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As everyone is painfully aware, our Governor has imposed a new round of restrictions on California residents and businesses in response to the continued spread of the novel coronavirus. Our handling of the earlier mandates has put us in a position such that we don't have to impose any significant new restrictions. While this situation in general is not to our liking, we are pleased that we can continue to allow our residents to make their own judgments about their health and avoid imposing any further restrictions. We sent an eblast to everyone on Dec. 4 requesting volunteers for our various committees. You can learn more about what each committee does by viewing its charter on the website, and also download an application form. We have many recent arrivals in our community that are bursting with talent that would benefit all of us. In addition, we have many residents who are not homeowners who have been traditionally limited in their participation. Working on our committees is an enjoyable experience, but they're not clubs or fiefdoms; they're the working lifeblood of Ocean Hills. We want to encourage all — long-term residents and newcomers, homeowners and tenants, the shy and the not-so-shy — to step up and be an active part of this remarkable community! We have discussed several possible changes to our Handbook of Rules and Regulations at recent meetings and have further agenda items today on rules changes. This process is tightly regulated by the Davis-Stirling Act, including notice periods for comments and requirements for publishing rule changes. While these mandated procedures protect the integrity of the process, they can be quite expensive for OHCC; it costs over $1,500 and takes several weeks to print and circulate a proposed rule change and then repeats the process if the rule is adopted. Accordingly, as we will discuss later today, the Board will attempt to aggregate various proposed and enacted rule changes such that we can minimize the costs of distribution. In addition, we have provided in our processes for proposed rule changes and adopted rules to be circulated via posted notices and the website rather than by mailing and/or tube stuffing. We are considering transitioning to these methods exclusively so that homeowners are notified more promptly and far less expensively. The question of what benefit OHCC will receive from Keystone's PPP loan is still unanswered. At last report, Keystone has filed for loan forgiveness. Only when that forgiveness is granted, in whole or in part, will we be able to determine its impact on us. We will continue to follow this issue with Keystone. The Board also continues to receive input regarding future priorities for the Association. Thank you for your valuable thoughts and comments as we continue our work. After reviewing six proposals, the Board met in executive session via Zoom on Wed., Nov. 18 to interview two candidate firms for legal counsel to the Association. The Board met again in executive session on Mon., Nov. 30 to review and approve a contract to retain the firm of Richardson|Ober|DeNichilo for a period of one year commencing Dec. 1. Our principal contact there will be Kelly Richardson, who many of you will recognize as the author of a weekly column in the Sunday San Diego Tribune. I think it's fair to say that the Board and staff were uniformly pleased with the selection and we all look forward to working with Mr. Richardson. The Board met as the sole corporate member of the Ocean Hills Society for the Performing Arts on Dec. 7 and elected David Fitzwilliam and Maureen Schneider to additional three-year terms on the OHSPA Board. The OHCC Board expressed an interest in considering additional members for the OHSPA Board to help promote and extend their excellent legacy. The Board also met in executive session via Zoom on Mon., Dec. 7, to discuss legal issues, third party contracts and personnel matters. Actions to note are: • Approval of the Executive Session Minutes of Nov. 5, Nov. 9, Nov. 18 and Nov. 30, 2020. • Referral of several matters to legal counsel. • Approval of a change in our computer backup hardware, and a change in our service provider to CDW at a cost of $4,774.53, including three years of services. This change was recommended by Keystone technical staff at the request of the GM and is expected to save us more than $15,000 over the next three years. • Approval of a revised contract with Vista Fence Company to replace existing fence on pickleball courts 1, 2 and 3 at a cost of $25,978 (this had been previously approved); replace and install fencing and gates on tennis courts 1 and 2, including reconfiguring court 2 to 3 pickleball courts at a cost of $52,826; and repair and improve the fencing at tennis courts 3 and 4 at a cost of $3,036 (also previously approved) for a total contract amount of $81,840. | OHCC LIVING | JANUARY 2021 | 3 President's Message By Gregory Kusiak Continued on page 4

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