Unnamed Source, January 20, 2020
COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN (CMP)
A Failed Experiment
This article is being pinned to the top of the website because this issue was brought up in the 4-20-20 Special Board Meeting by Director Sherman.
Through the recent past of Hot Springs Village, there may not be another document that has created the divide the CMP has. Does anyone know when or how the CMP concept was hatched? Who was behind it? Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and review how the CMP came to be.
THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?
- 2000 – HSV develops its first Strategic Plan.
- 2004 – Second HSV Strategic Plan is developed.
- 2010 – Nearly 40 residents and POA staff developed the third HSV Strategic Plan. It was a 10-year plan.
- 2012 – At the board retreat multiple discussions ensued around: “Master Plan”, “Land Use Plan”, “property zoned for lodging”, “comprehensive change in the Declarations”, “Master Developer”, “Cooper’s Developer rights”, “Cooper’s easement and utility rights”, “Land Use Plan”, “City Planners”, “multi-story condominium, apartments, live-work” and more.
- 2012 – The Final Budget 2013 made glowing reference to completion of the HSV 20-year Capital Improvements and Maintenance Plan.
- 2013 – Savannah Lakes Village (Another Cooper Community) introduced a Reorganization Plan containing similar concepts and wording to what we now know as our CMP. Today SLV is partnered with SLV Windfall Group, LLC.
- June 2013 – Twiggs arrives HSV and later introduces his Master Workbook. This was, in essence a scaled down version of the soon to be CMP.
- March 2015 – Twiggs presents “Town Center for Hot Springs Village” to National Town Builders Association (NTBA) conference in Little Rock.
- December 2016 – Lesley Nalley assumes position as CEO.
- July 2017 – Request for Proposal (RFP) for CMP – Discussed further below (see below for the full copy).
- September 2017 – Board approves DPZ-Crafton Tull to conduct our $500,000 CMP.
- November 2017 – Charrette process is held – ‘selling’ the CMP to Members.
- April 2018 – CMP and Protective Covenants are adopted by Board of Directors.
Strategic planning is a standard function of any organization. For a mutual benefit organization like Hot Springs Village, strategic planning is the core responsibility of the Board. The Village had such plans going back 20 years. They were always (and should be) implemented in-house by the residents and staff. But, as you can see in 2012 your Board of Directors began exploring new and radical ideas and looking outside – even when we already had a Strategic Plan (2010) and a 20-year Capital Improvements and Maintenance Plan in place.
WHO KNEW?
Well, no big shakes thus far, right? Many readers, particularly if you lived here over the entire last decade experienced what was going on and might have known some of this. Those moving here in the 2015 to 2017 time frame; maybe not so much. But did anyone suspect that the decisions regarding the CMP implementation were already pre-determined – as far back as 2012? Probably not. It seems a fair conclusion that long before the 2017 Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued, and regardless of what the community as a whole might actually want, this program was going forward – with or without property owner approval.
In fact, it was going forward at the same time that Board and Management knew full well that Declaration changes would be needed for implementation. That’s why they not only approved the CMP but they also tried to bully the Membership into approving 12 critical changes to our Declarations and Articles of Incorporation in 2018. A vote which unanimously FAILED.
THE REST OF THE STORY!
In August 2016 it was announced that outgoing COO/GM Twiggs would be relinquishing the reins to CEO Nalley. The announcement reads, in part:
“This new appointment comes as the Village transitions into phase two of its master plan for strategic growth and innovative development. Under Twiggs’ leadership, Hot Springs Village has spent the past three years creating a new master development plan that will encompass a variety of lifestyles utilizing the existing 26,000 acres within the community. Twiggs will continue to serve as a development consultant to Nalley and the Village Board for the first half of 2017. . . . The Hot Springs Village governance team, at the direction of David Twiggs, has been creating a new master plan. . . .”
WHAT? How could this be? The timeline indicates it wasn’t adopted by the Board until April 2018. Had any such thing even been discussed in open Board meetings? Yes, no, maybe. This is all very confusing.
Let’s go back to the July 2017 timeframe. That month actually marks the date when the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the CMP was due back to the POA. The following are some choice excerpts from that RFP (copy attached for your reference):
- “. . . inviting planning and design teams with expertise in Town Center Design, Commercial and Residential Infill, New Development Land Use Planning, Neighborhood and Economic Development Planning and Traffic and Transportation Planning. . .”
- “. . . seeking Proposals from firms for the purpose of preparing a Comprehensive Master Plan for Hot Springs Village, with specific emphasis on a new town center, new pocket neighborhoods, transportation, signage, and creating an individual character for 9 distinct villages. . . “
- “The plan should move the community focus from maintenance to successional development. . . “
- “. . . multifamily and mixed use development planning.”
