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February 2009
We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and CID/HOA board of directors and report the facts!
County
and OCBOS Pat Bates Endorse Coto’s Trickle Up
Welfare Program
Posted
By CotoBlogzz | 1/09/2009 10:30 AM
Only
after thoughtful deliberation and taking into
considering a number of contentious issues, the County
has given the green light to proponents of building a
new polo arena in Coto de Caza –
Coto
de Caza is a guard-gated private community of about
4,000 homes governed by three common interest
development (CID) boards, representing some 15,000
residents. CZ Master association is the one who
pays for the Coto de Caza infrastructure, including
gate access, and its residents are the ones regularly
asked to subsidize
a number of organizations, such as the Estates and the
Villages, arguably the wealthier homeowners
associations, as well as the Equestrian Center, for
example
Among
the resolved issues leading to the approval of the
arena, include the project’s impact on aesthetics -
apparently the arena’s aesthetics
are more offensive than the community’s river
rock, the Arizona
look and or the five-pound-tree
in a one-pound-tree look, brought to the
community by highly-paid CZ landscape consultants in
nearby streets.
Then
there are the usual suspects, such as traffic,
lighting and emergency measures. Proponents of
the arena (generally non-dues paying CZ Master
residents) alluded to studies showing these to be
ungrounded concerns. The proponents did not
cite studies
which show that CZ-Master association-subsidized
homeowners consume some $3 million/year, of which the
arena would be one of the beneficiaries, however.
Take for instance the CZ-maintained horse trails, where an overwhelming majority of users (some 90%+) do not pay for the maintenance. Yet while in the CZ Master association common areas, not only do they expect to have the right away, but also expect that the association will pay to clean after their Equine Poop Soup.
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Typical Memento left by non-CZ dues paying members in the streets of Coto de Caza |
Of
course, the county does not walk away empty handed
from this exercise: The county is expected
to get some $130,000 in permit and use fees, out of the polo arena
approval.
CZ Master association’s residents prize? One
more dues increase - at a time when the majority of
local governments are tightening
the proverbial belt!
We asked county
land-use official, Michael Wellborn and Supervisor
Pate Bates to comment specifically on the Trickle Up
issue, but have not received a response. Hence
the only plausible conclusion is that the county and
Supervisors Bates tacitly continue to approve Coto’s
Trickle Up Welfare Program.
Excerpts
of letters sent to the county are reproduced below for
convenience:
As you may know, the CZ Master association is the
largest homeowners association inside the gates.
In a classic case of Trickle
Up Economics, the CZ Master association board
of directors, has raised monthly dues three times
over the last five years - The last one approved just
a few weeks ago and at a time when most for-profit and
non-profit organizations prefer to tighten their proverbial
belts - these increases help subsidize wealthier
associations within the gates, such as the Estates
and the Villages, including the Silver Bronze
corporation, the Equestrian
center and the Golf Club: Together, these
organizations consume over $3 million/year, but pay
nothing to repair, replace and or maintain the
community’s common infrastructure.
In the case of the Polo Arena, the Silver Bronze
Corporation plans to lease the Arena, and the proceeds
will benefit its shareholders directly – not the
Coto de Caza at-large community.
It is a reasonable assumption that with the Polo
Arena, traffic will increase, as well as DUI
related accidents, due to currently and planned
activities to increase the flow
and consumption of spirits, within the gates
increasing the CZ
Masters association’s liability.
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Comments. CZ Board Members it is time to stop being a bunch of saps at our expense. We are paying to benefit a profit making organization. The Equestrian Center and their outsider customers use our horse trails for nothing. We should require horse licensing or some sort of fee from the Equestrian Center in the spirit of community cooperation. We have experienced three dues increases in five years because of CZ Board Member mismanagement and/or unwillingness to deal with the freeloaders in our midst. If pushing for various fees results in a court case to get monies from these freeloaders that would be ok. It is time for the CZ Board to properly exercise its fiduciary responsibility to represent the interests of our Members instead of continuing to raise our dues. Get some juevos, please. Joseph Morabito – former member CZ Master Association board of directors.
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