National Night Out (August 2nd)

Hello WSE Neighbors!

Our Board member Dolly, wants to know if anyone is interested in the HOA hosting a Block Party for the National Night Out. To gauge interest, please contact Dolly at dollyspecht@aol.com.

Celebrating National Night Out with Tigard PD.

Every year, National Night Out (NNO) is celebrated in Tigard and in communities throughout the U.S. on the first Tuesday in August. It’s an opportunity for neighbors to gather, get to know each other and build a sense of community — one where neighbors look out for each other and work together to make their neighborhoods safer.

NNO is also an opportunity for police officers and community members to come together in a low-key, positive environment centered around a BBQ, cookout or block party.  

If your neighborhood is putting on an event and you would like the Tigard Police Department to come by to meet you, hand out stickers and build relationships, please email us with “NNO Event Request” in the subject line. Please include the event address, time of the event, and a point of contact.

We will do our best to visit as many NNO parties as possible, depending on our available staffing that day. We look forward to seeing you at National Night Out!

National Night Out | City of Tigard (tigard-or.gov) 

Washington Square Estates Homeowner’s Association Inc. April 27 th , 2020 6 pm (Draft)

Washington Square Estates Homeowner’s Association Inc. April 27 th , 2020 6 pm (Draft)

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. A motion to remove Marilyn Weineke’s name from the record
    was 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. 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). Common property
between lots 49 and 50 will be cleared of blackberries at lot 49’s (Kray)
expense. The board approves the proposed work. 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).

  1. Comments
  2. Announcements: Next meeting date: Tentative July 27, 2020 6:30 pm
  3. Adjourn

WSA HOA Minutes January 30th, 2022

January 30, 2022

  • Call to Order – 3:43pm
  • Roll Call
    •  David Lukowski – Chair – Present
    •  Jennifer Kray – Vice Chair – Present
    •  Kimberlee Reitmeier – Secretary – Present
    •  Mackenzie Hart – Treasurer – Present
  • Kimberlee – Reading of Minutes from September 26th 2021 –  David Moved to accept minutes – Jen Second, Passed.
  • Reports from Officers
    • David
      • Website upgrades
        • Online Payment Acceptance
    • Mackenzie
      • Title Transfer fee – Fee would be assessed during the sale of a property.
    • Jen
      • Nothing to Report
    • Kimberlee
      • Nothing to report
  • Old Business
    • From Board Members
      • Tree on HOA property between 9880 and 9890 Ventura Ct.
        • Mike Bid on Trimming the tree is $875
        • Jen will get a bid on the tree from Arborscape.
    • David:
      • Electronic means of paying.
        • Stripe account for payment acceptance (Charge of 3.8% to accept payments)
        • Hooking up payment from website. (Additional Website fee $48/yr)
        • New easier to find domain (WSEHOA.ORG)
        • No Ads on site, easier to view and navigate.
        • Board approved paying for a website that can provided these.
          • Website fee $48/yr
      • Account for Kimberlee on website – David Provided
      • Account for Jen on website – David Provided.
  • New Business
    • David
      • Invoice from Mike’s Tree Service for $600 for spreading of chips at north entrance.
      • Open floor for nominations of open board position – Member at Large.
      • David to verify who can legally approve the budget and post it to the website.
    • Jen
      • Planted 5 saplings on HOA lot
      • Dario was asked to clean blackberries one more time
      • Jen has requested that the HOA stays on top of keeping this area cleaned up
    • Mackenzie
      • Title Transfer fee – Fee would be assessed during the sale of a property.
      • 2022 budget proposal, budget was sent ahead of time, Mac went through budget spreadsheet on screen
      • vote to approve if quorum is present: Yes, we have a quorum
      • Question in chat from Dolly about Metzger meeting room was supposed to be rent free; Mac: paid in 2019; member said we do not qualify for free rent 
      • Motion to approve; seconded; passed
    • Open Floor to Homeowners for new business.
    • Dolly
      • Asked about progress with the City work on the Stairs between ventura dr and ventura place.  David Mentioned he talked to the city planning office and the results were that in order to have the work performed by the City, then the HOA would need to relinquish the property to the city.
      • Asked about adding a locked mailbox in the culdesac to use vs. the PO Box; there is a legal address by the park; Mac asked about cost upfront; Dolly said it would save on the PO box costs
    • Diane
      • Asked questions about budget: income less than outgoing; Mac discussed reserves (legal & tree reserves) and donations; what is the balance? Mac said about $7000, checks still coming in; was there a carry over? How did you get the extra $300 that was spent? Mac said from the reserves. $9888 from assessments, 193 from donations; we get 20-30% late; Mac explained how legal reserve is managed – it is budgeted but has not been used; the tree reserve was used plus some
    • Mac: discussion about board members; need 4; David will stay
    • David; we need a 5th member
    • Dolly said in the chat that she will step up; David nominated her for member at large; motion to approve;
    • Jen would like to step away; could Dolly take over for her as vice chair? 
    • Dolly: needs to be approved by current Board, so will be tabled for now
  • Dolly: gave report about City of Tigard and what is going on

