FALCON – The members of the Woodmen Hills Filing Number 11 Design Review Council board of directors postponed taking formal action to bring their bylaws into compliance with state law during their monthly meeting Wednesday night at Falcon High School.

The News 5 Guardians previously exposed how the existing document excludes homeowners from membership within the association, prohibits them from electing of board members and gives no written due process protection for homeowners to challenge covenant violations. All are examples of violations of the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA,) which governs homeowners associations.

However, the Design Review Council and its attorneys claim to be exempt from the law because they collect less than $400 in annual dues. They say such a low assessment technically makes them a Limited Expense Planned Community.

We searched property records and court filings and found the Design Review Council aggressively collects on their $100 annual assessments. Between December of 2007 and November of 2013 they filed 225 liens against delinquent non-member homeowners. The council sued 126 of those property owners and began foreclosures on five of them. Chris and Amanda Wright had to move out after losing their foreclosure case back in July.  Read more:  http://www.koaa.com/news/news-5-guardians-renegade-hoa-delays-action-on-flawed-bylaws/