Last Thursday an open meeting of the Morgan Creek HOA was held at Creekview Ranch School and by Zoom. The Association’s attorney, John Hanson was present to clarify his role and the Boards and to answer questions. Here are the basic facts discussed:
- The Board’s role is much like that of any corporation. They are voted in by the community and charged with running the affairs of the Association. The Board acts as they see fit. They may or may not listen to the desires of individual or community groups. They can deceive us and act against our attorney’s advice with impunity.
- If the community is not satisfied with Board actions, the only recourse is RECALL.
- The Associations attorney acts as advisor to the Board. He has no control over how his advice is used. He does not deal directly with individual owners. In fact, he discouraged contact from owners as handling them will only incur charges. His ultimate responsibility is to the Board.
With regards to the 2026 budget, in her introductory remarks Stephanie once again perpetuated the lie that the budget was reviewed by the then management company, First Service, or to their knowledge any CPA. The egregious manipulation of the reserves and dues structure continues. There were numerous comments over the fairness of the dues structure.
Compliance is no longer a priority of the community. The GM will only submit violations for gross compliance issues as he goes around the community. The GM suggested neighbors submit compliance issues to help compliance.
Regarding the Landscape Committee report, there were a significant number of projects pending when management companies were changed. These pending projects require HOA Board approval and Budget funding. Tracking these projects has been a tedious task and inaction by the management company and HOA Board majority has resulted in contractors being unable to schedule the work in a timely manner.
The new board rules governing committees were discussed. All committee volunteers must now be reappointed every year. (Ridiculous in our opinion.) The call went out for volunteers to submit applications. A serious inconsistency was pointed out: The social committee allows for 7 members. Six are serving. There are two active applications, James Shelby and Dianne Kerr., yet the Board has refused to act in filling the vacancy. The committees seem to be populated by those that will serve the Board rather than the community, this is based on who has been selected from the applications and who the Board did not consider and still isn’t considering This is a concern!
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A new revelation: The ButterflyMX system now will require additional changes and costs. There appear to be problems with the underground wiring. Also, everyone will need new RFID tags. Two will be given “free” with others at $2 each. No implementation date was announced. The surprises keep coming.
Latest information is that only around 60 recall ballots have been returned, way short of the necessary quorum Come on people VOTE NOW!
So far there are five people applying for the Board:
- Newton Kwan
- Wes Owsley
- Pam Porter
- Mathew Riley
- Gurjeet Singh
We will be following up with more candidate information and recommendations.
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