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We are far short of the necessary
number of votes
to amend our Bylaws and CC&Rs.
If you have not voted, or voted "no,"
please read this message.
| What are Bylaws?
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The Bylaws of a corporation specify the rules under which the
corporation must operate. Your homeowners association is a California
corporation and it must operate in accordance with its Bylaws. The
proposed amendments to the Bylaws update these documents that were initially
drafted over two decades ago. To view a copy of the proposed Bylaws,
please click this link: "Restated Bylaws"
(pdf).
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| What are CC&Rs? |
When a community such as Jasmine Street is built, the developer adopts and
records with the County Recorder a set of rules relating to the use and
maintenance of the properties in the development. These rules are
called Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions, or "CC&Rs" for short. The
CC&Rs are agreed-upon standards for maintenance of common areas within the
community, and standards to ensure that individual properties achieve a minimum
level of care to maintain the aesthetic appeal of the community, and thus
preserve and enhance property values. The existing CC&Rs consists of
several documents cobbled together over the years as each phase of Jasmine
Street was developed. The
streamlined, updated CC&Rs (pdf) document combines all the
existing material into one document and updates some provisions to current law.
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| How many votes are needed?
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Because both Bylaws and CC&Rs are such important
documents, they are drafted with a relatively high requirement to change them.
The Bylaws require 51% of the members, or 158 votes. The CC&Rs have an
even higher threshold, requiring 75%, or 231 votes. Since the Restated and
Amended Bylaws and the Declaration of Restrictions are written as a set with
cross-references to provisions in both documents, they must be adopted together
and one will not be adopted without the other. Therefore, the 75%
requirement, in effect, applies to both. We are about half way
there.
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| Vote!! |
If you have not already done so, please send in the
ballot to vote on
this important improvement to your Association's operation.
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If you
are not sure if you have voted, vote again as only the latest dated vote
counts.
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If you sent in your ballot without selecting either
option "yes" or "no" then the vote only counts to
achieve a quorum.
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You are strongly encouraged to re-submit your ballot
to vote in favor of the amended documents.
Again, only one ballot will be counted and that will be the
one with the most recent date in the case of two or more from the same
owner for the same property.
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Please
VOTE!!
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high mounds. Takes sun but does best in partial shade and with consistent water.
Tolerates no foot traffic. Use in rock gardens, on north or east exposures, or
as a border to lawns or walks. Cut back after flowering.
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