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April 2005 – Issue 4.0
MISSION - FORUM - NOV03 - DEC03 - JAN04 - MAR04 - MAR05 -FLYER - BROCHURE

The Dust Settles

The proposed governing documents have been sent out, meetings held, objections voiced and provisions explained. The board has taken a number of issues under advisement but has not committed to revisions or distribution thereof . This means that we, the public must remain vigilant and as the time to vote approaches, and be assured that the documents reflect what we think they do. Major objections raised include the following:

1. Addition of land by the developer provision as stated allows growth past right-of-ways without public approval
2. Withdrawal of land (and lots and homes) clause by the developer without public approval could erode revenue base
3. Introduction of subassociations would divide and complicate the community and needs to be removed
4. Voting rights, quorums and majority definitions need standardization
5. Home type and size requirements is omitted from revised Declaration allowing future condos, apartments, etc
6. Future retraction of boat privileges on sale of homes provision needs to be removed
7. Use of home sale advertisement signs by the developer denied to residents
8. On-property boat storage is prohibited by the new documents

For details please see the March Summit Advisor

Architectural Committee Shuffle

The new declaration renames the Architectural Committee as a Covenants Committee, and defines three subcommittees. These are the (1)Initial Construction, (2)Modifications and (3)Rules Enforcement Subcommittees. Currently the Architectural Committee performs (1) and (2) functions and the Compliance committee does (3). For the new committee and each subcommittee the board appoints three property owners to serve three years (12 total). In addition, the Declarant appoints two representatives to the Initial Construction subcommittee. The current Architectural Committee has 8 active members.

Rationale for these changes is the increased workload of the Architectural Committee. Typical monthly field work may involve 10-15 new construction, 10+ home project requests and 8-10 resale inspections. Sorting, logging and processing applications, along with site visits takes considerable time. The committee also draws up rules and guidelines which are forwarded to the board for approval. Under the new scheme, the Covenants committee writes the rules and the subcommittees perform their designated functions. Hopefully this clarifies everything.