Meeting Adjourned

WSE Board Meeting April 21st, 2022 6:30PM

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

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Speed Study

Hello Neighbors! Special thanks to Terry Crawford who engaged with the City of Tigard to complete an updated speed study of our neighborhood. Please read the results below.

TLDR; More then 1/2 the people travelling through our community are speeding. Please be respectful of your neighbors and pedestrians and slow down.

2022 Speed Study:  Between Ventura Drive from SW 72nd and Ventura Place

Week 1 (March14-21, 2022)

Westbound

Speed RangeADT tripsADT WeekdaysADT Weekends
Total trips:  506426183156
>26 mph253 (50%)  
26-30 mph235 (46%)  
31-35 mph18 (3%)  
36-40 mph0  
>41 mph0  

Eastbound

Speed RangeADT tripsADT WeekdaysADT Weekends
Total trips:  720373243217
>26 mph360 (50%)  
26-30 mph341 (47%)  
31-35 mph18 (2%)  
36-40 mph1 (0.1%)  
>41 mph0  

Comments:

  • The study was conducted by the City of Tigard over a one-week period from March 14th through March 22nd .
  • They used a calibrated measuring device mounted on one of the streetlight poles in the neighborhood.  The counts were done anonymously and without the driver’s knowledge any measurements were being taken.  No license numbers or photos taken; purely trip and speed counts.
  • Compared to the study done (and published on the HOA website) in 2019, we have about the same number of trips this year. 
  • Eastbound traffic makes a right off of SW 72nd and has a speed hump to deal with and yet the Eastbound speeding is as bad as that Westbound.  Conclusion is that speed bumps are useless in calming speeders, i.e., slowing them down.
  • We had no one exceeding 41 mph as we had in 2019.  There is still someone who feels it is OK to drive through the neighborhood 10-15 mph in excess of the posted 25 mph speed limit.  Why????
  •  We still have half of the people driving through the neighborhood who driving in excess of the posted speed limit.  Why???

The same message about the solution to the problem as in 2019:  we each own being responsible and speed limit compliant drivers in our neighborhood.  We need to look out for each other by driving at or below, as conditions warrant, the posted 25 mph speed limit.  It is interesting to note the number of “20 is plenty” and “We need to look out for each other” signs posted in the upper neighborhood prior to the Alfred Street exit. Think that part of the neighborhood has a speeding problem as well?

PLEASE SLOW DOWN

Hwy 217 and Hall Blvd Bridge Replacement.

As some of you may know. The Hall Blvd bridge crossing 217 is slated to be replaced in 2022. Some neighbors have raised concern that this may increase traffic through our little neighborhood. If you have concerns I recommend that you raise them with ODOT by contacting ODOT directly:


Lili Boicourt, ODOT Community Affairs
PH: 503-731-8247 or
Email: Lili.D.Boicourt@odot.state.or.us

Here is the website and link to download the improvement plan.

HWY 217 IMPROVEMENT PLAN
HWY 217 project website

2022 Annual WSE Board Meeting

Sunday January 30th, 2022 at 3:30PM

Thank you all who attended, here is the recording of the meeting.

Board Meeting recording

The time has come for the WSE annual board meeting. This is the time of year when we as the board set the budget for the new year which must be approved by the home owners. Please consider attending. The HOA requires at least 28 present votes to approve the budget. Due to COVID restrictions, the meeting will once again be a virtual / phone in meeting.

