Revised ByLaws: What has changed, and why?
The September 2020 issue of The Chronicle was dedicated to a revision that your FHVA Board has been working for some time, and has now been accepted by the Board - but that just means it now must be voted in by the General Membership to be fully accepted! The ByLaws Subcommittee has prepared a side-by-side chart which explains the changes made, and why. Click here for the chart, in PDF format. Click here for the revised ByLaws, approved by the members as of 5 October 2020.
ByLaws and Standing Rules
Note: Two documents define the Four Hills Village Association: The ByLaws, which are approved by the General Membership, and the Standing Rules, which are approved by the Board. As of 15 March 2022, the Standing Rules have been revised and approved by the Board, and are available here is PDF format.
Covenants
Use the list of installments below to see each installment's covenants. An installment is a group of homes developed at about the same time. Covenants are similar but not identical across the installments in Four Hills.
Regarding covenants in The Reserve: In 2004/2005, Pulte Homes, developer of The Reserve, agreed to transfer responsibility for enforcement of architectural control and covenants to the FHVA Board of Directors, and the FHVA Board accepted. See files below. This is the only installment in Four Hills for which such authority ever rested with The Board. In 2016, the Board realized that it did not have the resources to legally enforce architectural control and covenants and formally transfered that authority to present and future property owners in the The Reseve, individually and collectively, This notice wasa published in the Legals section of the Albuquerque Journal on August 16, 2016 (notice attached below). A letter was subsequently sent to all dues-paid members in The Reserve. That done, the situation regarding covenants enforcement in Four Hills is consistent. The FHVA will work with members in The Reserve as it does across Four Hills to resolve covenants issues and per the By Laws, the Board has the option to join in a lawsuit should an issue come to that.
Please see the file "fhvha_is_a_neighborhood_association" on the FHVA Board tab for additional information regarding covenants and neighborhood associations as opposed to true homeonwers' associations. An excerpt from that letter: The FHVA does not provide legal advice. It is the Board’s understanding that enforcement actions may be taken by property owners within any installment against an offender in that installment. Per the Bylaws, the Board may elect to financially support such an action.
Regarding covenants in The Reserve: In 2004/2005, Pulte Homes, developer of The Reserve, agreed to transfer responsibility for enforcement of architectural control and covenants to the FHVA Board of Directors, and the FHVA Board accepted. See files below. This is the only installment in Four Hills for which such authority ever rested with The Board. In 2016, the Board realized that it did not have the resources to legally enforce architectural control and covenants and formally transfered that authority to present and future property owners in the The Reseve, individually and collectively, This notice wasa published in the Legals section of the Albuquerque Journal on August 16, 2016 (notice attached below). A letter was subsequently sent to all dues-paid members in The Reserve. That done, the situation regarding covenants enforcement in Four Hills is consistent. The FHVA will work with members in The Reserve as it does across Four Hills to resolve covenants issues and per the By Laws, the Board has the option to join in a lawsuit should an issue come to that.
Please see the file "fhvha_is_a_neighborhood_association" on the FHVA Board tab for additional information regarding covenants and neighborhood associations as opposed to true homeonwers' associations. An excerpt from that letter: The FHVA does not provide legal advice. It is the Board’s understanding that enforcement actions may be taken by property owners within any installment against an offender in that installment. Per the Bylaws, the Board may elect to financially support such an action.
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Publication in Albuquerque Journal August 16, 2016:
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The following letter was mailed to dues-paid members in The Reserve on August 18, 2016
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Covenants are listed by installment. The list is below the map. If you have a complaint, please use the form and procedure. in the files immediaely below.
Please see the file "fhvha_is_a_neighborhood_association" on the FHVHA Board tab for additional information regarding covenants.
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Last updated on 20 October 2022