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No visible result to fees

May 3, 2004
I, like many of my neighbors, have seen little to no improvement in the neighborhood, as applies to snow being plowed in a timely fashion or at all, or the general appearance of the subdivision. Where does our money go? I have paid association dues since I have moved here, but I really do not know what for! I have seen no visible results from the money that we pay each year. There are nearly 2000 residents of Woods at Jeff. If everyone made a payment, that would mean the association is RECEIVING OVER $100,000 a year !!!!!! I would like to know ASAP where this money is going. I think this is ridiculous, and will stop paying annual fees until I know where this extravagant amount is going, especially if it is not mandatory to pay fees. Does the association make a profit? Is someone pocketing this money?? It sounds fishy to me! I also read in another discussion titled ''Dues'' that the association only collected like $3,000. Looks like very few people are paying. Could you give me a good enough reason to shell out the money this year?

Value of the HOA

First to clear up some confusion, there are 707 houses in our development which each home is required by the deeds to pay the dues which is currently at $50 per house. This gives the association approximately 35,000 with which to work.

Prior to this past year, the majority of this money went to pay an outside management company and lawn care of the easement area.

This past year, your elected officers terminated the relationship with the outside management company and took competitive bids for the landscaping. With the money we are saving, we are investing in improvements to the community. These improvement are physical as well as used to build community. We,the officers, are developing plans to help make the Woods at Jefferson a more desirable place to live.

I encourage you to take this opportunity to get involved. To use your talents and skills to improve this community.

We will be revealing these plans over the next few months, so stay tune to your newsletter.