As I understand the proposed Declarations of Restrictions changes, they would more or less incorporate Worcester County law regarding short-term rentals into the OPA restrictions. As you are aware, the board cannot unilaterally change the Declarations of Restrictions. They can only be changed on a vote of the lot owners and in each individual section of OPA.

Director Frank Daly, the primary proponent of these Restriction changes, said OPA would keep mailing out documents for voting on the Declarations of Restrictions changes until enough votes were obtained to change the Restrictions in each and every section. This is costly and possibly not legal. There is a good chance many sections would never approve the changes.

The primary question the Board of Directors should answer, prior to spending tens of thousands of dollars on a wild goose chase that could result in no goose dinner, is why should OPA change its Declarations of Restrictions to match county law when OPA's CPI department could simply report any possible violations to the County for enforcement?

The Board of Directors should seriously consider dropping the entire idea of changing the Declarations of Restrictions to match County law with regard to short-term rentals.

It is a Fool's Errand, an expensive Fool's Errand.