new road names in our taman lately?

Yes, they are 4/9 and 4/10. These are all existing roads in our taman. The RA is not the one responsible for the names. We guess these are from MPSJ itself.

So anyone want to volunteer to be wakil jalan for these two roads? :P

Strictly NO FOOTBALLS!

It has come to our knowledge that there has been a lot of people playing football in our playground area. We would like to remind everyone again that the area is a strictly NOT for playing football. If you notice the round concrete blocks scattered around the area, it is used to prevent people from playing football in the area.

There is a valid reason not to play football there. The most important reason is the proximity of the field to the houses and cars nearby. There has been reports of damage to the cars and property around the field. Also you will also note the damage done to the fencing and the trees nearby.

Note the damage to the fencing.

The footballs approaching the fencing at high speed!

Also you will also note that the area is reserved for playing badminton. If you are playing football there, you are effectively depriving the chance for other people who wants to play badminton there.

Appreciate all your cooperation not to play football at the area. If you still want to play football, please do so outside of the taman. Thank you.

Appreciate more feedback

It has now almost been half-a-year since we have engaged the new security DNS for our taman. We have received quite a lot of feedbacks, both positive and negative. How have they performed compared to the previous security company?

Let's be fair, if we were to compare to Duta (the previous company), they did not do all that bad. If we were to talk about they letting both registered and unregistered vehicles into our taman, Duta is also guilty of the same thing. In fact DNS may have the upper hand in a sense that they had better managed the flow of traffic at the gate (my personal opinion anyway). Also DNS provided their service at a much cheaper rate compared to Duta, relieving some of the financial burden to the residents. (If you need to know the details of the cost, please contact any one of the AJK.)

We will be having a dialogue with DNS Security soon. Venue, time and date to be determined. If you have any doubts or questions, we would really welcome your participation. Or if you choose to remain anonymous, you may write your questions here so that we can post your questions to them.

So what do think after 6 months of their service? Do let us know.

Bilik Gerakan needed

Another recent development is that the resident association is in need of a proper place to conduct our meetings. As of now, we are still depending on kind considerations from the members of the RA for a place to gather and have meetings. This is very unfair to them as the meetings are organized quite often. Therefore we have decided to build a Bilik Gerakan for the RA. The residents can also use it to organize all their activities in the taman. This has been in the pipeline since the establishment of the earlier jawatankuasa penaja, but had to be put on hold.

Recently though, our chairman Mr Zolkefli has got to know of an unused container that used to be the utilized by UMNO during the last general election. It is now lying useless in MPSJ's compound, and we can use it for free! We only need to pay for the transportation fee. This sounds like a good idea. However we need to come up with a proper location for this huge container.

The size is 20 feet x 8 feet. It is not huge, but it is complete with all the power points and air-cond point. We have thought of a possible place for this, but we need your input. Here are the possible locations:

Locations C, D, E and F might not be possible because of the vicinity to the border of the taman. Location B is right at where there is a lot of cement barrels at the playground.

So which one do you think is the best location for the container? Cast your votes to let us know!

Guard house upgrade

The other thing that has been on the committee's mind is the replanning of the guard's house at the entrance to our taman. The current guard house has been in existance since the taman started occupancy, and has never been upgraded. It is time to do an upgrade for several reasons:

1. To enable an easier flow of valid vehicle in and out of the taman, especially during peak hours, but at the same time ....

2. .... to enable the security guards to validate vehicles belonging to non-residents without obstructing the flow of traffic.

3. Image purposes. If a proper guard house is erected, this will definitely boost the image of this taman, and at the same time increase resale value of the houses in this area. (Not that you want to sell your house in this lovely taman right? * wink wink* ;-)

4. In the future, the guardhouse might serve as a gate where residents can use a contactless card (like touch and go type) for entry. No need for car stickers anymore.

Easier said than done. Again, with the fencing project, the guard house project has also been in the limelight among the committee for a long time. There are still a lot of problems that forbids the smooth execution of this project:

1. The obvious problem is the lack of proper space. The two corner houses flanking the entrance took up quite a bit of space. We need to determine who has the authority to the empty spaces. We are talking to MPSJ, Tujuan Ehsan and also the house owner of the two corner houses (which happen to be kindergardens). If we were to widen the road, the kindergardens might have to sacrifice some spaces where the parents can drop off their children.

2. Even if we can widen the road, the cost to do it will not be cheap. There is the cost of widening the road, resurfacing, and building a proper guardhouse. These all cost money, and the only place where the money comes from is from the security collection. At the moment, with the current rate of collection, we are only barely able to sustain the security fee.

However we are not giving up on this project yet. We are constantly talking to MPSJ to settle the land ownership issue.

Perimeter fencing project

The major project that is of utmost importance is the fencing of the perimeter of the community. We notice that the eastern fence located near Jalan BPP 4/8 is almost entirely damaged. We estimate the length of the damage is about 40 feet. The reason of the damage is unknown, but we notice all sorts of flowers and trees being planted at that area.

This is a major concern obviously because of the security risk it posed to us. There is a huge Indonesian kampung right on the south-eastern border, and they have been using the damaged fence to enter into our compound.

It was previously worse when Alam Sanctuary was not built, there was not even the wall that stands at the southern border. We consider ourself lucky because we saved about 350 m (1150 feet) of fencing!

We are now getting quotations to rebuild the eastern fence. If you are a contractor, or know of a contractor, we would welcome any quotations too. Do contact us for further details.