- “. . . housing gaps such as missing middle and pocket neighborhood developments.”
- “. . . mixed-use town center that could serve as the community’s core anchor. . .”
- “Develop a series of goals and objectives that support the Master Plan.”
- “An urban design and Town Center. . .”
- “Zoning and/or other policy recommendations to support the proposed land use/development plans.”
For those not familiar with such proposals the foregoing are what’s known as ‘The Deliverables’ of the RFP or the “Desired Outcomes“. And, this RFP with further wording “A general land use plan that reflects the developmental goals” is what the HSV Board approved. The Board approved this RFP and the Half Million Dollar expense knowing full well that the Declarations would have to be altered to allow such a Plan to be implemented. They also knew this would also mean taking away the Declarant Rights of the original Developer. They knew that such a Plan would require a Member Vote to change those Declarations. But, they didn’t tell you that, did they?
Would the majority of the Members actually approve of such a plan ahead of time knowing it was going to change the very landscape of why most lived here? Can any of what the CMP is based on work if the gates have to come down to support these commercial developments? It appears then that we have all been duped and used.
So, as Paul Harvey used to say, “now you know the rest of the story”.
CONCLUSION AND OPINION
One problem here is basic intellectual dishonesty. Moving forward with a Plan which is known to be impossible to implement from its inception is just wrong. Even worse, with regard to the RFP it is one thing to ask a consultant to solve a problem such as lack of growth or revenue. It is quite another to require them to justify a desired outcome, i.e., town center, etc.
You decide. The property owners are the organization. Not some group of self-ordained dictators that get to decide for the Members. Who were they? Just go back and see who was on the Board during the years highlighted. The Board’s job is to protect the interests of the property owners, NOT to carry out the plans of an ideology that won’t work in rural Arkansas.
As property owners and Members of the Property Owner Association, you have a right to the information that your elected leaders are operating under. Go do the research yourself and demand that you be given back control of the environment you live in and pay for.
Note: Edited to clear up confusion over the relationship between SLV and SL.
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RFP for HSVPOA Comprehensive Master Plan (CMP)
RFP-for-CMP
Lynda Narug
01/20/2020 — 8:58 am
LN has been an employee of HSV only a little over 3 years; why does it seem so much longer?
Bob
01/20/2020 — 10:08 am
Guess which former board member is a common thread in this whole discussion, including hiring David Twiggs and recommending several of these ideas?
FRANK LEEMING
Ask to see board member memos. Ask to see Board retreat notes. Talk to current and former participants of his weekly lunch group. Frank has sent out a lot of epistles over the years and may finally be caught up in his own web.
Jerry Carroll
01/20/2020 — 11:22 am
This is disinformation spread by an undeclared Nalley ally. Leeming has always been for transparency in this increasing opaque government and against a POA staff and board under the thumb of special interests acting through the czarina.
Anonymous
01/20/2020 — 12:29 pm
Go see for yourself and get back to us. Some of us still remember and have copies of his recommendations.
Scott
04/19/2020 — 3:20 pm
It’s a matter of Member information. Go check it out yourself. The answers are in the records. People are permitted to change their mind, but have ownership of their past. That can’t be erased, whatever it is.
Truth Seeker
01/20/2020 — 12:38 pm
Now Bob, are you seriously doing the “look at the shiny object over there” scenario and trying to place blame at the feet of one Frank Leeming? Seriously? Frank has been nothing but a proponent of transparency and your comments would be better suited for those in charge and on the board during the period just prior to and during the RFP and resulting CMP adoption. Everything up to that point had been a discussion. This document points to action taken. Connect the dots!
Sam Taylor
01/20/2020 — 3:11 pm
Bob is probably the Bob that has recently been on the BOD is my guess, just another one trying to get the blame of his back.
Scott
04/19/2020 — 1:29 pm
Who cares. Facts talk. Just like Joe’s write-up. One exception is the word unanimously failed. It wasn’t unanimous. Majority is probably what he meant.
P.S. Joe did editorialize a little bit. I chalk that up to his passion for the subject. I can relate.
Scott
04/19/2020 — 1:32 pm
I think I may be wrong. He might have meant all of the proposed amendments failed. If so , my bad.
Scott
04/19/2020 — 1:35 pm
I think I misinterpreted what he was saying . I now think he may have meant all the changes failed.
