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Letter from the FCCSA Board of Directors President
FCCSA Owners ,
We are now in the full swing of summer . We are halfway through the year and the Board and Staff continue to work hard for you . Please note there is no Board / Staff retreat in Galveston this year , saving the Association upwards of $ 15,000 . Instead , we have been dedicating extra evenings to workshops focused on working through the topic of that month . Below is a calendar of our 2024 focus items .
2024 CALENDAR OF LARGE TOPICS TO ADDRESS
• Jan – Administrative Items
• Feb – Simplify documents and processes
• Mar – Culture Shift toward more owner friendly
• Apr – Deed Restrictions and surrounding processes
• May – 2024 Budget ( what tweaks can we make to this year ’ s budget )
• Jun – Property Values ( brainstorm and implement things to ensure we maintain our property values )
• Jul – Internal Review ( review staff roles , policies , procedures , benefits , etc ..)
• Aug – 2025 Budget and Full Financial Review
• Sep – Security ( brainstorm things we can do to ensure we have a safe and secure community )
• Oct – Open
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• Nov – Election / Annual Meeting prep
• Dec – Annual Meeting Our focus area for April was Deed Restrictions . This topic and the processes around them are such a large category that we are still working on it as I write this letter . We did slow down violation letters on smaller , simplistic items the first several months of this year . The process has been overhauled and we are back in action . One specific change is that when an egregious situation is spotted , we will move faster through our steps with the hope of resolution occurring sooner .
This month , July , we are focusing on a full internal review . This will include looking at positions , policies , procedures and everything surrounding those topics . We feel lots of things have been left unchecked the last five years , so we intend to review most everything .
We do wish to give a heads up early on that one of the key items affecting our property values is landscaping . This includes the common areas , residential properties and
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