Mariner’s Village Sucette opposition list grows with more disavowals submitted to City Council

Property list expands from 19 to 45

New signatures from Cayman Cove Homes, Harbor Oaks Condo Association, Tops’l Condominiums

Original list included 19 properties of Mariner’s Island

Also calls into question selection of MVMA board of directors

MANDEVILLE — A group of property owners and residents from the Mariner’s Village Master Association disavowing a so-called unanimous endorsement from its board of directors has grown from 19 to 45.

The five-member Mariner’s Village Master Association’s (MVMA) board of directors released a letter on May 25th from its president Eric McVicker, who also serves as a consultant for District II Councilman Dr. Skelly Kreller’s campaign. That letter was referenced at the May 25th Mandeville City Council meeting by Woodward Interests President William Hoffman when making his case for the Sucette Harbor project.

The 33 new signatures of disavowal come from properties in Cayman Cove Homes, Harbor Oaks Condo Association and Tops’l Condominiums, all a part of the MVMA, for a total of 26 properties (accounting for multiple signatures from the same address).

The original list was sent to the City Council by Larry Grundmann, claiming to represent Mariner’s Island Condominium Association (MICA) property owners, which is also a part of the MVMA.

According to the vote allocations found in the Master Association articles of incorporation, the LSU Health Foundation controls 89 of the 186 votes, or about 48 percent.

Woodward Interests is the developer behind the controversial Sucette Harbor project, in partnership with the LSU Health Foundation.

The new signatures come from Mariner’s Village rental homes investor and MVMA member Ellen O’Connell in a June 8th letter to the City Council. O’Connell’s letter, similar to Grundmann’s, calls into question the circumstances by which the MVMA’s current board of directors was selected.

According to McVicker, the current board was elected in and has served since 2021, even through the MVMA articles of incorporation call for annual elections.

Both O’Connell and Grundmann are challenging the legitimacy of the current board whose members, according to McVicker, are: Jason Dahlberg, Alex Edliamati, Gene Norton, Alejandra Guzman, and himself.

Guzman is the Executive Director of Business Ventures for the LSU Health Foundation, which is in partnership with Woodward Interests and Hoffman for the Sucette Harbor project. But when asked by Councilman At Large Jason Zuckerman at the May 25th council meeting who the MVMA board members were, Hoffman responded, “That, I don’t know.”

Grundmann’s letter contained the signatures of 23 individuals claiming to be a “super majority” of property owners of MICA. O’Connell’s letter contains 33 signatures from 26 different properties.

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Related:

Sucette Harbor letter of endorsement challenged by Mariner’s Village residents

Mariner’s Village Master Association Articles of Incorporation

Mariner’s Village Master Association Bylaws

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