Walter Chance
01/21/2020 — 6:27 pm
TROLL. This is not true. Bob must not be up to speed on all things CMP
Vicki Husted
01/21/2020 — 7:20 pm
Property Owners: Tell Current BOD – Do not extend Nalley’s contract!!
I just signed the petition “Hot Spring Village Property Owners: Do not extend Nalley contract” and am urging others who share this opinion to add their names.
Our goal is to reach 100 signatures and we need more support.
You can read more and sign the petition here:
http://chng.it/sgpkBRNw5s
Have your Lot/Block/Assessment ready and put it in the comments, which limits signatures to Property Owners
Vicki Husted
01/22/2020 — 1:51 pm
Sorry, should read: Have your Lot/Block/Addition ready and put it in the comments
sherry powell
01/20/2020 — 9:25 am
Thank you for sharing this very informative information. As a very new resident of HSV, I was taking aback when I started reading about the CMP and POA. Very little of this information is out there for perspective homeowners to read.
You cannot access most of the POA site until you sign on the dotted line and then it’s too late. And Real Estate Agents only down play any negative information you can find online. Most of us move here from out of state, do not know anyone personally to ask the who, what, when and where of living in the Village.
I do agree in part that we must make changes to the Village going forward. However, there are so many existing building, facilities, etc. that haven’t been updated since they were built. If HSV wants to attract new residence we need to concentrate on updating what we have first.
Adonnalovehsv
01/20/2020 — 2:31 pm
Welcome to the village.
Regena Gloystein
01/24/2020 — 8:52 pm
Sherry, we are considering moving to HSV from Texas. Would you mind sending me your thoughts???? We are not against progress, but dont want another Austin city government situation. thank you . Regena Gloystein outtopasture@aol.com or text 512-964-8921
HSVP C
01/25/2020 — 7:54 am
Regena Gloystein, Sherry Powell is very new here and no disrespect to her, but she doesn’t have an extensive background on the Village. Hot Springs Village is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. Our Village is a product of John Cooper, the Developer, and has always been a wonderful place to live. We have lived here, coming up on six years and we love it! There is no place in the world like it and we are not sorry we made our decision. Please do not feel like Hot Springs Village issues will not be solved, because we are very confident that they will.
Pure and simple, We have a problem with our governance. This problem will soon be remedied and we will have our Village back, the way it used to be. So as a famous television personality used to say, “Come on down!” If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at pennywisebuys@gmail.com Thank you! – Cheryl Dowden
Vicki Walston
01/31/2020 — 9:37 pm
My husband and I have been “property owners” since 2002. We never heard of the CMP or any of this craziness until we moved here! Never received a copy of the CMP or anything else for that matter, until we moved here and are now saying “What the Hell?”
Nancy Burleson
01/20/2020 — 9:31 am
… And I am very curious to know “Where in the world is David Twiggs?” and what is his continuing role (if any still exists) in this fiasco?
Andy Kramek
01/20/2020 — 10:09 am
From Nov 1st, 2016 Sentinel Record:
MILLWOOD, Va. — The Masters of Foxhounds Association recently announced the appointment of David Twiggs as its new executive director and Keeper of the Stud Book, effective Jan. 1.
Twiggs will replace Dennis Foster when Foster retires on April 1, and the two will work jointly on a transition during those months.
steve bylow
01/21/2020 — 11:47 am
In regard to Mr. Twiggs;
His linkedin page indicates he was an Executive Director in Middleburg VA from 12/16 to 9/19 with Masters of Foxhound.
Since 9/19 he has been consulting – “creating destination communities”.
Julie
01/20/2020 — 10:24 am
My biggest question is why any of this ever happened? How on earth could any reasonable adult think this plan had a chance in HSV? As pointed out above, it doesn’t stand a chance of ever being implemented. It is impossible. No money, no developers, no interest, no buy-in, no nothing, no way!
I keep asking myself what is in it for the proponents? What do they stand to gain? And if they stand to gain anything, how can they possibly believe they ever will with such a totally useless plan? Unless, of course, failure is the key to whatever they hope to gain.
I am serious. I am totally confused. No one in their right mind would ever foist such a joke of a “plan” on a community without some reason to do so. And no one in their right mind would ever pay over a half a million dollars for such a weak, nonsensical, boiler plated piece of double-speak junk that was put together using find and replace. And no one in their right mind would ever pledge to make this crazed and insane plan their guiding document for all actions ever taken or to be taken.
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, the most terrifying words in the English language are these:
“Hi, I am from the POA with my CMP and I am here to help.”
As to what Twiggs is doing now, one only need look at Linked-In to see that he is now a Real Estate Development Strategy Consultant! Nice work if you can get it. He is in Millwood, Virginia.
