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PRESIDENT’S CORNER, Bob Blanton President The Club at WestPark
Community Association

FEBRUARY 2020 3240 Kennerleigh Parkway,
Roseville, CA 95747
January brought with it the enactment of two new bills impacting HOAs: Senate www.theclubatwestparkca.com
Bills 323 & 754, which amend several sections of the California Code regarding Phone: (916) 771-7801
Common Interest Development (CID) elections. One community association law Fax: (916) 771-7827
firm, Adams/Stirling, described SB 323 as “nightmare legislation” in its October newsletter. The www.theclubatwestparkca.com
author of the newsletter, founder & managing partner Adrian Adams, indicated that “…associations
will need to go through costly bylaw amendments and election rule revisions to comply with SB
323.” The Retreat Facility Hours
Monday - Saturday 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Here are the key elements of this legislation for our community: Sunday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
1. Inspector of Election Requirements: Rules no longer permit the managing agent to serve as an
inspector of election. We will now have to hire an “independent third party” who is not employed by The Gym is available to Residents 24
or under contract to our association. hours a day with a 24-hour Access Card.
2. Our attorney has already rewritten our election procedures, and will need to
Riverside Management
review/rewrite our By-Laws as well to ensure that they comply with the requirements of SB 323,
Pamela Ciapessoni,
which incurs additional attorney fees. CCAM-PM.AA®-CMCA
3. A Member’s voting rights can never be suspended. An owner can be six (916) 740-2462
months delinquent, ignore the association’s rules, have numerous unpaid fines, AssociationManager@tcwp.net
and still vote.
4. Increased mailing and postal costs to satisfy notification requirements.
Board of Directors
5. Timeline for elections will be extended to satisfy process milestones. Whereas the election Bob Blanton, President
process used to take about 60-70 days, it will now take up to 120 days. Pat Patterson, Vice President
6. Email Privacy: Associations which currently have a list of member emails must now add those Doug Hanagan, Treasurer
emails to the membership list, and make them available to any member who asks for them Dan Ketchum, Secretary
Ralph Jahr, Director
The Board will be working with Riverside Management and our attorney to minimize the impact of Email: boardofdirectors@tcwp.net
this legislation on our community.
2020 Board of Directors
Quarterly Meetings
Note: If you’d like to access the Adams/Stirling newsletters, go to www.davis- stirling.com, and Meetings below are open to all
click on “Newsletters” in the upper blue band. It’s free. members of the Association.
Wednesday, January 22nd - 6pm
Wednesday, April 22nd - 6pm
Regards, Wednesday, July 29th– Election/Annual Mtg 4pm
Board Fireside Chat Wednesday, October 28th - 6pm
Bob Blanton Thursday, February 6th at 6:30 p.m. Onsite Association Staff
President at The Retreat Yelena Parikova, Director of Operations

y.perikova@tcwp.net

Shannon Van Every, Lifestyle Director
A reminder about operation of the HOA shannon@tcwp.net
Compliance, financial reporting, and quarterly assessments are managed by Pamela Ciapessoni and her team at Riverside Management
and Financial Services, Inc. Both the Director of Operations and Riverside are engaged by and work at the will of the Board of
Directors. The Board is responsible for their management. Contact Pamela first, if you have issues you feel need to be addressed. Home Specific Emergencies
(800) 762-5858
If you feel that the matter needs to be brought to the Board’s attention, please send an email to boardofdirectors@tcwp.net. The Home Warranty Questions
email will be received by the Board President, and Pamela Ciapessoni of Riverside Management. All correspondence is included in
the quarterly Board packet for review at the next Board meeting. A member in good standing can ask for a private meeting with the norcal@pultegroup.com
Board to discuss personal matters.

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