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Once again, you will soon be receiving information and asked to sign petitions/acknowledgements that will allow the Board to begin a process that will turn our Water/Sewage over to Anne Arundel County.Right now your water bill is paid through your monthly dues. The conversion will mean that you will begin to receive a water bill from A.A. County payable by YOU. Most of you recently received a pamphlet in the mail from the American Water Resources of Maryland. It came in a brown envelope and, at first glance, appeared to be junk mail. IT WAS NOT JUNK! Hopefully you did not throw it away. It contained extremely valuable information pertaining to your rights and obligations if we convert to county water. If you did throw it away, clink the link above. You will be surprised at what you may be responsible for.
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR BOARD
Will there be a reduction in your monthly association fees? Don't settle for a soft obscure answer. Make them provide a specific dollar amount. And remember, they have raised the dues and reduced service before. How long will the alleged reduction last?What is the cost for the conversion, and who pays for it? If you are told that each home will be assessed an equal portion of the cost....think about it and then refer to your last news letter. Look at the delinquencies. If these people can't or won't pay pay monthly dues, do you think they will pay their fair share for this? Then who will pick up that cost?
How will the cost for the pool be allocated? Get a solid answer without the tap dance.
Will a qualified representative from A.A. County Dept. of Public Works address you, the home owners, to answer your questions? This will mean YOU WILL HAVE TO COME TO A MEETING!
If a survey is done and work actually begins, this will require a meter at each home. Is there a cost for this? Again...get hard facts. There will be an increase in your county tax bill. Cost for this conversion can be very expensive. Don't be lulled to sleep by amortising the cost over the next thirty years. My home is almost paid for and I am NOT interested in another thirty year bill.
I'm sure you have many more questions. I urge you to start attending the meetings (once every two months).You may also get some answers from the Dept. of Public Works.
We could go on for days about what could be or what should be. But at the end of the day what it comes down to is that people aren't paying their condo fees (aka their own water/sewer bills) Those of us who pay will always bear the brunt of those who don't. I have no issue switching water-sewer over to the county as long as I can be guaranteed to see the "same" relief in my condo fee being reduced.
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right. We can go on and on. Thats exactly whats been happening. Everyone I speak to has complaints. But, who's showing up at meetings to be heard??? By the way, you will NOT get a guarantee of relief in you monthly fee. The only guarantee will be that the fees will slowly rise again.
DeleteThe meeting is next Tuesday on the 17th!!!
Is there anything being talked about the parking. Its hard enough to find a space with two cars to a house but niw there are 4-5 cars a house and its out of control. I cant go to meetings because of work or i would...
ReplyDeleteParking does'nt seem to be a prominant issue...at least no one has brought it to the attention of the BOARD. If you can't attend ANY meetings, I would strongly suggest you send someone from Your household.
ReplyDeleteThe meeting is next Tuesday on the 17th.
Will be there on the 17th. Others need to get involved; there is no room to complain if one doesn't take as active as a role as possible. I believe a large part of the problem is the number of units that are rentals. The landlords have no reason to pay the condo fee aside from eventually being taken to task. They don't care if the community is kept up, nor do they care whether their tenants can use the pool. If people living in communities took a few minutes of their time to pick up a few pieces of the garbage they see on the ground; it is our community and WE have to be held somewhat accountable for our communitys upkeep.
ReplyDeleteGreat! I don't know th numbers, but I agree there are too many rentals. The large number of rental units is also part of the reason our community can't get FHA certification now. Without that certification, its extremely difficult to get a bank to lend money to prospective buyers.
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