Author: dlukowsk

A friendly reminder from the WSE HOA Board. The City of Tigard has joined other responsible communities in banning fireworks this year. Please respect your community and neighbors and do not light off fireworks.

• Call to Order – 6:34PM
• Roll Call
  •  David Lukowski – Chair – Present
  •  Jennifer Kray – Vice Chair – Present
  •  Kimberlee Reitmeier – Member At Large – Present
  •  Mackenzie Hart – Treasurer – Present
• Reading of Minutes from January 27th Meeting – Meeting minutes unable to be read as Joan was absent of this meeting.  Jen will contact for a physical copy.
• Reports from Officers
  • David
    • Spoke with the city code compliance office early March 2021 about Terry’s speeding concern.  I was informed they are not doing speed surveys at this time and to check back in the spring.
  • Mackenzie
    • We have updated the landscape contract 
    • We removed ivy from the trees on our properties so the trees don’t die
  • Jen
    • Attempted to talk to neighbors about the cotton wood tree at the top of Ventura Dr.
  • Kimberlee
    • None

• Old Business
  • Seating new Member Kimberlee Reitmeier into secretary position – New Member Vote Required – Vote is passed by role call.
  • **Mike’s Tree Service and seeking new offers 
    • Tree at 6805 SW Ventura Drive, board approved $675 for removal
      • Tree has been removed, payment should be tendered.
  • Open the floor for new business from owners.
    • Terry – Speed remains a problem in the neighborhood.  Considering talking with the city about another speed survey.
      • See David’s Report, open for more comments.
    • Linda – Sidewalk accessibility there are sideways places where vegetation is invading the sidewalk space. – City requires that sidewalks be cleared.
      • Should the board consider a notice to owners for sidewalk maintenance?
      • COMMENTS:
        • Members would appreciate if neighbors were notified when there is a defect on their side walk.
        • Who owns the side walk and who is responsible for it’s maintenance in the city of Tigard – Jen researched and found it is the responsibility of the owner.
• New Business
  • Tree behind 7045 SW Ventura Dr.
    • David Spoke with Mike from Mike’s Tree Service, who bid $550, to fell the tree and leave the remains on the north side of the creek.
    • COMMENT:
      • Neighbors think it would be a good idea to discuss with the owners about splitting the cost as a general policy.
      • Neighbor is concerned about leaving a snag of the tree standing as habitat.
    • MOTIONS
      • Terry made a motion to approach the owner about splitting the cost of $550 and have the tree removed. – MacKenzie Second.
  • Open Floor to Homeowners for new business.
    • Shell, suggests adding more 20 is plenty signs from the city of Tigard.  Shell will take on the project.
      • COMMENTS
        • Terry is skeptical that adding 20 is plenty signs will work.
        • Eric, suggests hand painted signs could draw more attention.
        • Mary made the suggestion to add a crosswalk at the bottom of the stairs from SW Locust. – David Lukowski will contact the city about adding a crosswalk at this location.
    • Disaster preparedness 
      • Erin suggests organizing the neighbors to discover, store and share resources among neighbors.
      • David suggested that Erin and Shell form a subcommittee.  Shell declined that she is only available for 1 project at a time.
      • Kimberlee said she would assist with the subcommittee.
      • Terry suggests looking at what the city of Tigard has available for DR resources.
      • Motion is passed for Erin to form the committee.
    • Shell asked about packing up / out travel trailers.
    • Kimgerlee commented about the fallen fence on the path between upper and lower ventura dr.  David will look at city ordinances about the fence.
    • Bill – Tree at the top of Ventura Dr cul-du-sac.  To the best of his ability determined the tree was exactly on the property line.  
      • Jen had an estimate done from Arborscape for around $2500.  Without stump removal.  Jen will follow up to find out about stump removal.  
    • Bill – Ivy invasion.  
      • Consider a work day to pull ivy and raise awareness of the problem.
      • Jen reminds us that black berries are an issue as well.
    • Bill – Wood chips on the north entrance.
      • Chipping will be resumed now that it is dryer and springtime.
      • Shrubs were suggested.
    • Shell – Getting together a contact list of the neighbors.  Jen has such a list and can share.

