Aptos Knoll Mobile Home Owners Association

Programs: Akmoa is a non-profit, mutual benefit corporation licensed in the state of california. It is the owner of aptos knoll mobilehome park, a resident-owned 75-unit senior (55+) park, which was purchased by the association in 2005. As such, all activities and services are for the purposes of managing, maintaining, and improving the park, its amenities and common grounds. Seventy-four of the homes in the park belong to akmoa members; one is a rental unit that was grand-fathered in at the time of purchase. During 2017, 6 homes changed hands. The monthly association fee of $500 per membership includes water, sewer, and weekly garbage services. In addition, this fee funds the employees and all maintenance, plus a set-aside for a maintenance reserve fund. Included in the park, and the responsibility of akmoa, are the common grounds and landscaping, a clubhouse, pool house, laundry unit, and 3-car garage, and the gas/electric/water/sewer infrastructure. Services provided on a regular basis by outside contractors are landscape maintenance, pool cleaning, gopher-trapping, and cleaning of the clubhouse. Major improvements, such as retaining-wall replacement and bathroom remodel, are done as needed through the bid process, and are paid from the reserve fund. The office administrator is the public face of akmoa. She deposits checks, reviews bills to be paid by the bookkeeper, answers the phone, meets with members and prospective members who are looking to buy into the park, and does other administrative duties as needed. The park manager has a variety of duties ranging from opening and closing the clubhouse to requesting and reviewing bids from contractors for major maintenance tasks. He also does minor maintenance tasks such as changing lightbulbs, setting up the clubhouse for meetings, and so on. The assistant manager handles these basic duties during the weekend; he is not involved in contracts or bids. Many activities are organized by committees. The events committee handles decorating the clubhouse and social activities which include monthly dinners and quarterly parties; landscape committee and architecture committee review and approve changes requested by individual members, finance committee reviews expenditures and generates the budget. There are also a book club and a crafts club.