This mailer is going out today, January 5th. With the holidays, it was delayed a bit and unable to be processed and mailed according to the original schedule.
Like any heated debate with a lot of people involved, there has been a lot of rumors and misinformation floating around concerning the status on the Geist Clubhouse.
Just to clear the air, here is where the issue stands:
The Geist Harbours board is mailing out a “Homeowner Feedback Response Form” the first part of next week (Week of December 22nd) to all the 2,380 lot owners in GHPOA. In the letter, it talks about the previous decisions by the board to not purchase the 10+ acre property and the efforts by the Geist Recreational Facility group to get the board to overturn their earlier decisions. At the bottom of the letter is a “yes” or “no” box which residents will need to check and mail back in the postage paid envelope provided or fax to 317-875-5614. A “yes” vote indicates that you are “in favor of our association purchasing and then maintaining the Geist Clubhouse facilities” and a “no” vote says you are “against our association’s purchase and maintenance of the Geist Clubhouse.”
This letter is merely a survey of sorts and is non-binding. I repeat, no matter how the votes come back, the votes do not bind the GHPOA board to a decision either way.
Also enclosed is a two-page letter with the pros and cons of purchasing the facility and absorbing it into GHPOA. Both the Geist Rec group and opponents to the purchase cooperated in the drafting of this informational piece.
Feedback forms are due back by mail or fax by January 20th so that the property management company can tabulate the responses before the special meeting scheduled for January 26th at Amy Beverland Elementary.
I spoke with Alan Rosenberg Jr. at the Marina Limited Partnership, the current owner of the property, and he will wait to hear from the GHPOA board at the end of January before they move forward with any other plans or offers. He reaffirmed that they would build single family homes on the property “conducive to the surrounding homes” in the event the GHPOA board decided to not pursue the purchase.
It is very important that everyone in GHPOA mails or faxes back their letter by January 20th. Just over 30% of all residents signed a petition in favor of purchasing the Clubhouse in early November. Those petitions forced this special meeting and also gave the GHPOA board members a sense of the willingness of the residents at large to purchase and control this property going forward. However, the discussion on January 26th will revolve around the feedback form results and the board will need to see a compelling number of “yes” responses to overturn their earlier decision. That’s why your response is so important.
In the meantime, I encourage you to contact your GHPOA board representatives via email. Their contact information is available on the GHPOA website.
