The pool has only been open a week but already you have started to receive some complaints from the community about noise and roughhousing. If you already have a policy regulating pool use, you can breathe easy and follow the guidelines that the Association has in place to handle noise and unacceptable behavior, assuming, of course, that those guidelines have been approved by the Board of the Association and reviewed by your Association’s attorney. Just make sure that you apply all rules in regulations in a fair and consistent manner.
Continue Reading Summer Pool Fun Brings New Concerns

Over time, we’ve noticed that those who deal with common interest communities (homeowners and condominium associations) may regularly take for granted that everybody knows and understands what these communities are and how they function. We are as guilty of this as anyone. However, in a recent message from CAI (the Community Associations Institute), we were once again reminded that what is so common to us, may not be to others. So, borrowing from CAI, we are looking to help provide understanding.
Continue Reading Common Interest Communities – A Basic Understanding

We have blogged here before about homeowner discontent with associations and the effect that discontent can have on the morale of volunteer board members and community association professionals. In a blog entry last week , CAI’s Chief Executive Officer Tom Skiba addressed the very same topic, echoing many of the sentiments expressed here.

We know you’ve been waiting with much anticipation the outcome of this year’s legislative session. Senate Bill 06-89, the legislation intended to clean up last year’s SB 05-100, was signed into law on Friday, May 26, by Governor Owens. We will be discussing in future posts how this new legislation affects SB 05-100.
Continue Reading SB06-89 – New Law

The weather is warm, your Association’s pool is prepped for summer, and Memorial Day is just around the corner. Everything is fine until the owners currently contesting their Association debt (the same owners whose case is currently set for trial in one month) call to request the pool key. Their son’s birthday falls over the weekend and the whole family will be in town to celebrate at the pool. Your Association documents say the key can be withheld if the account of the owner is not in good standing. Do you give them the key?
Continue Reading The Pool Key: to Withhold or Not to Withhold

When you began your position on the Board of your community association, you probably thought about what you, based on your life experiences, might be able to bring to the Board. Perhaps you are an accountant or a contractor. Perhaps you are an attorney or a landscaper. Due to the diversity of issues you will address on the Board, nearly every profession or trade has something to bring to the Board table.
Continue Reading Effective Communication Key to Building Strong Community

As you already know, SB 06-089 has moved out of the Senate and on to the House for review. Section 16 of the bill has remained substantially intact since the bill’s introduction and readdresses C.R.S. 10-4-110.8(5), regarding homeowner’s insurance.
Continue Reading SB 06-089 modifies insurance section established by SB 05-100