John Cohn
John Cohn
Transition is just too important for our community.
My term on the PebbleCreek Homeowners Association Board will end Dec. 31, 2026, but my job is not yet done. I want to continue the work I have begun and am seeking your support for re-election to the board this fall.
When I first ran for the HOA Board, my primary motivation was my desire to be involved with the transition—the event that happens when the governance of the PebbleCreek Homeowners Association transfers from the developer to a wholly homeowner-elected board of directors. For most homeowners, the most obvious change will be the installation of a five-person board of homeowners. However, as Robson Communities, Inc. (RCI), relinquishes control of the board, it also ceases to provide a host of services (financial, human resources, information technology, etc.) that must be replaced to ensure no interruption to the operation of the association. Preparation for our transition is now well underway, and I am asking for your support to continue the work.
When I joined the Board, I was asked to chair the Transition Advisory Group—the TAG—the body responsible for helping prepare PebbleCreek for the handover from RCI. That work, along with all my regular Board duties, has been the focus of my time on the Board. The TAG has been examining every dimension of what transition will require: vendor contracts, governing document revisions, staffing and HR structures, financial and reserve planning, IT and digital infrastructure, water rights, sewer lines, and much more. I have described our transition before as the difference between simple arithmetic and trigonometry. We are a $29 million operation—comparable in scale to a small city—with approximately 430 employees, over 300 acres of golf, 65 miles of roadways, 300 acres of common areas, and $125 million in assets. Getting this right matters enormously to every homeowner.
During the past months as TAG chair, we have evaluated three potential management structures for post-transition operations, eliminated one, fully developed two others, and are preparing a recommendation for board review.
While our CC&Rs mandate transition no later than Sept. 21, 2027, we believe transition will occur earlier—possibly July 2027. That gives us approximately 14 months to finalize the details and complete the process. Therefore, the next 14 months are critical. Continuity in the TAG chair and on the board during this period is not a minor consideration—the institutional knowledge accumulated over the past several years does not transfer easily, and the work is not done.
If you are a homeowner who has attended one of the many presentations I have delivered about our upcoming transition, you know how proud I am of what the TAG has accomplished and why I am committed to seeing the transition through to a successful completion. I hope you will re-elect me to the task.
Contact John at jjcskydive@gmail.com.