Paving of Clingmans View

squedtap

If the owner's of property on Clingmans View wanted it paved, is this something that could be done by the POA or is it something that we, as owner, would have to do? Thanks, Ed and Beth Pulichene

Louie-Fromm

The answer is both... I know its a little confusing so allow me to explain. The current board and roads committee has divided the incoming funds from the roadways into groups based off location and dependencies to access individual lots. This ensures that no roads get "left behind" and the majority of funds collected from the individual roads are put back into the maintenance of those roads which they were collected from while still allowing for collective funding on bigger projects or emergencies. For example, the "Green Bay Group" where your lot is was invoiced for roughly $31K in 2024 but only generated a little under $4k. Although the entirety of the $4k collected was used on roadways within that group, it was definitely not enough to pave any of it.
That being said, if any of those roads are ever paved, it would have to be done by EMPOA as all of the liability for maintenance, safety standards etc and ownership of the roadway belongs to the association.
In order for groups of individual owners to expediate any of this process, EMPOA has created a SpotFund account for each of these road groups. Below is the link to the SpotFund account designated to the "Green Bay Group"

http://spot.fund/g52pwlsc

Although the funds will only be used only on that group's roadways, without a board vote on the purpose of a specific donation, there is no guarantee that it will be used specifically to pave Clingman's. If you are considering funding such an endeavor, I would recommend requesting this to be put onto the February 8th board meeting agenda and get approval prior to submitting those funds. January 29th is the deadline for agenda requests...you can fill out this form below to have it added. If you already have a quote, I would suggest uploading it with your request.

https://form.jotform.com/240924858249165

I hope this all makes sense ... I know it is a lot to process

Louie-Fromm

Charlee

" I would recommend requesting this to be put onto the February 8th board meeting agenda and get approval prior to submitting those funds. January 29th is the deadline for agenda requests. " Has the Feb.meeting been officially moved up a week...? Would that change the agenda deadline ?

Louie-Fromm

Same deadline is what I was told, I'll have to go ahead and publish the agenda as is and update it if any new items get added. ..... let me know otherwise

squedtap

Thank you for all of the information. We are not looking at paving Clingmans View at this time. We were really just wondering how the process worked and who is responsible but again, thanks for all the information. This will be good to know in the future. Hopefully at some point, our vacation and/or trips up to work on the land/cabin, we will be able to attend a meeting in person. Thanks for all you are doing on the mountain now. It is alot more being done now than when we originally purchased our lots.