The following is a letter from the HOA in reference to correspondence by Andersen Tate Carr to residents in our homeowners association:

Dear Bay Creek Neighbors,

The Bay Creek HOA's Board of Directors (BOD) would like to address the letter you probably received yesterday in the mail from Anderson, Tate and Carr.

For some background into the matter, please see the note below that were posted on the blog and was discussed at the neighborhood HOA meeting on October 7th.

Crown Properties (The Village) and NorthStar Homes (The Landings and Landings II) - six months ago the BOD asked them to follow our covenants regarding signage. Crown had 20 signs and NorthStar had 12. Our covenants only allow 1 For Sale sign per lot. Both companies refused. And they threatened our HOA with a law suit if any signs were damaged or taken down. (Including signs they have put on private homeowners property.)

The BOD wrote a stronger letter and told Crown to pay HOA dues since the Sales office/home was classified as a residence and not a business. This they agreed was true.

The HOA was forced to file a law suit for both companies to come in line with the covenants. NO signs at the entrances, and one at the sales office/ homes, etc. (We do want to work with NorthStar on their signage used. We were in agreement that they should be able to sale their homes in the Landing ll. They chose to work with Crown who is building the Village, which is not associated with the Bay Creek HOA and not contact us directly.)

October 24th the scheduled hearing date with a Judge. There was a hearing held on October 24th regarding the use of signs in the neighborhood. It did not go in our favor and we have not pursued the matter further. The Board is puzzled as to why this letter was sent out. The matter was dropped after the hearing.

Chad Gamrandt (the lawyer representing the Bay Creek HOA) tried on several occasions within the 10 days requested to contact Anderson, Tate and Carr. His calls were not returned.

Our goal was to have the signs removed and that's it. We wanted our neighborhood to be a "neighborhood" and not a business complete with advertisement. We acted on behalf of the homeowners based on feedback we have received from neighbors regarding the multitudes of signs.

Sincerely, Bay Creek Board of Directors