02-03-2017, 07:08 AM
Please note the following GM report was BEFORE chip seal work started. The test road the GM refers to was actually a training road. He referred to both 32nd and 33rd DE Makuu as "training roads" at subsequent mtgs. It would've been prudent to do a test road first to see if this thinly laid emulsion worked out after several months to a year w/our rainy climate and traffic before proceeding to spend hundreds of thousands of OUR $$$ for an unproven product. Then they should've given a report to the membership and let us vote.
They clearly made a conscientious decision to take the membership completely out of the equation - no vote, and then appears to have diverted OUR road maint $$$$ to chip seal and neglect our roads and easements. Why else would the park look the worst it ever has in HPP history? Dist reps 5, 6 and 2...this is your legacy.
I reiterate that this is physical evidence to something gone awry w/the board and mgmt of OUR $$$$$, coupled with the majority board obstructing the FC to meet and get financial details. If the board really cared, was prof'l, they would've wanted to alleviate any suspicions and angst by being 100% transparent on anything and everything regarding HPP biz and OUR $$$. Membership committees would be free to carry on their duties for the membership w/out any oppression by the board.
Add to this scenario, hiking up our road fees 10% (not 5% as advised by the FC), attempting to request $150 ea for mailboxes x 8,800 w/out giving us THE PROPOSED PLAN FIRST, and assessing extra road burden fees 50-100% to business owners in HPP.
Note the road maint requests in the following GM report, the # and # resolved. A few months later... May 2016 BOD minutes (excerpts already posted here on this thread) he's already reporting "large" # of requests. Please go to our website and compare with other GM road maint reports. You'll find he's always profoundly behind completing the road maint work once the CS work started. Clear evidence that it's the CS project affecting their main duties of road and easement maint.
The following report on the mailboxes is also info the GM acquired BEFORE the CS project. After CS, everything's changed. I recall hearing at a board mtg that 3-4 thousand mailboxes would be FREE. What happened to those mailboxes?
There is a Special Board Mtg scheduled for 6 Feb @ 9 AM. No agenda posted...typical. There was none posted for Jan 2017 BOD mtg either. Posting board mtg agendas one wk prior is a requirement in our bylaws.
HPPOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
February 17, 2016
General Manager’s Report for the month of January 2016
Aloha, thank you for your road maintenance requests. The road crew really appreciates your requests. It helps us to identify the more problem areas of the subdivision that need more work than the other areas.
I met with the Keaau Postmaster the first week in February and she informed me that our mailboxes for the subdivision had been approved. The Post Office is paying for the boxes and HPPOA has to prep the area for the boxes. This will require clearing the property, laying down base course and concrete pads for the boxes and installing the boxes.
HPPOA has four areas in the subdivision where the boxes could be set in at this time. These are the 20 acre parcels that are located on 16th Maku’u, 7th Maku’u, 15 Kaloli, and 5 Kaloli. We could clear a one acre parcel on the corner of each lot. I have done some preliminary cost estimates on the work required for each 1 acre area. It would be at least $30,000 to $35,000 for each area.
Equipment: The John Deere tractor is back and is running fine. The repairs on the Volvo Grader have been completed and it is ready to get back on the road. The New Holland tractor has transmission problems again. We continue to do maintenance and repairs on the rest of the equipment as needed.
Chip Sealing: We are scheduled for the test mile of chip-sealing the 24th and 25th of February.
Mowing: Grasshoppers continues to mow the main roads and cut back the corners. The road crew mowed 94 miles of roadway easement.
Spraying: 33 Makuu dead end, 32 Makuu dead end, 17 Makuu-Kaloli, 7 Makuu-Paradise, Paradise-17-13.
Watering roads: 49.5 Miles
Dropped and Rolled: 19 miles
Gravel, Graded and Rolled: 14 miles
Trees Removed: 3
Signs Replaced and New: 4 stop signs, 15 MPH signs on all gravel crossroads, dead end signs on dead end roads.
