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Here is a copy of the letter mailed out to all GHPOA residents in April, 2008. It reminds residents of what type of projects need to be approved by the DCC, the most common covenant violations, and a reminder on the boat and trailer policy.

Letter to Residents 4-4-2008 (PDF)

By Tom Britt

Many of you received an anonymous flyer from a GHPOA resident about the proposed amendment to our bylaws. You have to understand the intent of this amendment and the rationalization of why we are doing this.

First of all, the GHPOA board could “use your funds to sue you” now if we wanted to. We only take this measure when it is the last resort to bring a non-compliant resident into compliance with our covenants and bylaws. The problem is even if the GHPOA board is in the right and the resident is clearly in the wrong, we can not recover our legal fees in the event we take a matter to court and win. One such case cost the GHPOA, you the homeowner, almost $30,000 in legal fees that we could have recovered had we adopted this amendment two years ago.

Our board is comprised of volunteer residents that donate their time to make our neighborhoods better. We do not “work for” anyone; we represent our neighborhoods that we live in and receive no compensation for that. We are not out on a witch hunt to sue people over satellite dishes or mailboxes.

Neighbors violate the covenants often, and most people after they are told of their violations remedy the problem promptly. Good neighbors make honest mistakes and fix them quickly. Then there are other neighbors that blatantly disobey our covenants, and even after being notified by our association management company, make the decision to not remedy the problem.

Voting “no” to this amendment is essentially handcuffing our GHPOA Board of Directors. I hope you will vote “yes” to this amendment and take the financial burden of subsidizing legal fees away from the GHPOA residents and putting it back on the covenant violators that clearly have no regard for our neighborhoods.