Susan Feels Really Peeved Over Abuse

While listening to the October 2024 Town Hall meeting, I noted that there was discussion of a section of road that had not received maintenance for 27 years. Instead of investigating the underlying reasons and determining whether this was our responsibility, Jon Centanni decided it was appropriate to allocate $15,000 for a project to repair the road for an individual, simply because he felt sympathy for him.

Our non-profit status is intended to provide us with tax exemption, not to function as a charity.

If, for any reason, the maintenance of this section was indeed the responsibility of the association, then we should certainly allocate the funds to rectify the situation. However, some investigation should have been conducted prior to the Board of Directors approving a special project involving such a significant expense.

From the research I have conducted, the easement terminates 67 feet onto this individual’s private property. Why did we allocate $15,000 of association dues to repair a bridge across a wash leading to private property, was this our obligation?

Mr. Centanni mentions that it is only 500 feet, then states it is 500 yards. Why are we financing the construction of a bridge for this individual to access their property? Are we all entitled to have bridges built over our washes to access our properties if we so desire? Did they change the flow of the floodplain by creating some type of road in this wash? Furthermore, when Sharon Horton Kelly discusses this matter, she claims it is 400 feet. What was the actual project specifications and did they get approval from Flood Control before potentially diverting the path of water flow?

Moreover, the property for which we expended $15,000 in association dues to construct a “bridge” for access appears to be in violation of County Codes as well as the CC&Rs. Did the Board of Directors report this individual for residing on their property without a septic system for over 20 years? Did they impose fines for all the CC&R violations?

I believe this situation reflects gross negligence in the expenditure of our funds, as proper due diligence was not performed prior to allocating such a substantial expenditure. It seems common practice to expend large sums of association dues without properly researching the projects.