Survey results and Issues with membership makeup

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Our Eastpointe community consists of residents and non-residents, young and old, enjoying amenities including golf, aquatics, fitness, tennis, pickleball, and food services provided at our multiple restaurants and banquet facilities. Our BOG needs to recognize that  the residents of Eastpointe are significant stakeholders in the ECC where 75% of the ECC members are also Eastpointe Residents. Eastpointe is a Mandatory community where 65% of residents are non-golf members and up until Nov 2023, 35% are golf members. The needs of this diverse community must be factored into the BOG decisions and governance policies. 

There is tremendous disharmony in the community (see survey results below) resulting from the new Bi-Party Agreement. The new annual fees are too high for RSM, particularly for the new RSM II. The 5% annual minimum or whatever HOA Fee increase (12% this year) whichever is higher,for RSM II is unsustainable.

In Nov 2023 we lost 77 Golf Members, most of which were resident Golfers. To date in 2024 we have 122 resignations effective Nov 2024. Again, 110+ resident golfers have left the club or downgraded to RSM category over the last 13 months. This means we will barely have 200 resident golfers remaining in Eastpoint when the new fiscal year starts. We are now hearing from Scott Feller that 70% of Golfers are now non- residents. Never in our history have we had more non-resident golfers than resident golfers. When Eastpointe residents voted in mandatory, it was to support the residential private country club. Now with 70% of the golfers (full voting members) being non-resident, why are. the 500+ and growing RSMs paying increased fees to support the golf experience of non-residents????

The perception is that RSMs are subsidizing non-resident golf members’ experience. Something has to change to protect our community and club to ensure our club remains a community club, not a public golf course subsidized by the RSMs.

  Survey Results Oct 24

We have recently conducted 2 separate surveys, one of 178 residents and one of over 430 residents, to understand where the community stands on the issues discussed above. Each survey targeted a slightly different group of residents. Each survey had a statistically significant response of 87 & 89 respondents respectively. The community has overwhelming voice their positions and the results clearly show the following:

1. 94% of residents want HOA Monthly meetings held after 6PM at the ECC to allow residents to attend
2. 85% of residents support a special member meeting to  allow residents to vote on the 7 Modifications to the Governing Documents
3. 81% of residents support the recall of additional HOA Board Directors for their actions during the approval of the last Bi-Party  Agreement and for failure to Act on the Residents Petition
4. 80% of residents do not support the current Bi-Party  Agreement
5. 75% of residents support legal action against the HOA Board 
6. When given a choice, 51% of residents want a new Bi-Party agreement while 28% want to eliminate mandatory membership. Only14% support keeping the existing Bi-Party Agreement.
7. 61 residents added their names to our petition effort

Below is the results of a survey taken in July 2024 of the 205 residents who supported the petition to the HOA to modify our governing documents.