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4th Quarter 2016www.caitenn.org
Jamie Rothberg
Thank You
To Our 2016
Platinum
Sponsors!
Wes Hall
LAW OFFICEHALL & ASSOCIATES
LIF
ES
TYLES
Jordan Meissner
Eric Henning
2016 CAI Annual Sponsors
Community Management Associates, Inc.James A. Rothberg & AssociatesLaw Office of Hall & Associates
SOLitude Lake Management
CertaPro PaintersEcho Construction, LLCGhertner & Company
Greater Nashville Pool ManagementLangley & Taylor Pool Corporation
Miller-Dodson AssociatesSentry Management
Alliance Association BankAlliedBarton Security Services
Apex Ventures, Inc.BB&T Association Services
BrightViewCase Restoration Co.
Law Office of Corbett & CrockettAlvin Harris, Esq.
OnSite EngineeringParagon Management Group
Reliable Roofing Construction & Repair Service, Inc.Renovia
Robins Insurance Agency, Inc.Roger Perry, P.C., CPA
Summit Property Restoration, LLCSweetwater Pools of Nashville
Timmons Properties, Inc.Weiss & Weiss, Attorneys at Law
Broadband PlanningDocAir
Mutual of Omaha BankNorthwest ExterminatingUnion Bank HOA Services
Waller
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Gold
Silver
Bronze
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2016 OFFICERSTENNESSEE CHAPTER
OF CAIPRESIDENTJeff Stockton
VICE-PRESIDENTScott Weiss, Esq.
Weiss & Weiss, Attorneys at [email protected]
SECRETARYBrent Hogue
Renovia [email protected]
TREASURERHenry Puckett, CMCA, AMS
Ghertner & [email protected]
BOARD MEMBERSAndy Gass, ARM
Timmons [email protected]
Bruce GuthrieLand Corps
John Hensley, CMCA, AMS, ARM, PCAMAssocia TN
Matthew Komisky, CMCA, AMS, PCAMParagon Management Group
Jake LinkousRobins Insurance
Jamie Rothberg, CIRMSJames A. Rothberg & Associates
Taylor WhiteLangley & Taylor Pool [email protected]
Gerald Wigger, Esq.Ortale, Kelley, Herbert & Crawford
CHAPTER OFFICEFaye Ellis, CED, CPM
211 Donelson Pike, Suite 106Nashville, TN 37214
(615) 874-0031Fax (615) [email protected]
Community Lifestyles is published by the Tennessee Chapter of the Community Associations Institute.
Names and addresses of our members can change. If your contact name, address or phone number changes, please
go to [email protected] to update.
From the Presidentby Jeff Stockton, CEO, AccuWorks
Thanks for the Memories
As we count down the last few days of 2016, I am very grateful for the opportunity to have served CAI of Tennessee as President for
the past year. Our organization accomplished a lot in the previous 12 months. We now have a very specific mission statement and strategic direction for our associa-tion. Our organization has a good start on establishing a membership base for our colleagues in West and East Tennessee, including a newly elected board member, Joyce Spiecha from Memphis. And we have a good start on reorganizing our operating structure to prepare for continued growth in the coming years.
A special thanks to all those who volunteered to serve the organization this year. Our board and committee members are the lifeblood of our organization. Without them, very little would get done. Please consider volunteering for a committee in 2017. Many hands make for light work. Also, thanks to our Chapter Executive Director office, Faye Ellis and Sherry Jones. They have been wonderful partners this year in executing the board’s directives. Without their efforts, we would be much worse off.
As I mentioned at the Holiday Party, our association is poised to take a big leap forward in the coming months and years. I am confident the 2017 board of direc-tors, led by Scott Weiss, will continue to build on the positive momentum we have generated this year.
Here’s to many more years of growth and prosperity for CAI of Tennessee.
Thank You To Our 2016 Luncheon Sponsors!
January - LSIFebruary - Langley & Taylor Pools
March - Reliable RoofingApril - ApexWorks
May - DocAirJune - Broadband PlanningJuly - Aqua Services, Inc.
August - Quality Tree Surgery & LandscapeSeptember - The Greathouse Company, LLC
October - Summit Property
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What Happens Now?by Scott D. Weiss, Esq., Weiss & Weiss
Letter from the Chairby Matthew Komisky, Publications Chairperson
I hope you find this newsletter informative about the Tennessee Chapter and also a resource with the articles and the advertising. I’m always searching for new articles that are relevant to the industry and especially the Tennessee market. If you have suggestions for the newsletter or want to submit an article, please contact me via email at [email protected].
I would like to thank Jenny at Lewis Letterworks for her hard work on the newsletters and the directory. I certainly couldn’t do this without her help!
Your association wants to pass an amendment to its gov-erning documents which prohibits registered sex offenders from living in the subdivision…What Happens Now?
Are there registered sex offenders in your community? This is a question that used to be difficult to answer,
but in 1993 the United States Supreme Court ruled that information on sex offenders could be posted on the inter-net. Megan’s Law, passed by the United States Congress in 1996, requires the state to notify a community when a sex offender moves into a new residence. While these laws are very helpful, what else can concerned homeown-ers do? Currently, there are close to 700,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. With the increased development of common interest communities, residents are becoming more concerned about sex offenders. Residents want to feel comfortable sending their children to common areas such as pools or playgrounds and they don’t want registered sex offenders in the area. Many resi-dents are also worried about the negative impact that sex offenders will have on their property values. Some associ-ations have tried to address these concerns by banning sex offenders from their communities through the adoption of amendments to their governing documents. Are subdivision restrictions on sex offenders legal? The answer to that question is complex. If the owners of a community want to pass an amendment to their governing documents restricting sex offenders, they are most defi-nitely able to do so. Enforcing this restriction, however, may prove to be difficult. There are solutions, though. For example, it would be very difficult (legally) to restrict a sex offender from buying a home, but it could be much easier to adopt an amendment restricting sex offenders from liv-ing in a home within the subdivision. This way you would only be preventing a sex offender from living in a commu-nity, not restricting them from owning property. Banning sex offenders does come with its own set of risks. Banning sex offenders could give residents a false sense of security and cause them to live less cautiously than necessary. There is also a huge financial risk in pass-ing these restrictions. Your community may have to go to court to enforce this restriction at some point, and this could prove to be a very expensive and time-consuming endeavor, especially if the sex offender is already a home-owner. The residents of the association must be willing
to spend more money to cover the cost of enforcing the restriction; otherwise, it should not be approved. Courts in other states have held that (1) residency restrictions are a form of civil regulation intended to pro-tect children, and thus the principal argument against these restrictions, that they amount to ex post facto laws, does not apply; (2) the federal constitution does not include a right to live where one chooses; and (3) residency restrictions are rationally related to states’ (and the associa-tion’s) legitimate interests in protecting children from harm. The issue of whether or not your homeowner association can ban sex offenders is still undecided, but it has been done. Before approving or voting on any restrictions you should speak with a lawyer who specializes in community association law.
Scott Weiss is an attorney and CAI Tennessee Chapter President. His practice involves community association law and real estate law. Scott represents associations in matters involving delinquent account col-lections, restrictions enforcement, HOA rights in bankruptcy, State & Federal Fair Housing laws; governing document interpretation and drafting, amendments and association general counsel matters. www.weissandweisslaw.com
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CAI Holiday Dinner 2016
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CAI Holiday Dinner 2016
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James A. Rothberg & Associates1 Burton Hills Blvd., Suite 220 | Nashville, TN 37215
phone 615-997-1833 | fax 615-665-1300email: [email protected]
Thanks to the Tennessee Chapter of the Community Associations Institute for its
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