The agenda states that the lawyers who were hired by our self-appointed board members will be making a presentation at the Jan meeting. What is the fee for their presence at this meeting? Why are the board members continuing to spend our LAKE FEES on legal services when we have expressed our dissent on these actions?
I have seen a few posts referring to Tybee Island’s ban on short term rentals causing more to come to Suncrest. If you are watching the news, you will see that Tybee Island is being sued for the legality and constitutionality of their actions to stop short term rentals!
Please, let’s stop using our lake fees on attorneys! Put the proposed amendments to bylaws and covenants to bed by NOT voting for their adoption!
I appreciate your concerns about the ‘self-appointed’ label. However, I’d caution against anyone claiming to speak for what ‘we’ all think.”.
I state the following as my own and individual opinion. It is a mere 1/95th of “we,” the property owners.
For 50 years, there have been rules associated with the lake. With very few exceptions, enforcement of those rules has been lax to non-existent. Without an enforcement mechanism, rules are useless.
Short-Term Vacation Rentals could turn Talahi Lake from a place where families gather and live into a vacation destination. I do not want that to happen.
The proposal under consideration includes both a change to the Lake rules (no STVR) and the ability to enforce them. 2/3 of the property owners must consent for the proposal to be adopted. The proposal also includes specific limits on the board’s power and requires that any new rule proposals receive the same 2/3 vote before taking effect.
I understand the concern about legal fees. However, getting this right legally now could save us from far more expensive problems later.
We will only know what “we” think about this proposal when the county accepts the signed and notarized individual opinions (votes). Until then, the use of collective pronouns coupled with personal opinion is disingenuous.
I am voting in favor of the proposal because my personal opinion is that the benefit of prohibiting STVR going forward far outweighs the risk that the elected Board members (our neighbors) will turn the community into a overzealous HOA horror story (e.g., The Landings).
Whatever we decide, I hope we can all agree that preserving Talahi Lake as a family-oriented community is our shared goal.