Thanks to the board and some volunteers, the CCR and By-law amendments have been approved. More than enough signatures were obtained to approve the Board recommended changes. Effective December 16th when all signatures were collected, the new CCR’s and By-laws went into effect. The duly modified CCR’s and By-laws were officially registered with Washington County December 18th. The HOA is now up to date with State, County and Tigard statutes and ordinances and requirements on homeowners that were terribly out of date have been removed. The newly effective CCR’s and By-laws will be posted on this website. They can also be obtained from Washington County.
Thank you all,
Terry Crawford, Secretary, WSEHOA,Inc.
Washington Square Estates 
Good work, thank you. However on a separate note, I want to thank whoever is responsible for seeing that the south entrance was bark dusted. It looks very nice.
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The landscape committee recommended the bark dust and the board approved the expenditure.
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Was this vote open to the entire HOA? We did not receive our ballots.
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Due to low ballot turn in last time, this time the board and volunteers visited door to door to secure signatures. Your home may have been missed but we did receive over a majority of owners support. Thank you.
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a lot of questions regarding the process, John.
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Will printed copies of the approved CC&R’S & Bylaws be provided to homeowners – as the draft copies had many errors.
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After we receive the registered copy back from Washington County, we will be able to make copies of the documents. We will also post copies on this web site. The County said it would take around ten days to have the registered documents returned. Thank you for your interest.
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Joan, sadly the “final” copy Terry Crawford sent me still was sub-par.
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I don’t recall signature gathering being an option regarding vote to amend bylaws/C,C&R. Were revisions made available prior to door to door vote gathering? I would like a copy of revised documents made available to me as soon as possible.
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The original bylaws were accepted by signature of members, so the board decided that because of low ballot turn in in the past, they would attempt to gather signatures. Copies of the By laws and CC&Rs will be available when we receive the original back from the County. We will also post copies on this web site. Thank You for your interest.
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Since when does deadline not mean deadline? The ballot for the new bylaws had a return “deadline”. No where was it posted that the board extended this “deadline” All correspondence until the last indicated the bylaws lacked sufficient support. If the vote was kept open it should have been kept open until the general meeting with notice. PS Is it too late to vote for governor?
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I am sorry Bill for the misunderstanding, but the original post stated that the By-laws and CC&R’s were approved by signatures, not by ballots. The ballots that I think you are referring to are in a sealed envelope, not having been opened because there was not enough ballots returned. The signature collecting was a second effort by the board to obtain homeowners approval, and more than the necessary number of 55 signatures were collected. I hope that this clarifies this question for you. Thank you for your interest in WSE HOA, Inc. Dianne Kostur
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I don’t think it was as much of a misunderstanding as a simple lack of information, or disclosure. When the bylaws were mailed out, there were ballots included and the deadline to return/submit them was October 25th. As you did not receive the majority vote on the deadline, the continued solicitation of signatures was conducted BUT ONLY until you reached the result you desired? WHEN was the door-to-door conducted, and by whom?
Again, ladies and gentlemen, the issue here is PROCESS. And YES, I have a definite problem with the fact that this extended period and process beyond the published deadline was not disclosed to the entire membership, and that the Board decided to file the documents without first disseminating the final version.
I inquired from an attorney, and I was advised that I could submit a dispute to the state, which I may pursue if there is no majority present at the General Meeting where all this can be discussed openly.
AND AGAIN, UNLESS YOU LEGALLY CHANGED THE NAME OF THE ASSOCIATION SINCE ITS INCORPORATION, IT IS WSEHA, INC., NOT WSEHOA.
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signature collection was not conducted to include THE ENTIRE neighborhood, correct? You just stopped when you had what you needed. How democratic is that?
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Dolly I am not sure where you have obtained your information, but the incorporation papers state “Home Owners” as two separate words, therefore WSEHOA, Inc would appear to be the correct name. Your name is on the incorporation papers registered with the state. Do you have different material that states otherwise? Thanks, Dianne Kostur
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Dianne, it is clear to me now that this is an issue of FONT and text-spacing. It was INTENDED for it to be the GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT “HOMEOWNERS” as ONE WORD possessive noun.
When I visit the Washington County Office, I will check on that.
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Dolly is correct.
10/8/18 correspondence from board states quote
1. “We respectfully ask your timely response by casting your BALLOT on or before October 25th”
2. “ A Special General meeting will then be held, again at the Kostur’s at 6:30pm, October 25thth to count the ballots. and determine the wishes of the Association.”
A reasonable person could come to the conclusion that if the bylaws were not settled at the Special General meeting on October 25th,2018 further communication from the Board would be forthcoming. Why did the Board chose not to wait a few weeks and discuss at the 2019 Annual Meeting as was done last year? If an attorney’s opinion was obtained why not share the written opinion? Parking the BALLOTS submitted by 10/25/2018 and starting over with little or no communication hardly seems transparent.
William E Price
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