Park Rules & Security
Lack of enforcement of Park Rules continues to be a growing problem. Residents cited numerous instances of physical deterioration of the common areas; various parking violations; locks to laundry facilities being changed without notice or availability of new keys; unpredictable office hours kept by park employees and lack of availability during “off hours”; non-residents using the pool, clubhouse and car wash; the clubhouse remaining open and unlocked well past 9:00 p.m. Suzanne Ervine, HOA Secretary, will solicit feedback from residents regarding their observations and complaints, and will draft a formal letter from the Association to park management requesting, among other things, that park staff adhere to office hours, perform routine patrols, and follow and enforce all park rules fairly and equitably among all residents.
Utility Meter Readings
Roger Ervine presented SDG&E’s instructions for reading gas and electrical meters.
Barbecue
The annual HOA barbecue has been scheduled for October 6. The HOA Board of Directors will meet on September 8 to finalize plans for the event.
Park Management at Meetings
Carlos has offered to make himself available for a Q & A session at the beginning of each HOA meeting. Members present agreed that this offer should be accepted. Ken Takei will notify Carlos that he is formally requested to attend the first few minutes of Association meetings.
Complete minutes of this meeting will be distributed to all residents prior to the next HOA meeting.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
HOA Meeting Highlights - 8/14/07
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Ask Carlos on August 15th why brown 150 was still allowed in guest parking,he stated we're working on it. Today, August 15th it's still in guest parking. Another time Carlos is not doing his job.
Well today is August 18th, and the brown 150 is still in guest parking now another truck has joined him ,a white G.M.C.How long are you considered a guest? A week ,a month? Does Carlos even notice when he's doing his park patrol?
I thought if you were on a lease it was better for you so your wouldent go up higher than others not on a lease????
Santee has a rent control ordinance that limits the annual increases in your rent to the Consumer Price Index, if it is 5% or less, or 100% of the first 5% of the CPI plus 70% of the CPI that exceeds 5%. This can be confusing, so bear with me.
The CPI is typically somewhere around 3%. So, your annual rental increases would be 3%. Let's say the CPI for a given year is 7%, your rental increase would be 6.4% (the first 5%, plus 1.4% [70% of the additional 2%]).
When we moved in, the long-term lease we were offered also tied rental increases to the CPI, but the minimum annual increase was 5%. With the CPI typically running around 3%, we decided the rent control ordinance was a better bet.
Park management won't tell you this. It is in their best financial interest to get you to sign a long-term lease that guarantees them annual rental increases of 5% - 14%.
Today,August 20th.2007,the brown ford 150 and white GMC are in guest parking again.I still don't understand at what point you are no longer a guest. This is so unfair to residents that this ongoing problem is not being addressed.If you have a drive then use it like the majority of residents do. These 2 trucks are using this as their regular parking spaces
I have a question about offices hours. It is posted that the office hours are 9:00am to 12:00pm then from 1:00 to 4:00pm. Why are these hours not adhered to? I can understand in an emergency that both Carlos & Claudia might have to be out in the park.One would think under normal circumstances that one or the other of them would be in the office during stated business hours. Who is there to attend to park business if no one is available? This park is a business and should be ran as one. It's not show up for work whenever you feel like it.
Excellent blog, Suzanne. I am happy to find you well, thought perhaps you had forgotten about CMRAA.
This tool can provide a valuable insight into the workings of your community - and allow give and take discussion of problems, and the ways and means to amiably solve them.
You are giving good solid legally sound advice. Keep up the good work.
Gus Colgain
President - CMRAA
Guest parking again! There is a blue Chevy Sivarado Z-71 that is parked EVERY night in the guest parking in front of the clubhouse. Is that he own personal parking space or does he not have a driveway?
Gus, thank you for the kind words. No, I haven't forgotten about CMRAA - but I sure have my hands full here at Greenbrier! Be sure to check back here for updates.
I have another lease question at the meeting in nov or dec06 the owners said if your lease is going on 10 years that it can be rewitten . That
was the meeting about the constructon thanks
To Suzanne Ervine
While I appreciate the meaning behind your blog I don't appreciate that it seems to be your personal forum for blasting the management and voicing the things that bother YOU.
