Barony Place I/Barony Place II

The final Proposed Amendment being sought by the Board is Amendment 11.  First of all, aren't ALL 28 neighborhoods in the Association unincorporated? Approval of that proposed Amendment would result in an enormous increase in power and authority in the hands of the seven-member Board of Directors or, really, in the hands for four of them (the majority). Every one of the 28 Neighborhoods is supposed to have a legitimate, duly-elected Voting Member. Over the past ten-plus years Boards have ignored that requirement. They ignored the CC&Rs and the By-Laws and allowed homeowners to "get signatures" to be called a Voting Member. Boards should have appointed competent chairpersons to the (HOA) Neighborhood Committee and told them to carry out the Mission of that Committee, which is stated on the HOA's website. And Board Presidents should have monitored whether those chairmen were carrying out that order. (They weren't.) The two most-recent chairmen did absolutely no...

It's a good thing that The Summit's HOA Board Meetings are not live-streamed for the whole community to watch. Last night's meeting was a train wreck.  During the first 30 minutes there was a noisy child who interfered with the meeting. It's nice that the parent wanted to attend the meeting. The Board President should have addressed the parent at the child's first whimper.  Law Enforcement's dog-and-pony show was far too long; it was entertaining at times, but too long. Limited them to five minutes, including audience questions. Previously, the Board announced that questions from the audience would be taken during the public comment section. Then why do they allow questions during Committee reports?  A woman seated in the first row asked many questions and made many comments. The Board President should have shut her down until the public comment portion. Then during the public comment period a woman seated behind me raised questions about the annuity purchased b...

Does anyone know which Neighborhoods now have legitimate Voting Members? 1. Barony Place, May 2, 2026 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Why do you suppose they weren't identified in the July Summit Scoop? Has the listing of Voting Members been corrected on the website?  The answer to that question is No, because 24 Voting Members are named on the website's list. Four neighborhoods don't have any representation at all, legitimate or not. Only eight (8) Voting Members are legitimate, and not necessarily any or all of those named (except for Tracy Manderino of Barony Place). The Board has finally acknowledged that its scheme of allowing a homeowner to "get signatures" or just remain in office because they think they "own" it, is not valid. In the July 2026 Scoop (Page 3) some unnamed person wrote, "To date, eight neighborhoods have successfully completed the election process by forming a Neighborhood Committee and electing their Voting Member and Alternate."* ...

There is an active discussion about Amendment 10 starting on NextDoor. Be sure to weigh in. First of all, the HOA should be telling the truth to Members (homeowners). Members do not vote on the proposed Amendments. It's the Voting Members who vote on them. According to the HOA, there are now eight bonafied Voting Members. There should be 28. For years, there was none. Then there was one. Now seven more in the past month (if those Neighborhood Meetings were legitimate). On NextDoor, Renee B. re-stated Proposed Amendment 10. She didn't "explain" it. What she did do was copy and paste it into NextDoor. It is a terrible Amendment. Why should Buyers be penalized for failures of past Boards of Directors? No Buyer is going to pay that. A savvy Buyer will demand that the Seller take the hit on the $1,000. Plus that proposed amendment opens the door for increases voted by the Board! Do you want only four people (a majority on the Board) to make a decision for 2,480 Members? ...

I (Gus Philpott) am sometimes asked why I keep pounding away on the Board of Directors. The answer is simple. When that illegal lawsuit against me was dropped in January (2026), I offered to be fair with the HOA if they were fair with me. I had rejected conditions offered by the HOA. They caved, and they dismissed the lawsuit with no agreements between us. In fact, they dismissed it with prejudice, meaning they couldn't re-file it. I asked for a meeting with the Board of Directors. The Board President told me they were not going to offer a settlement. Had I asked for a settlement? No, I asked for a "meeting". Were they fair with me? No.  I happen to enjoy writing the posts on this blog. I've been studying the CC&Rs and By-Laws for more than six years. If the Boards had conducted the business of the HOA in compliance with the CC&Rs and By-Laws, they would have heard little from me and there would have been a different tone to my writings. They have earned every...

