WHFHA DUES FOR 2010

[WHFHA's membership and board met March 13 and adopted the association fee set out below. A yearly fee will be needed to establish and maintain that landscaping and to maintain administration subdivision covenants.]

WINDY HILL FOREST HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION
DUES NOTICE FOR 2010

Payment Due Date: Due No Later Than May 31, 2010


2010 Assessment: Fifty Dollars ($50.00) if paid before June.
Resident owners get a discount if they pay on time. Landlords get a discount if they supply payment and contact info for themselves and their tenants by May 31, 2010.

2010 Assessments Paid Late: One Hundred Dollars - $100.00!
Actually, the official assessment is $100 but the board is motivating timely payment by granting a discount for fees paid by May 31, 2010 (along with contact information from landlords).

Make Check Payable to:
Windy Hill Forest Homeowners Association, Inc.

Mail Check to:

WHFHA c/o M. Groves,
PO Box 725167
Atlanta, GA 31139

Hand Deliver Check to:

Slot in Top Left box in USPS Mailbox near 1406 Springleaf


**In 1985 the Windy Hill Forest Homeowner’s Association recorded a declaration of covenants affecting its townhomes and their owners. It made the Association responsible for maintenance of common grounds and the lawns of each homeowner. That declaration included the right to assess $216 for lawn maintenance for 1985, and the right to annual increases of 5% of the prior year amount. The WHFHA Board of Directors has calculated an ongoing annual increase of 5% of the prior year amount from 1985 forward, and for 2010 the maximum that could be assessed is $695.

The Association’s policy is to entrust proper lawn maintenance to the Association members (which is consistent with Article IX of the WHFHA Bylaws - a copy is attached and is available at www.windyhillforest.com by clicking the “WHFHA documents” link). Instead of assessing $695 for lawn maintenance, the Association is assessing $100 per townhome for the entire 2010 year, and giving early payers a discount down to $50 per townhome. Resident Owners that get their payment in by May 31 can claim the discount. Landlords need to pay and to supply current contact info on themselves and their tenants by May 31. Otherwise the full $100 is due.

By paying the 2010 Assessment, owners are consenting to the Article IX bylaws, including the duty to take proper care of their lawns. If you are an owner that neglects lawncare or insists on having the Association care for your lawn, then please pay $695 to WHFHA right away, so lawn-care arrangements can be made.

Failing to pay has consequences. Members, please understand that the Association is no longer dormant. It is in good standing with the Georgia Secretary of State, it has had annual membership meetings at which a board of directors and officers were elected, and it has every right to make this assessment. A member that is delinquent in paying is subject to interest, late fees and attorney fees – those fees can add up to many hundreds of dollars and end up being filed as a lien on the member’s home. Further, the Association reserves the right to contact a delinquent member’s mortgage company to give them a chance to cure the delinquency before a lien is filed. Also, under the bylaws, a delinquent member delegates his voting rights to the Association. We look forward to your support and cooperation.

[Excerpts from bylaws & covenants follow - to enlarge, click on image and wait for downloading to complete.]

Results of Annual Meeting

The minutes of the annual meeting of homeowners is set out below. Members expressed support for speed bumps installed in the middle of the subdivision, and reported that vehicles tended to travel at safer speeds as a result. The Board reported that a message cabinet will be installed at the front of the subdivision to improve communications to residents. There was also discussion about how street parking is causing access and safety problems. The Board intends to discuss parking issues with the Smyrna Police and report on a formal parking policy.

WINDY HILL FOREST HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION (“WHFHA”)
MINUTES OF MARCH 13, 2010 MEETING


Minutes taken by Attorney Mark P. Groves, acting secretary of the meeting.

The 2010 annual meeting was held March 13, 2010 at 2:00pm at the Smyrna Community Center. This meeting was held as part of written notice given on March 2, 2009 to all 89 homes in WHFHA and the required quorum of 9 homes was exceeded. Notice was also published at the WHFHA entrance and on the windyhillforest.com website.

It was moved, seconded and unanimously resolved:

I. that the minutes of the March 28, 2009 annual meeting be approved.

II. that the following persons be elected by the membership to serve as the WHFHA Board of Directors:

Haywood Franklin, Sandy Vazquez,
Rochelle Martin, Susie David,
Mark Groves, Carmine Lombardi

III. that the annual dues be set at $100 with a $50 discount for timely payment, with the Board having discretion to set conditions for non-resident owners to obtain the discount in return for current contact information for themselves and their tenants.

Various discussion of subdivision matters occurred but no other resolutions were adopted.


/s
Mark P. Groves, acting secretary