Evidence Standard
How we weigh what we publish.
Every item on this site is sorted into one of four classes. The class tells you how far the record can be trusted — and where verification still has to happen.
Primary record
Original Association or government record, accounting entry, meeting packet, or authenticated capture.
Association representation
A statement published by the Board, management, or an Association-controlled channel.
Attributed observation
A named person’s account of something personally seen or heard.
Unresolved allegation
A claim lacking the underlying source necessary to verify it.
An original email proves the sender made a statement; it does not automatically prove the event described.
Evidentiary distinctions we always keep visible
What a record proves — and what it does not
A record establishing what a document contains
vs. proof the underlying event occurred
A recording establishing what a person said
vs. proof the statement is true
A general-ledger entry showing a transaction
vs. proof of authorization, purpose, disclosure, fairness, bidding, or wrongdoing
A homeowner observation identifying an issue
vs. an independently corroborated fact
A contradiction or inconsistency
vs. an unresolved question or a possible explanation
An analytical inference
vs. an established fact
Source hierarchy for conflicts
When records disagree, we show them all
We display each competing record, its date and source, the exact point of disagreement, whether one supersedes another, and what evidence would resolve it — ranked by this order of weight.
- 1Executed and officially recorded instruments
- 2Original government, Association, management, vendor, and financial records
- 3Contemporaneous emails, notices, recordings, and meeting records
- 4Website captures and screenshots
- 5Attributed homeowner observations and statements
- 6Analytical summaries, AI-generated material, and inferences
Governing-document facts
Neutral summaries of the bylaws in play
Provides a special-member-meeting pathway involving specified officers, Board action, or members holding one-fourth of total membership votes, subject to current law and signer standing.
Makes evaluation of agents and contractors and proper performance a Board duty.
Address director terms, elections, removal, and vacancies.
Prohibits compensation for service in the capacity of director but permits reimbursement of actual expenses.
Address annual officer selection, removal/replacement, and officer compensation/reimbursement.
States that Board-created or Board-appointed committees are responsible to and subject to Board approval.
Address contract authorization and payment signatures.
Management certificate
The current recorded management certificate is dated October 27, 2025 (Montgomery County doc #2025110172) and names Crest Management with Carolyn Bonds as designated representative; it states that it supersedes prior certificates. An older Association-hosted copy dated September 7, 2021 named Community Solutions and is now legacy. Separately, the certificate lists a $300 capitalization fee while Crest's 2026 public assessment API lists $600 — a documented difference between two Crest-published records, not proof of wrongdoing.
Privacy & contractor licensing
What the record does — and does not — support about the gate
- 01
The current record does not establish that gate surveillance is unlawful.
- 02
Silent gate / common-road video differs from audio interception, invasive recording of private areas, biometric-template creation, and access to DMV-derived information.
- 03
Unknowns include camera views, microphone status, facial/voice processing, data linkage, retention, access, exports, vendor roles, law-enforcement disclosures, and end-of-contract deletion.
- 04
Texas DPS is the primary regulator for private-security and electronic-access-control licensing under Occupations Code Chapter 1702.
- 05
TDLR may separately regulate non-exempt electrical work. Published low-voltage and communications exemptions mean the exact work scope must be established before alleging that a TDLR license was required.
- 06
No vendor is labeled unlicensed unless an exact legal identity and license search establish it.