THANK YOU !

All those members that attended Saturday’s meeting and a special thank you to all those that got signatures for the petition. When we come together as a community we get things done.

At Saturday’s meeting after hearing many members tell the board no to the Fine Schedule resolution the board voted  3 yes, 3 no and 1 abstained to postpone voting on the resolution for 6 months. And the president said she would put together a committee to look into other ways of resolving violations.

A ploy to postpone, hoping that everyone would forget about it?  Or is it an honest attempt to work with all members in a neighborly way (just like what we tried to do with the first committee)?

I am cautiously optimistic as the board knew that we had the required amount of signatures to force the board to rescind and bring it to a vote of the members if they voted it in.  

MEMBERS MUST BE EVER VIGILANT

PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOUR BOARD IS DOING

ATTEND THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING 

IF WE WANT A SAY IN HOW WE ARE GOVERNED

WE HAVE TO PARTICIPATE

You can get the agendas 4 days before the meetings either at ldpoa.com or bulletin boards at market and hacienda.

And giving credit where credit is due here is how the directors voted for the Vote to postpone Fine Resolution for 6 mos.

Sherri Flosse, Jane Cloud and Julie Limbocker voted YES to 90 day postponement.
Ruth Smith and Robin Durrance voted NO.
Carolynn Bartholomew and Mary Garcia ABSTAINED

And on a lighter note.....

 

MEMBERS YOU NEED TO SPEAK OUT !

If you never attend any association meetings, this Saturday the 14^th at 10 am is one you can’t afford to miss. Why?  If the board votes to pass the Fine Schedule it could affect you adversely.

Resolutions are operating rules and can be instruments of good or bad. A fine schedule is not in any of our CC&Rs.  This resolution is in effect changing our CC&Rs without the members voting on it.  That is why I feel that the decision should be made by the entire membership not only 7.

When the board realizes how easy passing resolutions is then what other new rules are in our future?  I shudder to even contemplate what they could be.

When the members don’t attend board meetings the board assumes that what they are doing is right for the members.

So please come this Saturday and let the board know what you want.

WE AREN'T JUST MEMBERS, WE ARE NEIGHBORS  

UPDATE ON FINE SCHEDULE

I would like to update you on the progress of the Fine Committee.  We thought we were making progress but, alas it ended up being a SHAM as the Board had no intention of looking at the feasibility of the fine schedule or looking at any other viable alternative to a fine schedule.

Why do I and many other committee members believe this?

When the committee was formed, its purpose was to look into the feasibility of a fine schedule for violations of our CC&Rs.  A chairperson was appointed by the Board president.  Even though the majority of the committee was made up of Board directors and/or ACC Violations Committee Members, and their agenda was already set, we still felt optimistic.   Silly us.  It was a setup from the beginning. 

At our first and second meetings we learned that most of the current violations are county ordinance issues and the consensus was to get the counties to enforce their ordinances.  The first step was to write a letter to the county supervisor asking for help in these matters. (Isn’t it time for us to see the county spend some of the tax money that we pay on our community?) The second step discussed was working on ways we, as a community, can help members who might be in violation rather than fining them.  The majority of the committee voted to do this.

By the 3^rd meeting our chairperson had stepped down because he wasn’t willing to push the fine schedule and we suddenly had a new chairperson, one that was not voted in by the committee.  The agenda was now re-defined to fine-tune the Fine Schedule Resolution and submit it to the Board for a vote. That is not what we were told when we signed up.  We joined the committee to try to find an alternative to fining members who are in violation. 

At the last meeting the committee voted on sending fine schedule to the board for their decision.  Our committee had 3 husbands and wives all of who had been allowed to vote prior, but all of a sudden a board director said  it was illegal for both to vote and only one vote per couple. Which is not correct, the one vote per property only applies to our elections. Nothing like stacking the deck.

Now, all that is left to be done, is for the Board to vote whether or not to institute the fine schedule.  In order to stop this from being passed we all need to come to the September 14^th Board Meeting at 10 a.m. and petition the board to let the members vote on this.

What I did learn from all of this is that the majority of the ACC/Violations Committee doesn’t really understand the CC&Rs.  And, they think they can pick and choose who is in violation and who to enforce the CC&R’s on.  I also learned that welcome packets (including your CC&R’s) have not been going out to new members for several years.  They have just reinstated this practice.   I was told by one member that if a member filed a complaint against another member, other than a direct neighbor, that the reporting Members’ property would be inspected for violations. So folks, you can already see how this fine schedule will be abused either intentionally or from lack of knowledge.

The next meeting of the board is Sept 14th  10 am and I expect the board will vote on this then.

I and many of my fellow Members believe that the entire membership should vote on whether they want a fine schedule, not a Board of 7 Members. We can stop this.   If you would like to sign a petition to do so, please contact me at 852-2220.

Vicki Keefe

The association belongs to the members…

And when the members work together we get things done.

First off I want to thank all those members who showed up to the meeting Saturday and to those members who picked up petitions to get signed.

The board after hearing the concerns of members’ has delayed their vote, asked for volunteers for a committee and agreed to having a special meeting on the fine schedule.

If you want a petition to circulate to your neighbors and friends, call me I am the only Keefe in our local phone book. Those of you that have signed the online petition you will have to sign the petitions we are circulating because the Association will not accept a petition that is not actually signed. Absentee members not living here locally can email me at keefecat@yahoo.com.  I will email you the petition to sign.  

We still have a ways to go and everyone needs to get involved.  I have always had faith in the members to stand up together when the need arises.