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on the following subject:
On 9/9/04 the Park Mediterrania Homeowners
Association Special Meeting of the Members was held.
The members voted to remove Alex Taylor's
Board of Directors and elect our slate of candidates.
Since
May a committee of concerned homeowners has been active gathering signatures on
a petition then later on proxies to remove the entire board. The 10 committee
members were: Chet Bruce, Dalila
Rosales, Jose Gonzalez, Kathy Barnes, Laura Luplow, Lisa Clay, Mellisa Sanchez,
Olusoji (Soji) Akinremi, Ralph Cosetta and Tana Baldwin. The committee members
running together as a slate of candidates for the 6 Board of Directors
positions were: Chet Bruce, Kathy Barnes,
Lisa Clay, Olusoji (Soji) Akinremi, Ralph Cosetta and Tana Baldwin.
The
vote for the removal (recall) of the entire (Alex Taylor's) Board of Directors
was 86 to 7.
Our
slate of candidates were elected and that night changed the board meetings back
to what the Bylaws require:
"Regular
meetings of the board shall be held monthly at such place within the properties
… "
On
9/23/04, a Thursday, at 6:30 PM the
first monthly meeting within the properties will be held by the swimming pool.
SOME REASONS FOR REMOVAL OF
ALEX TAYLOR'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The
President of the Board at the 4/29/04 meeting admitted the Board of
Directors mismanaged our money.
(The committee fully agrees that the Board has been
grossly negligent and has breached their fiduciary duty).
At the
2nd Board meeting in May the Board raised the dues $53 (20%) from $266 to $319
in spite of the fact that the 2004 budget stated: "The monthly assessment
will remain at $266." Warning:
They can raise them another 20% in January.
Our
HOA balance sheets show Total Assets, which include the reserves, dropped
$342,947 from 9/30/02 to 4/30/04.
In only 19 months the Board spent that $342,947 plus $717,668 more it
collected in association dues. One
million dollars! How was that
possible? Only about $100,000 was spent
on the repaving. Their letter about the
Board voting to increase the association dues only talked about utility costs
going up. But what happened to the rest of the $342,947?
The
annual independent audit that was given to the members 5 months after it was
completed showed the finances are a mess and that it may be necessary to raise
regular assessments, pass special assessment(s), or delay repair/replacement.
(If
this HOA was a business, it would be considering bankruptcy, not just how to
keep the lights on).
The
present Board of Directors wastes money by not always getting competitive bids.
(How can the President of the Board claim the ponds are to expensive to repair,
yet pay a whopping $26,660 to demolish the last pond and landscape the area?).
The
present Board of Directors knowingly has repeatedly violated our Bylaws,
CC&R's and California laws. (For example Bylaws page 10 Section 4
"Regular meetings of the Board shall be held monthly at such places within
the properties … ").
The
President of the Board fines members not in compliance with the CC&R's, but
for years has violated one himself. (CC&R's page 20 Section 8.08
"unreasonable quantities" limits the total number to two (2), but he
has three dogs).
The
President of the Board has been
disrespectful to owners at the meetings and has called delinquent owners
deadbeats.
The
present Board of Directors has failed to maintain the property, slowing down
rising property values. (The Tennis Courts have restrictive Rules on their use,
but have cracks up to 5 1/2 inches wide preventing their use).
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