Barony Place I/Barony Place II

When you read the following in the May 2026 Summit Scoop, please recognize that it is wrong. Did you know?  "Please remember that recreational vehicles, trailers, and boats should not be stored in driveways or on the street unless otherwise permitted by the Association guidelines. Proper parking and storage help maintain the appearance of our neighborhood and keep roadways clear." Why? The CC&Rs state that you cannot park RVs, trailers, or boats in your driveways. There are no "guidelines" for such parking. The Board has no authority to permit a violation of the CC&Rs. On the street? The Board has no authority over parking of any vehicle or trailer or boat on the County-owned streets.  The Board cannot grant you permission to park RVs, boats or trailers on the streets. County ordinances and State laws apply. The CC&Rs and the By-Laws do not. One of these days the Board is finally going to wake up and admit it has no authority over parking on the County-o...

In the May 2026 Summit Scoop, as part of the President's Report, is a statement that "the upcoming referendum will include additional items that many homeowners have expressed interest in, including a proposed increase to the maximum allowable shed size..." Sheds trash up neighborhoods. Larger sheds will trash them up even more. A better idea is to tell homeowners to clean out their garages and get rid of all that junk they've been hanging onto. In most neighborhoods two cars are supposed to fit in the garage. The failure of the CAMS Property Manager to file the last Referendum on time was inexcusable. What was the reason? The necessary Amendments to the CC&Rs and the By-Laws cannot be addressed by the HOA at this time, because there are far too few legitimate, duly-elected Voting Members to approve them. The HOA should stop wasting its money until the (HOA's) Neighborhood Committee gets to work and assists neighborhoods to elect legitimate Voting Members!

... the remnants of "Team Danny" wrest control of the Board from those who were elected in November 2025? They have already been successful in removing Jeff Lummel from his position as Board Vice President. Jeff continues to be a Board Member. Jeff's voice and experience were an important part of the "leadership team" of the HOA. That "team" is the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Jeff's voice was a quiet voice of solid experience. Jeff is a long-time resident and very active volunteer. Jeff contributed major amounts of time over past years - time that the HOA should have paid hired workers to perform. The Board has never explained why or how his removal occurred. Why was responsible for that? A Special Board Meeting was held on April 6. The Board has never published the Minutes of that Special Meeting. The Minutes of the March 3, 2026 board meeting also have never been published on the HOA's website. Why haven't the Vot...

The Richland County Sheriff's Department Community Action Team (CAT) Officer is Master Deputy Tyonna Gillespie. Her contact information should be removed from The Summit Scoop. Deputy Gillespie is not the personal law-enforcement officer for The Summit (HOA). She is assigned to a large territory of Richland County. She does not work 24/7. And she doesn't get cats out of trees. If you call her directly, you interrupt her work. If she is not on duty, she will not respond to your message or return your call until she returns to duty, and then only if time permits. You might think help is on the way; it is not. If you need a deputy, call 9-1-1 (emergencies) or the non-emergency number published in The Summit Scoop. Incidentally, her last name is not spelled "Gillepsie", as shown in The Scoop. I notified the office back in January of the spelling error. But you know how busy they are in the office. They'll get around to it one of these days... Maybe.

In 2024 the HOA took money ($126,351.61) from a Reserve Account CD and purchased an Annuity. The Board has never disclosed this to Members and discussed it at a Regular Board Meeting. Who is the Annuitant? The name of this person (believed to be a current board member) has never been disclosed. Many annuities have purchase charges (commissions) and surrender charges. The value of the annuity is reported in the Financial Operating Results at its original purchase price. That is not the actual net cash value of the annuity. When the 2024 Annual Audit was finally released, the Auditor reported the value of the annuity on December 31, 2024 as $121, 440 (a loss of $4,912). The PRM (Art. III, §C, ¶9) reads, Investment and CD Procedures: The initiation of securing CDs must follow the procedure outlines below. a. The signature cards should contain 2 names from the Property Management firm (South Community Services) and 2 names from the Summit Community Association,  the President and the ...

At the May 5, 2026 the Board President, Brenda Bryant, announced a new Collection Policy of the HOA. WHAT IS IT? No details were given. WHEN WAS IT ADOPTED? No details were given.  The last Regular Board Meeting was March 3, 2026, so it was sometime between March 3 and May 5. This means it was done in a private, closed, secret, off-schedule board meeting (or board action, if the vote was by email). No Minutes were published! Is this how Members want important business of the HOA conducted? Why would the Board adopt a new Collection Policy? There are 564,833 reasons. The Balance Sheet of the March 31, 2026 Financial Operating Results was distributed at the May 5th Board Meeting. Accounts Receivable (Line 1205) reveals that $564,833.57 is owed to the Association.  My guess is that the bulk of that is unpaid dues. For years the monthly Financial Operating Results carried this message, " Collection activity is being conducted in accordance with Association policy. " For years I s...