TREASURER HOA LAST 25 YEARS.
CURRENT ISSUE:
SMALL SUBDIVISION OF 8 HOUSEHOLDS. EACH PAYS $160 IN MONTHLY DUES.
FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS JB HAS NEVER SAVED OR PLANNED FOR MAINTAINTENANCE OR REPAIR OF OUR PRIVATE STREET. LEARNED WHEN RD STARTED TO GET POTHOLES 5 YEARS AGO. ROAD IS DANGEROUS NOW, IMO, W/ A LOT OF BAD DAMAGE. NEVER BEEN REPAVED IN 34 YEARS.
SHE CONTINUES TO REFUSE TO FIX IT-SAYS INDIVIDUALS MUST FIX IT THEMSELVES. WE DO NOT OWN THE ROAD INDIVIDUALLY. OUR COVENANTS CLEARLY STATE THE HOA OWNS THE PRIVATE RD & WWTP & IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR OF THEM BOTH.
SHE HAS INCREASED OUR DUES OVER THE YEARS ONLY TO MAINTAIN/REPAIR WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. ALL DUES GO TOWARD OPERATION OF THE WWTP.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO SHE CANCELED OUR LIABILITY POLICY FOR THE STREET & WWTP, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY OUR COVENANTS, WITHOUT A VOTE OR AGREEMENT BY HOMEOWNERS.
DIRT,SEDIMENT IS IN RD-GRASS&WEEDS GROW THERE IN SUMMER, CURBS OVERGROWN W/ GRASS&WEEDS,TREES OVERHANG, 1 HOME ABANDONED FOR SEVERAL YEARS W/ 2 ABANDONED CARS IN THE YARD AT END OF CUL DE SAC. SIGN AT OUR ENTRANCE/EXIT HAS BEEN DAMAGED & NOT BEEN FIXED IN 2-3 YEARS. SUBDIVISION LOOKS LIKE A DUMP NOW.
HOMEOWNER SPOUSE ASKED JB AT 3-17-24 MEETING WHY BOARD HAS NOT REPAIRED THE RD (DISCUSSION 5 YEARS NOW), SHE SAID WE CANNOT AFFORD IT.
HE REMINDED HER WE NOW HAVE $6,000 IN RESERVE AFTER LIEN PAID BY USDA & HOA COULD USE THAT & A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO PATCH THE RD.
HOA HAS NOT HAD A RESERVE UNTIL LAST FEW YEARS FROM LIENS PAID BY USDA WHO HOLD MORTGAGE FOR ABANDONED HOUSE - JASON L. MOORE, #124. USDA PAYS DUES, BUT IS NOT INCLUDED IN HOMEOWNERS EMAILS FROM TREASURER OR PRESIDENT & THEY DO NOT COME TO HOA MEETINGS.
JB SAID AT 3-17-24 MEETING SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY DAMAGE WHERE SHE NEVER DRIVES. SHE WANTS EVERYONE TO PAY TO REPAIR THE DAMAGED ROAD OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
THIS DOES NOT FOLLOW COVENANTS & IS NOT WHAT WE SIGNED ONTO WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME 34 YEARS AGO.
TREATS INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS UNEQUALLY WHEN ONE HOMEOWNER PAYS $200 TO FILL SMALL POTHOLE & DIFFERENT HOMEOWNER PAYS $2000 OR MORE TO REPAIR DAMAGE, THAT THEY INDIVIDUALLY DID NOT CAUSE.
ALSO IS LIABILITY FOR DRAIN AND CULVERT UNDERNEATH RD DAMAGE.
ROAD NEVER BEEN LEVEL & ALWAYS HAD DRAINAGE PROBLEMS.
UNABLE TO ACCESS MY DRIVEWAY OR CARPORT FROM THE RD BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE FOR OVER 1 1/2 YEARS. I HAVE TO DRIVE ON FRONT YARD TO ACCESS MY CARPORT WHICH IS DESTROYING YARD.
FOR 3 YEARS JB HAS BEEN SAYING WE ALL INDIVIDUALLY NEED TO PAY FOR DAMAGE ON THE RD IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY OURSELVES. REMINDED HER MANY TIMES WE INDIVIDUALLY DO NOT OWN RD - THE HOA OWNS IT, & I HAVE PAID DUES FOR 34 YEARS TO MAKE SURE ROAD WAS GOING TO BE REPAIRED AS PER THE COVENANTS. I TOLD HER WE NEEDED TO FIX THE RD AROUND 2019.
WE WALKED OUT OF THE MEETING WHEN SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR WHERE SHE DOESN’T DRIVE AND SHE SD WE JUST DIDN’T WANT TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE. I TOLD HER WHAT SHE IS DOING IS WRONG & EQUAL OWNERSHIP OF THE ROAD MEANS EQUAL PAYMENT OF EXPENSES FOR REPAIRS OF ALL OF THE ROAD. WE HAVE SAID OVER & OVER TO HER WE ARE WILLING TO PAY 1/8 OF ALL EXPENSES=OUR FAIR SHARE.
THE 2 BOARD MEMBERS ARE ONLY HOMEOWNERS WHO DO NOT HAVE DAMAGE DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY. ALL OTHER HOMEOWNERS DO. IT IS MY OPINION JB IS ACCUSING ME OF WHAT I THINK SHE IS DOING-IT IS MY OPINION THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT TO PAY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT HERSELF TO FIX ANY OF THE ROAD, SINCE SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY DAMAGE DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OF HER PROPERTY.
AT MEETING LAST YEAR I SAID IF ALL OF OUR DUES ARE GOING TOWARDS OPERATION OF WWTP & TO ENVIRONMENTAL MGMT CO - JAMES & JAMES IN HENDERSONVILLE, NC FOR WWTP, THEN WHY ISN'T THE BOARD SENDING OUT BIDS TO OTHER COMPANIES FOR BETTER PRICING? ANOTHER HOMEOWNER SUGGESTED SHE CONTACT RED BIRD (CSWR), A PRIVATE WASTEWATER UTILITY COMPANY THAT MIGHT TAKE OVER OUR WWTP. JB SAID SHE WOULD CONTACT THEM AND DID, BUT NEVER FOLLOWED THROUGH COMPLETELY ON LOOKING INTO PRICING, ETC.. SHE STOPPED WHEN LOOKING INTO REFERENCES FOR THEM & WOULD NOT ASK THEM TO MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS SO WE ALL COULD ASK THEM QUESTIONS.
AFTER WE WALKED OUT OF THE MEETING 3-17-24, HOMEOWNERS SUPPOSEDLY LOOKED AT DAMAGE IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY & AGREED TO GET QUOTES. BUT, THEY DID EXACT SAME THING LAST YEAR. THEN MOST OF US AGREED BY EMAIL ON MIDDLE QUOTE ALONG W/ A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, (THIS WAS ALL AFTER I GOT AN ATTORNEY INVOLVED EARLIER IN 2023), BUT THEN THE BOARD DID NOT TAKE A VOTE TO REPAIR & DROPPED ISSUE AGAIN UNTIL HOMEOWNERS MET AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 2024. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF REPAIRS ARE MADE THIS TIME.
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