Keeping CB Homeowners up-to-date on Board of Director items
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CB Board listening to & working for the homeowners? ? ?
Did you know in recent months the Board of Directors...
✓1 applicant for open Director slot 1/1,650 homes =0.0006%. Could reasonably be viewed as no confidence for Board’s leadership.
✓Reduced Directors down to 5 from 7
✓Proposed "temporarily terminate" Finance committee
✓NO Finance mtgs in 2026
✓Raised HOA fees $120/year (+$120 previous year)
✓Lost volunteers-Board Members, etc
CB Board Update
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our mission is to ensure residents are informed about the actions and decisions of the CB Board of Directors, while providing a respectful, open platform where all residents can share ideas, ask questions, share concerns and communicate for the betterment of our community. We exist to promote transparency & awareness
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Mission
We envision a 55+ community where residents have a voice, information is transparent & easily accessible, with respectful, open dialogue to protect the quality of life we value.
Objectives
Our Mission
Objectives
- Move the Board of Directors back to 7 members
- Increase overall transparency including keeping the Finance committee
- Get the Board to listen and hear the homeowners priorities via 2+ Homeowner surveys per year
2.25.26 Board of Directors Mtg update:
✓The meeting was nothing short of a disaster
✓The Board & Treasurer had a difficult time explaining the financials including at $66,000 loss
✓One attendee was "thrown out" of the meeting with AAM GM asking the President do you want me to call the police
✓Multiple Board members were rude and screaming at CB Homeowners
NEW Homeowners comments & FEEDBACK ...
NEW - Why doesn’t Keith from Kemper talk later on the agenda? I’m guessing because he likes to report “at us” before financial info is released & then avoids questions he doesn’t want to have to answer! Why doesn’t the board move him on the agenda after being asked to do so? Why does the board appear to protect management companies instead of residents???
Some one please ask board to be transparent on the voting of the BV room being a usage charge for residents! Who on the board voted they say they did & why? They need to step up to bring the transparent board they promised to be!
Why doesn’t the board & management companies only care about making money off residents & building repairs instead of fixing the sad state of moral around this community. 2.24.26
NEW - The solution that Brad suggested for the back gate before he left was never presented to the community. I would be interested in looking into that as a community to see how it could benefit us. The back gate is always broken and I’m sure we’re spending a lot to maintain it. 2.19.26
NEW - I wanted to let everyone know that the ladies door going into the hot tub area does not have a safety lock on it. Meaning you push the button and the door unlocks so you may enter the ladies hot tub area from the outside. This is a safety feature for children, in case they enter the hot tub area unaccompanied by an adult. Numerous emails to Netta and Lindsay to get this fixed. This is a safety/code violation and it has never been addressed for months or more. We have not been given emails in return. Also, the clock does not work in the Spa area, the lights above do not turn on in the spa area. Our emails have fallen on deaf ears with property management and the Board. The Board was always included in these emails and nothing has been done. 2.19.26
NEW - Need to immediately increase the size of the HOA Board and provide monthly, transparent financial reports. 2.16.26
NEW - FIX ZOOM so remote residents may hear what is going on and be allowed to speak during the meeting when called upon. 2.16.26
NEW - I don't feel that the board is transparent. to many closed sessions. 2.16.26
NEW - Please add me to your email list. Valuable statements are being made here. 2.17.26
NEW - I have a problem with not being given the Cost and / or Net Profit for any HOA activities. More importantly what is Cost and / or Net Profit for the Kemper run outside businesses that use our Social Hall. I would like to know how many extra's we pay for? An example would be as far as maintenance. What is actual their job? Who cleans pool area / chairs? Who cleans the outdoor furniture behind B. V.? Who cleans our windows? It seems all we pay them for consistently is chair set up. $125 is a lot to move chairs and tables! And who is in charge of a maintenance schedule? Do we have a schedule of rotating maintenance for our building etc.? 2.16.26
NEW - I meant to also suggest that we need a recall, sooner than later! 2.13.26
NEW - Thank you for doing this. We have many questions ourselves that appear on this site. We want to ensure that our beautiful community is being represented in the best possible way. It needs to be open, transparent and fair. No need to be spending needlessly for "legal consultations" on every matter that comes up. This won't help with our increasing HOA's. We need a board of 7 members. Additionally, we need the finance committee back. We have a wonderful thing here at CB so let's keep up with the times while letting all residents be a part of it! 2.13.26
NEW - Given the screwy nature of this whole election process, I would suggest that they completely start over with a change back to 7 members and then issue an entirely new call for candidates. This would likely be a legal issue, but one that might be possible….The Board needs to:
- Reinstate the entire Finance Committee immediately
- Cancel the election
- Move to restore 7 Board seats
- Issue a Call for candidates for a new election 2.11.26
