Braewood

Braewood

Who was the developer of Braewood?

There are seventy-three homes in Braewood. Pulte built the first seventy-one homes and Benchmark completed the last two homes.

What year was the subdivision started?

Development began in the fall of 2003 and the first homes were built in the spring of 2004. All of the Pulte construction was completed in about a year, by the end of 2005. There was a delay in building on the last two lots at the end of Green Brook Place while some drainage issues and street improvements were finished along Green Valley Rd. Those two lots were then purchased by Benchmark Homes and subsequently finished by the end of 2007.

Type and Number of Each Model

Pulte built ten different floor plans in Braewood, as listed below with the number of homes for each. The floor plans can be viewed using the link "Braewood Floor Plans and Original Pricing" on the main page.

Sheffield - 17
Jackson - 13
Broadmoor - 11
Coventry - 10
Bellamy - 5
Brighton - 5
Vista - 5
Carrington - 3
Cortlandt - 1
Copley - 1
Benchmark -2

Helpful Links to the Community

Pulte Homes
Benchmark Homes
Electric Company
Cable Company
Water Company
City of Cibolo
Guadalupe County (Tax Office)
Schertz-Cibolo School District
Aerial Photo of Braewood
Braewood Photo Album

About our association

Braewood HOA Certificate of Incorporation

Office of the Secretary of State

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF:
Braewood Homeowners Association
Filing Number: 800386184

The undersigned, as Secretary of State of Texas, hereby certifies that Articles of Incorporation for the above named corporation have been received in this office and have been found to conform to law.

Accordingly, the undersigned, as Secretary of State, and by virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary by law, hereby issues this Certificate of Incorporation.

Issuance of this Certificate of Incorporation does not authorize the use of a name in this state in violation of the rights of another under the federal Trademark Act of 1946, the Texas trademark law, the Assumed business or Professional Name Act, or the common law.

Dated: 09/07/2004

Effective: 09/07/2004

Signed:

Geoffrey S. Connor
Secretary of State

Articles of Incorporation of Braewood Homeowners Association

The undersigned, acting as incorporator of the corporation under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (the "Act"), hereby adopts the following Articles of Incorporation for such corporation. All terms as used herein, such as (but not by way of limitation) "land," "owners," "lot," "Common Area," "Developer," and "assessments," shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Declaration (as hereinafter defined) unless otherwise specified and defined herein.

ARTICLE ONE:

The name of the corporation is Braewood Homeowners Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Association").

ARTICLE TWO:

The Association is a non-profit corporation.

ARTICLE THREE:

The period of its duration shall be perpetual.

ARTICLE FOUR:

The Association is organized pursuant to the Act and does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit to the members thereof and is organized for non-profit purposes. The purposes for which the Association is formed are to provide for the maintenance, preservation and management of the land located in Braewood, a community in the city of Cibolo, Guadalupe County, Texas, as more fully described in that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (the "Declaration") filed on Jan 16, 2004, filed in Book 6, Pages 630-631, of the Deed Records of Guadalupe County, Texas, and any and all other property which is accepted from time to time by the Association for similar purposes, and to promote the health, safety and welfare of the residents within the land and any and all other property which is accepted by the Association for similar purposes. Without limiting the foregoing, the purposes of the Association shall include, without limitation, the following:

(a) The Association may exercise all of the powers and privileges and perform all of the duties and obligations of the Association, including cooperation with other homeowners' associations organized for the same or similar purposes in other subdivisions, as set forth in the Declaration, as same may be amended from time to time, the Declaration being incorporated herein by reference as if set forth at length herein.

(b) The Association may (i) fix, levy, collect and enforce payment of, by any lawful means, all charges or assessments pursuant to the terms of the Declaration and/or Bylaws, (ii) as agent, pay all expenses in connection therewith and all office and other expenses incident to the conduct of the business of the Association including all licenses, taxes or governmental charges levied or imposed against the land of the Association, (iii) make disbursements, expenditures and payments on behalf of the said land owners as required by the Declaration and the Bylaws of the Association, and (iv) hold as agent for said land owners reserves for periodic repairs, maintenance and capital improvements to be made as directed by the land owners acting through the Board (as herein defined).

(c) The Association may acquire (by gift, purchase or otherwise), own, hold, improve, build upon, operate, maintain, convey, sell, lease, transfer, dedicate for public use or otherwise dispose of real or personal property in connection with the affairs of the Association subject to the limitations,if any, set forth in the Declaration.

(d) The Association may borrow money, and with the required assent of voting members as set forth in the Declaration, mortgage, pledge or hypothecate any or all of its real or personal property as security for money borrowed or debts incurred, subject to the limitations, if any, set forth in the Declaration.

(e) The Association may provide management, upkeep, maintenance, repair, care of and general sanitation and cleanliness of the Common Area as provided in the Declaration.

