OUTDOOR RESORT PALM SPRINGS
Our warm winter has hit a little bit of a blustery cool patch as we reach the end of February but administratively, things are heating up. The preliminary budget is done and at the time of this publication will have been
2017-2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS B OB M OORE , J IM W ALLER , V ICE P RESIDENT M ARYELLEN M UIR , T ED W ILSON , S ECRETARY D ED E L OOP , CFO C RAIG W IRCH , P RESIDENT B RIAN C ANFIELD .
MARCH 2018
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Message from the Board
reviewed and examined in a joint meeting by the Board and Finance Committee. As written about last month, the Board will then adopt the budget as a whole (Operating, Reserve and Capital) on March 5. This is the last action of the current sitting Board as the Annual Meeting and election of new Board Members will take place on March 9 followed by the “New Board’s” first meeting on March 19. All in all, it is a very busy month! In other news, the Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) held a joint meeting with the Facilities Planning Committee (FPC) to discuss items born out of the survey that may require attention of both committees. Due to this, the purpose of the joint meeting was to ensure that both committees did not duplicate the work of the other and to make sure each was working in harmony with the other. Additionally, there are short term items that the FPC deals with that may have an impact on the long term items that the SPC are working on and vice-versa. I am happy to report that it was a productive meeting and the committees came away with an understanding of the duties and responsibilities of each. As there are no clear dividing lines on some items, the committees are in agreement that the future joint meetings and open communication are needed to make sure that we are all moving forward and working toward the vision statement as adopted by the Board. Kudos to all the committee members for their efforts!
The election of new Board members is just around the corner. There is a second ballot that needs to be addressed also. It involves the purchase of land which we need owner approval. Why are we buying this property? There are two elements to the proposed purchase. First, we are seeking to purchase a strip of land approximately eight by 150 feet through the CVWD well site for our owners to access a dog facility proposed to be built on the marijuana development property to our west. However, the bulk of the property to be purchased is land that ORPS has been using for many years that actually belongs to CVWD. It is the property north of the road into the maintenance yard, across from the main laundry used for parking, garbage dumpsters and a portion of our current dog relief area is located. This is land that was deeded to CVWD by the original developers of ORPS for a well and pump site and was a condition of approval in order to build ORPS. CVWD installed fencing, but only around the actual area used for its pump station, and not the entire deeded property. ORPS eventually encroached onto this property for the uses noted. Since discovering this situation last year, CVWD has put us on notice that we need to purchase and/or lease the property from them. Before proceeding, we will require (1) an agreement with the developers of the marijuana facility as to the construction and ongoing maintenance of the dog facility and the long term use of it by ORPS residents, and (2) approval of the project by the City of Cathedral City. Once these conditions have been met, another meeting will be held with owners before proceeding.
Be assured that there will be no incremental assessment in HOA fees to pay for this project; the Board has accrued sufficient money to cover the purchase cost through increased revenues from the Resort Fees. So you can see it is very important that the second ballot is approved. Please vote to approve this measure as well as for your favorite candidates for the open Board positions. On March 5, the Board of Directors will give their final review and approval to next year’s Budget. This process has been ongoing since December with numerous meetings held to discuss Operations, Reserves and Capital Budgets. DEDE LOOP, Board Secretary
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