NEW - I don't understand why our HOA doesn't at least have an accountant review all the finances for the year ending 12/31/25 in preparation for a full audit for the year ending 12/31/26. It isn't an overly expensive proposition, we would receive the benefit of increased confidence by our members knowing our funds are not being squandered. The suggestions which an audit would provide to improve methodology, accountability, accuracy and timeliness seems to be worth it. Hiding behind lawyers advice is an easy way to cover almost any position on any issue, maybe opening up to the community what the legal problems are would help eliminate some of the suspicion about cherry picking legal opinions until you get the one you want. (Closing the Christmas lights to residents only was a horrendous narrowminded decision, cheating many families who don't live here from the joy they had looking at all of the lights and exhibits, and the benefit it had to the Salvation Army. Is it possible to find out and publicize who the Scrooge was behind this one who hid and blamed it upon an attorney) On another topic, I don't go into the HOA office often, but when I do, it is usually depressing, 3 people there waiting upon who knows what, everything appears to be done as it was 20 years ago, on paper. Procedures are important, but I haven't found anything that couldn't be done online and eliminate much of the staffing, building costs, and air conditioning. Maybe it is time to review all of the processes that are needed and see which ones can be updated, removed, streamlined, or put online. On going to use the gym, I was told two months ago the system wouldn't accept the Corte Bella App on our phones, it needed to scan our cards, and it still isn't fixed. Maybe there isn't enough of an incentive to fix things, or improve upon them before they are broken. 2.11.26
Next Board of Directors Meeting:
Feb. 25, 2026 @ 10:00 a.m.
Recent updates:
- 1.18.26: NO Finance meetings schedule for Jan.
- 1.12.2026: On January 7, the Treasurer and a Board member proposed temporarily terminating the Finance Committee, citing “legal advice.” Just five days later, on January 12, the Board emailed CB homeowners with the subject line “Volunteers Wanted: Finance Committee.” These actions appear contradictory. Is the Finance Committee being terminated, or is the Board now seeking to add members?
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RECENT HOMEOWNERS - commenTS & Feedback
How can we get open board meeting immediately to take homeowner input. 2.12.26
I am a daily user of pool, gym and men's showers. Two weeks ago I and others reported that one shower had a totally plugged drain and another was partially plugged. This is a relatively simple fix - take the drain cover off remove the hair plus and pour in a drain cleaner. This is a 10 minutes job that does not require special skills. Given that we have three maintenance people on staff plus a cleaning I was very surprise to see a plumber doing the clean out. I talked with him and he confirmed it was just a build up of hair! Why was this not done by one of our three maintenance people? 2.12.26
I would like to know why there are three board members that are having meetings off site and excluding the other two. 2.6.26
To the resident that said we have never had an independent Audit, he is totally wrong. Corte Bella has had annual audits by a third party CPA Firm. Instead of hiring an outside firm to do a review they should have taken advantage of the Corte Bella Finance group to do the reviews. The Finance Committee has extremely knowledgeable and experienced individuals. Hope you can include this in the next email. 2.6.26
The board has been taken over by one power hungry person. They appointed their own person to serve out an elected board position term. Deleted 2 other board position. Then let us vote on another open term board position that faced an election last year. This selective use of rules and procedures to benefit one power hungry board member is wrong! 2.1.26
Shouldn't all residents receive this?
And I agree that the issue of the board. 2.1.26
What facility is used by our Residents more than any other - Our gates and guard shack!
What facility takes on more maintenance than any other - Our gates and guard shack!
What facility has received the least attention by our Board of any other - Our gates and guard shack! 2.1.26
Everyone wants transparency and in order to know exactly where we stand financially, we need to request an OUTSIDE audit of our finances. We suggested that some time ago and a board member poo pooed the idea saying it would cost too much. Yes it would cost us but the reality is, it might cost us a whole lot more if we aren't financially solvent down the road due to mismanagement or worse. We need an INDEPENDENT OUTSIDE CERTIFIED AUDIT. We have lived here 19 years and we do not recall that one have ever been done!! Other community boards that we have had experience with have outside independent certified audits of the finances every few years. Now, that's transparence!!! 2.1.26
I think this board is the worst Board then the one recalled a couple years ago. I have lived here for 10 years and I think this is the worst Board I have ever seen. 2.1.26
I do not understand why you do not have full distribution of e-mails of our residents. Who are you?
-I am in total agreement with the points you listed.
-I do NOT believe a Board of 5 people is sufficient to guide this commnity of 1650 homes.
-Assigning a new board member without an election is certainly not in accordance to CC&R's when an election can take place.
-I suspect this board of 5 members wants to have a few of their favorite friends to have existential POWER over our full community membership.
Grateful for your starting this discussion. 2.1.26
Thank you for this website. Yes, after attending most Board meetings over the past couple years, I see something bad going on. Transparency has been pushed onto a back burner and too many good Board members have resigned for all to be ok. 2.1.26
RECENT HOMEOWNERS COMMENTS & FEEDBACK ...
