Blackstone homeowners deserve open meetings, clear records, and a board that follows the rules.
In 2025, Blackstone homeowners paid their assessments in full. In return, several major expenses ran hundreds of thousands of dollars over the budget the Board approved, and the public meeting records do not show where those decisions were voted on. This site lays out what the records show, using the Association's own documents.
You paid in full. Major expenses still ran far over budget.
Members paid. In 2025 the Association collected more than $2.7 million in assessments, over 99% of what the budget projected. The money came in almost exactly as planned.
The overruns were on the spending side. Several major expense categories ran far over the budget the Board approved. The figures below are not the whole budget. They are specific, essential line items that came in many times higher than planned.
Landscape Repairs
Legal Fees
HOAWorks Management
Source: Blackstone class, December 2025 financial statement (Budget vs. Actuals), prepared by HOAWorks.
These are not small variances.
They are major overages in a year when members paid nearly all assessment income. Some of the largest expenses appear to track directly to vendor changes, contract decisions, and management issues that members have been trying to understand.
A major vendor change. A major overage. No clear record.
For years the Association's landscaper was Park West. In 2025 that changed, and the Association appears to have moved through more than one landscape vendor. None of those changes appears as an approved item in the public minutes members can see.
Separately, a line the Association labels Landscape Repairs ran to approximately $362,000 against a budget of approximately $20,000. The December statement does not say what is in that line. We are not assuming it is waste. We are asking the Board to show members what that $362,000 actually paid for, and whether any large one-time work within it was approved the way the rules require.
Questions for the Board
- Which landscape vendors were hired after Park West, and when were those contracts approved in open session?
- What is the current landscape contract?
- What is in the $362,000 Landscape Repairs line, and was any major work in it approved as a one-time project?
A note on this figure
The Association keeps its books in three classes: Blackstone, Amber, and Sorano. The $362,000 above was charged to the Blackstone class, against the $20,000 the Board budgeted for Blackstone, and Blackstone homeowners fund the Blackstone class. Across all three classes combined, the same line ran about $396,000 against roughly $164,000 budgeted, about two and a half times the plan, with most of the larger budget set aside under Sorano rather than Blackstone. Either way the result is the same: the line ran far over budget, and the Board has not told members what it paid for. That is the question we are asking.
Safety matters. So does the process.
The Association spent approximately $324,000 on patrol services in 2025, above the approximately $296,000 budget. During the year the patrol vendor changed from Allied Security to A-Source Security.
Both companies appear in the public minutes only as reports listed under "no action required." Neither change appears as a Board vote approving a patrol contract. Patrol is one of the Association's largest recurring costs, and a contract change this size should be easy to trace to a public vote. We have not found one.
That is the issue. Not whether the community should have patrol. Of course safety matters. The question is whether a contract this large was approved, recorded, and disclosed properly.
Questions for the Board
- Where in the public minutes did the Board vote to approve the A-Source contract?
- What are the contract term and cost, and how was A-Source selected?
- Why did patrol spending exceed the 2025 budget?
One month of legal fees was nearly the whole year's budget.
For 2025, legal fees came in at approximately $77,000 against a budget of approximately $25,000, more than three times what was budgeted.
A large share landed in a single month. According to the December 2025 statement, approximately $47,600 in legal fees was billed in December 2025 alone, nearly double the entire year's legal budget. A charge that size in one month is exactly the kind of expense members should be able to understand from the record. So far, we have not seen a clear explanation.
Questions for the Board
- What was the approximately $47,600 in legal fees billed in December 2025 for?
- Was this expense discussed or approved at a public meeting?
- What ongoing matters are generating the Association's legal costs?
Missing records are part of the problem.
HOAWorks is paid to run day-to-day operations, keep records, communicate with members, and help the Board meet its obligations. In 2025, management fees on the Blackstone account ran approximately $32,000 over budget — roughly $150,000 against $118,000.
During the same period, members had real trouble getting basic records. Agendas and minutes from the middle of 2025 were not available on the member portal for months, and several records appeared only after a certified records request. If members cannot see notices, agendas, and minutes in time, they cannot meaningfully take part in running their own community.
Questions for HOAWorks and the Board
- Why were agendas and minutes missing from the member portal, and when were they uploaded?
- Why did some records appear only after a certified records request?
- What changed that caused management fees to run over budget?
Different services. Same concern.
A major vendor changes, a major contract continues, or a major expense jumps. Homeowner money is spent. But the public minutes do not clearly show when the Board approved it, what was approved, or how members can review the contract.
That is what we are asking the Board to fix. These decisions should happen in the open, with proper notice, clear minutes, and access to the contracts and records homeowners are entitled to review.
Make decisions about our community and our money in the open.
- Put major vendor and contract decisions on open-session agendas.
- Record Board approvals clearly in the minutes.
- Produce the contracts, costs, and vendor records members have requested.
- Explain the major 2025 budget overages.
- Restore timely access to agendas, minutes, notices, and member records.
- Follow the Davis-Stirling Act and Blackstone's governing documents.
This is not about attacking anyone personally.
It is about process, transparency, and accountability.
35 lots can require a special meeting.
Under Bylaws section 4.2.6, members representing five percent of the Association can require the Board to hold a special meeting. For Blackstone's 687 lots, that means 35 lots.
We are gathering signatures now to require a special meeting focused on records, contracts, vendor approvals, spending overages, and Board compliance with open-meeting requirements.
Come, listen, and ask questions yourself.
The Board generally meets in open session about once a month. Attending is the most direct way to put these questions on the record, and the more homeowners in the room, the harder they are to ignore.
Meeting dates can change, so confirm the next one before you go. Agendas and the schedule should be posted on the member portal. You can also email HOAWorks, the Association's management company, to confirm the date and how to attend: blackstone.support@hoa.works
Members are entitled to know when their Board meets. If you ask and do not get a clear answer, let us know through Share Your Experience.