Algonquin Acres Community

News e-mailed to neighbors on 4-8-10

Dear Neighbors,
>
> Tuesday night approximately one third of our neighborhood was represented at
> the Annual Business meeting.  A new AAOA Board of Directors was nominated
> from the floor and elected to the Board.  In the order of their nomination,
> the new Board Members are; Julie Pfannenstein, Jason Sorrell, Kevin Farrell,
> Steve Wasiecko and Steve Berlau.  At this time I am not aware of whom will
> serve in what position on the Board or what the term lengths will be.
>
> At the annual meeting a  few people continued to challenge the 2005 amendment
> to the covenants that increased the mandatory annual assessments to $50.
> Our attorney, at that time, noted that our covenants state ‘…lot owners must
> sign an instrument in order to change said covenants.’ (Article III, the
> paragraph after item number 8)  The ‘instrument’ the board continued to
> accept during that time, was the proxy that was provided to each owner on
> record. We accepted only one vote per lot.  The proxy form and content were
> approved by the HOA attorney and one neighbor that claimed to be an attorney
> at that time.  Our HOA attorney then reviewed our procedures and the signed
> ‘instrument’ (proxy) from each owner.  After that legal review, the attorney
> then delivered the proxies to the county clerk’s office for proper
> recording.  The HOA attorney also wrote a letter that clearly outlined this
> process and a copy of that letter was included in every homeowner assessment
> bill mailed in September 2005.
>
> Last night three owners paid a total of $350 in past due assessments.  There
> are now 9 owners that still have past due assessments.  Three liens have
> been filed for past due assessments and fees. Of those three liens, only one
> has not been paid. A Realtor representing the property is aware of the lien
> and has indicated that the lien will be paid at closing.
>
> If you would like for your e-mail address to be passed on to the new AAOA
> Board, please reply to this e-mail with your name, e-mail address, street
> address and your written authorization for me to pass on your e-mail
> address.  I have always done my best to protect this confidential e-mail
> list and feel it is necessary to have your written approval before I pass on
> your personal e-mail address.
>
> If you would like to remain on my personal confidential e-mail list so that
> I can continue to share pertinent community information with you from time
> to time, please indicate that separately in a reply e-mail to me.  I promise
> not to send junk e-mail.
>
> Yesterday I wrote about two pages of proactive things the past AAOA Board
> has done to best serve our neighbors and neighborhood.  I decided not to
> bother you with a long e-mail that includes those items.  I realize that not
> everyone will be happy with the decisions we had to make.  But I also know
> that the Board I served on for the past decade did our best to make wise
> decisions in fairness to all and acknowledge our obligation to honor the
> intent of the covenants and the advice of our attorneys that have extensive
> experience in HOA legal matters.
>
> Thank you for the opportunity to help make Algonquin Acres a great place to
> live.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Rhonda Livingston
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