Raven Hills HOA Accountability and Transparency

The Raven Hills HOA Board of Directors moved Tuesday, June 20th, to appoint Darren Bolding as Secretary of the Board, and Joe Schmidt as Director of Commons.  The complete assignment of officers is as follows:  Kevin Kinzel (exp. 2025) - President Nate Tassler (exp. 2023) - Vice-President  Susie Cooper (exp. 2024) - Treasurer  Darren Bolding (exp. 2025) - Secretary  Joe Schmidt (exp. 2025) - Commons Director Kris Anderson (exp. 2023) - Covenants Director  Darren Murphy (exp. 2024) - Director at Large 

Haley Kline Murphy (6950 Mikado Ln) has created a neighborhood newsletter for the Raven Hills community: We are excited to welcome you to our new community newsletter, written by your neighbors right here in Raven Hills. Our goal is to bring you information focused on our neighborhood to keep you updated on the news and events most relevant to our community.  Feel free to send your questions, thoughts, suggestions, neighborhood news, and more to this email address. We'll be in touch!  Click here to access the Spring 2023 edition of the newsletter.  Please note: This newsletter may contain information pertaining to Raven Hills Homeowners Association (RHHOA) events; however, the views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect or endorse the views or positions of the RHHOA or the RHHOA Board of Directors.

The Raven Hills HOA Board of Directors on Monday, June 12th, appointed three new members to fill vacant seats and bring the Board up to a full seven members.  The current Board members are now:  Kevin Kinzel (exp. 2025)  Darren Bolding (exp. 2025)  Joe Schmidt (exp. 2025)  Susie Cooper (exp. 2024)  Darren Murphy (exp. 2024)  Nate Tassler (exp. 2023)  Kris Anderson (exp. 2023) 

 To all Raven Hills Homeowners,  Attached is a letter regarding a special board meeting next Tuesday at the Diversified offices. The Board is looking to appoint three homeowners to fill open positions. Please read the attachment and let us know if you have any questions. Thank you! Sincerely, Diversified Association Management on behalf of Raven Hills Homeowners Association ATTACHMENT: Board Members Needed! Dear Homeowner, The Raven Hills Homeowners Association is in need of volunteers to serve on the Board of Directors! We are looking for dedicated homeowners who are interested in helping implement rules, oversee association finances, make decisions that help the community and much more. There are three open positions that will be appointed to serve out the terms of previous board members. Though serving sounds time consuming and requires years of experience, please know that is not the case. The current Board meets quarterly, and the meetings are 1-2 hours; business in betwe...

Dear Raven Hills Homeowners Association homeowners, Did you know your community association offers payment options for your regular association dues to fit your unique needs?  Online Payments (one-time, automatic, credit card and E-check): Navigate t0 portal.diversifiedprop.com.  Once logged in, select "Billing" to view options for setting up automatic payments or making a one-time payment. See attached instructions to log-in/sign-up for the portal, as well as instructions to set-up online payments.  Bank Bill Pay:  You can pay your assessments through your bank.  Please add the Management ID, Association ID, and your Account number to the memo or note section of your bill paycheck. Below is the information for your community. MGMT ID: 2310 Association ID: 000RAV Account # - 000RAV37263 Check Payments: Send checks to your community’s secure payment processing center below. The lockbox ensures secure, accurate and timely processing of your association dues. Raven...

To all Raven Hills Homeowners, Please see the attached message from The Board of Directors of Raven Hills. Let us know if you have any difficulty in opening it. Thank you! Sincerely, Diversified Association Management on behalf of Raven Hills Homeowners Association Subject line: Apology and Update for 50 Mikado Dr. E Child Care Dear Raven Hills Community, The Board would like to formally apologize to Ms. Stacie Warren, for statements and actions to oppose her application for a Conditional Use Development Plan (CUDP-22-0015) with the city. Our communication with the community did not provide both sides of the situation. We immensely regret the way this situation deteriorated into an adversarial incident. Our intent was never to paint Ms. Warren or the service she provides to the community in a negative light. We continue to believe the Board has an obligation to the Raven Hills community to uphold the governing documents - including our Association's covenants pertaining to private ...

Kris Anderson presented to City Council on Tuesday, April 11th an appeal requesting City Council reverse the decision of the city's Planning Commission and deny the permit issued for 50 Mikado Dr. E. Ms. Anderson spoke as a Board member and identified herself to be representing the Raven Hills Homeowners Association.  Those asking City Council to deny the appeal in support of the conditional use permit believe there were numerous false statements made in Ms. Anderson's presentations of information, both to the Planning Commission and to City Council, and now to the Members of the Raven Hills HOA. For the purpose of advocating for a discussion based on facts, a selection of Ms. Anderson's falsehoods and misrepresentations are addressed and dismantled, supported by citations, as detailed below. Statements by Ms. Anderson are quoted directly from her comments and presentation, which was recorded on video, to City Council:  1. Ms. Anderson has represented both to City Council (...

