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At last night’s GHPOA regurarly scheduled monthly board meeting, proponents of purchasing the Geist Clubhouse presented their findings and signed petitions from property owners. Jim Felli of Admirals Bay led the :15 minute presentation and fielded questions afterwards from board members. Petitioners were signing in favor of purchasing the existing Geist Clubhouse and acknowledging an increase in association dues to cover the costs. The second part of the petition requested a special meeting to be called by the GHPOA board if in fact they do not pursue the clubhouse purchase.
Volunteers canvased and contacted 34% of the GHPOA residents accumulating 719 signatures in favor of the purchase. Only 5% of the residents were needed to call a special meeting of the board.
Felli recommended to the board that a special meeting be called and the issue of purchasing the clubhouse, which they have now termed the Geist Community Center, be taken to a vote of the GHPOA residents.
Two opponents of the purchase, Ron Tuthill and Jim Sweeden of Feather Cove I, spoke briefly against the purchase. In short, they argue that the Geist Clubhouse has little or no impact on their property values given their distant proximity to the facility.
Afterwards, board members discussed moving forward with a referendum to poll residents on their views. It was decided that a smaller group of the board consisting of Jonathan West, Tom Britt, Sandy Willis Bryant, and Terry Fulk would work with the GHPOA legal counsel to draft the language of the resident mailer and outline the guidelines for the special meeting to be called soon.
In other business, dues for GHPOA residents in 2009 will remain the same as the last two years at $425 per household.
Residents have organized committees to pursue the purchase of the Geist Clubhouse from Marina Limited Partnership. As was reported in the August issue of the “atGeist Community Newsletter” (Last Days for the Geist Clubhouse), the Geist Clubhouse will be officially closed as of 12/31/2008 and Alan Rosenberg Jr. plans to tear down the clubhouse, pools, and tennis courts to develop homes on the 10+ acres. Over 60 residents have volunteered on various committees to investigate the possible purchase of the property by Geist Harbours Property Owners Association (GHPOA) or a subsection thereof.There will be informational meetings at the Geist Clubhouse on October 13, 14, and 15 starting at 7:00 pm at the clubhouse on Old Stone Drive. All interested homeowners around Geist are invited to come and learn more about the progress and status of the clubhouse.
Here is a copy of the letter mailed out to all GHPOA residents in April, 2008. It reminds residents of what type of projects need to be approved by the DCC, the most common covenant violations, and a reminder on the boat and trailer policy.
By Tom Britt
Many of you received an anonymous flyer from a GHPOA resident about the proposed amendment to our bylaws. You have to understand the intent of this amendment and the rationalization of why we are doing this.
First of all, the GHPOA board could “use your funds to sue you” now if we wanted to. We only take this measure when it is the last resort to bring a non-compliant resident into compliance with our covenants and bylaws. The problem is even if the GHPOA board is in the right and the resident is clearly in the wrong, we can not recover our legal fees in the event we take a matter to court and win. One such case cost the GHPOA, you the homeowner, almost $30,000 in legal fees that we could have recovered had we adopted this amendment two years ago.
Our board is comprised of volunteer residents that donate their time to make our neighborhoods better. We do not “work for” anyone; we represent our neighborhoods that we live in and receive no compensation for that. We are not out on a witch hunt to sue people over satellite dishes or mailboxes.
Neighbors violate the covenants often, and most people after they are told of their violations remedy the problem promptly. Good neighbors make honest mistakes and fix them quickly. Then there are other neighbors that blatantly disobey our covenants, and even after being notified by our association management company, make the decision to not remedy the problem.
Voting “no” to this amendment is essentially handcuffing our GHPOA Board of Directors. I hope you will vote “yes” to this amendment and take the financial burden of subsidizing legal fees away from the GHPOA residents and putting it back on the covenant violators that clearly have no regard for our neighborhoods.
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