Dear fellow Enclave owners,

The various issues surrounding rental units in The Enclave have gotten conflated and misunderstood, recently. The proposed Amendment 3 and the follow-up survey, regarding limitations on the number of rental units are both concerned with limiting the number of rental units and preserving The Enclave as the prominently owner-residential community we currently enjoy. However, the issue of the Rental Impact Administrative Fee is separate and completely disconnected from the others. The fee is not an attempt to punish owners of rental units or to dissuade owners from renting their units. The purpose of the fee is simply to provide financial fairness to resident owners, regarding monthly dues and the payment of our monthly bills. The following is an attempt to educate and inform the Association on the purpose of the Rental Impact Administrative Fee, so they can make an informed decision as to the future of the fee.

Our monthly dues are collected to pay our bills. They pay our utility bills, like water/sewer, trash, etc. They pay for maintenance costs and wear and tear on our elevators, the front gate, parking lots, pool/hot tub, TV/Wi-Fi, etc. They pay for our property management, landscaping, security, ground maintenance, etc. You get the picture. The total bill of all these services is divided proportionally and equally between each owner, based on their unit size. No matter what our individual usage is per unit, when we join the Association by buying a condo, we agree to share equally all those costs. So, a person who lives at The Enclave for 6 months per year is paying the same COA Fees as a resident owner who lives here full time, even though they are using half the amount of water, using the elevator/pool/hot tub/gym equipment half as much, going back and forth through the gate half as much and that is understood by all owners. But we accept this situation when we join the Association as owners. We agree to share equally all the bills with other owners, regardless of our usage of those utilities, facilities, and services. For your information, as of now, approximately 50% of the units in The Enclave are owned by part-time resident owners, roughly 61 of 123 units.