About Us

Moraga Place Owners Association is a self-managed homeowners association established upon completion of the development in 1985, which attempts to operate as economically as possible in managing and maintaining the common area of the Association.

Moraga Place consists of the 52 homes on Williams Drive, Netherton Court, and Haven Court, plus one additional home on Birchwood Drive which only partially shares in the dues and obligations of the Association. Annual dues are determined at the annual meeting in early June and are collected in a single payment due each year by August 1st, for the fiscal year of June 1st to May 31st.

Moraga Place has no common facilities, only a common area. The primary responsibilities of the Association are to maintain the common landscaping and to do weed abatement as required by the Moraga-Orinda Fire District. The major expenses in our annual operating budget are for landscape maintenance and repairs (40%), water for the landscape (35%), weed abatement (10%), general liability insurance, and directors’ and officers’ insurance (10%). The Association’s income is mainly from annual homeowners’ dues (99%), with additional income from interest earned and document transfer fees.

Weed abatement is required to reduce fire hazards on the 38 acres of open space/common area that surround our development, and specifically includes: (a) behind the firehouse and veterinary buildings over to the rental storage buildings, (b) both sides of the hills behind the condos on Chalda Drive and Rheem Boulevard, and on Rheem Boulevard up to the house, (c) above upper Williams Drive to behind the houses on Birchwood Drive, and (d) both sides of hills on the right side of Lucas Drive, all the way up to houses on Birchwood Drive and over to the houses on Donald Drive.

Our costs have been reasonably stable since the Association was formed, though costs have increased recently for water (due to drought conditions) and greater areas of weed abatement demanded by the local fire district.

Owners are responsible for their own fencing and any weed abatement that is on their property, even if the weeds are outside the property’s fence line. The Town of Moraga maintains the streets and has rights of way within the development; however, individual homeowners are responsible for any necessary repairs to sidewalks, curbs, and gutters up to the asphalt edge of the street within their property lines.

The Association holds an annual homeowners’ meeting, usually in mid-June, after the end of the fiscal year on May 31st, and before the date the Association is required to file a tax return. Our meetings are friendly, lively, and seldom last more than an hour. We encourage all homeowners to attend if possible, and if not, to return a proxy so that a quorum may be reached to conduct business.

The volunteer Board of Directors meets, or communicates casually, as necessary to handle new business or the management of the common area. Please contact any of the board members if you have any questions or business regarding the Association, and especially if you see a problem (broken water pipe, misdirected sprinkler, destruction of property, etc.).