Board Member Boundaries and Obligations - Part 1 As a board member, you have a slew of duties and obligations to carry out.  Some of these duties and obligations are contained in the governing documents of the association; some are contained in statute.  Regardless of where these duties and obliga Read More...

Last month, the City of Fort Collins City Council unanimously adopted a new Parking Plan which incorporates technology-based ideas such as the electric vehicle public charging stations pilot program, and providing pay-by-cell phone options to allow customers to extend parking time beyond the two-hou Read More...

Your board is considering whether to assume the maintenance of the perimeter fencing in the community, which is allowed by the governing documents.  Two of the five board members’ lots border the perimeter fence, and if the maintenance is assumed by the Association, those board members will no lo Read More...

Do you ever wonder why associations don’t receive property tax bills for common elements?  It’s because the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA) prohibits municipalities from separately taxing common elements.  Specifically, Section 105(2) of CCIOA states, “common elements shall no Read More...

The 2012 wildfire season was one of the worst on record, leaving the people at the American Red Cross busy devising new and innovative ways to get information to people faster.  As a response to the growing use of technology, they have created the “Wildfire App.”   Read our full blog post. Read More...

Do you think your neighbors ever wonder where the monthly association dues are going? Is it all going into the flower bed at the front of the subdivision or are substantial neighborhood improvements underway? Just how good a job is your homeowners association doing? With thousands of homeowners asso Read More...

How do we as humans deal with people who yell and scream at us or refuse to be rational? You know the type, adversarial, manipulative, inflexible, unreasonable, irrational. For most people, the answer is “We don’t”. If given the choice, most of us choose not to work with people like this. We d Read More...

Unhappy employees might be thinking high turnover rates are the sign of miserable work conditions. Salespeople might be thinking low turnover in sales is a sign of inefficiency. Broncos fans might be thinking three turnovers in the first quarter is a sign of....well, not sure how to finish that sent Read More...

I am a lawyer. I read, on a regular and ongoing basis, governing documents, statutes, contracts, and other such documents.  I am asked to provide my opinion on various legal issues and, in doing so, I review the relevant documents and applicable law, and provide a course of action.  And yet, all t Read More...

Have you ever seen a set of bylaws that authorize the board to unilaterally amend the document without owner approval?  There are plenty of bylaws out there having this type of provision and lots of board members use this provision in good faith to amend their bylaws.But, like all “too good to be Read More...