CCR and By-law Enforcement Procedures

This policy was approved by the 2018 Board of Directors.  Reference:  NWHOA Lawcenter “The Official HOA Handbook”, and relevant Tigard City ordinances.

The steps for dealing with violations of the CCR’s and/or By-laws are as follows:

  1.  Homeowners in Washington Square Estates are first urged to deal with violations on a neighbor to neighbor basis to seek resolution.  The goal is to resolve any issues amicably at this level.  We ask that the parties involved address specific points in the CCR’s or by-laws when working for resolution in a timely manner.
  2. If the infraction is not resolvable at the neighbor to neighbor level, the complaining party should then bring the issue, in writing, to the Washington Square Estates Board.  The Board will then contact the neighbor in violation, in writing, asking for resolution of the issue within 30 days.
  3. If the violations is still unresolved, the Board will contact the City of Tigard, citing the specific Tigard ordinance applicable, seeking the City’s action for achieving resolution.

Submitted by Terry Crawford, Vice-chair of the Board and legal committee chair.

Speeding follow up with COT

I did a follow up with the City of Tigard re the continuing speeding problem in the neighborhood.  I greatly appreciate the support of Christie at the COT for her sharing of information and support.  The latest is this:

  1.  there is no specification for speed humps with the COT.  They contract out the installation and the contractor builds to their spec.  The COT then inspects the final work for approval.
  2. The COT is working on a better solution to “calm” traffic than humps.  They don’t work, as the continuing issue in our neighborhood attests.
  3. In survey after survey, people don’t like them (they don’t like speed limits, not using cell phones while driving, etc.) and are greater in number than those who do.  Thus, COT isn’t installing them anymore (our personal inconvenience overrides the safety issue).
  4. Emergency vehicle people (ambulances, fire trucks) don’t like them even with the spacing for their vehicle wheelbase in them.  The spaces force them out into the center of the road and when other vehicles don’t pull over or vehicles parked in the street impinge, they can’t get through at the speeds they need to.
  5. Drivers speed with speed humps in place.  They speed up to the hump, slow down to go over it, and then immediately speed up again (studies show they go faster after the hump than before!).
  6. COT will  schedule us in for the cart display that shows speeds.  This is put in place on a priority basis to COT will look at our speed study and schedule us in as is appropriate.  This cart just shows speed; it doesn’t show a count like the original study did.

The take away from all this is that we still have a speeding problem in Washington Square Estates despite the speed humps, that problem will only be resolved by each of us as neighbors.  We need to ask and answer this question of ourselves:  do I care more about me and my need to speed or is the welfare of the neighborhood (people and property) my priority?  What’s your answer and action?

Respectfully,

Terry Crawford

Vice-chair, WSEHOA Inc. and neighbor

 

A Rainy Dark Night in January

Could you imagine an Annual Meeting in the afternoon, on a weekend day in January?

Share your thoughts on day vs night, weekday vs weekend, and other ideas.

In order to conduct the mandatory business of the HOA, we are required to meet together in Jan, within 30 days of the end of the year to vote for an annual budget, elect board members for the following year, and make suggestions for projects, and comment on issues and concerns.