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BluePrints

Second Quarter2012

T h e V o i c e o f

P o l k C o u n t y ’ s

C o n s t r u c t i o n

I n d u s t r y

This Issue

• Impact Fee

Moratorium Update

• FHBA President's

Message

• Spring Golf

Tournament

• Spring Parade

of Homes

PCBA.com

Polk County Builders Association

2012 Spring Parade of HomesTM

April 21st & 22nd • 28th & 29thWeekends

Pool Decks • Patios • Driveways

LARGE COLOR SELECTION

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Calendar of EventsAPRIL 2012

April 17 Foundation Wine Tasting and Pairing Runway 9/27 Bartow

April 21&22, 28&29 Spring Parade of Homes

Membership Mixer sponsored by Foundation TBD

MAY 2012May 14 GMM - Blueprint & Model Comp Polk State College

JUNE 2012June GMM – Gift Basket Bonanze/PAC Fundraiser Auburndale

JULY 2012July 26-28 Southeast Builders Conf. Orlando

SEPTEMBER 2012September 16 Golf Tournament

PAC Meet & Greet TBD

OCTOBER 2012October 13&14, 20&21 Parade of Homes

Annual Meeting – Election of Officers TBD

NOVEMBER 2012November 1-3 FHBA Fall Conference St. Petersburg

DECEMBER 2012December GMM - Installation Banquet

DID YOU KNOW?As a member of PCBA you can receive a copy of the county’s monthly building permit report by simply requesting it. Please contact Pat at PCBA at 665-0844 or emailpate@pcba.com. Give her the email address that you want the report to go to and she will forward a copy to you. You will receive the report each month via email.

The permit report is a list of all building permits issued for the county for the month. The permits are listed by subdivision name, address, builder, square footage,and declared value. The report includes residential and commercial permits.

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POLK COUNTYBUILDERS ASSOCIATIONEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NAHB DIRECTORS

FHBA DIRECTORS

FHBA LIFE DIRECTORS

PCBA STAFF

President

President Elect

1st Vice President

2nd Vice President

Secretary/Treasurer

Immediate Past President

Sean HarperHarper Homes

Brian WalshHighland Homes

Barbie Taylor

Keith Combee

William WebbWebb Home Builders

Roger AthertonCounter Effects by Roger

Duane McQuillenDuane McQuillen Construction

Lucas MartinFloraLawn

Mark HulbertHulbert Homes

Rob NunezFlorida Home Designs

Richie JohnsonSouthern Homes

Carlton HodgesLeMans Properties

Brian WallerWaller Construction

Greg SanobaThe Sanoba Law Firm

Nan WebsterIntegrity First Title

Todd ShuffCarpenter Contractors of America

Tim Davis

Mike Hickman

Donnie Tyler / Life Director

Carlton Hodges, Life Director

Dave Carter

Robert Harper

Tim Davis

Carlton Hodges, Life Director

Roger Atherton

A.J. Maqueira

Dave Carter

Bill Branham

Brian Bierwagen

Dave Carter

Robert Harper

Donnie Tyler

Mike Hickman

Gary Clements

Don Paris

Marc Boney

Stephanie Hutton

Pat Edleman

Michelle Stefani

Executive Director

Membership & Special Events

Foundation Director

I want to take this opportunityto thank all of our members for supporting thePCBA this year and want to say a special thank you to our NewMembers for the First Quarter of 2012. To date we have 11 newmembers and you can find them on an announcement on ourFacebook page at Facebook.com/PolkCountyBuildersAssociation.We are trying to build our social media presence for the associa-tion and would appreciate you visiting the page and pressing theLike button. This is a great way for PCBA members to stay intouch and network within our organization. In addition, contact

Stephanie with content you may want to share with members and she will addit as a post to the page such as a new product you are offering or a new installof a product.

This year we fought hard on the Worker’s Comp rate hike issue and I appreci-ate all the members who took the time to make their voice heard. I believe onthis issue politics (and deep pockets) got in the way. Even though we wereunsuccessful we need to continue to put pressure on certain politicians bysending emails, phone calls and faxes and let them know that we are watchingthem. Senate President Haridopolos was at the forefront of defeating our issueand WE THE PEOPLE need to overrun his office with feedback from the con-stituents that he personally is responsible for job losses due to worker’s comprate increases. The PCBA was formed to be a watchdog for these types of atro-cious actions by our elected and nonelected officials and we need to make cer-tain we are heard and we understand what happened. You will be receiving acall to action on this matter in the near future so please take some time torespond to the request and help the PCBA continue to be a state leader in thefight for our industry.

