In 2008, the Board of Directors submitted to the property owners an amended deed restrictions to approve. The changes to the deed restrictions were based on recommendations of the attorney the POA association was using at that time. While the majority of the property owners present at the special meeting for the vote approved the changes, a majority of the property owners overall did not vote for the changes. This was a result of a large number of property owners not voting at all. As such, the deed restriction changes were not approved.

Time has passed and the State of Texas has passed a number of laws which conflict with our deed restrictions. Additionally, there are a number of grammatical and wording errors in the deed restrictions in place. Finally, the Board of Directors is requesting various changes to the deed restrictions that were made by attorneys engaged by the POA association to review the existing deed restrictions. In addition to the recommendations of the attorneys, three additional changes are being proposed by the Board of Directors.

First, while short term rentals are already prohibited in the deed restrictions, the Board of Directors are recommending adding clarification language which specifically defines those rentals prohibited to be “rentals of less than 30 days.” See paragraph 8.01. 

Second, the parking of vehicles in the yard of any residence is limited to 24 hours instead of the 72 hours currently allowed. 

Third, the Board of Directors is requesting the ability to increase the annual assessments up to 10% per year in those years where the property owners have not voted an increase. Unfortunately, the cost of operating the POA association has increased rapidly due to inflation. To ensure the Board of Directors has sufficient funds to maintain the roads and drainage ditches, the annual assessments need to keep pace with inflation. 

Because of the nature of the changes to the deed restrictions, the Board of Directors has broken these changes to the deed restrictions down into three votes. The first vote is for those changes so our deed restrictions are aligned with state law. Whether these changes are approved or not, the state law over rides  our deed restrictions. The changes merely eliminate any confusion arising from someone reading the deed restrictions and not being aware of the state law changes. The second vote is for the changes needed for grammatical and wording changes. These changes do not change the deed restrictions per say, rather they make the deed restrictions easier to read and understand. The third vote is for the changes recommended by the attorneys used by the association and the three proposed changes by the Board of Directors discussed above.