Andy Kramek
01/20/2020 — 12:28 pm
That, Julie, is the $64,000 question. Who stands to gain from this nonsensical plan and how can they expect to do so?
One possibility, to which you allude, is simply that it is supposed to fail. Thereby dragging the whole village as we know it down with it. How that will benefit anyone is beyond me. However, it does seem to be a real possibility given the obdurate determination to press ahead with the plan that is clearly impossible to implement. What is worse it is already consuming an ever increasing proportion of our limited resources, reducing our ability to address other, more immediate projects (e.g. infrastructure maintenance).
Another possibility is that the whole thing is a ghastly mistake, but which no-one is now willing to admit to. So instead of saying ‘Sorry, we got this one wrong, let’s start over” they simply press ahead regardless of the reality. Actually the behavior of the “ceo” strongly supports this possibility as she seems to be increasingly paranoid about any criticism of the CMP and its implementation. Witness the shutting down of the letters page of the Village Voice to cite but one example.
Whatever the reasons, we will only ever find out when we have a board whose majority is willing to tackle this nonsense head on and make radical changes to the way things are being run. Hopefully that day is not too far off.
Jerry Carroll
01/20/2020 — 3:45 pm
It is not the $64,000 question, it is the $225,000+ question. That is Nalley’s yearly salary not counting unknown add-ons courtesy of the nodding bobble heads on the board. She makes more than the governor and the city manager of Hot Springs put together. She will fight like a honey badger to hang on to that sweet deal, including throwing mud at Leeming.
Andy Kramek
01/21/2020 — 8:43 am
Umm, the expression “$64000 question” refers to something that is not known and on which a great deal depends.
A little history….
This expression dates from the 1940s and was originally “the sixty-four dollar question” , from a question posed for the top prize in a radio broadcast quiz show. The 1950s television version, in which the top prize was raised to $64,000, is the one that really captured the public imagination and the expression “the $64,000 question” became a household idiom.
The show was the most popular game show on television for almost a decade and spawned versions in many other countries. It was revived in 1976 as “The $128,000 dollar Question” (so much for inflation!) and ran for another two years.
Sam Taylor
01/21/2020 — 10:45 am
That 50’s television show ended amidst scandal! There could be similar situations here, if nothing more than it is scandalous how the BOD has disregarded the thinking of the Villagers and done everything within their power toImplement their overpriced cookie cutter plan.
Andy Kramek
01/21/2020 — 11:39 am
Sam is correct, the show did end in scandal. Among other things it turned out the the envelopes that were supposed to contain different questions from which the contestant chose all had the same question! There were other issues connected with coaching contestants and rigging the outcome of the show.
Anne Shears
01/20/2020 — 10:38 am
From March 2018 Board of Directors Minutes:
Lesley Nalley, CEO discussed the proposed April vote to adopt the CMP based on the following: 1) CMP and Development Code documents satisfactorily meet the 18 stated deliverables and layout a viable plan for meeting our stated enterprise goals. 2) Language in both documents is being adopted with understanding that revisions to other governing and operational documents including Declaration, Protective Covenants, Bylaws, Policies, committee charters are forthcoming and required to ensure maximum return on CMP investment. 3) Understanding that changes such as Declaration changes require property owner vote. 4) Understanding that annual budgeting process and CEO and COO current spending authority guide individual projects.
Nalley introduced the CMP Consulting team who presented an overview of the proposed Comprehensive Master Plan.
HSVP J
01/20/2020 — 10:55 am
Our CEO just had two of her loyal ex-board members appointed to her secret Governance Committee at the January Board meeting. Board member Diana at
the meeting said this appointment violated the spirit and intent of the committee’s charter.
In my opinion, the Governance Committee is the CEO’s power hub.
The committee meets behind closed doors, away from property owners, and determines the future of HSV. There are no minutes posted and no dates when meetings were held. The meetings are totally secret from property owners.
The two ex-board members who were chosen to sit on the Governance Committee share in part, HSV’s current situation, referenced in the above original post.
It is CMP business as usual for the CEO and her cronies.
This is just one reason of many that property owners need to elect Dick Garrison, Tucker Omohundro, and Lloyd Sherman to the Board of Directors in 2020.
