There are five City Walk board seats, each with a two year term. Three of them come up for election in odd numbered years and the other two in even numbered years. (So for example, two seats–currently held by Ray Aguirre and Bob McLean–will be coming up for election in 2026, while the other three seats will still have another year to run.)
The voting is done at the annual meeting in January.
Voting Weights
Votes are weighted according to size of the owner’s properties. For example, the votes of the owner of a 1000 square foot unit will count for more than the votes of an owner of a 700 square foot unit. Parking stalls are included in the equation, so the vote of an owner with a 700 square foot unit and a parking stall will count for more than the votes of an owner with the same sized unit but no parking stall.
This is the same way HOA fees are determined.
Board Positions
The board consists of a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and one “member at large,” but these positions are not actually voted on by the owners. The owners just vote for who will be on the board, and then the board itself meets to decide among themselves who will take which role.
Proxies
Voting can only be done in the meeting itself, but if you can’t attend, you can authorize another owner to vote in your place by filling out the proxy form that should come with your annual meeting packet. If you can’t make it to an annual meeting, it’s very important that you assign your proxy to someone else, because the annual meeting can’t even take place if too few owners either attend or send their proxies. There have been past years when the management company had to scour the ownership rolls asking people to send their proxies in at the last minute so the meeting could take place.
You can’t specify on the proxy form who the other owner has to vote for, you can only give them the power to cast your vote however they like. (This is partly because we can’t know, until the night of the meeting itself, who all the candidates are.) So if you have a preference for a certain board candidate, make sure you give your proxy to someone who feels the same way you do.
If you have no voting preferences, you can also just send your proxy form to the office. It will count toward the quorum needed to hold the meeting, but no vote will be cast for anybody on your behalf.