Our Village

At September’s Board meeting Director Kelmis received some resistance to his motion of saving our Village thousands of dollars annually by closing bathhouses one and three. In short Kelmis didn’t see the need to waste $25,000 budgeted  to remodel bath house one or spend the money for housekeeping, maintenance, and twenty-four hour air conditioning. He said the Park would initially save $41,000 with the closings and $16, 000 each year thereafter.
Director Guerra said it would be unfair to these owners who own RV’s and that the construction and maintenance people would have to all go to just one location.
President Chapa said these bath houses were the reason why people were buying property here and when that didn't work cited of all things Article VII of the Bylaws as a reason why the Board COULD NOT close these bath houses. He said it would require three fourths affirmative vote from the membership at the annual meeting.
.Unbelievable, we finally have a director who notice Article VII of our Bylaws.
.Two years ago we had a $21,000 major improvement the size of a bath house being added to the side of our maintenance building that was clearly a new substantial addition and where was Article VII then? There has been at least eight other instances similar to this and it’s a shame that the first time our owner ratification law has ever been brought up was used for a suitability purpose.
In President Chapa’s case Article VII does not come close to applying. Does closing an amenity result in a substantial addition or a material alteration? I think not.
Article VII of the Bylaws and Article X of the Declaration of Covenants both express the owner’s right to ratify all and I repeat all the “material alterations and substantial additions” to our common grounds. President Chapa stated Article VII when being applied acquires an affirmative vote of 75% of the total membership where I read Article VII as calling for an affirmative vote of 75% of the membership that is present at a called meeting.
Read carefully Article VII of the Bylaws and Article X of the Declaration to see how you interpret them. 
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The meeting started with Pat Burke telling owners that Mary Steffensen had a successful bypass surgery. Our prayers are with you Mary.
The Board let a John Toby speak. He and a Rey Puente are running for the water district. One thing interesting mentioned was that LIV was by far the biggest water district’s customer spending $413,000 annually while the distant second highest customer was spending only $197,000.
Lot 145 touched on the issues he previously expressed this year.
The GM talked on the recent burglaries, the beginning of the work to correct the pool’s water flow problem and list of condo fees in arrears.
The Minutes were approved but once again no mention of which month.
D-E Committee said there will be a Halloween Party for October.
Pool Committee mentioned the revenues from wristbands ($10,172) and ice sales ($3,390).
Finance Committee said LIV’s budget will definitely be done before the December’s meeting.
Bridge Board Report discussed the needs for purchasing a used generator that’s priced right.
Website Update talked on the complexities of the rental ads and the use of PayPal. Next month the Board will see an example of what the website can do.
The Board approved Director Montalvo’s resignation. It was also mention that his position will probably not be filled until the Annual Meeting.
Bath House Consolidation had a motion from Director Kelmis to close Bath houses one and three. Directors Gunderson, Kelmis, and Sandberg voted yes to close and Gagan, White, and Guerra voted no. President Chapa voted no as a tie breaker. Director White then made a motion with Guerra second that this consolidation will continue to be reviewed. This motion passed.
Use for yellow cards by realtors in the Activity Building display case was voted down.
Motion passed to receive bids for a card entry system to our amenities.
There was a rehash over the absentee director rules for using phones instead of attending meetings. I believe rule is that directors can use the phones to participate but won’t be able to vote or be counted as being present.
There was also a rehash of the quiet time in our park. Quiet times are from Labor Day to Memorial Day 11pm to 7am and from Memorial Day to Labor Day Midnight to 7am.
Director Kelmis said he will do more research on the liability exposure when a rental does not have the proper insurance required.
There was a suggestion by Director Sandberg to provide owners with a grill calendar showing chicken nights and any other special events along with regular open and close times.
Jose Torres with Securitas went through the new changes he’s doing in Security.
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Two months have passed and no need to list who said what at this Coffee. The topic was entirely security or the supposed lack of it. This focused on renters and burglaries and before the audience had a chance to voice their concerns the board introduced Jose Torres, a new seasoned regional supervisor from Securitas who said there will be new training towards our park’s unique security needs. The board also allowed a candidate running for constable chief to speak who promised permanent patrols and swift police action if elected.
There was an open forum security meeting the next day to collect ideas on how to remedy these problems happening to our village. Nothing to report on the workshop except it was short and done without a microphone.
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