Another important issue that is rapidly coming to the forefront is Polk County’sImpact Fee Moratorium. This is set to expire on July 31, 2012 and our countycommission needs to hear from you. It is vital to the turnaround of our industryin Polk County that the commission extends the impact fee moratorium. Now isnot the time to put a price increase on Polk County Citizens by our elected offi-cials. Please make your voice heard on this issue by contacting the county com-mission and voice your support of the moratorium.

As spring is upon us it seems that the market has a positive vibe. Most peopleI talk with inside and outside the industry are feeling positive about the econo-my turning back in the right direction. It’s a great feeling to see signs of recov-ery and I encourage all the members to cast a positive light to anyone you talkto. Polk County has been recognized in several recent national publications tobe poised for a rebound in the near future which is helping tremendously toboost the confidence level for consumers.

Thank you for the opportunity to lead this organization and remember to dobusiness with members.

Sean Harper

Sean HarperHarper Homes

Phone: 863.665.0844 • Fax: 863.667.99562232 Heritage Drive

Lakeland, Florida 33801

Feel free to contact Sean at:President@PCBA.com

with any questions or concernsregarding the PCBA.

President's Message

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PCBA Events

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Friday March 30th was a beautiful day for golf!112 golfers come out to play in PCBA’s Annual Spring Golf tournament.

Good food, great golf and a beautiful golf course contributed to a good afternoon for our golfers.

An excellent variety of food was supplied by our threewatering holes. Mulling Insurance served pulled porksandwiches and chips, Gator Waste served several vari-eties of chicken wraps and homemade cookies, andHeacock Insurance served Subway sandwiches with avariety of chips.

The plaque for Best Watering Hole went to Roni Rahner of GatorWaste! Congratulations Roni!!

The day ended with an Awards and Raffle Prize reception at 5:00 pm. Raffle Prizes were outstanding thanks tothe efforts of Dean Brown, of Whirlpool and Lucas Martin, of Floralawn. They are definately two super volun-

teers! They got some fantastic prizes donated. There were gift cards formeals from, Outback, Texas Roadhouse, Red Elephlant, Millers AleHouse, Hooters, Wing House and numerous other establishments.

A big Thank You also goes out to Golf Etc.They donated everything from hats to anew golf bag! Whirlpool Corp also donated4 Compact stainless steel refrigerators.

Our golf committee members were Lucas Martin, of Floralawn, Dean Brown, ofWhirlpool Corp, Todd Shuff, of Carpenter Contractors of America, Steve Chapman, ofRepublic Services, Roger Atherton of Counter Effects by Roger and Kent Longo, of

Mulling Insurance, Big Thanks to all of you!

An especially big thank you to all of our volunteerswho came out to help. You were awesome! Thanks toScott Norris, Pat’s son and Andrew Plummer, ofHeacock Insurance for getting the hole signs,coolers, tables, chairs and tents in place.

The winning teams for the golf Tournament were:

1st Place Gross – Lakeland Electric 1st Place Net – Southern Homes2nd Place Gross – Brighthouse 2nd Place Net – Carpenter Contractors3rd Place Gross – Republic Services 3rd Place Net – Florida Public Utilities

Dennis Hollingsworth – Mulling Ins

Pat Spalding – Fla. Public Utilities

Republic Services Team

A golferStephanie Hutton EO at PCBA,

Pat Spalding of FPU & Dillon Daniels

Fla Public Utilities

Exclusive Sponsor

Florida Public Utilities Tean,

Pat Spalding center

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2012 SPRING GOLF TOURNAMENT

FHBA President’s Message – Legislative Summary

By Dave Carter

Many believed that little of significance could be accomplished in a 2012 session of the Florida Legislature that was dominated, or perhaps I should say distracted,by the high-pressure, high-stakes process of redrawing Congressional and Legislative districts. But while redistricting demanded a large share of legislative attention,lawmakers, to their credit, did so much more, including adopting many of the Florida Home Builders Association’s legislation priorities (see Legislative Summary). AsFHBA President, I could not have been more proud of our legislative team. On the volunteer side, builder Bill Truex of the Charlotte-DeSoto BIA led our GovernmentalAffairs Committee which developed then closely monitored our legislative initiatives. Bill took his job seriously, traveling to Tallahassee numerous times to assist withour lobbying efforts. On the professional side, FHBA’s veteran Governmental Affairs Director Doug Buck did a masterful job. He lined up House and Senate sponsorsfor our key bills, met with legislators and their key staff, and galvanized support for our issues from 23 members of the Florida Construction Coalition, a group that hechaired in 2012. As much as Bill and Doug did, our members did even more by coming to Tallahassee to lobby their legislators and heeding our calls to contact law-makers on any number of important issues. As a personal commitment to my job as President, I spent the last week of the session in Tallahassee when everyone’shard work came achieve goals that we believe will allow our members to be more successful. As you review the results, I hope you’ll agree.

