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The primary purpose of this website is to help you stay informed about the community through a series of Blog Posts.  These posts provide factual information about the Meadows Community Association (MCA).  The Blog covers financial information, MCA Board election information, the MCA’s relationship with The Meadows Country Club (TMCC), and a series of related issues.

  • Update on Demand Letter

    On Monday May 13, three and a half weeks after receiving the demand letter, the MCA responded through their lawyer. It included an implied threat of legal action against Mr. Diaz if we did not remove the demand letter from this website and publish a letter from Mr. Diaz by today. His lawyer attempted to…

  • We may have to wait a while longer for TMCC’s 2023 Form 990

    Soon after the last post we learned that TMCC could file an extension allowing them to defer filing their Form 990 until Nov 15, 2024. Based on their 2020 Form 990 dated Nov 12 2021, it looks like they probably file that exemption to keep their results out of the public eye as long as…

  • Time to get the TMCC 2023 Form 990!

    As we’ve previously revealed, TMCC is legally obligated to provide its Form 990 for up to the last 3 years to the PUBLIC. Link to IRS’s FAQ on this. Their deadline for filing the 2023 Form 990 with the IRS is May 15 2024. That was of course, yesterday so their 2023 Form 990 is…

  • All about the MCA/TMCC lease

    At the May 9, 2024 MCA Board meeting there was a number of questions and comments regarding the lease of MCA Homeowner recreational assets to TMCC (3 golf courses, tennis facility, pool, dining facilities and more). For starters, here is a link to a copy of the lease: LINK. The current lease ran from July…

  • MCA Assessments have DOUBLED because of TMCC

    In case you needed another reason to attend the MCA Board meeting on Thursday May 9 @ 2pm, here it is. MCA Homeowners often ask how much of our assessments are due to TMCC, and “it’s complicated” is an accurate but very unsatisfying answer. A good way to look at this is from an overall…

  • Attend MCA Board Meeting Thurs May 9 @ 2pm

    Sending you this reminder because the MCA Board doesn’t include MCA Board meeting notifications in their regular Constant Contact event notification emails. If you think that the MCA needs to change how it manages the recreational assets MCA Homeowners own (golf courses, tennis courts, pool, dining facilities), it is important to attend MCA Board meetings…

  • April 11 MCA Board meeting recap

    In an impressive turnout by MCA Homeowners, it was standing-room only at the April 11 MCA Board meeting. Well done!  Next meeting is Thursday May 9, 2:00 at the Meadows Community Lifestyle and Wellness Facility. As always, if there is anything inaccurate in this post, let us know and we’ll fix it. The Treasurer summarized…

  • Misinformation and Myths

    Since we sent a demand letter to MCA and then posted it on this website (Legal Demand Letter Sent to MCA), we’ve started hearing a number of things that just aren’t true. So we are going to address them directly here to stay focused on the real issues articulated on this website and in the…

  • One Page Summary for Sharing + Sample letter

    We’ve had requests from a number of MCA Homeowners for two things: One Page Summary for Sharing As deep as we are into the details (which we believe are important to publish), it can be a bit much for the average MCA Homeowner to be able to digest and articulate it to anyone they want…

  • LEGAL DEMAND LETTER SENT TO MCA   

    On Monday we made an important shift from providing information, to taking legal action for the community. Based on the information accumulated on this website, and especially as expressed in the last two posts on the board’s legal duties, our lawyer has prepared a demand letter. It was sent on Monday and the MCA received…