(B)      Proposed Amendment to the Covenants of

Sandpiper Golf & Country Club Property Owners Association, Inc.

(additions are underlined; deletions are stricken through;

words underlined in the Covenants are underlined twice)

New Covenant Rule:

Amendment – Article VI, Section 14 of the Covenant is deleted in its entirety (substantial rewording; see the Declaration for current text) and replaced with the following:

Article VI, Section 14.  Garbage, Trash, and Utilities.   Garbage containers may be placed at the street 24 before and must be returned to their storage location 24 hours after scheduled pick up time.   Garbage containers shall be stored either (a) inside the garage or (b) outside in the rear of the resident or alongside of and adjacent to the residence, but only if properly screened from view from the street and neighboring parcels.  The Board shall adopt reasonable rules governing proper screening of garbage containers stored outside.

(This change is to comply with 720 rules and for the convenience of the homeowners.)

 (E)    Proposed Amendment to the By-laws of

Sandpiper Golf & Country Club Property Owners Association, Inc.

(additions are underlined; deletions are stricken through;

words underlined in the By-Laws are underlined twice)

Article III Section 6 of the By-Laws is amended as follows:

Section 6. Absentee Ballots.  If authorized in advance by the Board, Members may also vote at a membership meeting by absentee ballot, in a form approved by the Board, and the submission of an absentee ballot shall count toward the meeting quorum.

 (C)     Proposed Amendments to the Covenants of

Sandpiper Golf & Country Club Property Owners Association, Inc.

(additions are underlined; deletions are stricken through

 words underlined in the Covenant are underlined twice)

ARTICLE IV,  Section 5. 

Notice and Quorum for any Action Authorized Under Article IV, Section 4.

Written notice of any meeting called for the purpose of taking any action authorized under Article IV,

Section 4 shall be sent to all members not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days in advance of the meeting. At the first such meeting called, the presence of ten percent (10%) thirty percent (30%) of the votes of the membership of the Association (in person or by proxy or absentee ballots shall constitute a quorum. If the required quorum is not present, subsequent meetings may be called subject to the same notice requirement, and the required quorum at such subsequent meetings shall be one-half (1/2) of the required quorum at the preceding meeting. No subsequent meeting shall be held more than sixty (60) days following the preceding meeting. 

 (D)      Proposed Amendments to the By-Law of

Sandpiper Golf & Country Club Property Owners Association, Inc.

(additions are underlined; deletions are stricken through

 words underlined in the By-Law are underlined twice)

ARTICLE III,  Section 4.  Quorum. The presence at the meeting of Members entitled to cast, or of proxies entitled to cast, or of absentee votes entitle to cast, thirty percent (30%) one-tenth (1/10) of the votes of the membership shall constitute a quorum for any action except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Declaration, or these By-laws.  If however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting, the Members entitled to vote thereat shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice or other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum as aforesaid shall be present or represented.

    (A)    Proposed Amendments to Sandpiper Golf & Country Club’s Amended, Restated and

Consolidated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions 

(additions are underlined; words underlined in the Covenant are underlined twice)

Amendment 2 – Article VI Section 16 of the Declaration is deleted in its entirety (substantial rewording; see the Declaration for current text) and replaced with the following:

Delete Article VI Section16 of the Declaration and replace it with the following:

Section 16. Residency and Housing for Older Persons (55+ Community).

16.1 The Sandpiper community is intended to and shall be operated for the purpose of providing housing for older persons pursuant to and in compliance with federal, state and local law. The term "older persons" means persons 55 years of age or older.

16.2 At least 1 person aged 55 years or older shall occupy each Lot.

16.3 At no time shall less than 80% of all occupied Lots be occupied by at least 1 person aged 55 years or older.

16.4 Persons under the age of 55 years but older than 40 years of age may occupy a Lot so long as at least 1 other occupant of the Lot is 55 years of age or older.

16.5 Except as stated in 16.4 above, pursuant to 16.9 below, no person under 40 years of age shall reside on or occupy a Lot, but such persons may visit as guests and stay with the qualified owner overnight but for no more than 30 days in any calendar year.

16.6 The Association, through its board of directors. shall publish and enforce rules, procedures and regulations that effectuate this Article, comply with applicable law and demonstrate the association's intent to operate as a community for persons 55 years of age or older.

16.7 The Association shall, at least once every 2 years. conduct a survey of the community to verify that the provisions of this Article are adhered to and complied with. All Owners are required, upon request by the Association, to:

(a) Provide to the Association copies of drivers’ licenses or other government issued identification for all occupants of a Lot which shall include the birth date of each occupant;

(b) Execute and deliver to the Association a certificate that at least 1 person aged 55 years or older occupies the Lot: and

(c) Provide to the Association such other certifications, information or documentation as is deemed necessary by the Association, through its board of directors, to ensure compliance with this provision.

(d) Any resident of any Lot must make application with the RAC Committee to occupy said Lot for longer than 30 days in a calendar year and adhere to these covenants.