Raven Hills Homeowners:  Your ballots were abused and manipulated last fall by existing Board members. These Board members acted in an attempt to manipulate the Board election and to double your annual assessments.  Did you want the Board to use your proxy at last October's Annual Meeting to vote to DOUBLE your annual dues to $240? They say you consented to this when you gave them your proxy.  Did you want the Board to leverage your proxy to take executive action and steal the election from everyone in attendance at the Annual Meeting? They say you should have known that was a risk when you gave your proxy to them.  The Annual Raven Hills Homeowners Association meeting took place on October 25, 2022. Those of you who attended the 2022 Annual Meeting got a very clear look at how dysfunctional, uninformed, and disengaged our Board of Directors have become. Homeowners were asked to approve a budget that reflected inflated fees to be paid to Diversified for services rel...

As the Raven Hills HOA Board acknowledged in their community email earlier today , I, along with Mary Jenkins, was removed from the Raven Hills Architectural Control Committee (ACC) for speaking in support of the child care home at City Council. I believe this action was explicitly retaliatory, and the Board knows I feel this way. The Board has expressed they feel I disrespected and blindsided them at City Council, to which I ask: Is it "disrespect" to simply present a different perspective? Is it a "blindside" to present a factual recounting of reality? To be sure, my position was opposite that of the Board, but I am confident I gave a factually accurate and honest statement (provided below), whereas there were countless numerous lies and misrepresentations in the Board's presentation - falsehoods that they have repeated to the community more than once. Yes, I expressed my issues with how the Board has handled this publicly , because they took this issue to a p...

The Board of Directors is sharing the following information on the status of the proposed Conditional Use/Large Daycare business at 50 Mikado Drive E: On April 11 th  the CS City Council voted 7-2 against the Raven Hills HOA’s appeal of the City Planner’s decision to allow the Conditional Use. Attached is our presentation to the council. District 1 Councilman Dave Donelson and District 6 Councilman Mike O’Malley voted in favor of our Association. Council President Tom Strand, District 2 Councilman Randy Helms, District 4 Councilwoman Yolanda Avila, District 5 Councilwoman Nancy Henjum, At Large Councilman Bill Murray, and At Large Councilman Wayne Williams voted against our Association.    Our Association was represented by Kris Anderson and Susie Cooper who presented statements Appealing the decision of the City Planners. Those statements emphasized the violation of our Covenants which prohibit businesses such as Large Daycare. Attached is a summary of the Association’s ...

Haley Kline Murphy and Mary Jenkins have been removed from the Architectural Control Committee (ACC) following their statements supporting the child care at 50 Mikado Drive East at City Council on Tuesday, April 11th. These statements contradict with the Board's position of opposition to the permit issued for the child care.  The remaining members of the ACC are:  Kris Anderson Robert Souther Sandie Ohle Additionally, Steve Zeien continues to serve as the Social/Welcome Committee.  The HOA Board has yet to formally announce an Audit Committee, Nominating Committee, Publicity Committee, Maintenance Committee, or Recreational Committee. 

The Board of the Raven Hills HOA on Tuesday, April 11th presented to the City Council their appeal of the City's Planning Commission's approval of a conditional use permit for the home child care located at 50 Mikado Drive. City Council voted 7-2 to uphold the decision of the Planning Commission and as a result denied the Board's appeal. Their reasons for doing so are documented below in the form of direct quotes: If we uphold the appeal right now, they can reapply in June? Without hinderance? They can reapply in June for the exact same thing and it doesn't come to the Council? So the value of accepting this appeal is… two months? They can go ahead and (expand the daycare) in two months? It's a fool's errand - if we go ahead and accept this appeal... when, in fact, it has no merit - when we're done with this entire conversation.    -- Councilman Bill Murray This is indeed a recently enacted law and it says, "prohibitions contrary to public policy, patri...

Kris Anderson on March 20th filed an appeal on behalf of the Raven Hills HOA, asking to overturn the Planning Commission's approval of the conditional use permit for 50 Mikado Dr. This appeal resulted in a hearing before City Council, which occurred on Tuesday, March 20th. Filing the appeal cost the HOA $176.  City Council voted 7-2 to deny the appeal and uphold the decision made by the Planning Commission. (The two councilmembers voting in favor of the appeal were O'Malley and Donelson.) This decision means Ms. Warren can proceed with her home child care for up to 12 children. 

Below are the comments given by Mary Jenkins at the City Council hearing of the Raven Hills HOA's appeal for the conditional use permit at 50 Mikado Dr. E. (Comments have been shared with permission.) Hi, my name is Mary Jenkins. I live on Mikado Lane and I also serve on the HOA’s Architectural Control Committee. I am here to express my support for Ms. Warren’s daycare, and to represent a group of young homeowners in the Raven Hills community who feel similarly. While our HOA’s Board has expressed that they are very unhappy with having a daycare, and have said in the past that they represent nearly all of the Ravenhill’s homes, they do not and cannot represent the entire area’s opinions. This is because they don’t know everyone’s opinion, they have only collected and asked for the negative ones. The average age of our Board is around 60 years old. Through this lens, I can understand how it could be easy for the Board to take a “not in my backyard” position on the daycare –it’s a s...