Joe Dowden
Tom Blakeman
01/20/2020 — 11:18 am
Yes Joe. Just go back to who was on the board from about 2010 on and you will find the same cast of characters who were behind village transformation then and continue now. Not all, but many. They keep showing up on every committee and are backing everything that makes no sense.
kirkdenger@sbcglobal.net
01/20/2020 — 10:22 pm
Joe just removed the cast of characters that was posted on this thread, wonder why? The administrators claim you are a troll because you post your opinions that do not support their one-sided convoluted point of view. You most likely will not get this comment either. This site is heavily censored and only shows the comments endorsing the views of the administrators. Why are they hiding the property owner’s genuine thoughts? This secretive and completely non-transparent agenda is exactly what they purport to be opposed to. I would not vote for any member of Lemming’s group without some serious explanations, as they all voted YES for the CMP across the board according to Lemming’s recommendations accumulated from his group. If you are looking for honest, complete factual information, sorry to say, you will not find it on this site.
Kilroy
03/02/2020 — 10:04 pm
Geeze Kirk, there is lots of public service announcements and community info and everybody knows how much this site has done for the community. Are you really for real with this ax grinding?
Bill
01/21/2020 — 7:20 am
A builder, a realtor and a former board member who got ousted for who knows what, just in time to cash in on the 2010 strategic plan. Take a look at their platforms in this morning’s paper and tell me there is any other explanation.
DENNIS DAVIS
01/20/2020 — 11:29 am
FIRE LESLEY NALLEY !
Adonnalovehsv
01/20/2020 — 12:15 pm
Excellent information. And timeline for all of us. Especially ppl new to the village. Thank you.
Linda Anderson
01/20/2020 — 12:49 pm
Mr.Twiggs had the same concept as the CMP. How do I know? Because at the Board meeting that voted to pass the CMP, I asked Nalley if Mr. Twiggs had the same concept and she said yes. So knowing that Mr. Twiggs already had a MASTER PLAN, why did the Board go ahead and vote to pay $500,000 for another one? Looking at the evidence , this was a masterminded conspiracy of the CEO/BOD in collusion to undermine and change the BY-LAWS and Covenants and place a flawed failed CMP ” PLAN ” as a governing document with the intent to change the Declaration without a member vote. Look at Mr. Jean Garner’s case against the POA for suddenly adding so many covenants. If prospective buyers were given a copy of all the new covenants / restrictions, how many would think twice about moving here ? The majority Board has become the swamp of Corporate Governance moving at great speed to remove property owners rights and indoctrinate this devious CMP in order to create an URBAN fantasy that will destroy our community as we know it.
Chipmunk
01/20/2020 — 1:21 pm
Drain the swamp.
Minn Daly
01/20/2020 — 1:11 pm
Thanks to all who shed light about CMP & how it was an is being developed as a useless costly endeavor by HSV BOD/CEO. BOD/CEO continue with this useless plan Also useless goveranance committee, who now has 2 x BOD Members. Remember a NEW person HSV member Linda Anderson was totall rejected from serving on Governance committee, because of her outspoken attitude toward support of membership. We need the books to be opened on all things HSV! We need to elect Tucker, Lloyd & Dick to BOD, with hopes that legacy members resign. My sincere thanks to Frank Leeming for his constant support of HSV & love of our community. Frank, has always benn a community & states facts not fictional info or exagration. His stats are as he gets them from the HSV POA. Let’s open the books & see the facts! Minn Daly
Hindsight is Always 20/20
01/20/2020 — 2:11 pm
I’m relatively new to the Village so I’m not completely familiar with the past history – but what I do know is that THE PAST IS THE PAST. It’s over! What’s done is done! The blame game accomplishes nothing. What I want to know from all of the candidates is “What is your specific plan for the future of HSV?” How do you plan to generate sufficient revenue to maintain our infrastructure and amenities as well as deal with some future growth? You talk about marketing – what are the specifics of your plan for marketing the Village? To whom and how? How would you realistically change the leadership, as you claim you want to do, and what qualifications would you look for in a new leader?
Stop beating a dead horse and move forward – with solid plans and good intent!
Chipmunk
01/20/2020 — 2:23 pm
Yes, but you can’t know where you are going if you don’t know where you are or where you have been.
Vicki Husted
01/20/2020 — 5:14 pm
Hindsight is Always 20/20 01/20/2020 — 2:11 pm
I’ve also read that the BOD Candidate Statements are due to be published in the Jan. 21 issue Village Voice. Those will be a good springboard for questions you may want to pose at the Meet and Greet.
Anne Shears
01/20/2020 — 5:31 pm
What is past is PROLOGUE!
Linda
01/20/2020 — 6:03 pm
True
Corky
01/20/2020 — 7:43 pm
If the place is so great why do we need a marketing plan?
