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Incorporation Approved March 24, 2004
AMENDED & RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
GOLFVIEW GOLF & RACQUET CLUB
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.
The undersigned subscribers to these Amended & Restated Articles of
Incorporation, natural persons competent to contract, hereby form a
corporation not for profit under the laws of the State of Florida.
ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation is GOLFVIEW GOLF & RACQUET CLUB
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., a not for profit corporation (the
"Corporation").
ARTICLE II
The nature of the business to be transacted shall be to engage in any
activity or business permitted under the laws of the United States and
of this State, pursuant to Chapter 617 of the Florida Statutes.
The Corporation is organized for the purpose of providing an entity for
the operation of a residential planned development, located in Lee
County, Florida.
The Corporation is organized and shall exist upon a non-stock basis as
a non-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Florida, and no
portion of any earnings of the Corporation shall be distributed or
inure to the private benefit of any member, Director or officer of the
Corporation. For the accomplishment of its purposes, the
Corporation shall have all of the common law and statutory powers and
duties of a corporation not for profit under Florida law, except as
limited or modified by these Articles, the Declaration of Protective
Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Golfview Golf & Racquet
Club (the "Declaration"), or the By-Laws of this Corporation, and it
shall have all of the powers and duties reasonably necessary to operate
Golfview Golf & Racquet Club Community Association, Inc. (the
"Club") pursuant to the Declaration as it may hereafter be amended
including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) To levy and
collect assessments against all Members of the Corporation to defray
the costs, expenses and losses of the Corporation, and to use the
proceeds of assessments in the exercise of its power and duties.
(B) To own, lease, maintain, repair, replace or
operate the Common Areas, including without limitation, the roads,
driveways and parking areas, entrances and perimeter walls, golf course
and other recreational facilities, street lighting and surface water
management systems as permitted by the South Florida Water Management
District or Lee County.
(C) To purchase insurance upon the Common Areas for
the protection of the Corporation and its members.
(D) To reconstruct improvements after casualty and to
make further improvements of the Common Areas.
(E) To make, amend and enforce reasonable rules and
regulations governing the use of the Common Areas and the operation of
the Corporation.
(F) To sue and be sued, and to enforce the provisions
of the Declaration, these Articles and the By-Laws of the Corporation.
(G) To contract for the management and maintenance of
the Common Areas and to delegate any powers and duties of the
Corporation in connection therewith except such as are specifically
required by the Declaration to be exercised by the Board of Directors
or the membership of the Corporation.
(H) To employ accountants, attorneys, architects or
other professional personnel to perform the services required for
proper operation of the Properties.
(I) To acquire, own, and convey real property and to
enter into agreements or acquire leaseholds, easements, memberships and
other possessory or use interests in lands or facilities such as
country clubs, golf courses, marinas and other recreational
facilities. It has this power whether or not the lands or
facilities are contiguous to the lands of Golfview Golf & Racquet
Club, if they are intended to provide enjoyment, recreation or other
use or benefit to the members.
(J) To borrow or raise money for any purposes of the
Corporation; to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue
promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds,
debentures and other negotiable or non-negotiable instruments and
evidence of indebtedness; and to secure the payment of any thereof, and
of the interest therein, by mortgage pledge, conveyance or assignment
in trust, of the whole or any part of the rights or property of the
Corporation.
Except as provided herein and in the Master Declaration, all funds and
title to all property acquired by the Corporation shall be held for the
benefit of the members in accordance with the provisions of the
Declaration, these Articles of Incorporation, and the By-Laws.
ARTICLE III
The corporation shall have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE IV
The qualifications required for membership, and the manner in which
members shall be admitted to membership, shall be as stated in the
By-Laws of the Corporation. Each and every owner of a unit in
this community shall be a member of this Association.
ARTICLE V
The street address of the current principal office of this corporation
is 14849 Hole-In-One Circle, Fort Myers, Florida 33919-7147. The name
of the initial registered agent of this corporation is Dennis Catoe,
and the address of the current registered agent is 509 Edison Ave.,
Leheigh Acres, Florida 33936.
Having been named to accept service of process for Golfview Golf &
Racquet Club Community AssociationInc., I hereby agree to act in this
capacity and I further agree to comply with the provisions of all
statutes relative to the proper and complete performance of my duties.
