It’s understood why these past two ACSA Meetings were regulated to mid-summer when at least one half of the Aquarina Residents are gone. “Buried Leads”, as is the term in news reporting, where disclosed information, amid the disguising fluff, attempts to cover up the information like what was explained to the Residents at the Meeting. Let’s list, report, and evaluate what we were told as follows.
- The past voting on two Amendments in June was casually and not clearly explained. Apparently, a quorum was not attained for a vote, which would be the majority of the total voting units, i.e. 409. ACSA’s or Pearl’s statement was heard to be only 201 voting units were counted, which were short for a majority of the total units needed. It was clear on the total of voting units, if that was the case, a 201 count is short of the majority of 205, for 409 total voting units, that is shown from county records.
The curiosity is why wasn’t the mailed in ballots and the electronic ballots first counted to see if a quorum existed, as is the procedure, to determine if a Meeting can even occur? The argument would then be that there was not enough interest to vote on the proposed Amendments. A non-vote can be considered like a NO vote, yet another community vote was proposed for August. The ACSA continues its rogue behavior. What it’s doing is showing that if it loses a voting process, it will just continue it again and again until it attains the vote it wants. Are we not surprised?
Further, a propaganda letter was sent out to all the Residents about this August vote. It pleads to double the term of Directors, and increase the number of Director Candidates from a single neighborhood from 2 to three. Most neighborhoods have less than seven Directors. With up to three ACSA Candidates from a neighborhood, that neighborhood is at risk of losing its non-ACSA Directors’ majority. Talk to the Egret Trace Residents, where two of the three total Directors are ACSA Directors, and the Residents were kept in the dark from an outreach by one of the Pool Neighborhoods Directors to participate in attorney action vs. the ACSA. Do you see a conflict of interest?
Further still, do we want ACSA Directors, like we have now as a cabal group, and based on their suffering performance, to hold their Director positions longer than they currently have now. It’s time for a change, not continuing Failures.
- Another explosive revelation is the ACSA is now, which is long overdue, disclosing that a Golf Management company will be researched to take over the golf administration from AGI, the AGI being the ASCA’s henchmen for its selfish cabal spending in the community. This Blog has long endorsed this approach, of a professional and arm’s length administration of our golf course, where marketing to the public would provide more controlled play and additional revenue, like, for example, the Spessard Holland golf course. Aquarina’s golf course can certainly be considered a more dramatic course to play than Spessard Holland’s course, which is a very suitable public course.
Additionally, the “buried lead” here is that the selfish control and use of the golf course over the years, with minimal public use, has had the Aquarina community subsidizing the continued losing and minimal revenue. With community fees rising, and now Reserve matters to be addressed, the indulgent use of the golf course under AGI’s selfish grip, now needs to be re-purposed to be an income generating business to pay for evolving infrastructure and golf course costs. The cabal had its selfish run with the golf course, now it’s payback time, and I’m sure ACSA and its cabal of acolyte followers are scrambling. To further the “buried lead”, we also find out, for reasons not disclosed, that the longtime and popular Course Superintendent has left. Hmm.
The AGI henchmen, who oversee the money losing golf course, and are now searching for professional help to stop the bleeding of the Residents funds, should make the right decision, secure professional management, and give Spessard Holland some competition. We have a beautiful golf course, which is being enjoyed mostly by the ACSA cabal “on our dime”.
- Yet another “BTW” moment was that a 206-page Reserve study was completed, and available to read from the Aquarina website. As no surprise, we are currently in a high-risk category because the Reserve track for funding is insufficiently funded. Oh yes, remember that the ACSA spent $1M plus on an indulgent and discretionary, and not necessary, restaurant remodel, and placed a $300,000 plus assessment on the Pool Residents for a unnecessary Lakeside Pool total renovation. At the moment the golf course appears to have hundreds of thousands of dollars coming up in shortfall reserves for structures, equipment, re-building, etc. with an estimated 0-3 years left life expectancy, with most of the items with 2 years or less of life.
Keep in mind that the ACSA Board of Directors have total discretion with how Reserves are spent, where the Reserves can be spent on Betterments (improvements and additions) or Reserves for replacement and repairs.
- Remember the Beach Club House lift/elevator which was intended to assist disabled Residents to enjoy the second floor living area and the ocean views, for which the Residents paid. It has been over a decade in disrepair, operating for days or maybe a week, and then it breaks down. BTW- we have a maintenance program for which we also pay. To this day, it’s still a failing asset, at the last time I was there a few days ago. The cabal’s selfish and arrogant behavior on this matter is inexcusable. It should be a priority over everything else where the cabal spends with its discretion.
- Following the past Board of Directors’ election, it was questioned, without an answer to this day, why a Resident, who appears to be a non-property owner in Aquarina per county records, was vetted by the ACSA to be a Director Candidate in the election. The Bylaws are clear, only Aquarina Members, i.e. property owners, can be Board Directors. The apparent non-Aquarina property owner was voted to be a Director. Do we want non-Aquarina Property owners to make decisions for our community. Hmm.
- The ACSA foisted an unnecessary $300,000 assessment on the Pool Residents through deceit and bullying behavior, with no open discussion to the Pool Residents, who successfully cared for the Lakeside Pool for over 30 years without incident. In spite of continued requests, the, at that time, ACSA Treasurer would not publicly disclose to all these Residents the location and name of the Bank where the assessment existed, and further explain why the funds do not appear separately in the Budget. The Pool renovation does not appear as a current project, with other projects, and there is no Profit and Loss Statement with these available funds for the Pool Residents to see. Accounting Practices recommend that Assessments of this amount appear as separate line items. It can only be surmised that this Assessment is co-mingled with Aquarina Reserves, which we now know are in a feeble state. Transparency with the Pool Residents funds is not being practiced by the ACSA and its Treasurer.
- The current restaurant debacle continues, as we have, right at our Aquarina entrance, a flag waving and pleading to come in for pizza. What?! This not the kind of community presentation, for a place like Aquarina, we should be presenting to the public.
The restaurant needs to follow what should be happening with the golf course. We need a professional team that knows the restaurant business. It appears that the AGI is involved with this current outside restaurant operator, but is there a lease, a salary, we don’t know, which is typical of AGI. We do know, like golf, it’s losing money, and costing the Residents.
- A last, but certainly a total Failure, was the ACSA President allegedly signing a construction contract with an apparent close friend, for the Lakeside Pool renovation without ACSA attorney review. As most now know, the contract has been a fiasco with an abandoned construction site and eyesore for the community, for over two years, and nearly now four years without, which was once, a beautiful Pool, and Pool Area. Pool Residents have had failed real estate sales, and drops in property values as result.
These eight Failures to the Aquarina Community did not have to occur. They were caused by a cabal of selfish bullies, who are intoxicated with ruthless control, and are embellished with ACSA attorney and Property Management support.
As I have said before, Aquarina as a community, will, hopefully, survive this infestation by not allowing, with the coming August vote, by the Residents voting NO for the ACSA’s plan for power by changing our Bylaws, for the selfish purpose to hold onto its grip of the Community by locking in Director positions.
This cabal of pirates have totally failed in the oath they took as directors to our community, i.e. practicing a fiduciary responsibility for the Residents, and acting in the Residents’ best interests.
Vote “No” on All Amendments!