Rubbish Pickup: 3 tons
Dead Animals Removed: 6 pigs, 2 bags of fish guts and bones
Road Maintenance Requests:
105 Total Requests
103 Resolved
2 Unresolved
Safety Report: No accidents or injuries for the past 19 months
They clearly made a conscientious decision to take the membership completely out of the equation - no vote, and then appears to have diverted OUR road maint $$$$ to chip seal and neglect our roads and easements. Why else would the park look the worst it ever has in HPP history? Dist reps 5, 6 and 2...this is your legacy.
I reiterate that this is physical evidence to something gone awry w/the board and mgmt of OUR $$$$$, coupled with the majority board obstructing the FC to meet and get financial details. If the board really cared, was prof'l, they would've wanted to alleviate any suspicions and angst by being 100% transparent on anything and everything regarding HPP biz and OUR $$$. Membership committees would be free to carry on their duties for the membership w/out any oppression by the board.
Add to this scenario, hiking up our road fees 10% (not 5% as advised by the FC), attempting to request $150 ea for mailboxes x 8,800 w/out giving us THE PROPOSED PLAN FIRST, and assessing extra road burden fees 50-100% to business owners in HPP.
Note the road maint requests in the following GM report, the # and # resolved. A few months later... May 2016 BOD minutes (excerpts already posted here on this thread) he's already reporting "large" # of requests. Please go to our website and compare with other GM road maint reports. You'll find he's always profoundly behind completing the road maint work once the CS work started. Clear evidence that it's the CS project affecting their main duties of road and easement maint.
The following report on the mailboxes is also info the GM acquired BEFORE the CS project. After CS, everything's changed. I recall hearing at a board mtg that 3-4 thousand mailboxes would be FREE. What happened to those mailboxes?
There is a Special Board Mtg scheduled for 6 Feb @ 9 AM. No agenda posted...typical. There was none posted for Jan 2017 BOD mtg either. Posting board mtg agendas one wk prior is a requirement in our bylaws.
HPPOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
February 17, 2016
General Manager’s Report for the month of January 2016
Aloha, thank you for your road maintenance requests. The road crew really appreciates your requests. It helps us to identify the more problem areas of the subdivision that need more work than the other areas.
I met with the Keaau Postmaster the first week in February and she informed me that our mailboxes for the subdivision had been approved. The Post Office is paying for the boxes and HPPOA has to prep the area for the boxes. This will require clearing the property, laying down base course and concrete pads for the boxes and installing the boxes.
HPPOA has four areas in the subdivision where the boxes could be set in at this time. These are the 20 acre parcels that are located on 16th Maku’u, 7th Maku’u, 15 Kaloli, and 5 Kaloli. We could clear a one acre parcel on the corner of each lot. I have done some preliminary cost estimates on the work required for each 1 acre area. It would be at least $30,000 to $35,000 for each area.
Equipment: The John Deere tractor is back and is running fine. The repairs on the Volvo Grader have been completed and it is ready to get back on the road. The New Holland tractor has transmission problems again. We continue to do maintenance and repairs on the rest of the equipment as needed.
Chip Sealing: We are scheduled for the test mile of chip-sealing the 24th and 25th of February.
Mowing: Grasshoppers continues to mow the main roads and cut back the corners. The road crew mowed 94 miles of roadway easement.
Spraying: 33 Makuu dead end, 32 Makuu dead end, 17 Makuu-Kaloli, 7 Makuu-Paradise, Paradise-17-13.
Watering roads: 49.5 Miles
Dropped and Rolled: 19 miles
Gravel, Graded and Rolled: 14 miles
Trees Removed: 3
Signs Replaced and New: 4 stop signs, 15 MPH signs on all gravel crossroads, dead end signs on dead end roads.
Rubbish Pickup: 3 tons
Dead Animals Removed: 6 pigs, 2 bags of fish guts and bones
Road Maintenance Requests:
105 Total Requests
103 Resolved
2 Unresolved
Safety Report: No accidents or injuries for the past 19 months