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CA NEWS
Let’s Communicate!
Jim Romine, Executive Director
Top questions received by CA staff
Sun City Texas residents often have the same questions for right to use any of the recreational facilities, suspending
Community Association staff, indicating widespread interest in Community Association services to a resident, or levying
certain topics. For your information and convenience, I thought assessments against a homeowner. (An assessment may
it would be helpful to provide you in a question and answer include any action required to bring a home into compli-
format the frequently asked questions staff often receive. The ance with the communitywide standards, which includes
Q&A compiled by CA staff is presented in two parts, with the landscaping maintenance and residential maintenance.)
first part presented here and the second part to follow in the
September Sun Rays. If you ever have questions, please don’t 7. Q: Where can I read the community’s rules?
hesitate to contact me or any of your CA staff.
A: The community’s Governing Documents and policies
1. Q: Now that we are expanding the community to 10,000 are available on the Sun City Texas website (log on to
homes, when will Pulte and Del Webb transition control of www.sctexas.org > From your Resident Home page, click
the Board of Directors to residents? on Community Association Info > Click on Documents).
A: According to our CC&R’s, transition occurs when 95 8. Q: I have a snake (skunk, peacock, possum, etc.) on my
percent of the homes have been built and sold. Accordingly, front porch. What should I do?
the Board transition would occur when 9,500 homes have
been sold. A: For snakes, refer to page 4 of the Sun Rays for the
telephone numbers for the SC reptile removers. For other
2. Q: Why are the chartered clubs not tax exempt, and why uninvited guests, most wild things are usually looking for
can’t we give donation receipts to club members for tax food, so don’t feed them! Make sure pet food is kept indoors.
purposes when they give the club a donation? If needed, contact Georgetown Animal Control at 512-930-
3510 or a local pest control company.
A: The CA is not a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organiza-
tion. For that reason, any donations made to the CA or char- 9. Q: How are my HOA dues spent?
tered clubs cannot be considered a tax donation by the IRS.
A: 2015
3. Q: How many homes are in Sun City Texas? $1,090 HOA Dues Allocation
A: At the end of June, we had 7,050 homes. Landscape Maintenance
4. Q: How many people live in Sun City Texas? Common Areas Contract
A: We estimate 1.9 persons live in each home, giving the Administration, Finance,
community 13,433 residents.
Community Standards
5. Q: Is an application really required for a modification to
the outside of my residence? Fitness
A: Yes. Only the 54 residential modifications listed in Article Facilities
2, Figure 2-1 of the Design Guidelines, (as long as they are
accomplished in accordance with the Design Guidelines), do 10. Q: Is there internet available at the Social Center and at
not require an approval from the Modifications Committee. Cowan Creek?
A: Yes, there is free public Wi-Fi.
6. Q: What can the Community Association do if I don’t comply
with our Governing Documents and Rules? 11. Q: Where is the Atrium?
A: It’s the middle room of the Activity Center.
A: The community’s Governing Documents grant the Board
of Directors and the Covenants Committee the authority to 12. Q: When does the bloodmobile come to SC?
impose sanctions after notice and a hearing in accordance A: The second Tuesday of each month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
with the procedures set forth in the community’s by-laws.
These sanctions may include, without limitation, some 13. Q: How long does it take to have a Memorial Brick made?
or all of the following: suspending resident voting rights, A: It takes six to eight weeks.
levying reasonable monetary fines, suspending a resident’s
16. Q: Whom do I call to borrow medical items?
A: See SC Helping Hands listed in the Support Groups
section of the Sun Rays for contact information.
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