Apr 4, 2003
To all those who have recently posted to this board regarding fears about our kids and the swim program, I thought it would be useful to have the facts spelled out. These are all facts.

1. Circle C Swimming is a privately held corporation. There are at least 200 people in the Circle C Swimming programming paying from $800 to $1500 each for year-round coaching. (look it up on www.circlecswimming.com). That's approximately $160,000 to $300,000 in revenue to a private company that used our pool for a fee of $10,000 last year. According to the Texas Office of the Sec. of State Circle C Swimming is limited partnership with a general partner being Alien, Inc. (a.k.a.) Bradley Development. According to Mr. Bradley in his latest visit to Sal, the company is owned 50% by Reese (the coach) and 50% by a trust owned by Castle Realty. Circle C Swimming pays between 3% and 6% of revenue to us the homeowners to use our pool 40% of the available hours the pool is open.

2. The Skimmers program is primarily run by volunteers. Both resident and non-residents participate. About 150 swimmers are in the program and they pay between $125 and $155 for the program.

3. In Henry Novak's letter to the Board dated 2/21/03 (Page 4), Mr. Novak cites that: ''the CCHOA paid to Circle C Swimming, Ltd. $133,800.00, $191,641.00 and $233,571.00, respectively, to for swim center operations. In Patrice Arnold's response dated 3/21/03 (Page 2), Ms. Arnold states that: ''the payments referenced in your letter represent all costs of operating the pool (including lifeguards, pool chemicals, maintenance, and repair), only a small portion of which was paid to Circle C Swimming, Ltd.'' In her letter Ms. Arnold said that a ''portion was paid TO Circle C Swimming.'' Nowhere in the pool budget submitted to us at this year's annual meeting is there an expense line detailing monies paid TO Circle C Swimming. Are we paying money to Circle C Swimming? I don't know yet.

I believe we should protect and expand the Skimmers program for the families of Circle C. But Circle C Swimming is a private business that is profiting off our kids.

To sum up: it cost us $230K to operate the pool last year. CC Swimming collected between $160K and $300K and we saw only $10K of that in fees for 40% of the pool's use.

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I thought cchoa owns the pool. Didn?’t we pay a one-time special assessment fee to purchase it from the developer? Does resident?’s complains do any good? So many residents have complained about the operation of the swim center. But, there?’s nothing has been done. Many things have been done without approval from residents. Why are we supporting a for profit company where we are not benefit anything. Who is making all these decisions? Who is giving the authorities? I really sick of the treatment from the pool manager and the coaches this past winter. I had been treated as second citizen at the pool during the swimming team hours. The coaches?’ attitudes were ugly. Isn't the pool supposed to be the residents first? What can I do as a resident to help to get rid of the swimming team?

swimming team

I thought cchoa owns the pool. Didn?’t we pay a one-time special assessment fee to purchase it from the developer? Does resident?’s complains do any good? So many residents have complained about the operation of the swim center. But, there?’s nothing has been done. Many things have been done without approval from residents. Why are we supporting a for profit company where we are not benefit anything. Who is making all these decisions? Who is giving the authorities? I really sick of the treatment from the pool manager and the coaches this past winter. I had been treated as second citizen at the pool during the swimming team hours. The coaches?’ attitudes were ugly. Isn't the pool supposed to be the residents first? What can I do as a resident to help to get rid of the swimming team?

Do this...

...email me.