The July 2026 Summit Scoop was distributed today, July 2nd, by email from the office at 5:58PM. What's missing? The Voting Members' list. Why would that list be left out? Could it be because an accurate list would include the names of only eight (8) legitimate Voting Members? There are 28 neighborhoods,  and each should have a genuine Voting Member. Proposed Amendment 1 is designed to do away with the Voting Members. Read it carefully. Vote NO on Amendment 1. In this same July Scoop (Page 3) in place of a list of Voting Members, it states, in part, "To date, eight neighborhoods have successfully completed the election process by forming a Neighborhood Committee and electing their Voting Member and Alternate ( should read Alternates ). An additional five neighborhoods have scheduled their annual meetings to conduct elections." Unfortunately, those who publish The Summit Scoop failed to identify the seven new neighborhoods that have come into compliance (finally) with t...

On January 1, 2026 the Annual Assessment of the Association increased $50 to $560.00, payable in two installments of $280.00. Two thousand four hundred eighty (2,480) property owners were billed for a total of $694,400.  How many of them have paid? How many have NOT paid? What portion of the $694,400 has not been received by the Association? Amounts unpaid on February 1st were past-due and began incurring penalties and interest. Does the Board even know? Will the Treasurer report on July 7? How is the new Collection Policy of the Association working out? In fact, WHAT is the new Collection Policy (announced 5/5/2026)? Members deserve to be informed. It's not a secret. Assessments are a financial obligation of homeowners (Members). Assessments should be paid on-time and in full. The July 1st Assessment (second half) has been billed. What amount does the Association reasonably expect to collect? It appears that the Board never approved the 2026 Proposed Budget, which is posted on the...

 At 4:55PM today, the HOA office emailed "information" about Amendment No. 10,  Capital Contribution Assessment. That email was sent out on behalf of The Summit Community Board of Directors. The Directors are Brenda Bryant, Noel Weatherbee, Angelo Turley-Moore, Linda Potter, Jeff Lummel, Tanisha Holmes, and William Hill. Notably, the attachment was titled, " Why Vote YES on Amendment 10? " (Bold and capitalized YES were in the original.) Think: why is this Amendment so important to the Board? Because The Summit's HOA is running out of money. Over the past few years several boards of directors have collected money and budgeted for Reserves. They silently reduced the Reserve Contribuition and spent your money on operations. I have covered that in other articles here. In 2020 the Contribution to Reserves was budgeted at $163,965. In 2024  the Contribution to Reserves was budgeted at $0.00. Did your Annual Assessment ($510/year) go down? No! In 2025  the Contributio...

Where did $784,041.41 go in four years? When the 12/31/2025 Financial Operating Results were finally posted this week, it was possible to calculate the shrinkage in Total Assets over a four-year period. The year-end Total Assets are shown below for five years (2021-2025). The amount in parentheses is the reduction in Total Assets in that one year. $1,872,391.80 - 12/31/2021 $1,837,205.30 - 12/31/2022 (-$35,186.50) $1,596,952.66 - 12/31/2023 (-$240,252.64) $1,535,754.14 - 12/31/2024 (-$61,198.52) $1,087,350.39 - 12/31/2025 (-$448,403.75) $35.186.50+$240,252.64+$61,198.52+$448,403.75= $785,041.41 In four years the Total Assets shrank $785,041.41. Note that they shrank $448,403.75 in just one year, from 12/31/2024 to 12/31/25. The Board must explain this to the Members. The Board had three treasurers in 2025. LaToya Adams (1/1/25 to mid-May), (no Treasurer from mid-May to 7/1/25), William Hill (7/1/25-12/1/25), Linda Potter (12/1/25-12/31/25). Danny Trapp was Board President from 1/1/25-...