All Lakewood homeowners have been mailed ballots on the proposed $100 special assessment for street improvements and swimming pool repair.

If approved, each property owner will be asked to pay the assessment to help fund a comprehensive repair of the pool and continued resurfacing of Lakewood-owned streets.

This second vote was called by the HOA board because not enough homeowners voted when the assessment was first proposed in December.

The board noted that the pool will always need repair and maintenance, but a more thorough renovation should minimize the frequency of that need and reduce the annual expenditures that continue to affect the HOA  budget. The pool project is estimated at $75,000 to $80,000.

The portion of the assessment for the street resurfacing is designed to get Lakewood back on a rotating schedule after unanticipated costs from the ice storm and winter storm.

Streets scheduled for resurfacing in 2025 are Winecup Hollow, Turkey Hollow, Gardenridge Hollow, Firewheel Hollow and Dogwood Hollow.  After 2025, the asphalt company will survey the conditions of our streets and recommend streets for resurfacing.

You have four options in voting:

1. Mail – your completed directed proxy ballot (included in the mailing) to the Lakewood HOA, PO Box 27674, Austin, TX 78755 by 5 p.m. Friday, January 24.
2. Email – received at hoa@lakewoodhoa.com no later than 5 p.m. Friday, January 24.
3. Dropoff – received in the drop box on the office door at 7317 Lakewood Drive by 6 p.m. January 27.
4. In person – received by the start of the special meeting to tally votes at 6 p.m. Monday, January 27.

Lakewood homeowners are invited to the special meeting at the Lakewood clubhouse on the 27th. Ballots will be available at the meeting, but homeowners are encouraged to vote beforehand through one of the methods listed above.

ALSO, enclosed with the mailed ballots is a card with a QR code that links to a survey on Lakewood’s Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, or CCRs, which are our community’s primary governing document. Your feedback will help the new CCR Review Committee, which consists of Lakewood homeowners, to complete a thorough review of this issue.