President Steve Shirley and Attorney Abby St. Lawrence opened the meeting by talking about work that has been done to draft proposed new covenants for Treasure State Acres. They noted that the goal of the overhaul is to make it easier for homeowners to locate and interpret the covenants, as there are about eight sets of covenants now covering different parts of the subdivision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the whole idea, to have one simple, straightforward document,\u201d St. Lawrence said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
St. Lawrence went over some of the changes made to the proposed covenants based on comments received by the homeowners association to the first draft. Among the changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the section that says trailers and mobile homes cannot be used as residences, clarifying that Capitol Mobile Estates is an exception. 2. Added minimum and maximum footage for utility easements on the rear of lots. 3. Took out a suggested restriction on fireworks due to inability to enforce it. 4. Added a requirement calling for the timely removal of pet waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those at the meeting also discussed the content of the proposed covenants. Including one section that says no owner or occupant shall construct or maintain their own sewer or water system. Richard Chowning noted that several TSA homeowners have their own wells, and St. Lawrence noted that there is language in the covenants to grandfather in existing uses. However, the board decided to add language to the sewer\/well section to make clear that existing uses are grandfathered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jed Breker had several questions, including why the covenants will restrict homeowners to three-car garages and why one section will give the board power to review \u201csignificant renovations\u201d of properties \u2013 a phrase that seems somewhat vague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
St. Lawrence said the phrase was left purposely vague to give the board some discretion to act. Treasurer Terry Atwood said the garage restriction is there to prevent enormous garages that don\u2019t fit the character of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Breker also wondered if the new covenants shouldn\u2019t define terms used such as manufacturing, commercial and industrial properties. St. Lawrence said TSA can rely on the definition of those terms in state code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
St. Lawrence noted that most of the existing covenants require the approval of 80 percent of the property owners to make a change while others need just 50 percent. Those working on the proposed covenants decided the 80 percent figure is \u201cunworkable,\u201d and so replaced it with a two-thirds vote in the proposed covenants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More fine-tuning will be done to the proposed covenants and then they will made available on the TSA web site (www.treasurestateacres.com) on the reports and documents page. Probably early in 2019, the proposed covenants and ballots will be mailed to all TSA property owners for a vote. The new covenants would go into effect in the zones that pass them, and the association could try to come back in the future and pass them in the ones that don\u2019t immediately enact them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shirley said work on TSA\u2019s impaired French drains continues to run behind schedule. He said the original plan was to have contractors install expansions to a number of drains this year, but the engineering firm got busy with other projects. He said he hopes to have meetings with impacted homeowners this winter and see the work done next spring. Stay tuned for news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The work would involve installation of horizontal drain tubes on to the barrel drains that would, in many cases, have to go under the lawns of nearby homeowners. Although the underground tubes would be under the homeowners\u2019 lawns, they are located in the public right-of-way and not on private property. Nonetheless, any lawns, sprinkler systems or other property disturbed by the construction work would be restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shirley said he would soon order candles for the Christmas candle luminarias display and distribute candles and bags in early December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atwood said homeowners association has about $13,000 in its account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The officers at the meeting decided to delay election of officers until spring because there were so few attendees at the meeting. All offices will be up for election. We have two unfilled offices: Vice president and secretary. Please consider helping us out by offering your time (which isn\u2019t a lot).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Report by President Steve Shirley & Treasurer Terry Atwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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