The elected TIPOA Boards of Tolomato have historically taken a custodial approach, as outlined by the by-laws, to managing the community. While this has been adequate in the past, it is becoming more important for TIPOA leadership to focus on the future. As Tolomato continues to grow, a Master Plan for the future development and associated capital improvements and reserve accounts for the community is becoming critical.
There are a number of compelling reasons to have a Master Plan:
1. Provide direction and focus on objectives and results; and
2. Anticipate issues and work to address them; and
3. Establish a basis for teamwork and the use of committees, thereby broadening support on issues facing all of us; and,
4. Provides guidelines for decision making.
Tolomato's Master Plan should be both physical and procedural. The physical plan might address, but not be limited to, the following issues:
1. Infrastructure such as water, sewer, power, health of community wells and perhaps wider roads in some places.
2. Amenities such as expansion and/or cleanup of the storage yard; expanding the club house to have a meeting/social room; expanding the pool and tennis/pickle ball courts; building a playground for kids and grandkids; and a maintenance plan for existing amenities (i.e., pool, amenity center, Savannah Square, Highland Square, community dock, historical ruins, mounds and other common areas).
3. A plan for the health and beauty of the community pond and its resident wildlife.
Procedural aspects of the master plan might include, but not be limited to:
1. Periodic audit of the communities' books.
2. Management company. Criteria and thresholds triggering the hiring of same.
3. Capital accounts and reserve study. The health of the communities' investments and mechanics for funding capital accounts for specific events.
4. Updating the Tolomato governing documents to be more community focused rather than developer focused.
Our community already has a master plan for landscaping and historical preservation.