What’s Inside
3 From the Mailbag
7 New Board members 8 Welcom to Our World
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10 Earthquake
Painting New Life Into Your Home
Preparedness
Management: the City, the Board and You asked yourself any of these
or more of these questions and you didn’t know the answer? Are you new to Aliante? Maybe you are unsure of who works for whom, Association Board vs the Management team. You are not alone. Management receives these and many more questions like these from homeowners, tenants and even Property Management companies. Over the next year, the Aliante Aerial will publish a series of articles addressing these and many other questions with the hope this will explain the roles of the Developer, City of North Las Vegas, Board of Directors, Committees, the Management Team and you, the homeowner. These articles will also provide additional informa-
Someone broke into my car.
The gate isn’t working.
The trees in the park need to be trimmed.
Can I Who are you to tell me what I can install a do with my house? shed?
Who made up these rules?
Where can I get plans of my house?
There are oil stains in the street.
questions? Have you been asked to answer one
There’s a dead animal in the road.
HAVE YOU EVER
Can I paint my house black?
The street The community looks terrible. lights are out.
Why do I have two different assessments?
tion about the Association, Rules and Regulations, who is responsible for particular maintenance items and much more.
Management, these articles will show a
City Council hires a City Management team
comparison to a City Council. Council mem-
who will have knowledge of the governing
The goal is to clear up misunderstandings
bers, like Board members, are your neigh-
documents created by the city to act on their
about the responsibilities of the management
bor(s) that you have elected to represent you
behalf, and perform the duties necessary to
team, misconceptions about the roles of the
and your interests. They make city laws, cre-
enforce the rules and regulations that the City
board vs. management, and a better under-
ate rules and establish regulations based on
Council approves.
stand of the proper functions of community
the maintenance needs, future improvements
Wow! Right? The next article in the series
associations that can leave homeowners con-
and desires of the residents in their commu-
will explain how the city council positions
fused. Let’s face it, few buyers read — much
nity. This Council consists of a Mayor and, in
compare to your Aliante Board of Directors
less understand — the pile of association-re-
North Las Vegas, 4 City Councilmen.
and Aliante Master Management team, defin-
lated legal documents they receive at closing.
After the laws are created and rules and
To help clarify some common misconcep-
regulations are hammered out, the City has
tions about the roles of the Association and
to implement what has been approved. The
ing their responsibilities.
January-February
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