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Government Affairs

Do you want impact fees to remain low? Now is the time to act.

The Polk County Board of County Commissioners is scheduling a hearing to decide the fate of the current Impact FeeMoratorium. If we do not speak up, then impact fees might go back up.

Have you, or anyone you know, gotten a project because of the reduced cost from the Impact Fee Moratorium? If so, pleaselet us know. Take the time to write out how the project was effected by the moratorium. No matter how small your project was,it is still important.

The County Commissioners want to hear from Polk County builders. They are looking for our input before they make theirdecision. They want to know if the Impact Fee Moratorium has made a difference in putting local builders and contractorsback to work.

This is time to make your voice heard on an important issue impacting our industry. Every voice matters. The more examplesthe Commissioners get, the more likely they will be to continue the moratorium. Please let us hear about your project.

The County Commission meeting is open to public. We urge you to come to the meeting. Let the commissioners see a blockof people. Make them hear our voice. As soon as the date for the hearing is set, you will let you know.

The Impact Fee Moratorium is helping to put people back to work. Join the fight to keep the moratorium in place. Speak up.

Help Keep Impact Fees LowMichael Flood, Government Affairs Chair

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Showcase Home

The future is here in Florida Home Designs Parade of Homes Showcase home at Christina Chase on CarterRoad in Lakeland. The Tuscany Model will have many new, innovative and novel features that will savemoney, and make our lives easier and more fun!

This “Smart House” will let you control most of the homes electrical systems with a touch of your IPadand all from the grocery store or the YMCA. Control the AC, lighting, intercom, monitor the security sys-tem, access the internet on the TV, heat the pool or just brew a cup of coffee from the comfort of your bedor car!

Other features include environmentally friendly “never stain” Mohawk Carpet, double insulated windows,foam filled exterior walls, and an energy efficient Carrier 14 Seer heat pump.

The home is located at 832 Christina Chase Drive in Christina Chase, a gated community in SouthLakeland. This 3 bedroom 2 bath home has a den and pool and offers 2250 square feet of living area. Itis priced at $299,000.

Showcase Home Sponsors

Parade Dates: Apri l 21st & 22nd • 28th & 29th Weekends

Gold Sponsors• A& L Materials• Beasley & Son Construction• Blinds Interiors• Central Florida Roofing• Combee Insulation• Counter Effects by Roger• Florida Refuse Services• Fore Electric• Haven Building Products• Heacock Insurance• Paterick’s Painting• Sherwin Williams Paint• Stidham’s Rentals• Stinson Carpets

Silver Sponsors• 5/3 Bank – Carrie McCoy• Bio-Tech Termite• BMS Supply• Bright House• Creative Faux Finishes• Carribean Pools• Catherine’s Cabinets• Cement Products and Supply• Del-Air Appliances• Ferguson Enterprises – Danielle Barnick• Floralawn lawn and Pest• Florida Tile• GE Appliances• Paterick’s Painting• Payne Air Conditioning• Progress Lighting• Pump Crete• Reedy Creek Drywall• Quality Acrylic Bath Tubs• Samco Plumbing• Waller Pavers

Bronze Sponsors• Action Crane• Big T construction• Jeff McCarta Stucco• Hughes Supply• Mercer Trim• Overhead Garage Doors• Polk Pump and Irrigation• Progress Truss• R.Cline• RSG Roofing Supply Group• Rucoba Masonry• Stone Foam• Soundwaves• Warren lane Foundations

“SMART”Design! “SMART”Products!“SMART”Location! “SMART”Lifestyle!

“SMART”Investment!

Don’t Miss

The Parade Of HomesTM

VIP Kick Off PartyAt Christina Chase

Located On Carter Road In Lakeland

Friday April 20th At 5:30pm

Preview the PCBA Showcase HomeThe Tuscany at Christina Chase.

Directions: Out 540 to Carter Road,take a right. Christina Chase is on

the right. Enter through the gate andtake a left. The home is on the right

at the end of the block.

Contact Pat at PCBA. 665-0844

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