The majority of board members of the Highlands of Russell Park Homeowners Association (HOA) have voted to pay a lawyer $1,000 to $1,500, using HOA funds, to draw up agreements for the HOA to maintain some of the landscaping of two homeowners with active participation in or close ties to the HOA Board. One homeowner is the current head of the Architectural Review Committee and the other was married to a former board member. The land in question is clearly recorded as belonging to the homeowners in the Deed Records of Collin County, Texas. The legal agreement the board is proposing will require the HOA to pay for and provide landscaping maintenance on this part of the homeowners' land in perpetuity. The HOA “Covenents, Conditions & Restrictions” clearly state:

Section 4.3 Owner's Obligation to Repair. Each Owner shall, at his sole cost and expense, maintain and repair his Lot and the improvements situated thereon, keeping the same in good condition and repair.

And reiterates later in the same document:

Section 7.1 Maintenance Responsibilities of Owners. All Owners and occupants of any Lot shall have the responsibility, at their sole cost and expense, to keep that part of the Property so owned or occupied, including all easements and other rights of way which abut such Lot, in a well maintained and attractive condition at all times.

I, the undersigned, demand the board to abide by the governing documents of the Highlands of Russell Park Homeowners Association including above referenced sections and reverse the decision for drawing up legal agreements to maintain any property on Owner Lots.