(f) The Association may incur or assume obligations and duties to the City of San Antonio, Texas, or any other governmental authority, regarding the development, operation and maintenance of the Common Area and any improvements within the Common Area.

(g) The Association may enter into, incur or assume obligations and duties under escrow agreements or other escrow arrangements with the City of San Antonio, Texas, or other governmental authorities, to provide or escrow funds to pay for the operation, maintenance and repair of the Common Area and any improvements within the Common Area.

(h) The Association may enter into and perform any contract and exercise all powers which may be necessary or convenient to the operation, management, maintenance and administration of the affairs of the Association in accordance with the Declaration.

(i) The Association may dedicate, sell or transfer all or any part of the Common Area to any public agency, authority or utility company for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may be agreed to by the members; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such dedication, sale or transfer shall be effective unless an instrument has been recorded has been recorded after it has been signed by the requisite number of voting members agreeing to such dedication, sale or transfer as provided in the Declaration.

(j) The Association may participate in mergers and consolidations with other non-profit corporations organized for the same purposes or annex additional residential property and Common Area, PROVIDED that any such merger, consolidation or annexation shall have the assent of the owners representing the requisite number of votes of voting members as provided in the Declaration.

(k) The Association may have and exercise any and all powers, rights and privileges a corporation organized under the Act may now or herewith exercise.

ARTICLE FIVE:

Every owner of a lot shall be a member of the Association. Membership shall be appurtenant to and shall not be separated from ownership of a lot. Every member shall have the right at all reasonable times during business hours to inspect the books of the Association. The foregoing is not intended to include persons or entities holding an interest in a lot merely as security for the performance of an obligation.

ARTICLE SIX:

The Association shall have two (2) classes of voting membership:

(a) Class A members shall be all owners of lots (other than Class B members) and shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each lot owned. When more than one (1) person holds an interest in any lot, all such persons shall be members, but the vote for such lot shall be exercised as they among themselves determine, and in no event shall be more than one (1) vote be cast with respect to any lot.

(b) Class B members shall be Developers, who shall be entitled to three (3) votes for each lot owned. The Class B membership shall cease and be converted to Class A membership on the date and in the manner set forth in the Declaration.

ARTICLE SEVEN:

No longer relevant

ARTICLE EIGHT:

Subject to the terms of the Declaration, the members of the Association shall elect the Board of Directors of the Association (the "Board"), and the Board shall, by majority rule, conduct all of the business of the Association, except when the membership votes are required pursuant to the Declaration, the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Association. The number of Directors constituting the intitial Board is five (5), and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial Board are: Jones Holcomb, James Zipprian, Kenneth Docekal, and Patricia Spangler all of 823 Nakoma Dr East, Suite 101, San Antonio, Texas 78216.

The Board may make whatever rules and bylaws it deems desirable to geovern the Association and its members; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, any conflict between such bylaws and the provisions hereof shall be controlled by the provisions of the Declaration.

ARTICLE NINE:

The name and street address of the incorporator is: Kenneth Docekal, 823 Nakoma Drive East, Suite 101, San Antonio, Texas 78216.

ARTICLE TEN:

Note: This article is three pages of legal information to protect the Association and the Board. This information will not be posted at this location in the interest of space. You may request this information from the Board of Directors or the Property Manager.

ARTICLE ELEVEN:

The Association may be dissolved with the assent given in writing and signed by not less than two-thirds (2/3) of each class of voting members. Upon dissolution of the Association, other than incident to a merger or consolidation, the assets of the Association shall be conveyed to either (a) another non-profit Texas corporation, association, trust or other organization devoted to purposes similar to those of the Association, or (b) an appropriate governmental agency to be used for purposes similar to those for which the Association was created. In the event such dedication is refused acceptance, such assets shall be granted, conveyed and assigned to any non-profit corporation, association, trust or other organization to be devoted to such similar purposes.

ARTICLE TWELVE:

Amendment of these Articles shall require the assent of the requiste number of votes of the voting members as set forth in the Declaration.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN:

As long as there is a Class B membership, the prior approval of the Federal Housing Administration ("FHA"), the Veterans Administration ("VA") and/or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD")(if FHA or VA has approved the lots located in the Addition and is insuring mortgages of buyers of homes located in the Addition) shall be required for (a) annexation of additional properties under the Declaration, (b) mergers and consolidations of the Association, (c) mortgaging of the Common Area, (d) dedication of the Common Area to any governmental authority, (e) dissolution of the Association, or (f) amendment of these Articles if such amendment affects or alters any provisions of the Declaration directly governed or regulated by the FHA or VA.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this 24th day of August, 2004.

PULTE HOMES OF TEXAS, L.P.

By: Signed
Name: Kenneth Docekal
Title: Controller

Governmental Agency

Texas Secretary of State