• Adjourned at 7:46pm

Hello Neighbors,

Tomorrow we have a board meeting. You should have received an invite in your postal mailbox. This meeting is required by the bylaws because we did not achieve a quorum at our January meeting which is needed to approve the annual budget and seat our new board member. This time we need 11 homeowners to attend this meeting to accomplish our goals.

Washington Square Estates is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Washington Square Estates HOA Board Meeting
Time: Apr 14, 2021 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Our community member Dolly, kindly asked us to post this important information about the nearby Washington Square Regional Center Informational Open House.

The Online Open House for the Washington Square Regional Center project is live! It will be open through April 30 and is available in Spanish and English. This is an opportunity for you and others to tell us what you think about the project’s draft recommendations. We will discuss the results at our third and final meeting on May 26. Please share the open house link with anyone who may be interested: https://www.engage.tigard-or.gov/thesquare. We will be raffling off four $50 gift cards to those who participate!

Please Join us for the Washington Square Estates Annual Owners Meeting. This is the time when Board Members are elected and we discuss business for the coming year.

Topic: WSE Annual Owners Meeting
Time: Jan 27, 2021 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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The Washington Square Estates sign at the south entrance has been cleaned and re-mounted. The construction crews did great job of mounting the new post in the correct location.

Trystan pitched in for his community and graciously donated his time to wash both of the signs at the North and South entrances.

Happy New Year WSE Community!

Washington Square Estates is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: WSE October Board Meeting
Time: Oct 21, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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The City of Tigard, Office of Community Development is hosting an outreach with the Mayor of Tigard, Jason Snider. Please join us at 7:00pm on Thursday, September 24th, 2020 at 7:00pm

Washington Square Estates is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Meet the Mayor

Time: Sep 24, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Annual Meeting:  Washington Square Estates Homeowner’s Association Inc.

April 27^th,  2020  6 pm   (Approved)

Board Attendance by Zoom:  Mackenzie Hart, David Lukowski, Jennifer Kray

1.  Meeting was called to order, and the roll call was taken (board member Joan Morley was unable to participate).  
2. Minutes of the previous meeting of February 3, 2020 were read and approved.     
3. Reports from Officers:  MacKenzie Hart gave the bank balance as $7778.47.
4. Old Business:  Tree cutting on lot #43 and HOA property:  Inspection was performed by Clean Water Services.  City of Tigard issued the cut permit (introduced into Record).  The fee for removal from Mike’s Tree Service was $1,500.  The HOA will not incur a cost for the service, as it was covered by the owner of lot #43.

Chip Drop for north entrance:  Several attempts were made by the Chair to contact PGE about chip drop for the north entrance but PGE did not return any calls.  Chair has contacted Mike from Mike’s Tree Service.  Upon approval Mike could begin dumping chips on the north entrance.  Before this happens, the board will need to reach out to Dario or otherwise arrange for labor to have the chips spread.  The board  will do a walk-through with  Dario about maintenace contract (motion, seconded, agreed), and update contract with lot numbers.  

5. New Business:  WSE sign at the south entrance has been removed and stored at 6690 SW Ventura Drive.  It was removed as a precaution because of forthcoming water maintenance at the site.  
6. Stairs between Ventura Drive and Ventura Court are in need of repair.  David Lukowski has temporarily fixed the issue by adding longer screws to the stair material.  However, some of the materials estimated to be $100 to $150. (Get estimate on concrete step replacements).  
7. Common property between lots 49 and 50 will be cleared of blackberries at lot 49’s (Kray) expense.  
8.  MacKenzie received an email about movers from 7045 Ventura Drive requesting permission to install stairs and a new driveway.  (They do not need permission from the HOA for the requested improvements).  
9. Comments
10. Announcements:  Next meeting date:  Tentative July 27, 2020  6:30 pm
11. Adjourn

Washington Square Estates is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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