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Board of Directors Meeting, March 2007

What homeowners were concerned about?

Here is a sampling of homeowner Comments raised at the March BOD meeting.

• IRS and Association Taxes.  A former IRS employee expressed her concern over the possible failure of the Association to follow IRS guidelines on filing corporation taxes and in the proper handling of excess dues carried over from prior years, which she understood should be credited forward to homeowners. In response, President Mike Dixon said that the Association was following the correct filing procedures and that under those procedures, excess dues are not required to be credited to homeowners. The lady left me with the impression that if the Association’s response was unacceptable to her, she might feel compelled to move the matter up to IRS for their formal determination. Mike Dixon has formalized the Association’s response in an email message to homeowners, Setting the Record Straight on SCA tax filings here.
• Signs.  Several persons expressed concerns over the campaign sign matter, wrong advice to candidates from the Election Committee, and the apparent attempt of the Board to limit the number of signs, which decision has the obvious affect of aiding the efforts of one slate of candidates (Unity has one sign with three names) over the others candidates with individual signs. (See my editorial comments here).  
• Recreation Center No. 3. Why the delay since the City signed off on the overall plans in November 2007. The Board acknowledged their responsibility in causing the delay while they ruminated over the cost/benefit of going “green” and the potential loss to reserves of $1.375 million. The Board decided to go forward with RC3 as Pulte had planned with solar arrays and the “greening” of the building for about $1.4 million, while continuing to talk to Pulte about an arrangement over the reserve issue. As a result, completion date for construction, which will take about 9 months, will be delayed from July ’08 to the first quarter of ’09.
• Feces in Pool.  The presence of feces in the pool required its shutdown. With advancing age for some of our seniors, there is only the slightest difference between letting gas and making a dump. As a courtesy to swimmers, homeowners were cautioned not to utilize the pools if there is any history or possibility of incontinence. Also, swimmers were reminded to always take a shower before entering the water.
• Trumpets Working Group.  Someone rose to defend the actions and decisions of the Trumpets Working Group. As an aside, here is one alleged example of how the TWG operated. As homeowners are aware we already have a restaurant on site called Buckman’s, serving meals during the day and dinners on Wednesday and Sunday evenings. According to Buckman’s manager, Greg Kinney, he told me that he had expressed a timely interest in Trumpets, but that message did not result in his company receiving an RFP, or any follow-up to his inquiry, leading some to conclude that Sun City was not interested in Troon Golf as a potential operator. I found that interesting since Buckman’s has been quite popular with homeowners as a restaurant venue for some time, even at a time when eating at Trumpets was an accepted practice.
• Traffic Safety.  Accidents continue to plague our streets. Slow down, stay awake, do not drink and drive, and avoid distractions like cell phones.
• Representation.  Some believe the Community would benefit if the Board had a representative interfacing with CAI, the Community Association Institute, as well as with the state legislature on matters affecting NRS 116 and communities like Sun City.  
• Editorial Content Committee.  Objection was raised whether the ECC was hindering candidates right to free speech, for example, in censoring what a candidate can and cannot say for Channel 99. For example, one candidate was required to revise and  retape their message.