George Phillis
01/20/2020 — 8:14 pm
Which one of the supporters of Nalley are you? Why don’t you supply some suggestions or answers? Or your name? If you have been looking at posts here, ND and other places there has been plenty of answers to your questions.
Unfortunately most do not learn from the past and unfortunately that is a good place to examine while moving forward. What has happened in the past is relevant as to why management needs to be changed.
Lynda Narug
01/20/2020 — 2:29 pm
The past is a lesson in going forward — don’t repeat past mistakes.
Vicki Husted
01/20/2020 — 3:41 pm
Hindsight is Always 20/2001/20/2020 — 2:11 pm
Being “relatively new to the Village” makes it that much MORE important for you to carefully read and understand what has happened and is STILL happening. But you have to FOCUS. This article relates the twisted, intertwined history of how we got to this point.
It’s NOT over! What’s done is NOT completely done YET! We have to STOP IT before it truly is too late. Borrowing from a wise friend of mine: The boiling frog is a metaphor describing a frog being slowly boiled alive.
The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. All of us little frogs in HSV have been having the CMP raised, little degree by little—but VERY DELIBERATE—little degree, for a decade or so. NOW that some welcome cold water truth is being thrown into the pot, most of us have opened our sleepy eyes and are working to save our lives and home.
Your questions, legitimate as they are, are for the next step, and should be addressed to the candidates themselves, individually. Some of them have already put out position papers (on this site and elsewhere), and the ones I plan to vote for (Tucker Omohundro, Lloyd Sherman and Dick Garrison) have also indicated they are open to questions.
ALL candidates have been invited to a Meet and Greet on February 22nd https://hotspringsvillagepeople.com/2020-board-candidate-meet-greet/ I think it will be a fun and informative event. There will also be a Candidates Forum presented by the Village Voice on February 4th I believe. Focus your questions to the candidates, and I think you’ll see what needs to be done.
But, listen to Chipmunk 01/20/2020 — 2:23 pm and don’t fool yourself—This horse is NOT dead, but we will move forward with solid plans and good intent as soon as it is!!
Lloyd Sherman
01/20/2020 — 5:03 pm
I can’t help but notice a couple of posts on here appear to be focused on diversion from an ongoing issue and problem for the property owners. This is not a small group of misfits who want to change from our current path. Also, this article does point out a pre-ordained RFP that should be disturbing to all property owners. I also note there seems to be some individual blame being placed here and I would suggest that this issue was not created by one individual but by many over a period of time. In particular, I would focus on the years 2015-2018. There are many who have openly opposed what was going on. One I can recall is Marcy Mermel during her tenor on the board. She fought against not only the CMP but other issues of concern to Villagers. I also notice someone called out Frank Leeming who does not deserve the arrow that was shot at him. We can no longer bury our heads in the sand and pretend this CMP is not a huge issue, and now knowing how it came about, it becomes an even bigger item that requires attention. We all should have a common goal of making the Village the best it can be. Let’s get on with fixing our problems.
kilroy
01/20/2020 — 5:17 pm
See the “cmp” groan and moan. See it try to rise. It is struggling to get off the ground. It is not dead. But it sure is sick. Terminally sick. This beast is not, I say NOT, for this particular corner of the universe. Try Detroit, or St. Louis.
Might just work there, folks.
New People. Take a week off, get some wine, get a nice comfy spot, and read this satire, comedy, and piece of sh…..chicanery. It is full of bullet holes. That is why it is dying here. Not relevant to rural Arkansas. You live in rural Arkansas. Yep.
The people that are in the catbirds’ seat are padding their resume, and all the while making absurd money for rural arkansas, and your buildings, infrastructure and amenities are falling down around you.
We are not beating a dead horse. This is Real.
George Phillis
01/20/2020 — 5:57 pm
Kilroy…..Excellent post. “Absurd money for rural Arkansas”….spot on for sure. Everyone should be up in arms over what the CEO/BOD and her group are doing/planning for HSV. They have forsaken our infrastructure for the CMP…..make no mistake about that.
george chelf
01/20/2020 — 6:00 pm
The CMP was voted down by a majority of property owners. Why does the CEO keep beating a dead horse does she thinks she knows so much better than most of us. What an ego !
Jennifer Hurd
01/21/2020 — 2:45 pm
I’m confused. If the CMP was voted down by the majority of property owners, how did the BOD vote to implement it? This is all so confusing.
Phil Lemler
01/21/2020 — 3:12 pm
Jennifer – the CMP was not voted down by property owners …. in fact. property owners were never given a chance to vote on the CMP. Property owners voted down the “Declaration” changes which are different than the CMP.
