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Friday, July 6, 2007
Water management project to continue
Apparently, all permits are clear now and the management is ready to continue with the project. The intention is to cut all the trees no matter whether they are located in private property.
Despite numerous correspondences concerning the drainage issue that were mailed to you at your home, you choose not to participate in any of the Board meetings in which this topic was addressed, nor in the meeting where the engineering contractor explained the options presented to the Board. While several of your neighbors attended the session(s), you were nowhere to be found. The Board went through great pains to choose the best option for the homeowners and chose the more expensive, better engineered solution to the situation, whereby no existing decks would need to be removed or relocated. Unfortunately, this requires removal of the existing trees in the HOA Easement behind the effected homes as you were advised in yet another correspondence you ignored dated January 31, 2007.
Now after all this engineering expense and effort and contracts having been signed to perform the work, you decide you do not like the project because you will lose your tree. Therefore, the Board has taken your concerns under advisement and has decided to proceed with the project as planned. It is our hope that you will support the Board’s decision and cease any further efforts to unnecessarily delay the project, as your neighbors are most anxious to have it completed.
Cordially, TIDEWATER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC. Managing Agent for Jones Valley Community Assn.
Dale Russell Property Manager DRussell@TidewaterProperty.com
Thank you for making public your letter dated July 10th, 2007. I have some comments to the points that you raise. But first, I would like to start by thanking you for conceding that is it "my tree" that you are trying to remove.
Here is my contribution to clarify your points:
- I received ONE letter inviting me to a meeting on 12/21/06.
- Only TWO out of NINE home owners were present at the meeting. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, TWO does NOT qualify as 'several': ..."being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind"...
- That was the only instance for the home owners to voice their opinion.
- Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the meeting because I was in a family reunion in Miami, FL.
- The HOA easement is NOT the property of the HOA, but a section of the owner's property tho which the HOA has limited access for the sole purpose of improvements. It is the responsibility of the HOA to choose the remedial action that causes the least damage and to restore the area to a condition as close to the original status. Cutting a tree is not the only and clearly not the least destructive way of solving the flooding problem.
- The letter on January 31st, 2007 was sent "post facto", i.e. after the board had decided to take the most expensive and destructive route. No home owners from the affected units were present at this board meeting.
I'll be glad to discuss the alternatives with you, the board and my neighbors in the upcoming meeting.
2 comments:
Dear Mr. Borgnia,
Despite numerous correspondences concerning the drainage issue that were mailed to you at your home, you choose not to participate in any of the Board meetings in which this topic was addressed, nor in the meeting where the engineering contractor explained the options presented to the Board. While several of your neighbors attended the session(s), you were nowhere to be found. The Board went through great pains to choose the best option for the homeowners and chose the more expensive, better engineered solution to the situation, whereby no existing decks would need to be removed or relocated. Unfortunately, this requires removal of the existing trees in the HOA Easement behind the effected homes as you were advised in yet another correspondence you ignored dated January 31, 2007.
Now after all this engineering expense and effort and contracts having been signed to perform the work, you decide you do not like the project because you will lose your tree. Therefore, the Board has taken your concerns under advisement and has decided to proceed with the project as planned. It is our hope that you will support the Board’s decision and cease any further efforts to unnecessarily delay the project, as your neighbors are most anxious to have it completed.
Cordially,
TIDEWATER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC.
Managing Agent for Jones Valley Community Assn.
Dale Russell
Property Manager
DRussell@TidewaterProperty.com
Dear Mr. Russell,
Thank you for making public your letter dated July 10th, 2007. I have some comments to the points that you raise. But first, I would like to start by thanking you for conceding that is it "my tree" that you are trying to remove.
Here is my contribution to clarify your points:
- I received ONE letter inviting me to a meeting on 12/21/06.
- Only TWO out of NINE home owners were present at the meeting. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, TWO does NOT qualify as 'several': ..."being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind"...
- That was the only instance for the home owners to voice their opinion.
- Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the meeting because I was in a family reunion in Miami, FL.
- The HOA easement is NOT the property of the HOA, but a section of the owner's property tho which the HOA has limited access for the sole purpose of improvements.
It is the responsibility of the HOA to choose the remedial action that causes the least damage and to restore the area to a condition as close to the original status. Cutting a tree is not the only and clearly not the least destructive way of solving the flooding problem.
- The letter on January 31st, 2007 was sent "post facto", i.e. after the board had decided to take the most expensive and destructive route. No home owners from the affected units were present at this board meeting.
I'll be glad to discuss the alternatives with you, the board and my neighbors in the upcoming meeting.
Sincerely,
Mario J. Borgnia, Ph. D.
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