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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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eribrav, lost of this kind of stuff is already in the hands of the people and direct citizens.
the challenge and problem is that they aren't getting their money's worth as now there is yet ANOTHER bureaucracy who wants to dip their hand into people's pockets.
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Deerfield HOA Annual Meeting Minutes 11-01-08 | Monthly Minutes | Deerfield Plantation
Road Maintenance Report: Scott Baldwin
After walking all Deerfield roads in late September, the board has decided to delay road patching until the Spring. Although there are many problem areas with our roads, at this time no asphalt is coming loose. Considering the current cost of asphalt and the cost of bringing in machinery each time we patch, the board felt it prudent to wait and see if precipitation and freezing weather during the winter months will add to our road deterioration. Hopefully, the cost of asphalt will stabilize by spring and any additional damage can be included in the spring repair work.
Road repair discussion:
Currently $35,000 (an amount agreed upon by the entire HOA when we restructured) is collected yearly for road repair. Several members offered opinions as to what should be done:
• Adopt a five year plan to repave all Deerfield.*
• Build up a fund by collecting a higher fee.
• And an opposite opinion - Return excess money to members if it is not being used immediately.
*The rejected reclamation project, which covered Ski Trail's 9,195 sq. yds. would have cost $175,000.00. Since repairing roads is twice as expensive as reclamation, $35,000 would only cover 919 sq yds which, for example, is about a third of Mountain Folk Lane .It would not be possible to repair all of Deerfield in five years. Unfortunately, resurfacing would not prevent further road decay. A request to charge a one-time fee for new construction in Deerfield that impacts our roads was voted on and accepted. The new board will decide how to carry out that ruling.
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with regards to the group, more power to them. they had a real economic reason to move, that's the reason why NYC has Business Improvement Districts who take care of the areas where businesses need services the city falls short on.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 04-10-2009 at 03:48 PM..
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