11-04-2024, 06:25 PM
It is interesting how this post has morphed- starting out about an HPPOA Owners/members meeting, discussing a cultural preservation site study- which along with anything that isn't mailboxes, seems to be of little interest to the HPPOA board- then we moved onto the Watamull's and the lawsuit which is all, entirely the fault of HPPOA and is costing HPP owners hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) in road fee money (talk about lack of Fiduciary duty).
Of course, you are correct. All of the above is a result of substandard subdivision roads. And it all needs fixing. The thing is, how? Obviously these community associations, whose boards are allowed to act as administrators for large sums of money, aren't the answer. The County, throwing together improvement plans that would bankrupt most owners aren't the answer.
Decades ago, when we lived very rural, telephone service was minimal. In fact, we shared lines (party lines) well onto the 1990s. What worked for us, amazingly well, was a coop of owners who funded the telephone company and had an investment interest in the company- WE owned it, WE called the shots, WE were in charge. We also received public monies (grants). Perhaps, instead of associations that seem to always want to flex their control over owners and their road fee money, it is time for Owners to take charge, and establish Private Road Coops.
https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-service...e-services
Of course, you are correct. All of the above is a result of substandard subdivision roads. And it all needs fixing. The thing is, how? Obviously these community associations, whose boards are allowed to act as administrators for large sums of money, aren't the answer. The County, throwing together improvement plans that would bankrupt most owners aren't the answer.
Decades ago, when we lived very rural, telephone service was minimal. In fact, we shared lines (party lines) well onto the 1990s. What worked for us, amazingly well, was a coop of owners who funded the telephone company and had an investment interest in the company- WE owned it, WE called the shots, WE were in charge. We also received public monies (grants). Perhaps, instead of associations that seem to always want to flex their control over owners and their road fee money, it is time for Owners to take charge, and establish Private Road Coops.
https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-service...e-services