HSVP J
01/21/2020 — 3:33 pm
The proposed Declaration Amendments changes were a major component to fully implementing the CMP. The property owners rejected all 13 proposed amendments. I consider the vote against the proposed Declaration Amendments changes as voting down the CMP. It stopped the full implementation of the CMP.
Minn Daly
01/20/2020 — 6:29 pm
Legacy BOD is responsible for CEO! They gave her a contract that takes 6 BOD members to agree to terminate current contract. The BOD members did this, to HSV members. Question is WHY? We need to have the books opened! We need Lloyd Tucker & Dick on the BOD with hopes legacy BOD resign! Always in the process of seeking legal council on this isssue. Minn Daly
Vicki Husted
01/20/2020 — 8:57 pm
WHY? WHY? WHY?
That’s a question I’ve heard time and again from others about this situation–and it has always certainly been at the top of MY mind!
In any murder case (and what has been done here is akin to the murder of HSV), there are several elements that prosecutors like to find to constitute a winning case; but connecting the dots from the majority of the elements has often resulted in guilty verdicts, even without one or more of the elements.
INTENT must be established, but MOTIVE does not have to be proved at all under the law. Prosecutors like to find motive because most juries and people in general really want to know it. We have difficulty understanding — WHY? WHY? WHY? — would people commit such a crime against others?
Some gaps I’ve been seeking answers to have now been filled in by this article. I’m seeing enough dots right now to prove the case to me. A comparison, as I see it:
1. The Body HSV Legacy and Community Members
2. Manner of Death Strangulation by use of our Governing Documents
3. The Murder Weapon The CMP, Masquerading as a Governing Document,
the Protective Covenants
4. Witnesses, if any Many and varied, emerging each day in greater
numbers
5. Perpetrator(s) Again, many and varied, but certainly the current
Legacy BOD & CEO
6. Intent Established by documentary proof of timelines and
other documents
7. Motive Un-verified as yet, but still under investigation
Vicki Husted
01/20/2020 — 8:59 pm
Sorry about the formatting of the numbered items, but I think you get the gist!
Grahm
01/20/2020 — 7:46 pm
Wait until you see how much we lost on the Troon contract….
These people are complicit in one of the worst takeovers of a POA Board in the history of the state.
It is unreal what they have done and continue to do without opposition.
Hard to imagine. Harder to believe.
something is very wrong here…very, very wrong.
HSVP C
01/20/2020 — 8:05 pm
Grahm, without opposition? Do you really think they are without opposition? – Cheryl
Vicki Husted
01/20/2020 — 9:07 pm
Grahm,
I hope we do get to see how much was lost on the Troon contract in the near future.
You’re quite right about the complicity, but the opposition has always been there, perhaps just not as strong as it currently is. I’m optimistic the level is now sufficient to support taking back our Village with new leadership to come!
Paul
01/20/2020 — 9:06 pm
Actually, This CEO makes more money than any governor in the country!… look here: https://www.businessinsider.com/governor-salary-by-state-2018-1
Maybe a forensic financial audit would be in order. A go-fund-me could be established for this exclusive purpose.
Follow the money!
Ron
01/20/2020 — 10:55 pm
Three guesses for what the 2010 strategic plan called for
1-land use and development plan
2-alternative revenue sources
3-Cooper’s rights
Answer-all three.
Anonymous contributor you missed the 2014 plan. Three guesses for what it contained.
5 general managers in eleven years if you count the interim stint of one and all the board members above plus the 2010 board who was for some unknown reason left out of the list. What’s the common denominator? Do we need a plan or not? And who is the puppet master?
Moe
01/21/2020 — 5:36 am
According to Medica as reported in the Voice, “Some parts of the cmp are very good.”
Andy Kramek
01/21/2020 — 12:03 pm
Well, the CMP does include 60+ “intentionally left blank” pages, so I suppose he is technically correct.
Steve
01/21/2020 — 8:03 am
Thank you, for a great article.
I love Lesley
01/21/2020 — 10:39 am
We need to reconceptualize low-risk high-yield strategic theme areas. The CMP has all the tools to make our diliverables with “outside the box” thinking. We need to synergize the user-centric and analytical by-lateral strategic theme areas.
https://dilbert.com/search_results?terms=Buzzword+Bingo
Vicki Husted
01/21/2020 — 11:20 am
As we all know, this is really no laughing matter…but BINGO!
