The Copper Cove at Lake Tulloch Owners Association (now known as the Copper Cove Association) was formed in 1969 by a developer of the subdivision now known as Copper Cove. Fifty years ago Homeowners Associations were just maturing. While they actually began in the mid 1800’s, it was not until 1970 that they began to be more common. Since then laws passed by the state have grown to insure that HOA members are protected.
Over the past near 25 years, the Copper Cove Association’s various boards of directors have attempted to deal with a variety of issues and they discovered that the Association’s governing documents were totally outdated and inconsistent with state law.
Copper Cove Association Updates Documents
In an effort to bring Copper Cove Association up to date with the times, the current Board of Directors voted to undertake a major overhaul for all the governing documents of the Association, commonly known as the CC&Rs and Bylaws. The Board felt it was vitally important to involve a law firm with extensive expertise and experience developing effective and fair governing documents. The board surveyed several firms and voted to engage Baydaline and Jacobsen which has extensive experience representing hundreds of the HOAs here in Central California. One of the two principals in the firm, Jennifer Jacobsen, is working directly with our staff and directors on this important project.
The Board of Directors has been working diligently on reviewing the law firm’s drafts for proposed new documents to hopefully be approved in 2019. Ryan Oatts, the President of the Copper Cove Association notes: “It is critically important that we obtain the thoughts and ideas of the members on the new documents so the documents we are now releasing should be considered as drafts, not the final document.”
- View the Draft CC&Rs Copper Cove – First Restated Declaration
- View the Draft By Laws Copper Cove – First Restated Bylaws
- View the Memo of Changes Copper Cove – MEMO to Members re Changes to Governing Documents
“It is important for members to know that the board is not proposing setting up all sorts of arbitrary rules that some associations have adopted.” Oatts continued “The charge of a board of directors is to protect the interests of its members, enhance our community, and deal with issues that endanger the public.” As an example, Ryan pointed to the need to reduce fire danger in our community and that means having a board that can work with the fire district to deal with members who refuse to keep their grass cut which contributes to fire danger.
Attend the Workshop
The draft documents are available by clicking the links above. The documents are also available from the Association office in printed form. There will be a workshop held in June to allow an opportunity for members to address any questions for the Association and interact with Jennifer Jacobsen. It will be held on a Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 6:00 PM. For those that are unable to be present for those meetings, you may submit your concerns or support by email to office@coppercove.org or by mail to the Black Creek Office at 920 Black Creek Drive, Copperopolis, CA 95228.