The Nice Lady Who Asked Me for Assistance

I MET JUDI HANSEN in July of 2017. Sabrina and I had just decided the year previous to be based out of Las Vegas because of the weather. We still had property in other states, but Las Vegas seemed to have the best weather for about 8 months out of the year with its dry climate. Ms. Judi agreed with my assessment since we both had back issues and we felt better here in the high desert.

At the time, she was on the Aliante Master HOA board, she ran the Fields HOA board, and she was involved with several other boards and groups. The Fields HOA board was the one she needed help with. Over a series of lunches, she learned about my background with the city of Sugar Land, and Austin working on different boards and commissions. She asked me if I would be willing to join the board at the Fields and help since I had so much experience. I told her I was retired from all that, but I could help her out for a little bit between trips back and forth to Texas.

That one request has turned into several positions at the Aliante Master HOA level. I joined the Safety Committee first. Then I started sitting in on Property and Grounds and eventually joined that committee too. I helped restart the Social Committee after the pandemic shut down and filled in an expired term on the Master HOA Board for a few months. I even sat in on the Finance Committee meetings to help understand the math behind what was going on in

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• Approved a proposal in the amount of $8,258.75 to replace two trash cans and two benches at Aviary Park and one vandalized trash can at the Fields Park with concrete benches and trash cans. This was necessary because the metal cans and benches are continually vandalized.

• Accepted the resignation of Michael Dibari from the board. In Mr. DiBari’s resignation letter he did not know how much time and dedication it takes to be a board member when he ran for the board, and he could not put in the time and dedication due to work and family demands.

• Appointed Vice President Wayne Headrick to replace Michael Dibari as the board liaison to the safety committee.

• Approved a donation in the amount of $4,572 to Community Associations Institute. CAI is the leader in training and educating homeowners about Homeowner Association laws, rules, and regulations. A substantial portion of the money will go to the Legislative Action committee. The LAC works with the legislature in Carson City to create laws that benefit HOA’s.

• Approved a revision from our legal counsel to our Anti Bullying Policy that now includes Association Vendors. This was necessary because a homeowner has been harassing and bullying our vendors.

• We ratified our unanimous approval by email, as allowed in our By Laws, to approve an emergency repair under the entrance to the the big picture of running an HOA the size of Aliante Master. Ms. Judi told me she always enjoyed my perspective on raw numbers. She guesstimated that most likely my companies were profitable. I said they were.

During the shutdown I went over to Ms. Judi’s house to visit her on several occasions. She told me about the business she ran with her husband. He had died a few years previous. She talked about her trips all over the world. She talked about her daughter and her grandkids. I really enjoyed visiting with her. I thought she was a wonderful person. I was lucky enough to have called her a few weeks ago to check in and see how she was doing. She was not moving around too well, and she was talking about “buying some new parts” to keep walking upright. We had a good laugh about that.

I got a call yesterday from a friend of mine to tell me that she passed away. I am going to miss her a great deal. There is only one disadvantage to meeting and getting to know a lot of people like I do on my travels across the country. As we age, we start losing more friends than we make. I would not do it any differently. Godspeed, Ms. Judi.

Michael W. Shappley

ER on the Northwest corner of Aliante Parkway and the 215 in the amount of $6,671.

• Discussed the guidelines written by the Architectural Review Committee for Permanent Outdoor Security and Holiday lights. The board voted to incorporate these guidelines into revisions for sections 5.35 Lighting and 5.36 Security. The revisions for these sections are on the June agenda for review/approval.

• Approved a proposal in the amount of $4,000 from Gothic to perform annual inspections of our sidewalks along the streets and in the arroyos for trip and fall hazards and report their findings to the board for repair.

• Approved a proposal in the amount of $4,650 for the annual renewal of the Rainbird 4G Aircard. The 4G Aircard allows Gothic to diagnose problems and control our irrigation.

• Approved the appointment of Delila Welch to the Social Committee.

• Accepted the resignation of Neil Holder as Chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Holder has moved from Aliante.

• Approved two proposals in the total amount of $8,750 to replace lifted sidewalk panels in parcel.

Michael Breault President