HERE IT IS: "The funds derived from said assessments shall be used for the payment of common area maintenance expenses of the subdivision and for any other purposes necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Board of Directors for the general benefit of the subdivision."
Could someone please tell me how a service of lot mowing offered to lot owners (only), subsidized by our assessments dollars, is common area maintenance, or of general benefit of the subdivision? I don't see it. Your board must because they have been aware for quite some time that the grounds chair is using our assessment dollars to subsidize his under billing of the service to lot owners. During the May WPA board meeting it was discussed. Rather than instruct the grounds chair to raise the rate to cover the cost, your board held the new grounds contract for two months. It appears, and your board hasn't answered, that all last years lot mowing was completed under the old contract, and now we have to live with tall grass on the vacant lots. How is that of general benefit to any of us? It further deteriorates the overall appearance of our subdivision.
There is a way out for the board that should accommodate this willful grounds chair, and your timid board. They can offer assessment subsidized lawn mowing through their contractor, to all of us. Here's my letter to the board, in the event they take me up on this idea.
Dear Board,
Thank you for this opportunity. I'd like to sign up for assessment subsidized lawn mowing. Granted my lot isn't vacant, but my house, flower beds, drive, etc. do cut back on the area to be mowed on my property. I'm sure you'd want any of us to enjoy the same benefit the lot owners do. Please invoice me at the subsidized rate as soon as possible.
Thank you again for being fair, but most of all for doing such a great job of following the by-laws and extending this service to all of us who pay our assessments and should benefit, equally.