We have been residents of this park since May 1989. We were one of the first families in this park with children, my grandparents lived in Greenbrier for over 35 years and I've been coming here since I was a child. When we moved here we tolerated much hostility from the residents (as it was still mostly an older crowd) because we had a child. We endured comments at the pool while we played, we even had a bag of poop left on our back door step by a neighbor (because they thought it was our cat pooping in their yard-We have IN-DOOR ONLY animals). We found a dead mouse on our mail box (presumably from the same neighbor) not sure what that was supposed to represent. And the management at the time we moved in were as equally un-friendly to us. As for Sandy and her husband, they are damn lucky they didn't get sue by us, they made our life in our home HELL !
So we have seen allot of managers and residents come and go, we have survived harassment, we have served on the HOA and ran events at the club house....Only to have been meant with grumpy people who want to complain about one thing or another. So I guess my point is, with almost 20 years of residency in Greenbrier it's my opinion that one of the first things that should happen is that the "Parks Rules & Regulations" needs to be updated to the 21st century. I definitely believe there is a place for rules & regulations in a setting such as we live but my goodness lets get real about a few of them. And we need to hold the park owner responsible to spend a bit more of our space rent on improvements like, more parking areas for residents and guests (this is no longer a senior park with an average of one to two cars per space, we now have teenagers who are coming of age and they have a right to park in the park) Lets look into the SAFETY of having only one entrance and exit from our park and the safety of the children who need the Prospect access to get to and from school. I'm sure each and everyone of us has our own agenda for this park but there are proper ways to make changes and I truly am glad to see a new HOA.
There will ALWAYS be something to improve, something to fix, something to complain about, someone whose breaking a rule but my goodness this is our home and hopefully people will approach these matters with patience, respect and kindness to all. Although I personally am unable to serve on the HOA I appreciate their time and efforts, I just really would like to see this blog be a more positive forum.
Debbie Hickey
Debbie:
Thank you for such a well-composed and detailed response. I really do appreciate it.
True, there are things that bother me, personally. But I do not believe that just because I am bothered by something that I should not write it in this forum. Furthermore, most of what I have written about was already expressed, by others, at the HOA meeting last week. And, obviously, I have no control over the concerns others express (I suppose, technically, I do have control as moderator of this blog, but I am not exercising that option to screen anyone out; all comments are being published).
I, too, want to see this blog be a positive forum. I couldn’t be more pleased that, today, there are actually positive things to report. I hope the future holds more positive changes to write about. I want to live in a nice community that I can be proud of, and when rules or residents are disrespected, that really takes all of us down the road of living in a less-than-desirable neighborhood. Garbage begets more garbage. I sincerely hope that today is the beginning of a dramatic turnaround.
I urge you to come to the next HOA meeting to discuss your concerns regarding the park rules and what changes you would like to see, facility improvements, additional guest parking, and the entrance on Prospect; and the inclusion of these requests in our inquiry with the property managers.
Suzanne Ervine
This is the 3rd mobilhome park that I have lived in. Carlos and Claudia are by far the best managers that I have had experience with. They abide by the Park rules and enforce them. Whenever I have a question about something regarding the rules of this park, I will call them and they give me an honest answer. I have found them to be honest, kind, caring, and easy to communicate with. Whenever I need help with something, there are right there to help me. They have made living in Greenbrier Gardens a real pleasure for me.
I feel that the attacks against them are some kind of a vindetta and that it is totally unfair to Carlos and Claudia.
AMENDMENT TO EARLIER RESPONSE RE RENT CONTROL...
The amount of annual rent increase was calculated as I noted above until 12/31/98.
Beginning 1/1/99, the amount of annual increase was reduced further to just 70% of the first 3% of the CPI, plus 40% of the CPI between 3% - 8%. Using these figures, the current "worst-case-scenario" maximum annual rental increase under the city ordinance would be 4.1% (assuming the CPI for that year was 8% or greater).
Sorry for any confusion caused by my previous response.
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