TABLE 3

COMMENTS

RAW # [2]

CATEGORY

COMMENTS

CAPSULE SUMMARY [SOMETIMES PARAPHRASED]

ABOUT A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY

All negative; 3 cite 1 community; all others cited different communities

BANK

"Banks liability should be greater [at least 5%] or forced to act sooner", association fees should supercede mortgages

BOARD

term limits, higher & enforced fiduciary standard, mandatory training, at least 1 director a resident no employees of

developer, no board appointment(s) by CAM, no musical chairs, enforce rule against board disrgarding required

homeowner approval of improvements & contracts or ignoring quorum requirement, hold directors personally

for costs of improper decisions, at least 5 directors, opnly residents as directors, if board doesn't enforce a rule then

drop it, limit duration of developer control of boards & master associations, when development is 75% complete the

residents should vote to decide their future governing status without votes from undeveloped lots

HOA AGENCY / DBPR

regulatory agency too complicated & mediation too slow — small claoms court better, DBPR ineffective in rooting out

corruption, need a way to enforce rules inexpensively, need effective oversight of condos statewide need a way to

enforce rules inexpensively, need effective oversight of condos statewide, DBPR only helps board lawyers & CAMS

instead of residents, condos statewide, DBPR only helps board lawyers & CAMS instead of residents, dissolve HOAs

CDDS, make DBPR enforce FS 718 or abolish it, don't need/want another powerless or ineffective regulatory

agency, HOA regulatory agency would help solve many problems arising from out-of-control boards, HOA

ombudsman needed, give agency supoena power & abilit to fine associations/directors for repeated offenses even

if it's the same offense, authorize agency to remove & fine directors for breach of fiduciary duties,

LAWS / LEGISLATION

require professional management if more than 50 units, condos must have a reserve fund, all lawsuits between

board & owner(s) for more than $25,000 must have prior community approval, mandate audit at least every 5 years

if more than 50 units, membership must vote to to approve budgets—if no quorum use the most recently approved

one, require all large associations to put all records online & keep audio tapes of all meeting & only hold open

open meetings, oust directors who violate laws/documents/fiduciary duties, put HOAs under FS 718, make loser

bear lawsuit costs — don't assess members, insert "If and only if the documents so provide" in FS 720.305 to

prevent unauthorized fines, have outside agency run supervise all elections, laws useless unless promptly

& fairly enforced, need a way to oust owners owing the association more than $10,000, make Florida's

HOA/Condo laws/regulations owner friendly, limit attorney fees & administrative charges, make laws/regulations

clear & enforceable, limit time a new owner is responsible for prior owner's dues/attorny fees/interest etc,

legislature too apathetic

MULTIPLE ISSUES

mostly trivial or repeats

OTHER

also poll coops next time, "Good luck ,,, I was a speaker for the 2006 Florida House of Representatives Select

Committee on Condomiums and Home Owner Association Governance … and the Speaker pro tem of the House

of Representatives would not allow any changes to the HOA laws only the Condo ones …. Due to him being an

attorney for a certain law firm of B & P prior to being a politician, Hope it works this time. Good luck."

PRIORITIZATION

all questions about equally & very important, a lot of these should be top priority, # 2 (HOA regulatory agency) & # 5

(HOA Ombudsman) most needed, 1^st priority is to pass this bill, lack of enforcement means I can't prioritize

QUESTION ABOUT QUESTION(S)

SEE BELOW

SUGGESTIONS

control should remain with owners, not boards, look at Ontario Act about reserve funds

THANKS FOR TRYING TO HELP

WHY SOME ANSWERS OMITTED

4 essentially live in a condo & don't know what HOA residents want, never confronted issues in questions 2, 8 & 9 so

or SAID "NO"

them, some don't apply to my HOA, said "NO" when lacked enough information to say "Yes"

QUESTIONS QUESTIONED [Sometimes more than 1 comment/respondent]

# 1 Turnover Control

"defunct may be a matter of opinion," If HOA becomes defunct by not renewing the entity owing to non-activity

then the 1^st person to pay the Secretary of State would gain control

# 4 Election Rules

Condo rules should allow proxies, revise to conform to American with Disabilities & Civil Rights Acts, what's the

penalty for not complying?

# 8 Dues to Court & # 9

"Too convoluted"

# 9 Pre-suit Mediation

mediation justs drags things out and raises costs, Loser should pay all costs if he ignores mediator's

decision and then loses in court

# 10 Banks Liability

should apply to current mortgage, banks should be responsible for all property upkeep costs in foreclosures

# 15 Use a manager

actually has a manager but his title is "Administrative Assistant"

# 17 Pets allowed

about half of the residents have pets in violation of the rules, what if some kinds of pets ok but not others?