The Board of Directors of the HOA is pleased to make ready for review the Oella Design Guidelines document, which has been in preparation for nearly two years. As you may know, the Oella HOA was formed in the early 1980s by the developer, Charles Wagandt, when he began restoring the historic homes that were to become our community. As Developer, he had a vision for our historic village and to keep that vision on track he retained the right of Architectural Control.
In December of 2008, Charles and the HOA Board of Directors negotiated a transfer of Architectural Control to the Oella HOA. Part of that Agreement stipulated that the HOA was to create a set of Architectural Guidelines which present and future Architectural Review Committees (now a committee under the HOA) could use as a reference guide to make objective decisions on matters in regard to character of future changes to properties. We hope that the Guidelines will also serve to enhance each community member’s understanding and, hopefully, enjoyment of our community.
We would like to take this opportunity to invite all Oella homeowners to review the Guidelines and offer comments and suggestions. We believe that community participation is of the utmost importance in this matter, and feel that community commentary will help to make the document as cohesive as it can possibly be.
Every homeowner is encouraged to participate in this important undertaking. The new Guidelines are currently available at http://www.oellahoa.com/design-guidelines.htm. Comments will be accepted via the online comment form found alongside the link to the document itself.
If you have trouble accessing an online copy of the Guidelines, please note that there is a hard copy available at American Community Management’s main office at 9198 Red Branch Road, Columbia, MD. In addition, a hard copy can be requested from ACM and mailed to you at a cost of $0.15 per page. Comments can also be submitted in writing. If you would like a hard copy of the comments form, please contact Alan Mangen of ACM at 410-997-7767 ext. 151.
The review period will end on Monday, October 25, 2010. Comments, both written and online, must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, October, 25th. The Guidelines Committee will then finalize the document, taking each and every comment into
consideration.
Thank you and we look forward to receiving the community’s input.
Sincerely,
Oella HOA Board of Directors
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