President's Message

By Orhan Omer, President

Our community is expected to do certain activities at this time of year including recruiting new Board members and submitting our Special Community Benefit District budget for approval of the residents. While my discussion about the SCBD budget will appear in the next issue, I wanted to stress the importance of volunteering for our Board of Directors

Volunteerism is the lifeblood of our association, and allows us to focus our resources on services with direct, tangible benefits for our community instead of paying a management company to oversee the operations. In addition, without a large number of volunteers willing to attend one ninety minute meeting each month, various interests within the community may not receive the attention that should otherwise be given to them. If you, or another adult owner are interested in volunteering for the Board, please feel free to contact any current member of the Board.

In drafting revisions to the current wording of our community’s covenants, the architectural review authority will continue to be vested in a non-resident architect. Instead of naming a specific architect (and dealing with the potential for death, retirement, license revocation, etc. in 10 or 20 years), the CCA Board of Directors may change architects upon approval of a majority vote of Directors and the recording of transfer in the land records. Other changes in wording cover the wait period for review and approval, the ability to change the covenants in the future by a vote in person or by written proxy at a meeting, and the explicit grant of authority to the CCA to prosecute any proceedings for violations of the covenants. As of the writing of this message a final version of the revised covenants was unavailable, however, we expect to publish one with the next issue.

Please attend one of our monthly meetings which are open to residents. Our next meetings for this calendar year will occur on October 15, 2009 and November 19, 2009. These meetings take place in the community clubhouse on the grounds of the St. Andrews Swim & Tennis Club at 490 Yorkshire Drive.