Washington Square Estates

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.

Sunday January 30th, 2022 at 3:30PM

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

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.

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

Topic: Washington Square Estates Annual Board Meeting
Time: Jan 30, 2022 03:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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 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

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.

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!