2 Creekwood Master Board Open Seats

As of this morning, there are currently 2 vacancies on the Creekwood Master Board.

During last nights Master Board meeting, in a 6-0 vote, the Directors approved legal counsel's opinion that Ms. Elizabeth Sullivan was ineligible to be elected to the Board at the Creekwood Annual Meeting that took place on March 21st and is therefore not a Director.

This morning Director Carl Hartley notified the Board via e-mail that he is resigning effective immediately.

Based on these events there are currently 5 remaining Board members with 1 individual from each Sub Association. It is expected that the Board will be deciding to either fill both positions with appointees or continue with only 5 members. Creekside News will keep you posted on the outcome.

Creekwood Master Board Meeting Tonight

Tonight is the April meeting of the Creekwood Master Board. As usual this meeting is held at AMI's office (9031 Town Center Parkway Bradenton, Florida 34202) at 5:30 pm and is open to all Creekwood members. The Creekside president will be in attendance to hear what steps the Creekwood Board has taken regarding Creekside's letter of management accountability. An update will be posted in the Creekside newsletter coming soon.

Heads up!

I went to the Bank of America by Publix, on state road 70 today to transact some Creekside at Creekwood business. I was very pleased with the response from them. In addition they told me there had been reports of mail being stolen from mailboxes in Creekwood as recently as several days ago.

This is not new but is a recurrence of desperate measures by desperate people in times of economic stress. Be vigilant and do not put mail in your mail box for handling as postage that contains personal identifiers such as date of birth, social security number etc. OR any financial instrument such as a check or money order that could be used as a vehicle to steal money from you or your account(s)

Thanks from the treasurer

The assessment for Creekside at Creekwood is due on May 1st. I sent out 58 letters to homeowners who were current with prior years and have already received payment from 42! Thank you so much.

I also sent out 41 letters to homeowners who were delinquent at least one of the last two years and have received payment from 14 of those homeowners! Thank you so much also. The letter, which I posted here previously, was designed to elicit cooperation from homeowners who were delinquent. As seen above, there has been marginal success.

Those folks who are delinquent from previous years and those who choose not to pay this year's assessment by June 2nd are subject to lien. That is expensive to the homeowners as they will incur the cost of filing the lien and removal when they pay their fees. That seems strange compared to just paying the fees, don't you think?

We have four homes in foreclosure and will discuss, as a board, whether or not we want to file liens against those properties and collect the assessment fees from the banks.

We, as a board, have contacted the Bank that collects fees for the Master Association and may enter into a deal with them to collect our fees at the same time. This was requested by a number of you and we are listening to your request and attempting to make this a reality.

Thanks again for your cooperation. Be blessed and be a blessing to others...

2009 Creekside @ CreekwoodAssessment

The 2009 Creekside Assessment Letter and a sample invoice are included in this post. In addition to the homeowners who are current for previous years 2007 & 2008 there are some homeowners who are delinquent and the invoice was designed to address both. The sample invoice below is one where we are collecting for 2009 only. Those with delinquencies may have data in 2007 & 2008 fields filled in on their invoice. Please click on the image to view it full size.

On or about March 24, 2009 I mailed an assessment letter and an invoice specific to each residence to every homeowner in Creekside. even though the assessment is not due until May 1, 2009.

I have received a significant response. The letter is an attempt to inform you as to why we have a Creekside @ Creekwood Board. Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to the mailing and/or this post.

We have begun investigations to have our nominal fee collection included in the mailing that goes out to every homeowner for the Creekside Master Association dues. This would standardize the process of notification and collection and be more efficient.

Have a blessed day.

David W. Herrington
Treasurer
Creekside @ Creekwood