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Reminder of MCA Board meeting Thurs Jan 9 @ 2pm

This meeting will be held at the Meadows Community Center
(NOT the Meadows Community Lifestyle and Wellness Center).

Click HERE to view the agenda. (This agenda was replaced a few hours after we sent this reminder out by the following agenda)

UPDATED AGENDA which allows owner comments at the beginning and end of the meeting (good change):

Agenda items include the MCA Board’s approval of TMCC’s 2025 budget.

ZOOM LINK
Register in advance for this webinar at the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pIPeozskQ7mrG-yFGmENVg

At the last meeting an MCA Homeowner indicated that they believed the Board was required to take Homeowner questions/comments during their discussion (not just at the end of the meeting after decisions have been made). The President indicated that the MCA would look into it prior to the next meeting. This agenda has Owner Comments in its usual spot at the end of the meeting. We hope the Board clarifies this issue in their comments (including specific references to the appropriate governing documents).

If any subscribers have information on the above issue please note them in the comments or send us an email at ForTheMeadows@SarasotaMeadows.com

Please share this with your friends and neighbors

(After the Board passed a motion to send out meeting notices via Constant Contact in September, we were surprised not to receive a notice for this meeting at least 48 hours prior. Hopefully is just an administrative oversight)

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19 responses to “Reminder of MCA Board meeting Thurs Jan 9 @ 2pm”

  1. lhaynesh2 Avatar
    lhaynesh2

    There are legal laws and regulations that govern us but the current MCA President sets their own rules. When Questioned, The answer is always “we will look in to it”. Always after the damage and lack of adherence to regulations has already been done. Any voting before property owner questions and answers is showing their lack of respect for our opinions and desires on each matter. We are just here to pay for what ever they want us to and keep our opinions to ourselves. Don’t make any waves.

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    1. Website Admin Avatar
      Website Admin

      And when we do get to speak, the MCA President tells us that 3 minutes is the MAXIMUM allowed by Florida law, when 3 minutes is clearly the MINIMUM allowed by Florida law.

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      1. lhaynesh2 Avatar
        lhaynesh2

        Lies, upon lies upon, lies. The never ending story.

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      2. Website Admin Avatar
        Website Admin

        It seems to all come from the President and Treasurer. We need to hear from other Board members more. Maybe direct questions at other Board members.

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  2. Higgins Avatar
    Higgins

    Please encourage neighbors and friends to vote, but not to vote via use of proxy.
    Using proxy prevents Board philosophy change and growth.
    Also, since three Board positions are changing, your vote for two good Board candidate choices is better than adding a third vote “uncertain”choice.

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  3. frostcon66@gmail.com Avatar
    frostcon66@gmail.com

    When you register it says 1:00 pm not 2:00 pm?Sent from my iPhone

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    1. Website Admin Avatar
      Website Admin

      The zoom meeting registration now says 2:00. If you’d previously registered for 1:00, we suggest you re-register.
      There is also a new agenda that came out in the Constant Contact email. We’ve updated it in this post as well. The agenda on the MCA website is still the old one.

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  4. jimfesta Avatar
    jimfesta

    This is according to FS720.

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  5. jimfesta Avatar
    jimfesta

    Per FS720 V(b) Members have the right to attend all meetings of the board. The right to attend such meetings includes the right to speak at such meetings with reference to all designated items. The association may adopt written reasonable rules expanding the right of members to speak and governing the frequency, duration, and other manner of member statements, which rules must be consistent with this paragraph and may include a sign-up sheet for members wishing to speak. Notwithstanding any other law, meetings between the board or a committee and the association’s attorney to discuss proposed or pending litigation or meetings of the board held for the purpose of discussing personnel matters are not required to be open to the members other than directors.

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  6. badger53186gmailcom Avatar
    badger53186gmailcom

    Have these violations of FL720 ever been reported to the Division?

    It is the Division of Timeshares, Condos and Mobile Homes.

    https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/condos-timeshares-mobile-homes/

    This is the FL agency responsible for oversight of HOA, COndo and CO-Ops. My past experience with this group (as the President and 10 year BOD member of a FL Co-Op) is that they are responsive and can drop the hammer on bad situations. This is their job.

    The downside is that MCA can be fined and by that I mean that each home will be fined. However, with the irresponsible spending in place now, I think it might be a fair trade to get some real action.

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    1. Website Admin Avatar
      Website Admin

      We thought so too. We inquired about how they could help and this was their response:
      Good Afternoon,
      Unfortunately there is no Ombudsman for Homeowner Associations, our office only has jurisdiction with condominiums.

      Residential homeowner associations are governed by Florida Statutes 720 and the Office of the Condominium Ombudsman has no jurisdiction with respect to them. We serve condominium owners under Florida Statutes 718. Unfortunately, at this time, there is no Florida governmental agency that provides assistance to homeowners under Florida Statutes 720.

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  7. badger53186gmailcom Avatar
    badger53186gmailcom

    And another point.
    720.301 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
    (1) “Assessment” or “amenity fee” means a sum or sums of money payable to the association, to the developer or other owner of common areas, or to recreational facilities and other properties serving the parcels by the owners of one or more parcels as authorized in the governing documents, which if not paid by the owner of a parcel, can result in a lien against the parcel.
    720.303(2)(c)(2)2. An assessment may not be levied at a board meeting unless the notice of the meeting includes a statement that assessments will be considered and the nature of the assessments. Written notice of any meeting at which special assessments will be considered or at which amendments to rules regarding parcel use will be considered must be mailed, delivered, or electronically transmitted to the members and parcel owners and posted conspicuously on the property or broadcast on closed-circuit cable television not less than 14 days before the meeting.
    THis is a clear violation of the statutes.

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  8. David Moore Avatar
    David Moore

    I appreciate you keeping us apprised of the meetings and the issues. We received the constant contact meeting notice today, so they’re definitely not giving 48 hour notice.

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  9. fascinating8047ce346a Avatar
    fascinating8047ce346a

    See you at the 2PM meeting tomorrow.  Thanks for the reminder. art Bart Machaj b.machaj@aol.com

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  10. badger53186gmailcom Avatar
    badger53186gmailcom

    It may have been posted at the office, which is the bare minimum for compliance. certainly not in the spirit of cooperation.

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    1. Website Admin Avatar
      Website Admin

      That may have been true in the past but is no longer true.
      From the Sept 12 2024 MCA Board meeting: On a motion by Mr. Pienkos, seconded by Mr. Bondur, the Board of Directors unanimously approved the direction that notice of all future MCA Board meetings be posted on our MCA website, Constant contact, and on the outside windows of doors in the Wellness & Lifestyle and MCA Office buildings. Said notices should include an agenda and be posted no later than 48 hours prior to said meetings.

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      1. badger53186gmailcom Avatar
        badger53186gmailcom

        so much for giving them the benefit of a doubt.

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  11. Paul Yelensky Avatar
    Paul Yelensky

    Somewhere I saw a discussion about the MCC no longer being able to vote in MCA elections because the club is no longer a property owner. Has this issue been settled? In past elections, the Club had the ability to outvote homeowners and assure that decisions favored the Club’s interest.

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    1. Website Admin Avatar
      Website Admin

      The Treasurer stated in a meeting that TMCC will not be given the votes in the upcoming election. Although they did have a significant number of votes, it was not an overwhelming number.

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