2.6.26 I had not been to the gym in months. I was very disappointed to see what appears to be a huge lack of attention to cleaning of the equipment and the overall facility. Machines appeared to need cleaning and service and there were dust bunnies and dead bugs in corners along baseboards. Worse yet, I ran into a friend who was so upset about that and the things being discussed on this site that he said he was ready to move if there weren’t so many houses on the market. Can anyone reading this share if they have heard of people leaving for any reasons such as this?
2.5.26 The leadership of the CB Board of Directors appears to confuse motion with progress. Busy work, endless activity, and checking boxes may create the illusion of productivity, but they are not the same as delivering real results for the community. Homeowners deserve outcomes, accountability, and measurable improvements—not just noise, resistance and motion without impact or community improvements.
2.4.26 When a company fails, it’s usually because of weak strategy and poor leadership at the CEO level.
When an HOA fails, the cause is no different—lack of clear strategy, ineffective leadership, and an absence of accountability at the Board level. Without vision and direction, both organizations drift, decisions become reactive, and the people they serve ultimately pay the price.
2.3.26 ZERO. That is the number of Finance committee meetings on the 2026 CB Community Calendar.
1.27.26 The current Board leadership seems to want yes-people, not independent thinkers or voices. Only one person is running for the open director position—1 out of 1,650 homeowners (0.06%). If elected, we hope this candidate will listen to residents, act in homeowners’ best interests, and avoid the politics and nonsense that have dominated this Board.
1.24.26 After living here for nearly 5 years, I fail to understand why anyone would want to be on a committee. The people that do are definitely appreciated by me. It does seem that input to the board falls on deaf ears from these committee members . I have known some of the volunteers for the Fitness center committee, ARC, and Finance which have shown their frustration in the position. I think that if the board members feel they do not have the time to discuss issues in an open forum, then they are not qualified. Do not hide behind "this is what our attorneys advise". Attorneys are NOT always correct in their assumptions. If there are valid reasons for unpopular actions taken by the board then they should be able to articulate that.
1.21.26 Thank you for these emails. Having lived in CB since the beginning, watching the first Board be developed and see the visons of that and subsequent Boards, and comparing them with our disgusting representation today, we are in a very sad situation. This is no longer a community striving for the betterment of its residents, but a community being managed with secrets and control. This is no longer a community for residents to enjoy, but one of many rules and regulations that make no sense, run by individuals who never use the amenities, yet claim to know what the residents want from these amenities. Briarwood now earns an amazing amount of money from CB resident functions, that should be held here in CB. I wish you would reveal who you are, there are a lot of very unhappy residents who will support changes. Thank you.
1.20.26 My thought is in regard to the Bella Vista. If we accept that our restaurant is an amenity and may lose money occasionally. If we accept that it is very hard to run a restaurant in terms of food inflation, labor costs and seasonality in an age restricted community. If we accept that we give the current management company, Kemper, rent free access to our property and do not assess utility charges. Why under these circumstances would we cut the only benefit solely for residents, the Sunday brunch? Cutting costs would be possible in a variety of manners. I am confident given the apparent lack of financial acumen that other options were not considered.
1.18.26 Since the Board has a self imposed cutoff time for Board meetings, which does not accommodate the Residents who have valid questions and comments, I suggest the Board hosts a monthly “Town Hall” meeting where Residents can ask questions and voice their concerns. I am hopeful this would lead to the Board being open and transparent to the Residents.
1.12.26 Several items: 1) Like to know the finances of the Bella Vista. Is it under water? 2) What happened to the back gate security committee? I volunteered to help but was told they had enough members and they would handle it. 3) We need to see the comparison of the "draft accounting for Oct. and Nov. " and the final accounting. They said they would be transparent about the outcome. Where do we find these changes? 4) Are the video cameras monitored for the back gates? 5) The incoming front gates need reflectors or lights, as they are hard to see coming in on a dark night. 6) Would like to retain the cypris trees remaining. They will need additional water in the summer months.
1.11.26 I attended the Board Meeting on Wednesday and for me it was the Board wanting to be in control 100% (even to the extent they cut off Residents who had valid questions or concerns!). Someone at the meeting put together the anonymous email I am forwarding. Please read it and pass on to others within Corte Bella as in my opinion things are slowly spiralling downhill.
Just a suggestion. Have the open meetings early evening so people that work can attend. I believe these meetings are scheduled to discourage maximum attendance. Thanks
1.7.26 Board of Directors Mtg update:
✓Treasurer proposed "temporary termination" of the Finance committee
✓Oct. & Nov. 2025 Financial reports NOT fully approved due to outstanding "issues"
✓Asked to articulate the Board's VISION for CB, the response was the Board has a reserve study
✓Meeting ended abruptly by Board President w/homeowner questions unanswered
Announcement
NO Board or Finance meeting in Jan. 2026!
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