2018 HOA General Membership Meeting - The latest general membership meeting  was held on Friday, August 24th here in the neighborhood in conjunction with a neighborhood BBQ and party.  

We had a great turnout and I think everyone had a pretty good time getting to know neighbors and sharing some pretty good food. Thank you to everyone that came out and I'd like to especially recognize and thank the members of the Board as well as the volunteers that helped set up, prepare food, and clean up and tear down afterwards. I'm sure that with this year's success this will become an annual event.

During the meeting Shalline Madsen placed her name up for re-election to the Board. In addition to Shalline, Julianne Standish, Steve Bragg, and Patti Toronto were nominated and agreed to serve if elected. Gerry Russell withdrew his name for re-election to the Board.

Mike Seery made a motion to postpone the election and change the way Board members are elected to allow a ballot to be sent to every homeowner rather than by voice vote. The motion was seconded by Steve Bragg and passed by unanimous vote. Mike proposed another motion that prohibits any homeowner who is delinquent on their annual assessment from serving on the Board or from casting a vote for a Board member while they are delinquent. This motion was also seconded by Steve Bragg and passed by unanimous vote.

I am allowing the nominees time to provide me with any personal or background information they would like to have provided to the membership. Any materials submitted to me will be forwarded to each homeowner by email. On Monday, September 3rd I will send out an electronic ballot to every eligible elector and I will ask you to vote for two candidates and return your ballot to me within one week. The two candidates receiving the most votes will be elected to two year terms.

Again, thank you to everyone who helped out and who came out for our 1st annual neighborhood bbq.

2018 HOA Board of Directors Election - An on-line election for the two board positions that expired in 2018 was conducted with electronic ballots being sent via email to every homeowner on September 3, 2018.. The deadline for submitting ballots was set at 7:00am on September 10th. At the conclusion of the election 62% of the eligible households returned ballots and a total of 55 votes were cast. The results of the election were:

Steve Bragg - 19 votes

Patti Toronto - 17 votes

Julianne Standish - 16 votes

Shalline Madsen - 11 votes.

Congratulations to both Steve and Patti, welcome to the Board.  I'd also like to thank both Gerry and Shalline for their time and commitment as members of the founding Board of Directors.  

 Wednesday, May 30th General Membership meeting was held at the Gresham Library.  Twenty-one homeowners were present including our newest community members - Welcome Joe and Shannon.  It's official - all of the lots in phase one and two have now been sold and occupied.  

A discussion was held concerning the recommendation of our accountant to make an election under IRS Ruling 70-604.  A motion was made to pass the resolution which was seconded and passed without dissent.  Under Oregon Law, the Board of Directors met afterwards and ratified the decision of the General Membership.  This resolution extends to the tax years ending in December 2018, 2019, and 2020.

There was also interest expressed by some members in holding a community garage sale and a block party.  It was suggested that members join the community facebook page and coordinate these activities on that platform.

2018 Association Dues - The 2018 HOA dues assessments were set by the Board in November of 2017.  The Board elected to maintain the assessment at the 2017 level of $25 per month.  Invoices were mailed out to each homeowner in December and payments are due on January 1, 2018.  Homeowners have the option of paying their full annual dues now, or paying the first 6 months dues at this time with a second payment due on July 1st.

Complaints -  There have been a few issues raised by individual homeowner's concerning actions of other community members.  A new enforcement resolution was adopted by the Board during its May 2018 meeting.  As a reminder, any Association member can file a complaint with the Board of Directors but the complaint must be made in writing before the Board or any officer can take official action.  Individual homeowners are asked to first attempt to resolve the issue with the offending party if possible.

 Rental Properties - Our CC&Rs allow for homeowners to rent their Lot/Dwelling unit for periods of 30 days or more under the following conditions:

1. There is a written rental or lease agreement that has been approved by the Association.

2.  The homeowner gives each tenant a copy of the Associations CC&Rs.

3.  The homeowner agrees to be responsible for any violations by their tenant(s) and remain solely responsible for either correcting or eliminating any such violation.