Shareholders Discussing Crestview Mutual Water Co.
The SAC will have its first meeting Friday afternoon to review the Ad Hoc Committee’s draft criteria for eliminating unsuitable sites from detailed evaluation and for more detailed evaluation of remaining sites. We hear there are 21 or 25 nominated sites, but the SAC will not get the list until … Read more
Regular readers know the Crestview board appointed an Ad Hoc Committee consisting of director Alma Quezada and general manager Robert Eranio to review and compare all plausible sites for Well #7. They have a work plan, a budget, and a schedule, available here. By appointing Joel Brown, Dale DeHart, … Read more
The Las Posas Hills Owners Association board has decided to “table” the question of having members vote on authorizing water wells until after Crestview’s well site review process is concluded because Crestview may select a site outside Las Posas Hills instead of reapplying for a Well #7 permit at 191 … Read more
On November 1, owners of 11 lots (out of about 82) in Las Posas Hills submitted a demand for a special meeting of HOA shareholders to recall all five directors and elect replacements. This is an escalation of the September 6 shareholder demand for a vote to amend the CC&Rs … Read more
On October 27, the board will consider a new, robust, and open process to produce unbiased comparisons of the best sites for our next well. If approved, our November bills will include a letter inviting shareholders to nominate well sites and to volunteer for a Shareholder Advisory Committee (“SAC”).
The … Read more
One of the reasons the permit application for Well #7 was unanimously denied by the Ventura County Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors is that the project would be inconsistent with the CC&Rs of the Las Posas Hills Owners Association (LPHOA). In mid-September, eight members of LPHOA petitioned the … Read more
Since the Ventura County Board of Supervisors rejected its application for Well #7–a year ago–the Crestview board has not considered refiling the application or moving to a different site. Frustrated shareholders have tried to fill the vacuum by forming two ad hoc groups.
President Sol Chooljian told the shareholders’ annual … Read more
President Sol Chooljian started, then stopped, and this month restarted a project to determine if there is a better site for Well #7 than 191 Alviso. Nobody knows his thinking (the board was not involved), but there are at least six reasons to do a comprehensive site selection process, all … Read more
Our post How private septic systems are blocking Well #7–and how to solve the problem has generated comments by two knowledgeable shareholders with different perspectives. We recommend you read those–and check in every time you are online. We cannot send you email alerts for each new comment, but will look … Read more
At the annual meeting and on Next Door, shareholders urged Crestview to reapply for a critical Well #7 permit. They focus on CC&Rs and HOA consent and seem unaware that existing septic systems are the biggest obstacle to getting the critical land use permit for Well #7. We explain in … Read more