Thursday, July 11, 2013

BOARD TO VOTE ON FINE SCHEDULE THIS SATURDAY AT 1O AM

IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION/VOTE

The only way the board will know that you don't want a fine schedule is to show up and tell them how you feel.

About 8 years ago the board was actively in the process of changing our CC&Rs with a committee working on giving us CC&Rs right out of the Condo Blue Book. Heck the rules were so strict that you could be violated if your kids left their toys out your drapes that faced the street were the wrong color or heaven forbid you planted flowers that weren’t to their taste.

A group of us members got together and got the word out to all the members, the members rose to the occasion and filled the hacienda meeting hall with over 100 members and we stopped the nonsense.

Now this board is trying to impose their standards on us once again and if they are successful on imposing this fine schedule mark my words, the next thing will be our CC&R’s. I can safely assume this because when I talked to one of the directors recently, she told me that the attorney who gave the fines seminar last month (most of the board attended) told her that our CC&R’s were obsolete and needed changing. Also this director was on the CC&R committee 8 yrs ago… Hmmm

I don’t know about you, but when I bought my home I read and agreed to my CC&R’s and there was nothing in them about a fines schedule.

The Association belongs to all members, not just a few and if you don’t speak out, you won’t have a say on what happens.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION

LDPOA: Do not institute a Fine Schedule without a vote of the members

We have gone 45 yrs without a fine schedule and have seen numerous instances of abuses of power by Directors and violation committees. We believe that the decision should be up to the entire membership not just 7 directors who may have their own agendas

If you agree please sign the petition

Lake Don Pedro Owners Association: Do not institute a Fine Schedule without a vote of the members

Fine Program for LDPOA?

If you are wondering about how the fine program will work, just read the article in the Discoverer.

Their agenda is clear. I have several questions.

1. Who determines what a presentable condition is for your property is?

2. What are the standards and who decides?

3. Where in the LDPOA legal documents does it say the board is responsible for keeping the area, our properties kept up in a manner where all members can enjoy it?

4. If the fine program will be so simple and unobtrusive that most won’t notice it why did it take ½ a page to explain it?

I do not believe that members’ speaking out against the fines creates unnecessary stress and hysteria, do you?

Why must the board try to belittle members when we voice our opinions? The directors are there to represent us not their own standards or agendas

Every so many years we get people who have moved here from the valley or Bay area and they want the subdivision to be controlled like where they came from. We are not a HOA we are a property owner’s assn. We are on large lots, not condos, townhouses or subdivisions where homes are only 12 feet apart.

Mike and I both served on the board and a fine program is not something we members need. It will only cause problems and additional expense. And we remember a time when they used to drive around looking for violations and how they enforced the rules on some and turned a blind eye on other violations.

For 45 years LDPOA has dealt with violations without having to resort to a Fines program. As a past director and Chair of ACC we have always resolved those few (less that 1% at any given time) without a fine schedule, so why do they need a fine program? Is it about power and control?

Monday, May 6, 2013

HOW WOULD A FINE SCHEDULE EFFECT MARIPOSA RESIDENTS

If you live in Mariposa County the following are some of the things you could be subject to fines if someone turns you in.

1.“Pets. No animals or livestock of any description except the usual household pets and horses as allowed by county ordinance shall be kept on any lot.

2.Parking. No vehicle shall be parked on any street in the Subdivision, nor shall any stripped-down, partially wrecked, or junk motor vehicle, or sizeable part thereof, be permitted to be parked on any street in the Subdivision or on any lot in such manner as to be visible to the occupants of other lots within the Subdivision or to the users of any street, lake or golf course therein.

3.Fuel tanks; rubbish receptacles. Every tank for the storage of fuel installed outside any building in the Subdivision shall be either buried below the surface of the ground or screened to the satisfaction of the Committee by fencing or shrubbery. Every outdoor receptacle for ashes, trash, rubbish or garbage shall be installed underground, screened or so placed and kept as not to be visible from any street, lake or golf course within the Subdivision at any time except during refuse collections.

4.Maintenance; enforcement by Association. All lots, whether occupied or unoccupied, and any improvements placed thereon, including individual sewage disposal systems, shall at all times be maintained in such a manner as to prevent their becoming unsightly by reason of unattractive growth on such lot or the accumulation of rubbish or debris thereon, or to prevent the occurrence of any health hazard. In the event any such lot or improvement thereon is not so maintained, the Association shall have the right, through its agents and employees, to enter thereon for the purpose of maintenance, restoration or repair, the cost of which shall be added to and become a part of the annual charge to which such lot is subject and which may become a lien thereon in the same manner as herein provided.

5.Nuisances. No noxious or offensive activities shall be carried on any lot nor shall anything be done on any lot that shall be or become an unreasonable annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.

6.Dumping or burning of trash. No trash, ashes, garbage or other refuse shall be dumped or stored on any lot nor be thrown into or left on the shoreline of any lake in the Subdivision. No outside burning of trash or garbage shall be permitted.

We have gone 45 yrs without a fine schedule and have seen numerous instances of abusses of power by Directors and violation committees. Can you imagine what would happen once they can fine you?

Please come to the Saturday May 11th meeting 10AM and let the board know how you feel about this.