11-05-2011, 03:40 AM
If the members put their heads together they could find a solution. OOPS! The members weren't consulted about this decision. A handful of people in the neighborhood decided for the membership that speed bumps was the best way to deal with the problem. No studies, no reports, no questions about changing the personality of our community. Just a few people deciding the outcome for ~1200 properties who share ownership of the road. If you OWN something, shouldn't you at least be asked if it is okay with you to change it?
What dangers? No children within several blocks! Pets shouldn't be left to wander the streets. I ask again...what dangers? How were they identified? Are we talking about speeding cars? How many? How fast? Define speeding? When was input on how to deal with these dangers sought? Did the people on Papio consult with the neighbors on Coastal Puna before the decisions were made? Isn't the logical mandate to gather as many "stakeholders" as possible to identify solutions? What about the users who are not owners of the road? If these dangers are so great, why would you, as a Board entrusted with working in the best interests of the ENTIRE membership, move the dangers to another street (other members) without having a plan to deal with the dangers? This is not a solution to a problem, it is a diversion of a problem to someone else!
The protest isn't about a "slight inconvenience" it is about the flourishing habit of disenfranchising the members!
A Board of Directors making decisions that directly affect THEIR properties and negatively impact others properties is a BREACH OF THEIR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES to the membership.
This is the same procedure used to develop the Papio Ocean Park - no public meetings about what would be done there and no conflict of interest statements! Members asked when the Ocean Park meetings were happening and the President said - Oh, Pat and I talk almost everyday, either on my lanai or his. (two board members who live across the street from the Park). No development meetings were EVER held that invited members input. Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with the concept of the park. But if you are going to use my money to develop a park in my community, then I should have SOME input on what amenities will be there.
Understand that the speed bumps were approved by the Board, for the Board, and of the Board. That isn't going to fly with me. The Board is travelling down a slippery slope and not all the members want to follow. But the Board doesn't know because they don't ask and when they are told, they don't listen.
Sad...sad indeed
What dangers? No children within several blocks! Pets shouldn't be left to wander the streets. I ask again...what dangers? How were they identified? Are we talking about speeding cars? How many? How fast? Define speeding? When was input on how to deal with these dangers sought? Did the people on Papio consult with the neighbors on Coastal Puna before the decisions were made? Isn't the logical mandate to gather as many "stakeholders" as possible to identify solutions? What about the users who are not owners of the road? If these dangers are so great, why would you, as a Board entrusted with working in the best interests of the ENTIRE membership, move the dangers to another street (other members) without having a plan to deal with the dangers? This is not a solution to a problem, it is a diversion of a problem to someone else!
The protest isn't about a "slight inconvenience" it is about the flourishing habit of disenfranchising the members!
A Board of Directors making decisions that directly affect THEIR properties and negatively impact others properties is a BREACH OF THEIR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES to the membership.
This is the same procedure used to develop the Papio Ocean Park - no public meetings about what would be done there and no conflict of interest statements! Members asked when the Ocean Park meetings were happening and the President said - Oh, Pat and I talk almost everyday, either on my lanai or his. (two board members who live across the street from the Park). No development meetings were EVER held that invited members input. Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with the concept of the park. But if you are going to use my money to develop a park in my community, then I should have SOME input on what amenities will be there.
Understand that the speed bumps were approved by the Board, for the Board, and of the Board. That isn't going to fly with me. The Board is travelling down a slippery slope and not all the members want to follow. But the Board doesn't know because they don't ask and when they are told, they don't listen.
Sad...sad indeed
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein