Barony Place I/Barony Place II

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For how many weeks should papers accumulate in the driveway of a home? This particular house is vacant (unrented) and the owner doesn't seem to show up very often. Other houses have 1-2-3 papers in their driveways, even though people live there.  Is it really that hard to bend over and pick up a paper once a week and throw it away? Or to get the phone number from the HOA office and call to request that delivery stop? The delivery man is not a mind-reader; he doesn't know that you don't want the paper. Should the Neighborhood Representative tour the neighborhood periodically and look for this type of problem (and then do something about it)? Does Barony Place even have a Neighborhood Representative/Voting Member (except on paper)?

March 3, 2021 The homeowner at 18 Barony Place Circle, in Barony Place II, will be delighted today, because sod was finally laid by the Columbia (City) Water Division. The owner had reported a water leak in July 2020, and it took the Columbia Water Division a month to come out and fix it. They left the yard a mess and also left a mess in the street. It took the involvement of recently-elected Richland County Councilman (District 8) Overture Walker to achieve this conclusion. His office contacted Richland County Administrator, which contacted the City, and an Assistant City Manager contacted the Water Division. The target date was last Friday, and that was missed. The Assistant City Manager jumped back on the Water Division, and work was completed today. Many thanks to Overture Walker and his staff, and to the Richland County Government staff and the Columbia (City) Assistant Manager and his staff. And thanks to the Water Division for completing the work. I lost track of the number of

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On March 2nd I sent an email to the HOA about these brick walls along Barony Place Drive, west from Barony Place Circle. Numerous panels of the bricks are quite stained and in need of power-washing. Back in November I emailed the office about missing bricks at the top of one column of this wall. Two bricks are missing near the west end of the wall. Maybe they will be replaced one of these days.