ACCEPTED By:
Dennis Catoe
ARTICLE VI
The number of Directors shall consist of ten (10). The ten (10)
Directors shall consist of the Presidents of each Neighborhood
Association. Directors shall be elected, or appointed to fill a
vacancy, in accordance with the By-Laws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
The name and mailing address of the Directors, President, Vice
President and Secretary/Treasurer, who, subject to the By-Laws of the
corporation shall hold office for the first year of existence of this
corporation or until his or her successor is elected and has qualified,
are:
NAME/ADDRESS
Thomas Duffey, President/Director 14831 Hole-In-One Circle, #205
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
Jerry Ankers Vice President/Director 14961 Hole-In-One Circle, #208
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
Vince O'Connor, Secretary/Director 14771 Hole-in-One Circle, #101
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
John Gross, Treasurer/Director 14891 Hole-In-One Circle, #106
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
Art Lyall, Director 14771 Hole-In-One Circle, #201
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
Bob Margolin, Director 14791 Hole-In-One Circle, #301
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
Tony Rizzo, Director 14871 Hole-In-One Circle, PH2
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
Gerald Ross, Director 14811 Hole-In-One Circle, #107
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
TBD, Director 14911 Hole-In-One Circle
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
Margaret Stokes, Director 14861 Hole-In-One Circle, #103
Fort Myers, Florida 33919
ARTICLE VIII
The Corporation is empowered to do and perform all acts reasonably
necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Corporation, which acts are
not inconsistent with the powers provided for in Chapter 617, Florida
Statutes.
ARTICLE IX
The names and addresses of the original incorporator of these Articles
of Incorporation was:
NAME/ADDRESS
Richard D. DeBoest 2118 First Street
Fort Myers, Florida 33901
ARTICLE X
By-Laws of the Corporation may be adopted, made, altered or rescinded
by the Directors at any regular meeting or any special meeting called
for that purpose, so long as they are not inconsistent with the
provision of these Articles.
ARTICLE XI
Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation may be proposed by any
Director at any regular or special business meeting of the Board of
Directors at which a majority is present and, if obtaining a two-thirds
(2/3) vote of the Board of Directors present and voting at such meeting
properly called and noticed as provided in the By-Laws, shall be
submitted to a vote of the membership. If approved by a
two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of the membership at a meeting of the
members properly called and noticed as provided in the By-Laws, such
Amendment shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State of the State of
Florida and filed and shall become effective upon issuance, by said
officer, of a certificate reflecting same.
ARTICLE XII
The Corporation may be dissolved with the assent given in writing and
signed by not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the Members. Upon
dissolution of the Association, other than incident to a merger or
consolidation, the assets of the Corporation shall be dedicated to an
appropriate public agency to be used for purposes similar to those for
which this Corporation was created. In the event that such
dedication is refused acceptance, such assets shall be granted,
conveyed and assigned to any non-profit corporation, association, trust
or other organization to be devoted to such similar purposes.
ARTICLE XIII
To the fullest extent permitted by Florida law, the Corporation shall
indemnify and hold harmless every Director and every officer of the
Corporation against all expenses and liabilities, including attorneys
fees, actually and reasonably incurred by or imposed on him in
connection with any legal proceeding (or settlement or appeal of such
proceeding) to which he may be a party because of his being or having
been a Director or officer of the Corporation. The foregoing
right of indemnification shall not be available if a judgment or other
final adjudication established that his actions or omissions to act
were material to the cause adjudicated and involved:
(A) Willful
misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interest of the
Corporation, in a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to
procure a judgment in its favor.
(B) A violation of criminal law, unless the Director
or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his action was unlawful
or had reasonable cause to believe his action was lawful.
(C) A transaction from which the Director or officer
derived an improper personal benefit.
(D) Wrongful conduct by Directors or officers in a
proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Corporation.
In the event of a settlement, the right to indemnification shall not
apply unless the Board of Directors approved such settlement as being
in the best interest of the Corporation. The foregoing rights of
indemnification shall be in addition to and not exclusive of all other
rights to which a Director or officer may be entitled.