Holiday Lake Estates, Goodrich TX, gets it’s tap water from a private corporation – Pixley Water Supply. Their payment office is here in Goodrich, on Route 2665, and payments can be dropped off at anytime. If you need to talk to a person about your payment, the office is currently open on Thursday and Friday …
Read More HLE Water SupplyDisclaimer: We are HLE residents, not Holiday Lake Estates Civic Club Board members. I tried to keep a copy of Polk County Clerk filed documents on this website, but sadly, that only led to a constant flow of arguments about their validity. IMHO, I think that every resident should hold their HLECC Board accountable for …
Read More HLECC InfoROBERT’s RULES OF ORDER: Many HOA’s & POA’s, including HLECC, use Robert’s Rules of Order at their meetings. This is a simple, basic video, done by a 4H club that gives a great overview of how meetings should be done under RONR. These young people are doing a great job by learning what needs to …
Read More Robert’s Rules of OrderThought I would start this last day of the ‘work week’ with a good video on property owners association for conducting meetings and actions of the Board in and outside the meetings. It will help you to consider your actions when dealing with a contentious meeting environment. Some good basic info about Roberts’ Rules of …
Read More POA / HOA Meetings – MeetingsHoliday Lake Estates Civic Club Meeting Minutes for December 2016 and January 2017.
Read More HLECC December 2016 and January 2017 Meeting MinutesVENOMOUS SNAKES IN TEXAS: Had a ‘visitor’ at my front door the other day, so passing this info and links along to others. The entire state of Texas is home to the following venomous snakes: Rattlesnake –> Click here for general info Coral Snake – south and east Texas –> Click here for …
Read More Venomous Snakes Of TexasAfter going through some examples of changes made to governing documents by our property owners’ association, I am trying to put together a group of ‘best practices’, based on these examples and Texas state statutes. I personally prefer the way that Texas changes their statutes, but this may not be useful to all property or …
Read More Good Practice – Modifying Property Owner Association Governing DocumentsBEST PRACTICE IN MODIFYING GOVERNING DOCUMENTS: When reviewing the governing document changes that have been done by the HLECC, I found a lot of confusion in what was changed and what remained. I just wanted explain how it should be done, per Robert’s Rules of Order, along with an example of how Texas does modifications …
Read More Best Practice – Modifying Governing DocumentsHLE SECTIONS 2-5 DO HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE RESIDENT RIGHTS/RESPONSIBILITIES DESCRIBED WITHIN THEM: I went to see an attorney and a judge yesterday to have them review HLE governing documents, HLE amendments and amendment rescind, & samples of FB postings. I took a long time HLE resident with me to witness what was said. …
Read More Holiday Lake Estates Deed RestrictionsIt has been stated, by a few of the HLE Board members, that once the HLE Deed Restrictions have been violated by one resident, they cannot be enforced by any HLE Board for any resident. It was also stated that there is a ‘4 year rule’ that supports this. I got clarification of the ‘4 …
Read More Deed Restriction Violations EnforcementWRITE-IN CANDIDATES ON BOARD BALLOT: One of the HLE BOARD members has declared that Texas Statute 209.00593 removes the legal right to have write-in candidates on our ballot. I asked the attorney today if this was true. The statute was reviewed and no wording in that statute removes the ability or our right to have …
Read More Write In Candidates On Board Election BallotOn October 30, 2012, an amendment to the Holiday Lake Estates Civic Club Bylaws was filed with the Polk County TX Clerk’s office. The very first problem with this amendment is that it includes wording that is not part of the operation of the HLECC Board. It is important that you understand that the Bylaws …
Read More HLECC 2012 Bylaw ChangeHoliday Lake Estates Civic Club Agenda 1/28/2017 Call to order Invocation Roll Call Minutes Financials (Sally Creek Fund) Communication and Bills (tax bill, resident payments,) Residents & Visitors Comments and Petitions Report of Standing and Special Committees Social Pool Parks (building at LL park, decision on staying off dam) Aquatics Legal Elections (notice for candidates, …
Read More HLECC 1/28/2017 Meeting AgendaHoliday Lake Estates Civic Club Agenda 12/03/2016 Call to order Roll Call Approval of minutes of the previous meeting Financial report Communication and Bills Visitors comments and petitions Report of Standing and Special Committees Unfinished business Insurance Management certificate Lawn mower storage Deed Restrictions Deed restrictions on Management certificate By-law changes Late Fees Golf course …
Read More HLECC 12/3/2016 Meeting Agenda