In 2000, the Association hired Goodwin Management (formerly Harder Properties), a professional property management company.

The restrictions are available on the Pine Forest Property Owners Association Web site at www.pfpoa.org. The subdivision restrictions are filed of record with the Bastrop County Clerk. The official plat maps defining the boundaries of the subdivision and identifying each unit, phase, block, and lot are also file of record with the Bastrop County Clerk. Courtesy copies of the restrictions applicable to your particular property are available from the Property Manager upon written request.

Every property owner in the Pine Forest subdivision pays assessments because the applicable deed restrictions for the subdivision require each property owner to do so.

Every property owner in the Pine Forest subdivision receives an annual billing statement. Call the Property Manager if you do not receive a billing statement, or if you have questions about the status of your account.

The title company or mortgage company can call the Property Manger for information relating to a transaction they are directly involved with. The Property Manager is prohibited from disclosing information about a property owner’s account to anyone other than that property owner or an authorized agent. The Property Manager may require proof of ownership or authorization.

Every property owner pays both charges as required by the subdivision deed restrictions. The Annual charge is assessed on a per lot basis and the Administrative charge is assessed on a per owner basis. This means that if one person owns two or more lots, that person pays an Annual charge for each lot, but only a single Administrative charge.

The subdivision deed restrictions give the Board the authority to determine and fix the amount of the Annual charge, but the Board does not have the authority to reduce the amount of the Annual charge below the original amount stated in the subdivision deed restrictions. Quoting from the deed restrictions, that the original amount “shall be no less than $36.00 for any Lot of less than one acre, $48.00 for any Lot from one to three acres, and $60.00 for any Lot in excess of three acres.” In order to lower the Annual charge below this original amount, the subdivision deed restrictions would have to be formally amended according to applicable requirements and law.

The subdivision deed restrictions give the Board the authority to determine and fix the amount of the Administrative charge, but the Board does not have the authority to reduce the amount of the Administrative charge below the original amount of $48 per owner as stated in the subdivision deed restrictions. In order to lower the Administrative charge below this original amount, the subdivision deed restrictions would have to be formally amended according to applicable requirements and law.

Almost all of the fees that are collected, both the Annual and Administrative charges,  are used for maintaining the roads in the subdivision. Very few roads in the subdivision are maintained by the County. Most are private roads.

Two things happen. First, a late fee is charged to your account. Second, a lien may be placed against your property according to the subdivision deed restrictions, which lien can be enforced to the same extent as a deed of trust or similar lien subject only to applicable law.

Before you clear any lot, cut down trees, or build any home or other building, fence, wall, or other improvement or make changes to an existing improvement on your property, you must first obtain approval from the ACC by submitting written requests for such building or change. You can find the ACC application and information on the Pine Forest Property Owners Association Web site at www.pfpoa.com, or you can call the Property Manger and an ACC Application packet will be mailed to you. A completed Application and the appropriate fee must be submitted to the ACC for consideration. An Application will not be considered until both the fee and the application and all required information is received. Approval or disapproval of the Application will be in writing as per the subdivision deed restrictions.

No. Pine Forest is a separate subdivision, subject to separate deed restrictions, an has its own, separate Board and ACC. What happens or does not happen in the Tahitian Village subdivision has no bearing on the rights and obligations of the property owners in the Pine Forest subdivision.

The accounting records for the collection of the assessments in the Pine Forest subdivision are separate from any other entity (e.g., county and school taxes, etc.). Just because you sold your property does not automatically remove your name from the Association’s records. The only way the Association records are changed is when it receives a copy of a fully executed official Deed instrument indicating legal title has changed from one owner to another. If you use a title company to close the sale of your property, please be sure to request that they send a copy of the deed to the Property Manager.

The Board decides what roads are to be paved based on various factors, the most important of which is available money. In 1999, the Board authorized paving of an approximately one-half mile stretch of Kaanapali for an approximate total cost of $120,000. A road will only be paved if the Board can obtain an agreement from the County to accept future maintenance of that paved road because the Association cannot afford to maintain a paved road. Further, it is not possible for all of the roads in the Pine Forest subdivision to be paved with the current assessments. Therefore, the Board has instead focused on a regular maintenance program for the roads.

You need to direct your complaint to the Property Manager who will then contact the road committee chairperson who will either contact you, or direct the road crew to your road.

Some of the lots un Unit 6 are located within the city limits of Bastrop and for that reason, you must obtain a building permit from the City of Bastrop in addition to making regular application to the ACC. Unfortunately, the City of Bastrop has determined that it will not issue such building permits until the requisite infrastructure (mostly curbs, gutters and streets) is in place. For most of you, this translates into a difficult position because you pay city taxes, yet the City will not let you use your property. The Board has long recognized this problem, but has no authority over the City of Bastrop. These questions should be directed to Bastrop’s Mayor and City Council.