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It is RESOLVED in order to properly
maintain the common area, protect market value of members' homes
and livability in the community, the Board of Directors
establishes a Reserve Study policy as follows:
1.
ALL
REPAIR/REPLACE RESERVE FUNDS:
A.
Must be distinguished from
Operating funds and other established Reserve funds.
These Reserve Funds are to be maintained in a separate
bank account.
B.
The current amount in the
Reserve Fund should exceed the annual dollar value of projected
reserve payout.
C.
The pro forma budget must
contain reserve information.
D.
Establish a goal to maintain
the reserve account - such as ”to build the reserve account to
80% of the estimate Reserves Required To Date with Inflation
Factor.”
E.
Reserve deficits, if any,
should decrease over time.
F.
The replacement costs should
include an inflation factor added to the cost data.
G.
The inflation factor is from a
long-term inflation scale.
H.
It is important to annually
review and update projected expenditures, inflation factors, and
other assumptions.
I.
Reserve Funds are not to be
used for non-reserve expenditures.
2.
Reserve Study Defined.
The Board shall have a Reserve Study
performed that meets the standards of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and includes these criteria:
A.
Identifies all components that are the homeowner
association's responsibility to repair or replace that have a
useful life in excess of one full year.
(A "component"
is a physical item that deteriorates over time and needs to be
repaired or replaced.)
B.
Assigns a reasonable cost of repair or replacement to each
component based on current costs for the area.
C.
Assigns a reasonable useful life to each component based on
local conditions.
D.
Lays out a 30-year Repair & Replacement Schedule
which identifies the years when each component work
will be performed including the inflation adjusted cost.
E.
Establishes a 30 Year Funding Plan--hereafter referred to as
the "30-Year Plan"-- which takes into consideration the costs of
repairs and replacements, contributions from members, impact of
inflation, revenue generated from invested reserve funds and
taxes owing on interest earned.
F.
Whenever possible, the 30-Year Plan shall include adequate
"Regular Annual Assessments" from members to meet
projected costs without the need for "Supplementary
Assessments."
G.
The 30-Year Plan shall include a "Percent Funded" factor.
3.
Annual Review & Revision.
The 30-Year Plan shall be reviewed and revised annually to
reflect changes in costs, inflation, interest yield on invested
funds plus modification, addition or deletion of components in
the Plan. It will
also reflect changes in costs; inflation and interest yield on
invested funds.
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