President Steve Shirley opened the meeting by introducing Tom Cavanaugh of Peccia & Associates, who previewed plans to improve French drains at eight intersections in the subdivision this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shirley noted that TSA officials began looking at improvements of the subdivision\u2019s drains several years ago when Peccia did a plan for long-term maintenance of roads. It didn\u2019t make a lot of sense, Shirley said, to do major repairs to streets if the drains aren\u2019t working, allowing standing water to damage newly repaired roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cavanaugh said: \u201cStanding water is probably the worst thing for your roads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The engineer said the work will involve cleaning out the drains, then adding extensions to them as well as filter systems. He said the original idea was to place the extensions under road easements that would have gone under lawns and other landscaping installed by homeowners, but the engineers decided it was too complicated and costly to do it that way. Now Peccia has drawn up a plan to do all the work under TSA streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will mean intersections have to be closed for a couple days, Cavanaugh said, and homeowners in the area will be alerted as the time draws near. He estimated the work will take about a month to complete and cost an estimated $75,000. He expects the work to be put out to bid soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are the intersections where they will be working on drains: Bighorn and Red Fox; Bighorn and Cougar; Otter and Red Fox; Kodiak and Red Fox; Kodiak and Cougar; Cayuse and Red Fox; Mustang and Red Fox; and Cayuse and Wolverine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attorney Abby St. Lawrence, Treasurer Terry Atwood and Shirley then provided a report on the proposed new covenants for Treasure State Acres. Atwood said the proposed covenants fell short in the vote held earlier this year in each of the eight different districts within the subdivision by varying margins. In some cases, they needed to be approved by as few as 50 percent of those voting, but in most districts the rules require that 80 percent of those voting approve in order to be passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The percentages of those voting ranged from 37 in one zone to as high as 67 in another, with an overall average of 53 percent.) Shirley noted that the turnout was actually pretty high for an election, and the approval rate was strong as well, but it just wasn\u2019t large enough given the 80 percent threshold required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The officers then discussed how they have two options. One is to press ahead now and try to round up the necessary missing votes that would get the covenants passed. The other is to address concerns raised by voters about various provisions in the proposed covenants, and then conduct a second vote at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shirley said that, after he conducted a survey by email of TSA residents of how to proceed, about a dozen responded. Nine of those said they preferred the second option, while the rest didn\u2019t have any preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shirley said he preferred that option as well, while St. Lawrence recommended attempting to complete the vote now. She said she\u2019s concerned that people will find things to object to even if further revisions are made and a second vote is done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shirley and Atwood will meet to decide how to proceed and then let TSA residents know their decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regardless of that decision, St. Lawrence noted that any new covenants could be impacted by a new law enacted by the last legislative session. That law, embodied in Senate Bill 300, declares that homeowners\u2019 associations cannot enforce covenants that impose more onerous restrictions on the types of use of a member\u2019s real property than the restrictions that existed when the member acquired the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a terribly written bill, it\u2019s a disaster,\u201d said St. Lawrence. She said it is likely to be overturned by the courts at some point, but in the meantime it could cause troubles for subdivisions such as TSA. On the other hand, she noted, TSA might be able to fend off any challenges by arguing that its new covenants are less restrictive than the old ones, which is the case in many instances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shirley reviewed the problems TSA had with snowplowing this past winter and said he wanted to set up a small committee to find another contractor to do that work. ZooAnn Atwood, Ken Varns, Marilyn Kelly-Clark and Shirley will serve on the committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new resident on Bighorn who has young children said he was concerned about cars speeding on the street and wondered if he could put up a picket fence to keep his kids off the street and if speed bumps could be installed to slow down drivers. Shirley said a fence was fine, and he had checked with the county and learned that speed bumps aren\u2019t allowed because of the damage they cause snow plows. But the county will send out someone to analyze if some new speed signs or anything else could be done to slow down drivers, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was a brief discussion of reports of for-hire vehicle work being done out of a garage on Bighorn (covenants don\u2019t allow car-repair businesses) but an attendee familiar with the situation said the resident only does occasional car work for himself and friends at no charge, so the issue was dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shirley and Atwood said they were willing to continue in their offices, but no one else indicated any desire to run for any offices so there was no voting on TSA offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Report by President Steve Shirley & Treasurer Terry Atwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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