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February 2026 Newsletter
February 2026 Newsletter
Hello
Everyone,
Here we go again. It’s February and it seemed to me that January passed by so quickly. The weather has been quite cold even by California standards and people have been ill with either a cold, flu or Covid. I hope it wasn’t you. Please take care of your health.
I'll get right to it. At the HOA meeting last night, we held our yearly community election. Initially we weren’t sure if the election was going to proceed because of the low number of ballots received. One email was sent to the community as a reminder and members showed up at the clubhouse in time with their ballots. We are required by law to receive 25% of the 255 homes in the community to have an election. The number of ballots received were 74 and 4 were rejected because they weren’t filled out in accordance with the rules. Hopefully, next year additional members in the community will become more supportive of the election. We need to understand the importance of having members of the community who volunteer as Board of Directors as mandated in the CC&Rs and the impact it has to keep our HOA dues at a minimum, among other things. Thank you to the volunteers who assisted with the election.
As you know, there is a change to the Board of Directors and Pat Bailey was duly elected by members of the community to serve as a Director. On behalf of the Board of Directors and myself, I congratulate Pat and welcome him to the Board. I want to thank Dan Klass for his commitment, dedication, support and time he gave while serving. Job well done.
I was looking forward to a lesser role on the Board while completing my last year but was nominated again for President and after being convinced by other board members, I decided to continue to serve out my term as President. However, I did not pursue the position as board liaison for the Social Club, instead I will be the board liaison for Communications and the Technology committees.
At the HOA meeting there were two items on the agenda that were discussed and they were As follows:
- Clubhouse mailbox—Mail had not been collected from the mailboxes for several months, and there were items of importance that should have been addressed. The Board voted to have the Director at Large, Erma Wallace, check the mailboxes every month on the day of the HOA meeting and bring mail to the Executive meeting.
- Vehicles entering through the exit gates-- This problem continues to grow as many deliveries are being made in personal cars rather than Amazon vans. We were told these drivers are called flex delivery and they do not have a code to get through the gate and wait for someone to come in or exit to enter. This was discussed at length by the board and members in attendance. No solution was found. If you have a solution to this problem, contact Amy, a board member, or attend the next HOA meeting.
The Social Club has lots of activities coming up that you may be interested in. Check the calendar and this newsletter for details.
Respectfully,
Here we go again. It’s February and it seemed to me that January passed by so quickly. The weather has been quite cold even by California standards and people have been ill with either a cold, flu or Covid. I hope it wasn’t you. Please take care of your health.
I'll get right to it. At the HOA meeting last night, we held our yearly community election. Initially we weren’t sure if the election was going to proceed because of the low number of ballots received. One email was sent to the community as a reminder and members showed up at the clubhouse in time with their ballots. We are required by law to receive 25% of the 255 homes in the community to have an election. The number of ballots received were 74 and 4 were rejected because they weren’t filled out in accordance with the rules. Hopefully, next year additional members in the community will become more supportive of the election. We need to understand the importance of having members of the community who volunteer as Board of Directors as mandated in the CC&Rs and the impact it has to keep our HOA dues at a minimum, among other things. Thank you to the volunteers who assisted with the election.
As you know, there is a change to the Board of Directors and Pat Bailey was duly elected by members of the community to serve as a Director. On behalf of the Board of Directors and myself, I congratulate Pat and welcome him to the Board. I want to thank Dan Klass for his commitment, dedication, support and time he gave while serving. Job well done.
I was looking forward to a lesser role on the Board while completing my last year but was nominated again for President and after being convinced by other board members, I decided to continue to serve out my term as President. However, I did not pursue the position as board liaison for the Social Club, instead I will be the board liaison for Communications and the Technology committees.
At the HOA meeting there were two items on the agenda that were discussed and they were As follows:
- Clubhouse mailbox—Mail had not been collected from the mailboxes for several months, and there were items of importance that should have been addressed. The Board voted to have the Director at Large, Erma Wallace, check the mailboxes every month on the day of the HOA meeting and bring mail to the Executive meeting.
- Vehicles entering through the exit gates-- This problem continues to grow as many deliveries are being made in personal cars rather than Amazon vans. We were told these drivers are called flex delivery and they do not have a code to get through the gate and wait for someone to come in or exit to enter. This was discussed at length by the board and members in attendance. No solution was found. If you have a solution to this problem, contact Amy, a board member, or attend the next HOA meeting.
The Social Club has lots of activities coming up that you may be interested in. Check the calendar and this newsletter for details.
Respectfully,
Sharol Lewis