Quote:
Originally Posted by rubicon
What if instead of paying a flat monthly amenity fee, user fees would apply. So that those choosing to utilize the rec centers paid a daily, weekly (you choose the periodic ) fee. The same would apply to other amenities such as pools etc. Wouldn't that be fairer and wouldn't that clarify the desirablity of these facilties. The fees would cover the use and maintenace of these facilities. It would also be fairer in that the more frequent users paid more because they are using them more.
|
I understand the logic in that statement. Those who use the facilities more, pay more. Those who use them less, pay less. But can you imagine the difficulty getting a large crowd into a rec center when each person's personal account must be accessed and the appropriate fee charged, collected, and processed? And imagine trying to manage the facilities with varying resources, especially in the summer when our seasonal residents are gone? Will the quality of the facilities suffer, further eroding the desire to utilize them? And the income from our seasonal residents who now pay all year round will be irrevocably lost. Thus all fees will have to be increased substantially.
But the most frightening part of your proposal is that changing the way amenities are paid for will eliminate the CPI/3% cap on increases, as discussed in the last POA newsletter. Then, we can expect the daily, weekly, monthly fees for using the facilities to rise far faster to ensure adequate income to cover the debt service and maintain the facilities.
I don't play shuffleboard, bocce, horseshoes, billiards, cards, or other activities. I do golf. I understand that I am paying part of my amenity fee for others to enjoy those things in which I don't participate and they are paying something for me to play golf. Is this any different from my paying my taxes in my old community to pay for libraries, which I didn't use, tennis courts I didn't use, etc.?