If you are opposed to increasing the Providence Master Homeowners Association assessments to fund entertainment events and other unnecessary expenses, it is very important that you express that opposition by voting for like-minded candidates in this fall’s election for the Board of Directors, and that you encourage fellow homeowners to do so too. It took three years (following the election of Katie Hedlind and Phil Chapman to the Board in the fall of 2020) to completely restore the Association’s financial health after the neglect and mismanagement of the previous Board and Community Manager.
Prudent fiscal management by the Board starting in 2020 allowed the Association to complete all planned and emergent maintenance, repairs, and improvements while keeping assessments at $150 per quarter. Along with other projects, the irrigation replacement was completed, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in excess water costs, the Promenade lighting was replaced with lights more resistant to vandalism, and the perimeter wall study was conducted so that the costs of wall repair could be adequately planned
for in the yearly budget and the reserve study. Even with those major expenses, the reserves were funded to nearly 100% by the beginning of 2024.
However, after the Association’s finances were finally back on a sound footing, an active, vocal
group of members promoted and elected candidates who want to return to the Board’s old, profligate spending habits, particularly regarding courtesy patrol, social events, and other non-essential expenses. One of their candidates even stated on Facebook that he wanted to “bring back community events and party like it’s 1999” (on your dime, of course). One of the most outspoken of that group advocated for increasing assessments back to $180 per quarter, and at one point, even proposed an increase to $200 per quarter. He has also expressed his opinion that the Board is not issuing enough fines for violations of the governing documents. Please read each Board candidate’s information statement carefully to ensure that this fall, you vote to elect candidates whose views represent your own.
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