Barksdale Annex Neighborhood Association

Resolve

The fact of the matter is that there are many unknowns at this point. Will the city accept the ditch? Will the developer continue his efforts per the agreement? Will the HOA continue the lawsuit? As you can see there are lots of unknowns. Simply put, time was about to expire on the assessement. So, the board issued the invoices to protect and reserve the right to use those funds to bring the ditch up to the required standards. Otherwise, we may have found ourselves back at square one. Heaven forbid, as big of an issue as this has been, we certainly don't need to take a step backward.

Bottom line, we on the board have no hidden agendas. If we are not trusted to represent the best interests of the neighborhood, then this, or any other, board will never succeed. Lets try to come together and work as a group to make Brunswick a nice place.

My Last Response

I am not sure of where you are coming from on your out of line accusations! For clarification reasons only I will respond-

At the last OCT. Annual Meeting I ran for office and won the popular vote of all the residents attending that meeting. Little did I know that the board retained control of whom would be placed on the board by using all of the Proxy votes that were given to the board to vote the person that THEY felt was best! Every Proxy vote was used to vote for the same person by the board resulting in an unfair turn of events. To stop this from being reported to the public at the meeting I was ''special appointed'' I have used this appointment to the advantage of trying to work in the best interest of ALL residents! I have worked hard to be fair to ALL concerned and YES I QUESTIONED the validity of being able to CONTROL the vote by the board! It did not seem fair that the board can change who is elected from the attending residents to whom they want solely using the Proxy voted sent in! Even though it is said to have been legal I have tried to educated and push the importance of attending in person the annual meeting so that no one is in the dark about what is being voted on. Also by attending in person the board will not be able to ever control whom is or is not elected to serve you! This not only applies to the election of the board but to all issues brought up for vote including the ASSESSMENTS!!!! It seemed like an ongoing argument with you as a board member on every issue. As I recall YOU fought to bill for the 400.00 assessment in Jan of this year AND again the months preceding your resignation. Have you forgotten you were very upset with the current board and accused them of not doing the job correctly because we would not send out the $400.00 assessment bill. You sent out nasty emails to the treasurer about her not doing her job. We were trying very hard to ONLY bill for the actual amount! If left to you the total amount would have long ago been assessed and used. Our ONLY intention of waiting was so that we could bill the actual amount as opposed to the full amount! Time was not on our side and we were forced to bill before the OCT annual meeting of 2007. The association attorney recommended the full amount be bill and then to refund or apply any remaining money. NEVER has the board approved any money be spent on anything from the assessment for the ditch to be spent on anything EXCEPT the ditch. The comment about requiring Jon Saye to do more than was originally required is correct. That is what resulted in the 400.00 assessment to begin with. We all know that it would not take 269 lots x $400.00 (do your math) $107,600 to improve the ditch. It is now being confirmed by yourself. Why the double standard now? That is why I did not understand the overkill in the amount asked for in the assessment which you were instrumental in obtaining. Your answer at THAT time was that we should impove the area and make it part of the park and plant trees along it, etc.. As far the statement of me ''meeting with Mr. Saye to determine if the legal assessment should be sent out even though the HOA had already approved the assessment'' is simply **slanderous** and drempt up by yourself! The ONLY reason it was not billed earlier was WE WERE TRYING TO ONLY BILL FOR THE AMOUNT USED TO GET THE DITCH INTO COMPLIANCE! With us not knowing the outcome of the completed work we were forced to bill at this time.

Thanks to the Board!

I think the board is doing a great job in moving this neighborhood forward with what they were left to work with! I just want to let you know that!