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Section 23: OPA Elections Subject: Candidates Forum Msg# 924010
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Joe,
My position is you need to have a plan or vision. CPC said they need this study to complete the plan. If so then get it done is my position. The plan is to look ahead as to communiy needs, demographics and trends. For instance, do we see having a golf course in 10 years? If so the approach to upgrading facilities changes. If the plans says no golf course in a decade then you patch and paint. If you intend to continue golf then a more serious upgrade or replacement of say the cart barn may need to take place. To me getting an improved vision of the community looking a decade out is critical to deciding the steps you take over the next five years. Why not do it now rather than invest a ton of money and then change course? Ted |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: This entire Comp Plan thing with Salisbury has been a purely political exercise from the beginning. First he makes a presentation and says the absolute most important thing are the questions to be answered. Then he says the questions must come from OPA and admits the questions themselves are likely to be politically controversial. So, the board approves the money. Then at a meeting Stevens arranged with Jerry Aveta and various committee chairs, the chair of the Comp Plan committee says OPA really does not have to come up with the questions. The chair then goes on to say the next step is to speak with "important" people in the community, and also important stakeholders, like real estate agents. I asked if plumbing contractors would also be important stakeholders. The chair said yes. There are no "stakeholders" in this HOA except association members as far as I'm concerned. I don't care what some plumber in Snow Hill or some real estate agent in Ocean City thinks about these possible "x" actions. Can anyone point me to another HOA where this Salisbury fellow did a study? If so, are the results public? He is a part of the Perdue Business School at Salisbury. What is his real experience with HOAs? As for him telling us what will happen if we take "x" action, what are some examples of these "x" actions and who will decide what actions we want him to study? I became completely dubious after reading a local newspaper account of some study this Salisbury University fellow did that could adversely impact farmers, and he would not allow the farmers to see it. Do you think the $14,000 or so is well spent and will produce meaningful answers? Afraid I see it as money thrown down a sewer. Same category as the $8000 thrown down a sewer in a ridiculous attempt to control goose populations. Same category as the $35,000 thrown down a sewer on a golf study back around 2006. Same category as the super kitchen expert who designed our $500,000 YC kitchen and bar. I'm beginning to think we run some sort of a consultant's welfare service. I guess you can see I don't think much of the Salisbury guy or his study. Then there is the other side. I think Ted Moroney said something to the effect this Salisbury guy is the key to our entire future and all decisions for all our major projects will rest on the results he provides. Here's a small bet. I bet he comes back with a positive for becoming a municipality. He mentioned it might be something his mother was interested in. |
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