Oak Park Villa Condos

OPV Board Found to be in Violation

Apr 29, 2003

In response to a complaint filed with the Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, and Mobile Homes, the Division has sent a letter to the Board of Directors that states the following: "It appears that the board of administration has failed to allow Mr. George Strong, a unit owner, to inspect the association's financial records and meeting minutes.

Specifically, Mr. George Strong, in his March 04, 2003 letter, made a request to the board of administration to inspect the association's financial records and meeting minutes. As of April 21, 2003, the association has not allowed Mr. Strong access to the records due to numerous appointment cancellations and inspection site changes, which were made by the board of administration. Additionally, when the board president finally met Mr. Strong at the U-Haul 'secure storage' facility, where the records were located in a container high above the floor, the association president presented Mr. Strong with the association's administrative procedures, which listed a charge of $15.00 to inspect the records, in violation of section 718.111(12)(b),(c), Florida Statutes........The association shall not charge a unit owner a fee to inspect the official records of the association. Therefore, in order to comply with the above statutes, the association must allow unit owners to inspect association records free of charge."

Like I said in the article below, THEY CAN'T DO THAT.

For a copy of the complete complaint response, email me: georgeopv@bellsouth.net