The Master
The TOPS’L Master Association: the board that runs the gate, the tram, the beach walkover and the guest registration fee, and that every owner at Tops’l pays $285 a quarter.
The Master Association · Oct. 22, 2026
The Master’s 2027 budget workshop: the quarterly fee would rise to about $400
Nothing was voted on. The quarterly assessment, $285 since 2009, came out near $400 on the worksheet. The legal line nearly triples. A resort shuttle returns as a placeholder. A redrafted budget goes to a later board meeting.
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The Master Association · Oct. 2, 2026
Master board takes up the tram, the cable proposals and tables for the Beachwalk
Riding the tram is free for everyone, and the question for 2027 is how to fund it. Offers to replace cable with fiber wait for a budget workshop, and the Beachwalk tables were tabled. Owners filled the room and used the end of the meeting for questions about money, the lawsuit and mediation.
Read →The Master Association · Sept. 29, 2026
Master board meets October 1
The TOPS’L Master Association board meets Thursday, October 1, at 11 a.m. Central. Ten items of new business are on the agenda, including insurance, the tram, the 2027 budget workshop and telecommunication proposals.
Read →The Paper Trail · Part IV
The fee.
Seventy-three dollars per reservation. Where it came from, who set it, what it was meant to pay for, and who now wants it back. Told entirely from the association’s own minutes and books.
Read →The standing record · 2023–2026
The Paper Trail.
Whether the owners of TOPS’L still decide anything at TOPS’L, or whether a company decides it for them. The documented record, every claim shown, every date checkable. Start here if you are new.
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