Barony Place I/Barony Place II

Back in July the owner of 18 Barony Place Circle reported a water leak to the Columbia Water Department, which was responsible for repairing the leak in a pipe under the grass between the curb and the sidewalk. The leak was finally repaired about August 26, 2020, but the street was left dirty and no new sod was put down after the hole was filled in with ugly dirt. I walk by there daily with my dog, and I decided to help out and began contacting the Columbia Water Department. I lost track of the number of calls. In November I suggested to the HOA office that it might offer help to the homeowner. In January or February I asked the Board to get involved. Still nothing happened. Then I asked recently-elected County Councilman Overture Walker to help. That got the ball rolling a lot faster. An Assistant County Administrator grabbed the ball and got in touch with an Assistant City Manager (for Columbia). Sod has been ordered again and the front yard (parkway) is to be restored by the end of

How did you vote in the recent Referendum? Did you even vote? Did you vote to approve sheds in back yards? In one neighborhood of The Summit, only 10% of the homeowners voted. How many homeowners in Barony Place I and Barony Place II actually voted? Do you know how votes are counted? Your vote should have been delivered to the Neighborhood Representative, who is Billie Jones in Barony Place I. There are 78 homes in the Neighborhood of "Barony Place", which is the combined homes in Barony Place I and in Barony Place II. Billie gets to cast 78 votes. She counts your vote(s) (how many? 5? 10?) and then she gets to cast the balance of the 78.  How did the majority in Barony Place I & II vote? How did Billie vote? You'll never know, but that is never reported to homeowners. The Board should report how each Neighborhood voted and how many homeowners in each neighborhood actually voted. But that would be too much information that might cause undue concern among homeowners. O