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The following article was just posted to the San Elijo Life (www.sanelijolife.com) site:
SAN ELIJO HILLS TO VOTE ON RECALL OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Due to concern surrounding various issues in the recent election for the San Elijo Hills Board of Directors, a group of neighborhood representatives have joined to sign a petition calling for the recall of the new Board of Directors.
As a result, there will be a new call for candidates, followed by a new ballot which will ask homeowners if they would like to recall the results of the election, and if so, to vote for new candidates. Candidates who ran in the last election are welcome to re-nominate themselves.
The developer, HomeFed Corporation, has agreed to not place any of their representatives on the ballot, although the one seat occupied by developer designee Hale Richardson will not be up for election. This guarantees that four of the five seats on the Board will be held by homeowners.
The three areas of concern specified in the petition are as follows:
1. There are representatives whose votes were not counted because their neighborhood representative did not attend the meeting on December 8th.
2. There are residents who were not aware that Mary Russell had withdrawn her name, and who otherwise would likely have voted for a different candidate.
3. There are residents who voted prior to the start of the negative campaigning and who subsequently indicated a desire to change their votes, but were not able to do so.
The representatives signing the petition wish to make it clear that this is an effort to make the election fair to the residents casting votes, and an opportunity to start fresh.
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To follow up, San Elijo Hills neighborhood reps received the following email from Walters Management on Wednesday 12/23. It seems that the new Board has already violated the community by-laws by having this "gathering." The email indicates that the meeting was held in response to the petition. But the Board only received the petition that same morning (Tuesday), which means that the meeting could only have been called that same day.
This is a violation of the community by-laws which say that all regular and special Board meetings must be open to all community members, that the time and place of the meeting must be posted in a conspicuous place within community common area, and that the community must be given four days notice. None of these things were done, so this seems to have been a hastily-called secret meeting, and therefore in violation of by-laws.
The agenda item "Potential Formation of an Executive Committee Due to Developer Board Member Conflict of Interest" is particularly disturbing. They already hold a Board majority, so why are they so fearful of having the developer around?
It seems that not only does this Board not want anyone knowing what they're doing by holding secret meetings, but that they also want to make sure that no one is allowed to disagree with them.
It is important that neighborhood reps and SEH residents attend the January 4th meeting.
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Dear Neighborhood Representative,
In response to the petition recently submitted by several Neighborhood Representatives, the Board of Directors gathered last night and subsequently scheduled a special meeting on Monday, January 4, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at the community building at Stagecoach Park, 3240 Camino de los Coches in Carlsbad (across from Henry's and the La Costa Canyon High School). Unfortunately, we were unable to secure another meeting location in the community.
The agenda includes the following discussion items:
1. Election of Officers
2. Petition to Recall and Elect New Board Members
3. Appointment of Inspector of Elections
4. Scheduling Special Meeting of Neighborhoods (as requested in the petition)
5. Homeowner Forum
5. Potential Formation of an Executive Committee Due to Developer Board Member Conflict of Interest
An agenda for the meeting will be posted on the Community Bulletin Board, and an email will be sent to community members through the San Elijo Hills Community Network.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECALL UPDATE
For those of you who've been following the events of the recall campaign but were not able to make last Monday's meeting, here's a brief update.
1. About 40-50 residents attended the meeting.
2. Since the meeting had some controversial agenda points, the Association's legal counsel was supposed to attend the meeting. However, without approval from the entire Board, new Board member Jeff Tuller called the lawyer and told him that his presence was not needed. This got the meeting off on an argumentative point, and it went downhill from there.
3. First agenda point was election of officers. Michael Young made a motion to appoint Jeff Tuller as President. Hale Richardson indicated a desire for a more balanced-minded President, but the motion passed 3-2. Mary Russell and Hale were the two "no" votes.
4. There was a lot of discussion that seemed to indicate homeowner disenchantment with this Board. Specifically, the negative campaign, the secret meeting, and the need for an executive committee. The Board did a lot of double-talk and dancing around the questions.
4. Turns out that the secret meeting on December 22 was held because Tuller had gotten wind of the petition. Jean Salvia from Walters, plus Hale, had been asked to leave the meeting because Tuller believed them to be behind the recall petition.
5. Tuller's concern over a Developer/Walters conspiracy to drive the recall was also the reason for his desire to form an "executive committee" that would exclude the Developer. However, once it became clear in Monday's meeting that the petition and the recall drive were exclusively homeowner-driven, Tuller withdrew his request to create an executive committee.
6. By the end of the meeting, even the Board agreed that the recall campaign should move forward.
7. The ballot will include two measures. First, should be Board be recalled (yes/no). And second, if the Board IS recalled, please vote for new candidates. The process will follow this timetable:
a. A new call-for-candidates mailing has already gone out
b. Candidates have until January 21 to return their candidacy form
c. There will be a "meet the candidates" event at the Visitors Center on February 2
d. Neighborhood District Meeting will be held at the Walters office on March 10
e. Special Meeting of the Neighborhoods ("election night") will happen March 18
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From the San Elijo Life site:
San Elijo Hills Association Board recall passed: 455 in favor, 53 opposed, 11 abstained. Because the recall passed, the candidate votes were counted. The top four finishers, and our new San Elijo Hills Board of Directors, are:
1. Tim Minjares
2. Stephen Kirkland
3. Jeff Tuller
4. Sarah Vollrath
Hale Richardson will be appointed by the Developer to the fifth seat.
All San Elijo Hills neighborhoods were represented except Springfield.
Some notable numbers:
1. More residents voted in this election than the first election
2. More residents voted in favor of the recall than the total number of voters in the first election
3. 87.6% of the voters in this election voted in favor of the recall
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