2025 Shortfall (loss) to Reserves Budget is: ($533,595)

*$47,000 Spent on Adding Plants to the Boulevard - Open Meeting Statute Violation

*$399,536 Spent Without Board Approval - Open Meeting Statute Violation

2026 Board Approved on April 16, 2026

*$392,152 Seal Coat Project

*$10,500 Seeding Park

2026 Board Approved on May 21, 2026

*Another $150,000 for Erosion Mitigation

*$4,532 Additional Expenses for Bollards

*$42 on August 7, 2024, $47 in 25, and $48.50 in 26 Per Hour Rate of Landscapers not approved in Open Meeting Sessions Until May 21, 2026

That's OVER $1.1 MILLION - WAKE UP

E C R H O A

This is not an official site of the HOA - But the home of the 2022 Board of Directors

Lessons on how to spend your way to $1,000 Special HOA Fee

Question: Can you afford a $1,000 bill?

Our board of three years is doing that as you're reading this website. Wake up because the bills are starting to print. (Yes, we are talking about a special assessment.)

To find out how the board is doing this... Read on and educate yourself...

Click Here👉 2022 Board's Accomplishments

Results We Are Proud of... Financial Performance, Transparency, Long-Term Planning.

As can be seen... There's more to running a community than landscaping.

Being good stewards of our CC&Rs, bylaws, financial wellness, and other land management issues. Not selective enforcement... And certainly not just landscaping.

2024, 2025, and 2026 Board Report Card

These are only a few points for you to reflect on:

MAY 21, 2026 Evidence of more open meeting violations

Contracts with landscapers were not approved until May 21, 2026

1. - August 7, 2024 - at $42 per hour with no scope of work (Landscaping Company Incorporated on July 11, 2024 - Why was this company placed under contract only 30 days after they were incorporated?)
  - January 2025 - at $45 per hour with no scope of work
  - January 2026 - at $47.50 per hour with no scope of work

2. Another $150,000 for Erosion Mitigation

3. $4,532 Additional Expenses for Bollards

April 16, 2026 Projects Approved:

Street Seal Coat $392,152 it's nowhere to be found on the Meeting Agenda.
Seeding Park $10,500

3. Major Open Meeting Statute Violation for 2025

1. Total Operating Expenses: $574,689.56
2. Total Spending approved during open HOA meetings: $175,154.74
3. Minimum Expenses Not Approved in open HOA meetings: ($399,535.80)
2025 Shortfall to Reserves Budget is:
1. ($533,595) likely worse (estimated only due to not having an actual interest earned on investments for 2025).
2. Reserve funds decreased by $320,795. Forecasted interest income $85.000. Budgeted reserve contribution $127,800. Adding all three gives us a total shortfall of $533,595. However, the landscaping is great!
3. This translates to a $557 shortfall per home. A special assessment is coming.
Lower yielding Mutual Funds are being used instead of CDs.
$192,514.94 over the landscaping budget in 2024. However, erosion hasn't changed.
The highest cost to ECR - Landscaping contract with Ramos Landscaping was NOT VOTED on in an open meeting in 2024 nor in 2025. Furthermore, the Scope of Work Statements lack credible detail. Contains NO PLAN for $42/hour/person.
Spotty Financial Reporting Since August 31, 2025. December 2025 Financials were published on March 16, 2026.
$130,000 was transferred from reserve funds to operating. With no use of funds described.
$150,000 is owed to the reserve funds.
General ledger account 1403 shows $416,880 in Construction Defect Funds. This should be no more than $110K.
Spent $20K on new monuments after spending nearly another $20K for the existing monument.
Spent $27K for sidewalk grinding.
Spent $28K on welding and painting of railings.

Please take a look at the rest of this website for details on why we are concerned with the health of our HOA. 2025 Board Results

Hundreds of thousands are being spent on erosion projects with no approved plan. The monsoons will demonstrate this board's wisdom. Be prepared, it will not be pretty.

2025-05-01 Erosion Informational Meeting

It was discovered that the board had already begun working on erosion mitigation projects with the landscapers without informing the community of the plan and its associated costs.

Furthermore, the board is instructing the engineering company on what it wants to do and soliciting the engineering firm's opinion. It should be the other way around. Otherwise, why did we hire them?

Here are some of the most important spots from the meeting recording:

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=109 - The engineer discusses how he didn't do any work with boards prior to 2025. Indeed, previous boards were useless. 😵‍💫

Problem - The engineer was instructed not to prioritize areas but rather to treat everything as a one-year priority. This is not wise.

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=1194 - We asked John for his opinion on what we have done. Started working in January 2025 and asked John to visit on March 11, 2025. "Does this look like what you expect? Not to put words in your mouth..."

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=1478 - We need more permanent solutions to the things we are doing to redirect the water to the end of the channels. (Sound familiar?) Important. Lots of misleading statements.

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=2127 - Who will you use to do the erosion mitigation work, and are they qualified? They are using the same group for doing minor work. 😵‍💫

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=2292 - Who is liable for the work that is being conducted for any errors made? Non-answer. "I'm not going to be liable for providing suggestions." Therefore, his nod means nothing. (VERY IMPORTANT!!!)

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=2593 - So who is qualified to do the work? Cleaning channels no. When building channels, you need to have knowledge. (VERY IMPORTANT!!!)

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=2999 - If you change water flow, you should communicate with the county. Are you? Interesting response...

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=3083 - The original design explained... Really good education.

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=3202 - About changing the flow of the water - This makes no sense... The engineer already described this. This comment creates confusion and misinformation.

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=3255 - If the wattles had been maintained, would things be different? [This is where successive boards should have done better.]

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=3314 - I didn't get an answer on liability. Plus, you are currently installing new channels in locations different from where the original natural swale was. You are disrupting the natural flow... Important comment on liability. Need to find the original plan.

https://rumble.com/v6svw0j-2025-05-01-erosion-info-meeting.html?start=3502 - Consideration to slow the water flow out of the upper basins. [The answer is not accurate... The engineer had discussed during a tour with the committee in December 2021 (those present can validate, as all basins were assessed) and later in 2022. However, this was not addressed in the assessment nor mitigation strategies.]

Everything you wish to know about ECR Erosion Mitigation:

Erosion Mitigation 101

This board is out of control and needs to be removed.

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