As our community grows, it is sometimes necessary to revise our
CC&Rs to keep up with the changes that growth can bring. And often
we learn from experience and make changes that will benefit our
residents. This is one of those times. The residents of Four Seasons
at Beaumont have been asked to consider and vote on several changes
to the CC&Rs. Two of them apply to our voting procedures and one
applies to long-term energy contracts.
The first proposed change is to eliminate the currently used
District Delegate system. In the past, each district within Four
Seasons elected a delegate who could cast the deciding vote if their
district did not achieve a 50 percent turnout. Since each term is for
one year, this required costly yearly elections and could result in a
vote that the majority of district residents might not favor.
Another change is to eliminate cumulative voting for Board of
Directors elections. Under cumulative voting, all votes per household
could be cast for one candidate. This will be changed so that the
votes must be distributed between the candidates. The number of
votes will remain the same for each household.
Also proposed is the ability of the homeowner's association to
be able to lease solar energy rather than purchasing it. Our current
CC&Rs require that all contracts must be renewed yearly which means
that purchase is the only option. If leasing is allowed, the association
can obtain a long term lease which will reduce our energy costs.
The Board of Directors recommends a "yes" vote on all three
changes.
And don't forget to complete your Age Verification Form. It
must be submitted once every two years. Since we are a 55 and
over community, the association is required by federal law to verify
that the occupancy of the community meets the age restriction
requirements.
The Rules & Regulations Committee proposed these changes
which the Board of Directors then endorsed. Committee work
is important to our community and we would like to welcome
interested residents to join us. We meet on the second Tuesday of
the month at 9 am in the RCN Conference Room. You can also meet
us at the Club and Committee Fair on Jan. 26 in The Lodge Ballroom
from 10 am to 1 pm. Stop by and say hello! ~ Margie Chadburn,
mjchadburn@aol.com
Rules & Regulations committee
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