How does the VCA Board take the pulse of the community on issues that concern you? Who is responsible for communicating your concerns to the VCA Board? The Neighborhood Representatives. You have one. Each of our neighborhoods does.
While the Board manages all facets of our small “village,” the Neighborhood Reps help guide the Board and serve as conduit for transmitting your thoughts and concerns to the Board. Additionally, they serve as a means for the Board to share information with you about things the Board has voted on, things they are considering, and items of community concern. Most importantly, they serve as a voting representative for your neighborhood in matters outlined in the VCA Governing Documents.
Let’s be quite clear here! This has NOTHING to do with the Club, the golf course, pickleball, or the fitness program, restaurants or programs run by the Club. The Verandah Community Association (VCA), of which you are a member by virtue of being an owner, manages, maintains, operates and controls common areas and infrastructure, enforcement of the Governing Documents and other governing documents and statutes.
Bonita Bay, Verandah’s original developer, envisioned that once turnover of the VCA to residents had taken place, the community would be managed through a system of representative self-governance. There would be a Board of Directors and Neighborhood Reps charged with certain duties and responsibilities. Owners would be directly involved through service as Board members, as Neighborhood Reps, service on standing committees and often several ad-hoc issue groups.
For those neighborhoods governed by their own Board of Directors (a sub-HOA), the Neighborhood Representative is the highest elected office. For those neighborhoods not governed by their own Board of Directors, the Neighborhood Rep is elected by a majority vote of homeowners residing within their neighborhood. Each Rep serves a term of one year and until a successor is elected. There are no term limits.
Your Neighborhood Rep casts all votes for your neighborhood on Association matters requiring a membership vote. Examples of authorized votes include proposed amendments to the Governing Documents (Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and DCCRs), the VCA’s borrowing of funds, proposed special assessments, the termination of property management agreements, and decisions regarding the pursuit of litigation by the VCA.
The Neighborhood Reps meet with the Board prior to each Board of Directors’ meeting and even more frequently, if necessary. There is always a lively discussion on a range of topics.
A full list of the names of the Neighborhood Reps can be found on the VCA website at https://www.vcalife.com. Click on Contacts in the navigation bar and that will bring you to the page where you can click on Neighborhood Representatives.
