Russ Hodes to Lisa Sun:

?…?…?…..The other little detail you seem to forget, CCHOA has included your circle into the common areas that they maintain in the landscaping contract. I don't recall that you or any of the neighbors in your cul de sac ever thanked anyone?…?…?…?…



Russ:

I am so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so glad that you brought this matter up.

When I came home in late October last year from a month long trip, I was shocked to see that our ?“green Weedy Donut?” has turned into ?“brown Chocolate Cookie?” ?– 95% of the area was covered up by mulch.


You are right. None of the residents, including myself, in this cul-de-sac was really excited about this landscaping, and therefore, we didn't send thank-you notes, cookies and flowers to our Board and Susan Hoover thanking them for the mulch landscaping.


The landscaping at Edwardson Cove is not a gift or favor to us. It was supposed to be done by 1994, not 2004. For the last ten years, the residents at this cul-de-sac paid the same amount of association fees to CCHoA while we have been living with a piece of common area covered up with 21?” long weeds for 95% of the year. We didn't receive a discount of the association fees for Gary Bradley's irresponsibility and our old Board's intentional neglect. We have been short changed and we felt being cheated!

Do you get it?!

Lisa

Russ: Please think before type!


21) Landscaped Lisa Sun's circle.

Russ:

Please keep the record straight. That piece of raw land does not belong to me; I didn't own it. It is Gary Bradley's front yard extension.

Please think before you talk/type!

Lisa

Excuse me

1) Gary Bradley is not a part of CCHOA. I understand you have personal issues with Gary and with the past board members. What I don't understand is why you expect CCHOA to do anything about issues that do not concern them or the CCHOA membership.

2) This web site is an un-offical Circle C chat forum. All communications with CCHOA require a letter, email, or phone call to the CCHOA office. Even when CCHOA launches it's own members Forum, they are NOT expected to read or reply to any posting there.

Chat sites, including this one, are for exchanging information, not for making threats, complaints, demands or even for asking questions directed at CCHOA. It does not replace our responsibility to communicate directly with CCHOA.

Our purpose here at www.circlec.cc is to make Circle C Ranch a better place to live and to move forward. We have a new board which has served for only 9 months. The have overhauled the HOA from top to bottom. The organization is open for inspection, it's more efficient, and it's now run without any trace of conflict that I am aware of.

You frequently question CCHOA billings for utilities and other small accounts that are still listed in the name of the developer, however, the BOD and Susan Hoover had repeatedly explained those expenses, at several different BOD meetings that I have attended. As an HOA, we inherit assets originally owned by the Developers, so it only makes since that those assets and accounts are often left in their names for a long time, and in fact, Susan has made the case that it acutally saves us money by not converting the accounts. Most of them have been for water and electricity meters.

Incidently, the BOD also made a point of holding all of the past BOD meetings in the evening, in the CDC building, which is central to all of Circle C Ranch.

And, again, Lisa, I'll point out that I have never seen you attend a single BOD meeting, I have never heard you speak out at the begining of any BOD meeting where member's comments are welcomed, and I have never hear you speak out a any annual members meeting (I've been to only the last 3).

3) So, my last question to you is this, who is ''WE'' that you refer to. Is there any other CCHOA member that shares your complaints or concerns ?

Is anyone else in your circle unhappy with their landscaping services ? Have they ever reported a problem or complaint.

And more importantly, have you or your neighbors ever done anything your selves ? Why in the world would you even allow the grass to grow 21'' without doing something about it?

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I agree with your suggestion to post the open bidding on our CCHOA web site. I think more of our CCHOA records should be there and personally, I'm confident that will happen. Now that I have taken some time to inquire, I understand why such things take time and money to accomplish.

Please continue to share your positive thoughts and good ideas. You did well to question the CDC operation, but that has nothing to do with CCHOA.

You were right about asking where the Amenities Funds had gone and the BOD has followed up on that.

You correctly pointed out that our By-Laws used an outdated appraisal value and that issue was explained and fixed.

To Russ


Russ:

When you mentioned about that piece of common area at Edwardson Cove, you should not link my name to it. That piece of land was originally owned by Gary Bradley and now it belongs to the Association. I am only one of the homeowners happened to be living in that cul-de-sac.

You said, ?“?…?…?…have you or your neighbors ever done anything your selves? Why in the world would you even allow the grass to grow 21'' without doing something about it?..............?”

Hello! This is a piece of common area; it is not part of my front yard. Homeowners are only responsible to pay their association fees and it is the Association?’s responsibility to use our money to maintain ALL the common areas in good condition year round without being complained about.

Russ, would you happily haul your own trash to the landfill after paying your quarterly fees to BFI Waste Services?

You said, ?“?…?…?….Is anyone else in your circle unhappy with their landscaping services? Have they ever reported a problem or complaint? ?…..?”

I am not so sure whether there is any other homeowners living in my cul-de-sac have ever made any formal complaint about the weeds to the Association. But, does that matter? As long as it is a piece of common area, the Association has the responsibility to maintain it without being asked and complained.

Judge Herb Evans had said something like that to Mr. O?’Reilly, ?“ ?…?…?…?….You should be ashamed of yourself to discriminate against this piece of land. I don?’t see any difference between this piece of land and the other common areas?…?…?…?…?…?…?”

I totally agreed with Judge Evans. Common areas should all be treated the same, whether it is sitting in the front entrance or in a cul-de-sac.

Lisa