Beyond Repair - MDS community fencing looks as bad as
it does for two reasons. Before their replacement,the oldest sections at the
rear of the community were over 15 years old and had simply worn out. The newer
sections - the ones closest to the entrance - were so badly and cheaply
constructed, they are unrepairable. The special assessment is about
replacing the newer, unrepairable sections.
Cost & Benefit - A Home Owners Association (HOA)
funded replacement project, which ultimately will cost $140,000, started two
years ago and to date the older sections have been replaced - the most recent
being the fence beyond the park, which has also been painted in earth tone
colors. If you have not already seen it, do take a look. If you look closely
you'll see that the new fencing is of significantly better construction and
materials, so it's expected life should be in excess of 15 years.
Addition Funding - The HOA have proposed a special
assessment of $300 per homeowner to complete the fence replacement in 2013,
which includes repainting. The special assessment, requires homeowners to vote
their support. The special assessment covers the additional cost to complete
the project. Replacement to date has mostly been funded from the HOA $80,000
reserve fund, which was in large part contributed to the HOA by the early
MDS developers. Reducing the reserve fund to an estimated $30,000 by the
end of 2013 minimizes the special assessment charged to the homeowners.
Your vote is essential - the Special Assessment
approval vote will take place at the Park Pavilion at 10:00am on September 29th
2012.
If you can't make the meeting - you should already have
received absentee and proxy vote forms with the letter mailed out to all
homeowners - filling either of these in allows you to vote if you can't make
the meeting. You can also download these forms from the web site.
More information - additionally, you can view the
fencing project Blog - just click the fence picture under Homeowners
Information on the web site page. You can post comments on the Blog, which
Philip Hall, the HOA Board Director responsible for the fencing project, will
reply.
Through a visitors eyes - If you'd like to see the
fence through a visitor's eyes, view this YouTube video clip by clicking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_Q5WQ4WO8&sns=em
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