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Happy New Year!  The community looked great throughout the holiday season with so many showing their Christmas spirit by decorating their homes.  It is my desire that everyone enjoys a healthy and prosperous new year. As we start out this new year, I am looking forward to having a great 2012 in HAWL.  Your community continues to prosper with a number of projects - some new and others ongoing. These projects include the following: 

The lake valve was opened on January 3rd and closed on January 31st.  Our dam/spillway was inspected and all was found to be in order.  While the lake was down, some maintenance items were completed. Please remember the new lake lowering procedures.  The lake lowering will be every other year and only for a month, pending weather.  The next time the lake is lowered will be January 2014.

Please checkout the West Marina restrooms.  Our Maintenance Department did a great job with this renovation project, which included both the interior and exterior.  This was a capital improvement, which cost $1,514.30.  I hope the folks using this area enjoys this improvement.

A new generator was purchased for the Southgate guardhouse.  This was needed as we were using an old generator at this location and was having issues when we needed it to work.  This capital purchase was purchased from Home Depot at a cost of $865.74.  Now when we loose power, this gate can also be functioning as the main gate can.

Our big project this year will be two miles of roads being repaved.  Bids were opened on December 19, 2011, from Huey Stockstill, Inc. and Boh Bros Construction Company, LLC.  Huey Stockstill, Inc. was awarded the project.  Their bid price was $224,390.00.  The work will begin towards the end of February/beginning of March timeframe.  Once we receive a definite timeline from the contractor we will communicate this via the email, our website, and the two information boards.  The repaving will be done one lane at a time and we will have extra security to help redirect traffic.  Please use caution during this time.  This two mile project always make a nice and very visible improvement to the community roads.  The following is a list of streets to be overlaid:

The sewer installation project being conducted by PRCUA (Pearl River County Utility Authority) continues.  During the last few weeks, they have been connecting many homes onto the new system.  Their plan is to finish the east side of the lake first in the next few weeks, and then start on the west side.  No sewer billing will begin until the sewer is completed on the east side of the lake and then the west side will begin once that east side is completed.  This has been a long installation process and a major project to get done in our community.  Your property and ditches should be getting finalized as well during this time. 

If you have any questions/concerns about the installation I encourage you to contact Dungan Engineering at 601-799-1037.  Once your home is online with the system and you experience any issue, call PRCUA at 601-799-5259 for service, which has a 24 hour/7 day a week answer service to assist you.  It is very important that you call this number for service.

As we near the completion of the major improvements we have been working on for many months, let me again express my gratitude for your tolerance.  My door is open to you and your suggestions and as always, if you have any questions or concerns, please give me a call at the office.