Dear Snowshoe Homeowner;

We have been active participants of the Resort Area District Committee since its inception representing the
owners of the condominium associations that we manage, or to which we were elected as board members. We
are writing today to express our support for the RAD concept at Snowshoe and to share our conclusion as
homeowners, HOA board members, and property managers that a letter recently sent to several homeowners
under the name Another Look by Mr. David Litsey. This letter presents both inaccurate and misleading
information as well as gross distortions of the facts. A mailing recently sent by Frank DeBerry addresses the
claims made in this letter and we urge to read it carefully and to express your support for the Resort Area
District at Snowshoe by completing and mailing the attached form before July 7
th
, 2014. If you would like more
information, please read below the response form.

Sincerely,
Tom Roat Manager; Soaring Eagle Lodge, Camp 4, Creekside, Lands End, Powderidge, Whistlepunk
Bruce Wessel Fmr Pres; Top of the World / Fmr VP; SPOC ( SS Property Owners Council)
Rick Vaughan President; Powderidge
Ben Bruno President; Stemwinder II
Mike Parnitzke President; Loggers Run
Sam Moore President; Ridgewood
Dave Dragan President; Silver Creek
Pat Stump Manager; Lands End
Robert Trout Property Owner; Silver Creek, Old Spruce; Snowcrest;
Maureen Sweeney Board Member; Camp 4

The organizing committee was led by Frank DeBerry. JF Hodges, another Snowshoe employee, was on the
committee but the majority of the committee members were homeowners concerned about protecting their
investment and ownership rights. Snowshoes lawyers wrote the legislation enabling the RAD. They
incorporated much of the Committees homeowner members input and lobbied it through the WV legislature.

Snowshoe has essentially governed the resort and controlled the Mountain Top Assessment (MTA) since the
beginning. For a period they let the Snowshoe Property Owners Council help formulate the MTA budget but
they always had the final say in how the funds were spent. I assume that Snowshoes allocation of expenses to
the MTA is accurate and accept their estimation that the funds from the MTA are not sufficient to improve the
infrastructure, maintain the common area of the resort and provide the essential services that guests and
owners expect. This means that unless funds are increased the resort will struggle to maintain the infrastructure
at its current level and will not be able to improve it. Furthermore, some of the Homeowners Associations on
the mountain are exempted from the MTA through deed, and others have sunset clauses in payment of their
MTA which will result in a further reduction in MTA funding.

Based on recent rulings of the WV Supreme Court, Snowshoe maintains they could increase the rest of the
Associations MTA by as much as 22% more than those assessed in 2013 to the maximum allowed 1.5% of
assessed value. They believe that would be bad for the owners and adversely affect mountain property values so
they plan to continue to limit increases relative to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). So doing nothing will not
increase funds available to maintain the infrastructure and services on the mountain. Forming a municipality
could increase the funding through increased taxes but the majority of the residents who would be eligible to
vote are resort employees whose interests would not necessarily coincide with those of the property owners.
The hybrid RAD will give property owners a legislated voice in the governance of the community.

Snowshoe is offering to share part of their control of the resort community and the MTA budget for an
opportunity to increase funding for the community at little cost to the owners. The main funding source would
be a sales tax like Resort Service Fee on goods and services (excluding lodging which already has a 6% lodging
surtax). The WV Tax Department estimates annual revenue of $700,000 from the proposed 2% Resort Service
Fee. The services now provided through the MTA would be substantially enhanced by this service fee paid by the
users of the services.

The RAD Board will be composed of 2 resort, 1 commercial, 1 developer and 3 homeowner representatives. We
think that the controls formulated by the RAD Committee and set in place by the legislation will deter
Snowshoe, with their likely 4 of 7 votes on the Board, from controlling the RAD. All major board decisions such
as approval of bylaws, budget, and service fee require a 6 of 7 super majority Board vote. Assessments are
allowed only for a specific project and are initiated by either a 6 of 7 Board vote or a petition of 51% of the
affected owners. A petition by 25% of affected owners can stop an assessment. Super majority votes on other
Board actions could be written into the RAD's Bylaws.

Snowshoe is a unique community of which we are proud to have been involved with for many years and we
think Snowshoe and the Resort Area District Committee have come up with a viable way to sustain and grow
that community. We are optimistic that this can work to the benefit of Snowshoe, the Property Owners and the
Resort Community. If the petition for creation of the RAD is approved by the Pocahontas County Commission,
the next step will be the election of homeowner representatives to the Board. We recommend that you support
the creation of the RAD and become involved in selecting these representatives.

If you would like to show support for the RAD return the Statement of Support/Protest that you received to
indicate your support of the RAD. Even though it takes a 25% protest vote to stop the RAD for one year, a weak
Support vote relative to the Protest could cause the County Commission to hesitate to approve the RAD.

You can also attend one of the public hearings to be conducted by the Pocahontas County Commission that will
be held on Monday, July 7th, at 5:30pm and on Saturday, July 19th, at 10:00am at the Pocahontas County
Courthouse.

(CUT HERE TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF SUPPORT TO COUNTY COMMISSION)

STATEMENT OF SUPPORT

I, __________________________________ (PRINTED NAME), AS THE OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY
PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RESORT AREA DISTRICT PROPOSED TO BE CREATED AND
LOCATED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BOUNDARIES: THE BOUNDARY OF SNOWSHOE RESORT,
EXCEPT TO THE SOUTH, WHERE THE BOUNDARY SHALL FOLLOW ROUTE 66, IN THE COUNTY OF
POCAHONTAS, HEREBY SUPPORT THE PETITION AND CREATION OF SUCH RESORT AREA
DISTRICT AND CANCEL ALL PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED POSITIONS ON SAID RESORT AREA
DISTRICT, IF ANY, THAT WERE MADE BEFORE THIS DATE.
THE ADDRESS OF THE REAL PROPERTY OF WHICH I AM THE OWNER AND WHICH IS LOCATED
WITHIN THE PROPOSED RESORT AREA DISTRICT IS AS FOLLOWS:
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BY: ___________________________ (SIGNATURE)

NAME: ___________________________ (PLEASE PRINT) DATE: ____________, 2014

RETURN COMPLETED FORM TO: GRIFFITH & ASSOCIATES PLLC
ATTENTION: RESORT AREA DISTRICT
950 LITTLE COAL RIVER ROAD
ALUM CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA 25003