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assumed they could comply by July 4th or would certainly open their pools in July. Joan Sambucci, a board member of the Horizons at Woods Landing HOA (HWLHOA), explained: “We believed there was a possibility that we could have opened. We had read the CDC guidelines, we met with the pool committee, consulted with an infectious disease nurse, and planned our strategy. It wasn’t until we received the local regulations and a report from our attorney that the deci- “The standards required preparing a COVID-19 Pool Operation Prevention Plan...” sion to stay closed was made.” The boards were studying the stan- dards and CDC guidelines. The stan- dards required preparing a COVID- 19 Pool Operation Prevention Plan which detailed staffing, admittance/ access, infection control strategies, rest room access, face masks, gloves, social distancing, and a communi- cation plan. Boards first saw these requirements less than two weeks before June 22nd. On June 17th an attorney specializ- ing in CIC matters remarked, “As far as I can tell, the worm has turned on this, whereas last week the high-ris-

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