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September 26th 2021, Board Meeting Minutes. (Draft)

 Agenda

  • Call to Order – 3:35pm
  • Roll Call
    •  David Lukowski – Chair – Present
    •  Jennifer Kray – Vice Chair – Present
    •  Kimberlee Reitmeier – Secretary – Present
    •  Mackenzie Hart – Treasurer – Present
  • Reading of Minutes from April 14th –  Meeting Minutes Approved 
  • Reports from Officers
    • David
      • Paving of Ventura Dr, Cul-Du-Sac – Request made with city of Tigard – After request was made the condition of the street was updated from Very Poor to Poor
      • Paving of Ventura Pl – Request made with city of Tigard. – Same as above
      • Crosswalk Ventua Dr stairs – Request made with the city of Tigard. – 
      • Looked at city ordinances about the fallen fence at the path. Ordinances cover right’s of property owners and public right of way.  Since, the Ventura Dr path is private (HOA owned) and not a public right of way.  The city would not be involved and it would be on the HOA to work with the owner.
    • Mackenzie
      • We have collected all but 18 household dues.
      • Also collected $179 in donations
      • Currently we have $7029.52
      • Provided Letters from Terry.
  • Jen
    • Had Black berries removed on the property next door which is partly HOA property.  Paid $1600 for the entire area.  HOA should provide funds for part of this service performed.
    • Ask Dario about coming and clearing the area next to Jen’s house.
  • Kimberlee
    • Received old notes from Joan.  
      • Needs to know how far back we should keep records
      • Found a set of unknown keys probably the HOA PO BOX.
  • Old Business
    • From Board Members
    • Jen: Blackberries removed from HOA property and partially from empty lot 
      • HOA needs to reimburse.
    • Yard Maintenance will need to include keeping the path clear and off property of 9835
      • Mackenzie will talk to Dario about adding it to maintenance.
    • Voter approval needed to plant on pathway / permits may be needed
      • Jen looked into city permission for planting, and found no permissions needed to plant a tree..
  • New Business
    • Tree on HOA property between 9880 and 9890 Ventura Ct.
      • Mike Bid on Trimming the tree is $875
      • Jen will get a bid on the tree from Arborscape.
    • Electronic means of paying.
      • Paypal Account
      • Hooking up payment from website.
      •  – Board approved paying for a website that can provided these.
    • Account for Kimberlee on website – David Will provide.
    • Account for Jen on website – David Will Provide.
    • Update of website and electronic payment acceptance.
    • Open Floor to Homeowners for new business.
      • Jen
        • Requesting permission to plant Leland Cypress trees on HOA property
          • 6 to 10 trees with mulch
        • Reimbursement for Cleanup on HOA Property.
        • Will measure and cut check.

Adjourned – 4:33 PM

Board Meeting Sunday Sept 26, 2021 3:30pm

Hello Neighbors,

I hope everyone had a great summer and was able to stay cool and healthy. We are having our first in person board meeting this Sunday September 26th at Cougar Woods Park.

Agenda

  • Call to Order
  • 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 April 14th Meeting 
  • Reports from Officers
    • David
      • Paving of Ventura Dr, Cul-Du-Sac – Request made with city of Tigard
      • Paving of Ventura Pl – Request made with city of Tigard.
      • Crosswalk Ventua Dr stairs – Request made with the city of Tigard.
      • Looked at city ordinances about the fallen fence at the path. Ordinances cover right’s of property owners and public right of way.  Since, the Ventura Dr path is private (HOA owned) and not a public right of way.  The city would not be involved and it would be on the HOA to work with the owner.
    • Mackenzie
  • Jen
  • Kimberlee
  • Old Business
    • From Board Members
    • Jen: Blackberries removed from HOA property and partially from empty lot 
    • Yard Maintenance will need to include keeping the path clear and off property of 9835
    • Voter approval needed to plant on pathway / permits may be needed
    • Open the floor for new business from owners.
  • New Business
    • Tree on HOA property between 9880 and 9890 Ventura Ct.
    • Open Floor to Homeowners for new business.