Attended The Division 2 meeting tonight.
I apologize for my getting angry and disrupting the meeting. I lost self -control and I know it What I saw and heard, was some decent answers on the finances, and people asking questions, but not getting correctly answered. What started my argument with the board was a simple question, who sets the priorities, of when things are done and how.? What I got was, the painting is being done then, because that is when the contractor is available. That was not the question. It was who sets the priorities and why, and how is it decided?
No answers except pushing things off on the HOA and Dartmouth or the Primary Board. Wrong. So, the argument grew because , everytime I mentioned something on the property that was wrong, it was deflected to The Primary Board, to the HOA, Or someone else.
How do we get, our Division Board to first communicate with the residents, how do you get our board to communicate properly with the primary board, how do we get the HOA to do it’s job properly and handle the grounds, trees, benches etc and the clubhouse? Who is responsible for cracked cement, broken. pavement walkways? Rusting Benches to sit on?
I think what needs to be done is The HOA, The Primary Board, The Division Board and The Entertainment Director and company all need to sit in one room and figure it all out. Who owns what here at DWCL, who is responsible for what? I do not appreciate, a run around, nor do I accept it doesn’t belong to our Division Board. What we need is simple, what is Pulte responsible for to fix? What is Dartmouth responsible for and what do they do? Besides just the grounds and the clubhouse. What exactly is the Divisions Boards Responsible for? Once we clear that up, we need to get Pulte, Dartmouth, The Primary Board and our Division Board in one place, so they clearly communicate with one another and things get fixed properly. As someone else said communication is a problem between residents, and each part of the setup here at DWCL. Before anything can be fixed to work better, open communication must be here, secondly, once that is established and we know who owns what to fix, we can push to get it fixed. I do not appreciate, a board member who ushers me out of the meeting and then jumps in my face telling me he is disappointed in me, he doesn’t know me or understand why I was upset and he doesn’t care. He was just as wrong as I was, for jumping in my face, raising his voice at me and losing his self-control also.
Let me say this in ending for now, I will be assembling, what I have found around, broken, damaged or done incorrectly here at DWCL in a written document shortly. I think the main factor here is a lack of communication, hiding of things and how they are decided by the Board and we are asked to pay, out of our funds we pay in HOA Fees, for things we did not approve. No one asked the residents/ Condo owners if we wanted speed bumps put in or where they go or what type they should, be, no these decisions where just made by the Primary Board and we got cheap speed bumps that fall apart, stop no-one from speeding , and people just fly over them anyway. Yes I agree something needed to be done, but it should have been a better solution that will last longer.
We get siding falling off of buildings, people paying for showers like I did, because of shabby building, people have leaking windows and the buildings aren’t ten years old yet. Why? We have leaks in the basement of Building 12 and Building one too. Cracks in cement entryways to garages also. Why?
Someone is responsible, for each of the above things, and when you question The HOA they deflect to Pulte or to our Division Boards, lets stop deflecting, lets stop giving excuses, lets get to know who does what? I tire of the infighting between board members, or residents over who is responsible for what where? A simple solution is, we are getting toward the point where Pulte will be gone, so, the Grounds are what Dartmouth was hired to care for, they should do their job, replace the trees, fix everything and make it proper. People are paying HOA Fees ranging from 400 dollars a month and upwards here as owners, yet, we can’t even get the TVs in The clubhouse properly working and no one will call in Verizon to fix it properly. Why, oh we are trying to save money. Yet we pay for these services period. Jon Ebb is not responsible for fixing the tv system in the clubhouse, or anything like that. He gets called for almost anything that goes wrong, why?
We pay For LON, Carolyne, And Laura to do their Jobs. They should not be hiding in their offices in the dark, they should be doing what we pay them to do. None of them should be rude to any resident here and they should be available to answer all questions period. They should not fight with residents over anything period, nor should residents be banned from the clubhouse we pay for, to use in our HOA fees, for any reason. Too many things are not working the way, they are supposed to here at DWCL. We pay Lon, Laura and Lon’s helper and Teddy too, They should respond to what we ask in a polite manner and get it done, not say no.
As a resident and Condo Owner, I want to know why we don’t get told about things we must pay for ahead of time and get a say in them and if we want them. Why is The Entertainment Director, telling people to get out of her office or asking them what they want, when you try to talk to her. Why is Lon not able to get up, open a file cabinet and find forms residents need for whatever reason?
I have tried to stay to myself and not complain now for over four years, and I think I did well doing that. But, when, our own Board Members avoid questions, and make decisions without our vote or being asked, I get upset.
Last thing I will add here, for those who want to judge me, say I am wrong for what I did or any other thing, like I told Stu, you don’t know me. You don’t know my background, my education, my experience or where I have been. You Don’t know I suffer from ADDHD, and PTSD. You don’t know I am a Disabled Veteran who served this country for 16 years. You don’t understand, that I can not handle deflections, bullshit and lies. Thats why I got angry, and upset and , I will not sit by and watch people ask questions and the people who are supposed to answer them deflect, lie or give no real answer.
Let me close by saying this, I personally, appreciate, what Jon Ebb has done as President of our Board and the work each member puts forth as volunteers. If a Board meeting is held with us residents, the board members can not just expect to stand up there, state things and not be able to correctly answer questions. If you bring up a subject or item, tell us why, what you are doing about it and when and how much it costs. If someone disagrees and asks questions again, and you can’t answer it just say so. I would rather you say to me, I don’t know, I will find the answer and get back to you. To repeat answers that don’t make sense, or a resident disagrees with, is just wrong.
I tried to participate, to get involved and to voice my concerns and complaints is all. I apologize once more for disrupting the meeting in the way I did. But, as much as I am wrong, so, was the Board people trying to talk me down, and jumping in my face and not properly answering my question.
We paid a lot of money to buy a condo here at Dell Webb Chauncy Lake, we pay Hoa Fees for the services we are supposed to be getting. We pay, but, we don’t get polite employees, or people who do their jobs properly. Why? We don’t get all the services we pay for period. If something breaks or does not work or is rusting out or dying it should be taken care of in a reasonable time. Why isn’t it? Please explain that, because it does piss me off to see, us as seniors over 55 living here, and being taken for money, and not getting what we were promised or told we would get. There are too many things not being fixed, and no one is taking action to get them done, why?
