DouglasM2 (Texas)
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We live on a private road and years ago when the land in the subdivision was for sale the developer maintained the dirt roads by grading periodically. when all the tracts were sold the developer did not want to maintain roads at his expense any longer so he created a HOA for the property owners to take over that responsibility. Decisions on the road maintenance is voted upon by property owners at the HOA annual meeting. There are 87 5 acre tracts and each tract counts as one vote. One particular owner has 50 acres equivalent to 10 votes. The rule is that if you’re not up to date on your dues your are ineligible to vote and at our last meeting they carried 1/3 of the vote. This is not fair. This person's wife is the vice president of the HOA and her husband is the one responsible for grading the roads. Problem is that they are doing what they want and when they want to do it because they carry the majority of the votes. I spoke to her in-depth about this issue and told her that the only fair way to make sure everyone’s vote has meaning or purpose is to have one vote for one household no matter how much land you owned. She did not like that ideal she informed me that it is in the bylaws created by the developer and the rules must be voted on to change the rule but since they carry the majority of votes I feel they will control the outcome.
The current situation is bad she explained that they are allocated two
gradings per year and if you’ve ever been down a dirt road that just not enough based on the conditions of the road. They recently added speed bumps (she refers to them as water diversion burms to divert the rain water)I asked her whose idea was that and she mentioned her husband’s.
They have hand written signs in small print that are hard to read that say bump and I hit one of those bumps and almost lost control not to mention the front end alignment I had to have done. They have these bumps on every road but the road leading to their house which is well maintained. She says the reason her roads are good is that they put their own money in road base to improve the road leading to their house.
It is well known that they are constantly preaching about slowing down and this is a way for them to do that. The problem is the roads are in need of serious repair but they claim it is not in the budget.
QUESTION: Is there a legal loophole to change the bylaws so it’s fair for all who contribute to the HOA
Note: The HOA was created to maintain the roads but they are spending money on beautification note practicality.
The current situation is bad she explained that they are allocated two
gradings per year and if you’ve ever been down a dirt road that just not enough based on the conditions of the road. They recently added speed bumps (she refers to them as water diversion burms to divert the rain water)I asked her whose idea was that and she mentioned her husband’s.
They have hand written signs in small print that are hard to read that say bump and I hit one of those bumps and almost lost control not to mention the front end alignment I had to have done. They have these bumps on every road but the road leading to their house which is well maintained. She says the reason her roads are good is that they put their own money in road base to improve the road leading to their house.
It is well known that they are constantly preaching about slowing down and this is a way for them to do that. The problem is the roads are in need of serious repair but they claim it is not in the budget.
QUESTION: Is there a legal loophole to change the bylaws so it’s fair for all who contribute to the HOA
Note: The HOA was created to maintain the roads but they are spending money on beautification note practicality.