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CA NEWS

Board Member Views By Steve Ricks, Resident Member

“Other income”

As a new Board member I received an orientation from all of         Sun Rays and Directory. The      2016 INCOME
our Community Association (CA) staff directors describing their     Lifestyle Department brought
department roles, responsibilities, challenges and achievements.    in over $650,000 in other            HOA
During this process I realized, again, what a truly great job they  income from vendor fairs
do on behalf of our community and what a vital role they play       and resident activities
in generating income for our community. I wanted to take this       (bus trips, outings and
opportunity to acknowledge these efforts and give the residents     group travel events). The
an appreciation of the income side of our CA business.              remaining $700,000 came
                                                                    from home resale transfer
How many of us believe that our Home Owners Association             fees (460 home resales in
(HOA) dues and golf pass and punch card fees cover our HOA          2016), room rental, lease
and golf costs? Well, you may be surprised to learn that several    income, renter fees and special
other income streams are required to cover all of our costs.        events.

HOA                                                                 GOLF

In 2016, HOA dues generated $8 million in income and covered        In 2016, golf pass and punch card fees totaled $2.9 million
roughly 75% of our $10.6 million in HOA costs. The additional       and covered roughly 67% of the $4.3 million in golf expenses.
$2.6 million needed to cover our costs came from “other income.”    Where did the needed $1.4 million “other income” come from?
So where does the HOA “other income” come from? Our fitness         The big four “other income” streams for golf included resident
centers bring in over $600,000 in income from fitness classes       pay-as-you-go fees of $410,000, non-resident green fees (a.k.a.
and personal training fees. The Communications Department           outside play) of $320,000+, merchandise sales of $350,000+
brought in about $700,000 in advertising income from the
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CA BOARD RESIDENT MEMBERS                                           Upcoming Board of Directors (BOD)
                                                                    workshops and meetings
Bob Glandt                 Gary Sandercock
Vice President             Treasurer                                Workshops and meetings held quarterly
512-819-0912               512-966-8447
[email protected]     [email protected]                    WORKSHOP
                                                                          Thursday, Nov. 2, 1 p.m., SCB
Sandy Goodman              Steve Ricks                                    Live on Channel 18
Secretary                  Resident Member
512-868-3453               512-868-9864                                   RESIDENT DIRECTORS’ OPEN SESSION
[email protected]  [email protected]                        Wednesday, Nov. 8, 3 p.m., CCFG

Steve Ashlock, President                                                  MEETING
512-532-3355 • [email protected]                             Thursday, Nov. 16, 1 p.m., SCB
                                                                          Live on Channel 18
                                                                    	 Board Agenda and Minutes are posted
                                                                          online at www.sctexas.org > Resident Home
                                                                          Community Association Info > Board.

                                                                    All Board workshops and meetings are posted on the
                                                                    website following the meeting under Communications
                                                                    > Videos.
                                                                    BOD meetings are rebroadcast on Channel 18 on the
                                                                    day of the meeting at 6 and 8 p.m. and the following
                                                                    Wednesday at 6 p.m. Workshops are rebroadcast at 6
                                                                    and 8 p.m. the day of the workshop.

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