SCSH News

At the board meeting on February 23, 2015 the HOA Board of Directors voted to hold single vendors, who are not in the Vendor Access Program, accountable for their own tickets.  
 
Currently if a vendor comes in to do a bid or one day job they do not qualify for the vendor access program so the resident is responsible for the actions of that vendor.   The Safety Committee looked at this issue and came up with a process where single vendors can be held responsible for their own fines of speeding or running stop signs.  If the one time vendor fails to pay the fine they will be barred from coming into the community until the fine is paid. 
 
Residents are still responsible for the actions of family and guests that visit them, per the CC&Rs and Rules and Regulations.  But this does remove the responsibility from our residents for vendors.  If the vendor is not in the vendor access program you still need to let the gate know they are coming in to see you.

The Board will have a strategic planning on Tuesday, February 17 from 9 AM to 12 PM in the Montecito Ballroom.

If you would like to make any suggestions, please email them to president@scshca.com.

What is a “proxy”?

Proxy voting is a type of absentee voting and the Inspector of Elections has a specific procedure for writing the proxy, collecting it, verifying it, and marking it.

If you decide to cast your vote for yourself, you can vote either by mail or by dropping off your ballot in one of the boxes located in the Santa Rosa Clubhouse or the Montecito Clubhouse.

If you do decide to let someone else vote on your behalf (proxy), you will need to call the HOA Election company to let them know that you have given someone else your vote and who that person is.

If you have lost your ballot or haven't received your from your out of state r Canadian address, it's easy to get a replacement -- click here to find out how.

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New Entry Access System.

As residents have seen during the past weeks, a new gate system has been installed for automobile entry. This new system is replacing a system that is 10+ years old. When fully implemented, the new system will provide many convenient user friendly features such as remote access via cellphones to add guests, ability to see who signed in to visit your home and many more.

In addition to the auto entrance gate upgrade, the pedestrian gate access will be modified. The numeric keypad will be changed to a “Sensor” pad. Entry through any of the pedestrian gates will require a resident or guest keycard (presently used for pool access), to be used.

Both of these upgrades will provide a more reliable as well as secure access to the community.

Do you need a replacement ballot?

If your ballot was sent to your Canadian or out of state address and you are concerned that it may not get forwarded here in time for you to vote in our HOA election, it is easy to get a replacement ballot. Simply contact HOA Elections of California, Inc. via one of the methods listed below:

HOA Elections of California, Inc.

Phone: (951) 667-7191

Fax: (800) 809-4535

www.HoaElections.com

info@hoaelections.com

It's easy and quick to vote -- just drop your sealed ballot off at either cmmunity clubhouse.

The HOA office will be closed on Monday, February 16 for President's Day.

Our HOA Board election is in full swing and as of February 1, 2015 all candidates are eligible to place campaign signs up in resident yards (with the residents permission of course) to inform the rest of our community they are running. This is the way our campaigns in the US are run no matter if you are running for city council to President of the United States.

These signs are on private property and like anything else on our resident’s property unless you have permission to be on the property and remove anything it is consider theft or vandalism, if you mutilate the sign in any way.

Please be courteous. We want all residents to hear from all the candidates to understand why they want to serve on our Board and what would they like to change in our community to make it better. Please help us in accomplishing this goal as a community.

Per the SCSH CC&R’s, in this years election we will have NO CUMULATIVE VOTING.

Section 7.05. Election of Directors, states:

No Member shall be entitled to cumulate votes in an election unless: (i) at the election more than two (2) positions on the Board are to be filled by a vote of the Members…

In this years election we only have two (2) positions on the Board to be filled.

Pulte is going to remove the mailbox tube structure on Calle Pueblo to add more tubes. After building the additional homes the existing tube structure didn’t have enough tubes for the new homes.

This will take a couple of weeks to do this.

The election survey going around is not an official survey from the association, Board, or management.

Be careful of the information you submit.

If you respond, the creator of the survey will know how you will be voting.

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To all Residents:

It is that time of year again where the morning temperature have dipped down into the upper 20s. This has caused the golf course rough to turn a golden brown color in the rough that we are looking for in the esthetics of the course.

The bad side of colder temperatures has caused some brown spot to appear in the fairway and approaches. This happens when the Bermuda grass out grows the ryegrass after overseeding is performed.

To overcome this maintenance crew will be Appling fertilizers, green paint, and raising the height of cut in the overseeded areas. The fertilizer will attempt to kick start the ryegrass to grow at a faster pace and will causes the thin areas in the ryegrass to slowly disappear in the next few weeks. Painting accomplishes two things – one masking the thin areas and two increasing the soil temperatures so the ryegrass and Bermuda grass will start to actively grow in colder temperatures.

We look forward to have a great season.

Regards,
Scott Werline (Director of Agronomy)

The Board meeting time for the General Session on Monday, January 12, 2015 has been changed from 2:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

The agenda for this meeting can be viewed by clicking here.

Some of you have noticed that there are some brown patches on the South Course fairways.

These are a result of the recent frost we experienced, coupled with the clay soil in some areas of our fairways on the south course.

These areas should green up once the weather begins to warm.

Check out Tony Chavez's video on the South Course frost below: