The Silence of the HOA Part 1

On June 25, 2020, the HOA president signed this document (pdf) where the HOA agrees to maintain Lot L.  The HOA had not had a meeting since January therefore how could the board of directors have voted to approve this?  The Open Meetings Act requires that meetings, even Executive Session Meetings, have to be publicly announced.  Since the HOA isn’t releasing information we assume that they are having secret meetings to make these decisions.

The document was recorded so it is publicly available, yet the HOA did not inform the homeowners of this new HOA responsibility.

Lot L background:  The HOA tried to take advantage of a mistake in the development process to avoid maintaining this lot behind our house.  The developer and the City attempted to correct it with an easement, but the HOA balked.  The landscape contractor agreed to add the small piece of property to the HOA contract without additional cost, while Lennar agreed to replace the irrigation equipment and replant the lot to City specifications.  The City informed the HOA that they felt they would prevail in court.  For whatever reason the HOA has now agreed to maintain Lot L, though it’s baffling that no new irrigation equipment nor landscape was installed by Lennar even though they agreed to do so earlier in the negotiations.