Last month, at the end of a long thread about what to do with the Circle C pool, I suggested we sell it!
I was sure that notion would hit a nerve, but it didn?’t seem to. I didn?’t get a single comment or response from anyone about such an outrageous suggestion.
I was trying to make a point about the pool. We couldn?’t sell it, even if we wanted to.
If you pay the maximum assessment, $405 a year, you should know that $100 a year goes to the pool alone. Yes, 25% of our annual budget. That may sound reasonable, but when was the last time you or anyone in your own family actually used the pool?
Anyway, the issue isn?’t just about THE POOL, the real issue is why we don?’t have those local Pocket Parks we were promised and other neighborhood pools, conveniently located in the sub-divisions of Circle C Ranch (the Wildflower Park or Circle C North).
And, why don?’t we have a community Hall after all this time? How long are we going to have to depend on holding meeting in the elementary school?
THE POOL is the most obvious example of the CCHOA resources. They are not being shared equally. We have handed the swim teams the pool, apparently, just to keep it looking busy and for a token fee.
My point is, I don?’t think we can afford to manage the pool the way it?’s being run today. I don?’t think we can afford to keep it heated. I think it should be open any time any member wants to use it, just like other community pools or any hotel pool. It?’s our pool, we should always have priority access.
And, the pool should reflect the uses we need, not just lap swimming.
I?’m not against any swim team, I?’m against the pool policy and contracts that give away the pool use too cheaply and frankly, without our consent.
CCHOA sent out a survey about the pool. Did you ever see any results? Were there any changes? Are they listening, let alone acting? I don?’t think so. The giant telephone poles with ropes and stadium lights are still there ?– an ugly reminder that nobody asked the residents, first. Pool access more limited with the UT swim team than it was before they came here.
Only a handful of people control the use of this pool. And, the lifeguards think they did an outstanding job of taking care of the pool last year, because ?“nobody died?”. Is that the high standard we have set?
I expected more from Circle C Ranch, not less. Other neighborhoods have unattended swimming, they have diving board, waterfalls, and spas in their facility. Most apartment complexes and condo next to us have better amenities than we do. What happened here?
Did the builder?’s fail us? Did the HOA fail us? Or both?
Nobody is trying to run off any swim team, but a lot of us are asking some painful questions about how our CCHOA funds are being spent and what our priorities are.
We have the committees, when are we going to see some ACTION ?
I was sure that notion would hit a nerve, but it didn?’t seem to. I didn?’t get a single comment or response from anyone about such an outrageous suggestion.
I was trying to make a point about the pool. We couldn?’t sell it, even if we wanted to.
If you pay the maximum assessment, $405 a year, you should know that $100 a year goes to the pool alone. Yes, 25% of our annual budget. That may sound reasonable, but when was the last time you or anyone in your own family actually used the pool?
Anyway, the issue isn?’t just about THE POOL, the real issue is why we don?’t have those local Pocket Parks we were promised and other neighborhood pools, conveniently located in the sub-divisions of Circle C Ranch (the Wildflower Park or Circle C North).
And, why don?’t we have a community Hall after all this time? How long are we going to have to depend on holding meeting in the elementary school?
THE POOL is the most obvious example of the CCHOA resources. They are not being shared equally. We have handed the swim teams the pool, apparently, just to keep it looking busy and for a token fee.
My point is, I don?’t think we can afford to manage the pool the way it?’s being run today. I don?’t think we can afford to keep it heated. I think it should be open any time any member wants to use it, just like other community pools or any hotel pool. It?’s our pool, we should always have priority access.
And, the pool should reflect the uses we need, not just lap swimming.
I?’m not against any swim team, I?’m against the pool policy and contracts that give away the pool use too cheaply and frankly, without our consent.
CCHOA sent out a survey about the pool. Did you ever see any results? Were there any changes? Are they listening, let alone acting? I don?’t think so. The giant telephone poles with ropes and stadium lights are still there ?– an ugly reminder that nobody asked the residents, first. Pool access more limited with the UT swim team than it was before they came here.
Only a handful of people control the use of this pool. And, the lifeguards think they did an outstanding job of taking care of the pool last year, because ?“nobody died?”. Is that the high standard we have set?
I expected more from Circle C Ranch, not less. Other neighborhoods have unattended swimming, they have diving board, waterfalls, and spas in their facility. Most apartment complexes and condo next to us have better amenities than we do. What happened here?
Did the builder?’s fail us? Did the HOA fail us? Or both?
Nobody is trying to run off any swim team, but a lot of us are asking some painful questions about how our CCHOA funds are being spent and what our priorities are.
We have the committees, when are we going to see some ACTION ?
