New organizational setup

As you know, part of the mission of the Board of Directors, as directed by the governing documents of Westlake Village, is to ensure our residents are complying with our deed restrictions. It has been accepted practice that the Architectural Committee head this endeavor on behalf of and with the permission of the Board. This dynamic has become less and less "fruitful" as resident volunteers, not wanting to get involved with their neighbors, have become scarce. Unfortunately, enforcing deed restrictions for 585+ homes in our community is a labor-intensive job and one that CANNOT be dismissed.

As a realtor, I can tell you the appearance of our community has a DIRECT correlation on our home values and that's why ensuring compliance with the deed restrictions is so important to ALL OF US.

Desperately in need of dedicated volunteers, the Board has approved a change in the composition and duties of the Architectural Committee to encourage resident participation. In addition to the Architectural Committee, the Board has created another entity: the Covenant Compliance Committee (CCC). These 2 committees will have distinct duties yet operate in concert with each other.

Our new Architectural Committee will no longer be the entity monitoring and enforcing our deed restrictions. Instead, the Architectural Committee will go back to it's mandated job of:

1) Approving exterior improvements such as roof, paint color, fence, etc.
2) Developing and refining guidelines and policies for lawns, mailboxes, fences, etc.
3) Working closely with residents as a source of information to allow residents to achieve substantial compliance with out deed restrictions, ie Florida-Friendly Landscaping, native landscaping, etc.

The new CCC will take over the enforcement of our deed restrictions. It is comprised of volunteer Zone Coordinators (YOU), a Board member liaison, our part-time employee, and the office staff.

This new dynamic is a result of resident feedback combined with lack of resident participation/interest. Residents NOT wanting to volunteer due to the deed restriction enforcement issue are now free to volunteer for the Architectural Committee. There is still a need for volunteers on both committees!

It is the hope of the Board that with this new organizational setup will spur resident participation which will lead to an even MORE cohesive community....YOUR community!