The Covenant Support Committee (CSC) remains a Standing Committee of SHHA authorized by the Board of Directors, as stated in the Bylaws, to take necessary and appropriate actions to pursue enforcement of Unit covenants (Use Restrictions) as set forth in its Charter. The Charter was revised and approved by the Board on January 12, 2022, and is due to be revised again in 2025. There are 38 sets of legally binding covenants, one for each Unit, and property/homeowners agreed to abide by them upon purchase of their properties. Property/homeowners are also responsible to ensure any lessees and renters abide by the covenants as well.
The all-volunteer CSC investigates complaints and facilitates fair and amicable resolutions of valid covenant violations by following, in good faith, a formal and systematic process. The committee meets monthly to discuss general business, and then goes into executive session to review the status of ongoing complaint investigations as a team. Executive session is required to maintain confidentiality regarding complaint information details, including names, addresses and specifics. The committee aims to achieve resolution in the least contentious and least expensive methods available.
The CSC acts on covenant violation complaints filed by property/homeowners who are dues-paying members of SHHA (Procedures for Filing a Complaint). The CSC does not change the covenants; rather only property/homeowners can do that (Procedures for Property Owners to Amend Their Unit Covenants). The CSC does not patrol the neighborhood looking for violations, and does not process security complaints. The CSC pursues an ongoing agenda of education for Sandia Heights residents concerning the functioning of the committee and the covenant complaint and violation resolution process, mainly by publishing articles in the monthly GRIT newsletter. The CSC provides a top-level summary of activity at the monthly board meetings, submits a top-level year-end summary at the Annual Meeting in February, and publishes an annual report in the March GRIT newsletter.
SHHA and CSC are very much dependent on the cooperation from individual property/homeowners in Sandia Heights to maintain the lifestyle and beauty of the subdivision by following the covenants.