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February 3, 2010, 10:36 am
The district has published the guidelines for the upcoming election on 4 May 2010. 4 director positions are up for election.
For more information, go to the district’s website and click on “election information”….I’d give you a direct link, but their setup does not allow direct page linking (go figure).
I have copied the relevant text here (formatting deleted), but be sure to check the district’s website frequently — things can change at any time.
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A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
(NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF)
32-1-804.1; 32-1-804.3, 1-1-104(34),32-1-905(2), C.R.S.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District of El Paso County, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 4TH day of May, 2010, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, 3 directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms and 1 director will be elected to serve a 2-year term. Eligible electors of the Districts interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form from the District Designated Election Official (DEO):
Connie Goodwin (Designated Election Official)
8046 Eastonville Road (DEO Address)
Falcon, Colorado 80831 (DEO Address)
719-495-2500 (DEO Telephone)
The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. If the DEO determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form once, at any time, prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 26, 2010. The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance is close of business on Friday, February 26, 2010 (not less than 67 days before the election). Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing an insufficient form. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the designated election official by the close of business on Monday, March 1, 2010 (the sixty-fourth day before the election).
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for a mail-in ballot shall be filed with the designated election official no later than the close of business on Friday, April 30, 2010, except that, if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 27, 2010.
Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District
Connie Goodwin (on file) Designated Election Official Signature
Division of Local Government – Department of Local Affairs – 2010 Election B-6
Revised 6/9/2008
For Self – Nomination and Acceptance forms please click on the term you would like to run for below:
2-Year Term
4-Year Term
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January 29, 2010, 9:23 pm
As I mentioned in this post, Ron Pace filed a motion seeking court costs from the district and Larry Bishop after the court found in his favor. The district filed a motion saying they didn’t have to pay, as they were immune (nice the way they set that up, huh?)
As ludicrous as that sounds, Pace & Co were undaunted — they then filed to have Larry Bishop held liable for court costs.
The court agreed. In an order released this week, the court ordered Larry Bishop to pay $2,948.75 to Ron Pace.
Click here to read the order; the markings are those of Magistrate Chittum.
January 24, 2010, 10:32 pm
As was discussed in the comments to this post, there are more assignors to the covenant management board than the original three I listed. A records search at El Paso County Court reveals some others:
| Instrument |
Date of Assignment |
Assignor |
Address |
Map |
| 209064049 |
6/8/2009 |
MEDFORD JERRY E |
7836 TOMPKINS RD |
Click Here |
| 209074468 |
6/29/2009 |
VEGHTE ROBERT E |
11495 CALGARY RD |
Click Here |
| 209074469 |
6/29/2009 |
COZZOLINO EUGENE |
7659 BULLET RD |
Click Here |
| 209074470 |
6/29/2009 |
HENRY JOSEPH |
8527 CHAMPIE RD |
Click Here |
| 209074471 |
6/29/2009 |
WRIGHT THOMAS C |
11455 DALLAS RD |
Click Here |
| 209074472 |
6/29/2009 |
WENNEN GORDON N |
8605 SADDLEMAN RD |
Click Here |
| 209074473 |
6/29/2009 |
PARMENTIER DANIEL H |
8624 SADDLEMAN RD |
Click Here |
| 209074474 |
6/29/2009 |
AVEDIKIAN EDWARD |
11515 TEXARKANNA RD |
Click Here |
(Thanks to Grma Warne for her diligent research)
Click on the map links, see if they live near you. Yes? No?
Well, regardless of if they do or not, if you receive a letter from the covenant management board, or a demand from the attorneys, or are taken to court, or have to pay fines…
The covenant management board is doing it under the authority of these residents.
In essence, the covenant management board is taking action against you on behalf of these residents. These residents don’t have to know you, or have ever seen your property.
Note that one resident who assigned their enforcement rights is not listed: ZINN MARK M has since moved from the district, so that assignment has been revoked.
All of these residents are members of the “Assignment Committee”. This committee, so far as I can tell, is not elected, is not subject to recall, produces nothing. The sole criteria for membership is to assign your covenant enforcement rights to the covenant management board. In return for giving the covenant management board a reason to exist…you get insurance coverage in case you are sued.
Finally, let’s look closer at the assignors.
| COZZOLINO EUGENE |
Employee of the district |
| AVEDIKIAN EDWARD |
Employee of the district |
Of course, no pressure was applied there…
| HENRY JOSEPH |
President of the covenant management board (by this document) |
| WRIGHT THOMAS C |
Wife is a metropolitan district director…and said wife continued to serve as the secretary of the covenant management board until someone explained to her what “conflict of interest” means |
| WENNEN GORDON N |
Wife is now secretary of the covenant management board |
One would think that, if the covenant management board was as popular as they say, that there would be many more assignors…instead of being made up of more than 60% with questionable rationale. So come on, filings 1-10! Apply to be on the “assignment committee” today!
January 23, 2010, 9:32 pm
The district will hold a special district board meeting on 27 January 2010, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM.
As usual, they will go into executive session; however, this time it is for “personnel matters”…which means according to state law they must keep a recording of it, and the person(s) being discussed have the option of holding all discussions at an open board meeting.
If they are not discussing specific personnel, or are discussing elected officials, the meeting must be open pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(f)(II).
January 22, 2010, 1:44 pm
Residents of Filing 11 have been receiving a notice at their door over the past few days. What does this notice say?
| Before paying your $125 annual “Homeowner Assessment” (covenant enforcement fee) you need to know…
…filings 1 thru 10 have not been paying their $6.50 monthly “Homeowner Assessment” (covenant fee) since the court settlement last June.
…THEIRS is being paid by the Metro District Board out of our $142.05 monthly Parks & Rec/Water charges!
…filing 11 homeowners are “sharing the wealth” by being taken twice: $125 annual assessment AND $142.05 monthly charges. …under the 2010 budget just adopted by the WHMD, the practice is to continue!!
Now I don’t know about you, but that’s unacceptable. As filing 11 homeowners we are entitled to:
1) Reimbursement for the portion of our $142.05 monthly charges that are being used for filings 1-10 covenant fees, AND
2) Reduction of our annual$125 fee to at least $100. I was present last year when Filing 11 Design Review Council was discussing the annual fee and admitted that they could get by with $100 per household but since they had reduced it the previous yearfrom $150, they would “play it safe” and keep it at $125. (Strange that filings 1-10 operate with $78/yr.!)
If you concur, contact: Filing 11 Design Review Council and Woodmen Hills Metro District Board NOW!
Richard Diffenderfer,
Filing 11 homeowner
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I left out a reference to Jan Pizzi. 
Honestly, I had nothing to do with this — I had not even met the gentleman in question until last night’s board meeting.
Still, it’s interesting to see how the community is reacting…even without (not so) gentle prodding from me.
BTW, the budget for 2010 calls for the district to spend $80,000 on covenant enforcement.
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