[WHFHA's membership and board met March 3 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 2012
DUES NOTICE FOR 2012
Payment Due Date: Due No Later Than May 31, 2012
2012 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, 2012.2012 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, 2012.
Make Check Payable to:
Windy Hill Forest Homeowners Association, Inc.
Mail Check to:
Windy Hill Forest
PO Box 1704
Smyrna, GA 30081
Hand Deliver Check to:
Slot in Top Left box in USPS Mailbox near 1406 Springleaf
Paypal.com:
You send the fee via paypal.com to windyhillforest@gmail.com
**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 2012 the maximum that could be assessed is $766.
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 $766 for lawn maintenance, the Association is assessing $100 per townhome for the entire 2012 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 2012 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 $766 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.]
