12-07-2016, 01:06 AM
Mermaid
There is no room for "hopefully", this a serious matter of mismanagement involving copious amounts of money. The staff turn over you mention, should be an indication that the association should contract an established management company to contract out all maintenance and road building and get rid of our crews.
It will cost more, but they will have the responsibility to do the job right and they would be clearly accountable as well.
Otherwise, get the Board out of the way, send the bloody subdivision to bankruptcy in the hands of a court appointed administrator,and restructure the debt or even have it canceled given the things we know about the original negotiations.
On our road we are reverting to jungle, 0 maintenance from the association and we have to clear it ourselves, on top of paying yearly fees!, ask me if I care?
OK, so it's only 285 a year right? big Whoopee! But it has gone steadily and rapidly up and it will continue to do so. What if one has more than one lot? , now things are a bit different. What if you live in dead end road?, where the association now says will never be paved, and refuses to maintain, where getting in an out may soon require a 4x4. What about maintaining paved roads that are used by external residents so they can avoid traffic jams on a daily basis? What about those clamoring to have RR open for their convenience? There are way too many issues that must be properly addressed but thus Board cannot even manage to clear the sides of the roads!
This was not what we signed for when we bought here, clearly there was a huge misrepresentation if one cares to put it that way. The Board does not follow the by laws, plain and simple.
A bunch of volunteers that drop like flies when it gets too complicated CANNOT be allowed to operate a sizeable community like this, let alone operating behind "close doors" without an audit. Because make no mistake, given the current conditions of our roads.. we do need one.
And this is a VERY large subdivision. Well managed, it can be a jewel. Right now is going down the hill very fast and the Board only demands to be fed more money each year. Clearly, if the subdivision is not maintained....then there is mismanagement and lack of skills. I agree with Reni that giving this kind of responsibility onto the hands of volunteers, is totally innapropiate.
The chip seal project is a very big ?.. to me. As I said, after I saw the crew trying to simply grade our road... I would not hold my breath with the quality of the job they are "suppossed" to be doing now and I don't recall ever receiving anything from the association indicating the very particulars of the project. It is not their money to play with!, that is something each Board member should have imprinted on their forehead.
jdo
There is no room for "hopefully", this a serious matter of mismanagement involving copious amounts of money. The staff turn over you mention, should be an indication that the association should contract an established management company to contract out all maintenance and road building and get rid of our crews.
It will cost more, but they will have the responsibility to do the job right and they would be clearly accountable as well.
Otherwise, get the Board out of the way, send the bloody subdivision to bankruptcy in the hands of a court appointed administrator,and restructure the debt or even have it canceled given the things we know about the original negotiations.
On our road we are reverting to jungle, 0 maintenance from the association and we have to clear it ourselves, on top of paying yearly fees!, ask me if I care?
OK, so it's only 285 a year right? big Whoopee! But it has gone steadily and rapidly up and it will continue to do so. What if one has more than one lot? , now things are a bit different. What if you live in dead end road?, where the association now says will never be paved, and refuses to maintain, where getting in an out may soon require a 4x4. What about maintaining paved roads that are used by external residents so they can avoid traffic jams on a daily basis? What about those clamoring to have RR open for their convenience? There are way too many issues that must be properly addressed but thus Board cannot even manage to clear the sides of the roads!
This was not what we signed for when we bought here, clearly there was a huge misrepresentation if one cares to put it that way. The Board does not follow the by laws, plain and simple.
A bunch of volunteers that drop like flies when it gets too complicated CANNOT be allowed to operate a sizeable community like this, let alone operating behind "close doors" without an audit. Because make no mistake, given the current conditions of our roads.. we do need one.
And this is a VERY large subdivision. Well managed, it can be a jewel. Right now is going down the hill very fast and the Board only demands to be fed more money each year. Clearly, if the subdivision is not maintained....then there is mismanagement and lack of skills. I agree with Reni that giving this kind of responsibility onto the hands of volunteers, is totally innapropiate.
The chip seal project is a very big ?.. to me. As I said, after I saw the crew trying to simply grade our road... I would not hold my breath with the quality of the job they are "suppossed" to be doing now and I don't recall ever receiving anything from the association indicating the very particulars of the project. It is not their money to play with!, that is something each Board member should have imprinted on their forehead.
jdo
jdo