16.8 Prior to the lease, conveyance or transfer of title to or the right to occupy any Lot, the Owner and the proposed new Owner and/or tenant shall each certify in writing to the Association that the Lot will be occupied by at least 1 person 55 years of age or older and will not be occupied by anyone under 40 years of age. No lease, conveyance or transfer of title to or the right to occupy any Lot may be affected, carried out or otherwise accomplished in contravention of this Article and absent the written certifications required herein. In addition to any other available remedies the Association shall have the authority to apply for an injunction prohibiting or cancelling the lease, conveyance or transfer of title and/or prohibiting occupancy of the Lot in any manner which would violate this Article.

16.9 If title to a Lot due to the death of an owner and via inheritance is transferred to a person under 55 years of age, the new owner may occupy a Lot only in accordance with State and Federal Law. There are only two (2) exceptions to the 100% of new occupancies pursuant to 16.2 by at least one person 55 years of age or older: 1) surviving spouses who are under 55 years of age and 2) heirs who are already a full-time residence at the time of death or removal of the over 55 aged individual. These exceptions are very narrowly defined and limited.

16.10 GRANDFATHER CLAUSE: Residents that live in Sandpiper on or before the adoption on this Covenant change and do not have a resident 55 years of age or older, are hereby ‘Grandfathered’ in and will not be forced to vacate their residence. Upon the sale or lease of said Lot, the Lot and resident will then fall under this covenant change for all future transactions.

16.11 CARE GIVERS: All applications of caregiver status shall be limited to a period of one year if approved, the applicant may reapply to continue caregiver status as needed.

Caregiver must live in same home with resident.

Caregiver must vacate the home when resident vacates the home.

SANDPIPER PROPERTY OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

WORKSHOP/AGENDA – January 28, 2025 @ 7:00 PM

Dave Crowell, President                 Ed Beffa, Vice President                 Starr Moore, Secretary

Darlene Schildt, Treasurer              John Harty Director                            Karen Eldridge, Director

Robbie Roberson, Director                  Ron Roy, Director                              Bob Muschiana, Director - Absent

For February 11, 2025 POA Board Meeting 

Dave Crowell, President, called the Workshop/Agenda meeting to order at 7:00 pm in the Clubhouse.  8 Officers and Directors and approximately 18 residents were present. 

 Pledge of Allegiance 

Discussion of the following topics took place: 

Darlene Schild brought up the Flock System which was canceled in November, 2024 to start looking for another security service.  Ron Roy offered to check other security companies with options and quotes. 

Karen Eldridge brought up the problem with the use of passwords.  After one member is off the board and a new member is then having problems trying to change password but cannot change due to he/she does not know the old password.  No motion was made. 

Karen Eldridge also brought up to have all papers regarding any covenants/bylaws be available to all residents at time of meetings/voting.

NEW BUSINESS: 

1.      Robbie Roberson made a motion, seconded by Starr Moore, to plant palm trees and re-work area at entrance due to automobile accident for the work to begin asap.  After two bids received – Weber’s bid of $4,825.00 was accepted. This motion also will work with the driver’s insurance company to re-coup as much as we can. Motion passed unanimously.

2.      Robbie Roberson made a motion, seconded by Dave Crowell to add to the Agenda, to re-start with Applied Acquatics for the retention pond on Crane.   Will also check with Dave Tavlin on possibly working with him.  Motion passed unanimously.

3.      Ed Beffa made a motion, seconded by Ron Roy  to add to the Agenda, to have a Reserve Study completed by Reserve Advisers for $6,200.00, but will also get a second bid.  Motion passed unanimously

4.      Ed Beffa made a motion, seconded by Ron Roy to add to the Agenda, to have Mr. Mahaney added to the Retention Pond Committee upon verification of resident.  Motion passed unanimously.

5.      Karen Eldridge made a motion, seconded by John Harty to add to the Agenda, to have all directors/officers to use emails using Sandpiper instead of personal ones. Motion passed with 6 Yes (John Harty, Karen Eldridge, Dave Crowell, Ed Beffa, Ron Roy, Starr Moore) with 2 N0 (Darlene Schildt, Robbie Roberson).

6.      Darlene Schildt made a motion, seconded by Starr Moore, to add to the Agenda, to replace copier in Admin Office with new Copier from ImageNet at a cost of $189.50/month for 60 months. This is also contingent on getting a second bid.  Motion passed unanimously,

7.      Ed Beffa made a motion, seconded by Ron Roy to hold off on covenant changes until after the March Election.  Motion Passed with 7 Yes (Ron Roy, Darlene Schildt, Ed Beffa, John Harty, Karen Eldridge, Robbie Roberson, Starr Moore) with 1 Abstained (Dave Crowell).

8.      Starr Moore made a motion to end the pending lawsuit that was recently received and seconded by Ron Roy.  This was due that there have been too many assumptions during the approval process  and the applicant was approved by the RAC Committee.   This will end up costing Sandpiper too much to continue.  Also stated that the RAC Committee should verify all applicants starting in March.  Motion passed unanimously.

A Motion by Ron Roy seconded by Dave Crowell to adjourn the meeting at 7:53 pm.  Open Mic started. No resident spoke on Open Mic.

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Starr Moore, Secretary