Dear Members of the La Cresta Property Owners Association,

We, the volunteers of LCPOA listed below, are writing you in support of Paul Gaarenstroom and Dave Lysengen in the upcoming election for the LCPOA Board of Directors.

Board elections are important to our community. The decisions made by our Board affect our roads, our trails, our drainage facilities, the financial stability of our Association, and our property values. We believe that Paul and Dave have the experience, judgment and integrity to help navigate the challenges ahead, and we encourage each of you to cast your votes accordingly.

Paul Gaarenstroom

Paul is currently our Association’s Secretary and Treasurer. In this role, Paul has helped guide the Board through complex financial matters while promoting accurate accounting, responsible budgeting, and transparent reporting.

Paul successfully founded a regional insurance brokerage firm in Orange County where he had to master business management, employee relations, client satisfaction and, in his words, the “art of compromise.” Prior to his business career, Paul served four years on the flight crew of a C-141B aircraft at McChord Air Force Base. That military service taught him “Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do.”

In addition to his service to our Association, Paul serves on two other non-profit boards as a Vice President and as the Secretary. His past volunteer experience includes 12 years on hospital committees and, ultimately, the Board of Directors, for Providence Hospital, Vice President of Fundraising for Family Forward (securing housing stability for the less fortunate), and Board Vice President for the Mission Viejo Country Club.

Paul’s vision for our community includes:

 Infrastructure excellence regarding our road and drainage facilities

 Multi-purpose trail safety

 Open, clear and transparent communication between the board and our residents

 Upholding the Board’s fiduciary duty to provide adequate reserves, accurate budgeting, and financial risk management

Dave Lysengen

Dave is a proven business leader with 35 years of accounting, finance, marketing and governance experience, and will offer a fresh perspective to the Board on community issues. As a manager with the Automobile Club of Southern California, Dave led major project initiatives, managed multimillion dollar budgets, and provided leadership to his project teams. The Automobile Club, like our Association, is a membership organization that utilizes fees to provide benefits and services to its member base. Dave’s work experiences directly translate to his ability to successfully lead as a Board member.

Dave is also no stranger to volunteer activity. He is a current member of our Governing Documents Committee where he has become thoroughly familiar with our Articles of Incorporation, our Bylaws and our CC&Rs. In addition, Dave frequently participated in the Auto Club’s volunteer program called “The Club Cares,” which provided him the opportunity to support the Second Harvest Food Bank, the Ronald McDonald House, and the United Way. He further supports the efforts of his wife, Claudia Lysengen, in her role as the Chair of the LCPOA Communications Committee.

As a Board Member, Dave would be:

 Committed to updating our governing documents

 Ensuring fiscal responsibility of balanced budgets while maintaining appropriate reserves

 Bringing transparency and decorum to Board interactions

 Preserving our infrastructure (roads, culverts, and our multi-use trails).

Both Paul and Dave recognize and appreciate the countless hours our volunteers dedicate to keeping our community safe and beautiful. They understand that these activities keep members informed and engaged, and facilitate other contributions to our Association. Future community leaders are successfully trained through volunteer committee activities.

Both Paul and Dave care deeply about fire safety on the Plateau. They support investigating additional ingress and egress routes, adding heli-hydrants, increasing the number of “shelter-in-place” refuge points, and using technology to accelerate the flow of information. Together, these measures would strengthen our community’s preparedness in the event of a local fire.

Please join the undersigned LCPOA committee members* by casting one vote for Paul Gaarenstroom and one vote for Dave Lysengen. Together, we can continue to evolve, improve and preserve our special community.

Thank you for your vote in support of thoughtful leadership and the future of our Association.

Jeff Wax, Chair, Roads Committee; Fletcher Satterwhite, Member, Roads Committee; Mark Clemens, Member, Roads Committee; Steve Marvin, Member, Roads Committee; Bill Lund, Member, Roads Committee; Dan Dellosa, Member, Roads Committee; Jim Kramer, Member, Roads Committee; Mark Allen, Member, Roads Committee; Roy Paulson, Liaison, Roads Committee; Andy Brunker, Co-Chair, Trails Committee; Susan Hurst, Member, Trails Committee; Andrew Agopian, Co-Chair, Trails Committee; Laurie Dellosa, Member, Trails Committee; Anne Gaarenstroom, Member, Trails Committee; Renee Aberle, Member, Trails Committee; Craig Thralls, Member, Architectural Committee; Steven Nunez, Member, Architectural Committee; Lance Richmond, Chair, Architectural Committee; Pam Hubbard, Co-Chair, Beautification Committee; Barbara Miller, Co-Chair, Beautification Committee; Andrea Thralls, Member, Beautification Committee; Craig Thralls, Member, Beautification Committee; Gene Miller, Member, Beautification Committee; Teresa Dishno, Member, Beautification Committee; Steve Dishno, Member, Beautification Committee; Fletcher Satterwhite, Member, Beautification Committee; Kris DeAndero, Member, Beautification Committee; Cathy Shickora, Member, Governing Documents Committee; Kim Newton, Member, Governing Documents Committee; David Boyd, Chair, Governing Documents Committee; Craig Thralls, Member, Governing Documents Committee; Roy Paulson, Liaison, Governing Documents Committee; James Kramer, Member, Finance Committee; Paul Gaarenstroom, Liaison, Finance Committee; David Boyd, Chair, Fire Safety Committee; Erin Fairfax, Member, Fire Safety Committee; Chuck Groves, Member, Fire Safety Committee; Jim Meyer, Member, Fire Safety Committee; Barbara Miller, Chair, Nominating Committee; Gene Miller, Member, Nominating Committee; Charmain Sauro, Member, Nominating Committee; Claudia Lysengen, Chair, Communications Committee; Jill Boyd, Member, Communications Committee; Cathy Shickora, Member, Communications Committee; Kim Newton, Member, Communications Committee.

* Due to their direct involvement with the current Board election, the members of the LCPOA Election Security Committee were not asked for endorsements.