Hello neighbor HOA owner.
I am only one owner with an opinion who previously served more than 3 terms as president of this HOA. Many owners have reached out supporting HOA Dissolution.
A new concern with the HOA, is that I or WE just spent $26,000.00. I didn't know I was going to spend $26,000.00. No prior HOA spending notice or notice of the problem or anything, why? The HOA simply spent $26,000.00 on your behalf. This is alarming to me, but is it the future of this HOA as the HOA park infrastructure deteriorates.
The March 8th, 2024 emergency $26,000.00 spending announcement from the Pebblecreek HOA Board of Trustees (BOT) by acting president Darren Gerber raises concerns. This unplanned $26,000.00 spending illustrates why it is a bad idea to give the HOA a savings account, and why its time to dissolve this HOA.
In Mr Gerber's email announcing the EMERGENCY spending he states “This was an item we had planned to do two years ago but postponed” That does not sound like an emergency? It sounds like Mr. Gerber failed to inform the owners of his concern and also failed to address the issue at the HOA budget meetings for two years. Two years ago, gives plenty of time for planning and talking to the owners.
What is an emergency to you?
An emergency to me is an unexpected, unavoidable, previously unknown serious problem like an earthquake or fire. From Mr. Gerber's email it sounds like the Board of Trustees wants it both ways, an emergency, but they knew about it 2 years ago, they just did nothing about it? This is wrong.
Questions
<ol>
<li>Was the announced $26,000.00 spending an unforeseen emergency, mismanagement or a hidden strategy?</li>
<li>Was it unforeseen? According to Mr, Gerber's email they knew about it for two years.</li>
<li>Was the brick ribbon around the pool damaged by the contractor last spring during the replaster process?</li>
<li>Where are the photos showing pre-construction and post-construction, and photos showing today's emergency problem to the owners?</li>
</ol>
I've tried to keep involved in the HOA, I have read everything they send out, I go to every meeting, and this is the first time I heard anything about this? Why?
What other huge expenses are the BOT not telling the owners about?
This Board of Trustees (BOT) has set many new HOA historical firsts under Mr. Gerber's leadership.
<ul>
<li>2023 Largest fee increase in HOA history</li>
<li>2023 First time fees have ever been made retroactive</li>
<li>2024 First time ever using the emergency clause to spend unbudgeted money.</li>
</ul>
I wish I could say I was surprised.
The HOA has an enormous amount of financial power over the owners, over you, over your home. The HOA Board of Trustees (BOT) just spent a HUGE amount of your money without any prior notification. They sidestepped the budget process by labeling their spending as an emergency, abusing their power of the owner's money. What's next?
If the owners give the BOT a savings account to draw from the BOT can declare an emergency to spend anything, and they will, especially now. The low standard has been set.
The owners need to hold the BOT accountable. As long as the owners don't oppose misconduct or poor management, the problems will grow. Huge increases in HOA spending is really unavoidable for many reasons, but mostly because the park is severely deteriorating. That's why HOA disillusion is needed.
More questions I have
<ul>
<li>How many Utah HOA's have nonmember properties within its subdivision like Pebblecreek?</li>
<li>How many Utah HOA's are limited to only the boundaries of a subdivision park?</li>
<li>How many HOA‘s have a swimming pool as big as pebblecreek's?</li>
<li>Why doesn't the city or county want the pebblecreek park and pool?</li>
<li>Why were the volleyball and tennis nets left out all winter to deteriorate? What else was left out all winter to waste away?</li>
<li>Where is the BOT's accountability?</li>
</ul>
In my years of service as president of this HOA , I always had a few unbreakable rules. The top two are:
<ol>
<li>Every owner always has multiple opportunities to be involved or receive information before action was taken.</li>
<li>Never surprise the HOA owners with any spending or changes of any kind.</li>
</ol>
Myself, along with many other owners are attempting to organize a formal vote to dissolve this HOA. Join this effort and dissolve the HOA before more of your money is wasted. Email back to join this effort.
If you have not yet sent an email letting us know if you're For or Against dissolution, <a href="mailto:qvffbyirgurubn@tznvy.pbz?subject=Join%20Coalition&#x26;body=I&#x27;d%20like%20to%20join%20the%20coalition%20to%20dissolve%20the%20HOA.%20My%20lot%20number%20is:" title="Email to join the coalition">do it now</a>. Having a different opinion is perfectly fine and we respect that completely. The goal at this point is to get a reasonably accurate count of the owners wishes, either for or against dissolution. At this point most owners have not made their position known.
At the 2024 spring HOA meeting the BOT is likely to vote to add a new special assignment that you will pay for. They have not told you this yet, why? The owners can vote NO. The owners can also vote to not allow the emergency status to stand and not allow the HOA's reserve money to be used.
Often at the HOA owner meetings, the attending owners frequently easily vote to spend more money but represent only a fraction of all owners. If you can't attend the HOA meeting, find a likeminded owner, and send them with your proxy to vote NO on spending.
Now is your opportunity to end this financial liability before it gets worse.

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