Minn Daly
01/21/2020 — 11:01 am
To above loving Leslie! Dilbert is a wonderful comic strip, after realizing all that has an is happening, I feel I fit into the dialogue of the script! Thank you for my laugh this AM! Minn Daly
Anonymous
03/07/2020 — 2:44 pm
Just a little history. When David Johnson was Gm, being controlled by the Coopers, $1,2 million dollars was spent for three comprehensive plans, one, I believe, was a “Harvard Study”, that were simply shelved in a file cabinet. $1.2 million dollars were wasted on those three plans. After saving the Village from bankruptcy, Lesley Nalley and the then BOD decided it was time to get a Plan put in place for the Village. John Cooper, III was asked to participate, telling Ms. Nalley he did not have a plan and wasInot interested in helping to develop one. He said he would no longer be focusing on residential property. He was only interested. in pursuing his commercial interests. He offered to sell all his unsold lots to the POA for millions of dollars. Lesley Nalley didn’t accept his offer. Now, if you look at all the Cooper commercial for sale signs around the Village, it’s fair to say we should all accept he has no interest in the community of HSV.
Chipmunk
04/22/2020 — 10:13 am
So many lies, so little time.
Minn Daly
04/22/2020 — 9:23 am
My thanks to Cheryl for reposting this article on how the CMP was generated. HSV had a strategic plan, it was transposed into something that majority of property owners did not want! Legacy BOD/CEO knew this was in existence @ last meeting. All they wanted was to postpone the elimination of CMP. We have the opportunity now with NEW BOD to get things corrected let’s be honest in the process. Minn Daly
Henry Ewersmann
04/22/2020 — 10:20 am
The Governance Committee was just Rescinded, Repealed and Annulled by our new board in last Monday’s meeting.
Diana, Lloyd, Dick, Tucker, Kirk and Marcy & Dan are our village rock stars. I’m so happy with my vote for the “Fab 5” in the last 2 elections. I wish I could have my vote back for Tormey. He is doing his best to stop our current board from making the changes necessary to take back our village.
The Fab 5 wants to Rescind, Repeal & Annul the Comprehensive Master Plan, the Comprehensive Master Plan Advisory Committee including all of the sub-committees & the CMP Zoning Code Addendum, but had to be tabled because of opposition from Leslie, Tormey & Nancy. Leslie, as the ceo, has the right to be at the board meetings, but I sick of being forced to listen to her.
The Fab 5 wants to give us back our village. These 3 tabled bills will come up for vote in May. Let’s show our support to the current board for their approval.
Thanks,
Butch
Tom Blakeman
04/22/2020 — 6:12 pm
Couldn’t have said it better. Thanks Butch.
Henry Ewersmann
04/22/2020 — 1:23 pm
I know that I have to put up with listening to Tormey & Nancy, because they were voted onto the board by the property owners.
Is it mandatory that Diana, our board chair, has to recognize Leslie for her opinion, ad infinitum?
What do you think?
Thanks,
Butch
Julie
04/23/2020 — 6:05 am
I am quite certain they don’t need to hear from the little “ceo’. Why would they?
There is nothing special about her or her position. Nothing.
Get rid of the position. Now.
And forever.
steve bylow
04/23/2020 — 9:08 pm
Butch
My guess and hope is the new regime will solicit input from POA Staff including the CEO and then decide what is in our best interest.
I just viewed the new post from our new Chair and it is so refreshing. The Board majority is driving the train with transparency and clear communication.
Again my guess is folks will have a chance to share their thoughts as long as they are clear, concise, and timely because the new Board majority are sharp enough to not be distracted by stall tactics.
Hiring a new law firm was a great first step to ensure the we are paying for a law firm which understands they work for the Board and not the CEO.
Steve
Merlyn Neel
04/22/2020 — 1:41 pm
I believe the majority of our board know what needs to be done and I believe they will get those items changed or completely abolished. It’s going to be a difficult job and they will have some people who are on the board opposed to the work they will be doing. I believe we members need to support the majority of our board and I for one salute you for the work you will be doing. Please stay the course and continue doing the hard work for us !
Henry Ewersmann
04/23/2020 — 10:06 pm
Steve,
My hope is that the POA staff, including the ceo, will give the necessary information that our new Board of Directors requires.
How forthcoming was the ceo about her contract? Everything that comes from her has one purpose, to maintain her power over our village. I wish she knew as much about running the association, as she does our by-laws & her contract.
I have great faith in the Fab 5!
Thanks,
Butch
steve bylow
04/24/2020 — 7:50 pm
Butch – I agree and the Great News is the Fab 5…
1. Have excellent business acumen to Lead HSV out of this mess.
2. Are the decision makers for at least the next two years.
3. Know the capabilities and motives of key staff and fellow Board Members.
Steve