By Chuck DeCoste, Chair

 

Since the Infrastructure Committee received the transition study final report, we have worked to prepare the Board of Directors to address the issues uncovered.

 

We compiled lists of the 23 nonconformances documented in the various sections of the report, as well as 11 items listed as maintenance concerns. Most nonconformances are items we can request the property developer to fix. The maintenance items will be included in our HOA annual budgets; however, some of these items were not properly maintained before being turned over. Initially, we can ask the developer to make some overdue repairs, then we can budget for ongoing upkeep.

 

We shared this report summary with our HOA board and discussed how best to present the findings. We agreed to build a combined and prioritized list of items to include in the request to the developer. We also are expanding the cost estimates list in the report to include the items that were not estimated. This will ensure we are prepared to discuss any financial settlements. This requires having some project quotes from contractors and using a few existing quotes.

 

The committee presented a high-level summary at the quarterly communitywide HOA board meeting in April. This summary included:

•        7 retaining wall issues

•        3 clubhouse roofing items

•       1 pool deck issue

•       11 new amenities area items

•        11 unfinished or poorly maintained items

 

In that meeting, we also mentioned we’ve begun working with the Epcon land management representative to address some of the issues, starting with the retaining wall nonconformities, including missing documentation, or no-name walls. Working with this new contact has been positive so far. We finally are starting to get some issues resolved.

 

Also related to one of the retention wall issues — mentioned both in Mike Crean’s September 2025 report and the transition study — Dennis Steil and I made measurements on RW-10, documenting that the sag in the wall is more than two inches. We plan to remeasure this regularly to determine whether it is getting worse.

 

Neighbors brought a few new items to our attention at the end of the HOA meeting. We’ve begun to investigate issues such as stormwater control measures pond approval deadlines and clogged drainage pipes under the mulched trails. As always, we appreciate our neighbors making us aware of these situations.