Should You Be Paying to Mow Your Neighbor’s Lawn?
Reality check: Most people would laugh at the idea. “You want me to pay your landscaping bill?”—Yeah, no thanks.
But here in Eastridge Hills, your HOA dues have been quietly hard at work… keeping the weeds down and the grass cut—on city-owned parkland next to your neighbor’s property.
For over ten years, the Kelly Company, our HOA’s management firm, has used our community funds to maintain more than four acres of Rockville Regional Park—a City of Fairfield asset, not HOA property.
During multiple board meetings, Priscilla (our manager) has insisted there’s a so-called “agreement” with the city that obligates us to do it. And every time a homeowner politely asks to see that agreement—guess what happens?
Crickets. Or worse, pretend promises and strategic forgetfulness.
Spoiler alert: There. Is. No. Document.
Consequences? We’re Getting Played.
This isn’t just bureaucratic fumbling—it’s a breach of fiduciary duty. The board is required to treat your dues like their own money. Would they personally volunteer to mow a city park for a decade without getting reimbursed? Not likely.
But under the past board’s watch, that’s exactly what was happening. And every dollar we spend on maintaining public land is a dollar we’re not spending on our roads, our security, our landscaping, or our shared property values.
You deserve a board that works for you, not for a phantom park deal.
The new Board of Directors has instituted a top down audit of expendatures and will be reporting to the membership on findings and what comes next. Stay Tuned.
