Category: Membership

Annual Meeting Update

Dear Utopia Members,

Every January, we hold our annual members meeting to update you on the association, and for you to vote for the upcoming year’s board of directors.

Due to COVID-19 public health advisories, we unfortunately will not be holding an in person meeting once again his year. Instead, we will be sending you all the pertinent association information by US mail, as well as, giving you the opportunity to vote for the 2022 board slate by email.

So, please be on the lookout during the latter part of January for a packet in the US mail, as well, as an email inviting you to vote for the board.

If you are interested in working with the board or would like to join the board in our work to keep Utopia safe, please contact our membership liaison using the Contact Page.

As always, we appreciate your steadfast membership and support of our neighborhood patrols.

Yours,
Utopia Homeowners Security Association Board

Utopia Homeowners’ Security Association Annual General Meeting & Social Gathering – Sunday January 27, 2019 4:00 – 6:00 prompt

All Members invited:   Annual General Meeting

Date:   January 27, 2019 (Sunday)

Time:   4:00-6:00 PM

Place:  the park at La Playa & Ventura

RSVP:  to Maureenacullinan@gmail.com

Vote for our 2019 board, meet other members, chat with our Commanding Lt.

Bring a neighbor who might want to join.
Light refreshments will be served.

We look forward to seeing you there

2019 Board Elections Coming Up

 

At the upcoming January 2019 Annual Members’ Meeting the board of directors will be voted on for 2019.  If you are interested in running for one of the board director positions (President, Vice- President, Secretary, Treasurer, Member Coordinator,  or Police Liaison), please contact us with your interest.  You can do this by clicking contact just above on this home page of our website and sending us an email.

Thanks again for supporting the monthly dues increase

As you are all probably aware, the long-studied, discussed and awaited monthly dues increase finally kicked in on Oct. 1, 2018, bringing our long time $100 a month fee to $125.  Without repeating too much detail, this was all brought about by the unusually large police pay increase mandated by the city.

Some of you may have also noticed a disruption in our billing process.  During the spring and summer we transitioned from our original accounting firm  to a new firm (Ivy Accounting).  This was necessitated by a change in personnel and accounting systems at the former firm.  So while Glenn Patron, who so wonderfully stepped in once again to be our treasurer, took over the helm, he found the shift to the new accountant was a bit more problematic than we had anticipated.  All in all though, we seem to be back on track.

So with the new rate now in place, we will be increasing patrol hours.

Thank you to the membership for the unanimous support for the increase.  Always know that administrative costs are kept to a minimum and the vast majority of revenue goes to support our hourly patrols.  Any increase in our fee is predicated on keeping and increasing our patrols.

Important Notice to Utopia Members

Dear Utopia Member,

This is to advise you that you will be receiving an important mailing from our accountants postmarked on June 27th. Please be on the look out for this letter in the next few days.

You will receive important information about our membership dues increase that goes into effect on October 1, 2018. There are specific steps which you may need to take to assure a smooth billing transition before the the new dues go into effect.

Thank you in advance for your attention and help in this matter.

Regards,

Your Utopia Board