We are pleased to announce our upcoming Bethany Area Communities Community Garage Sale 2017!

This is regional event and effort by multiple neighborhoods as a joint effort to have a Garage / Yard Sale.  Arbor Ridge HOA is proud to support it but will not be organizing the event.  You should still promote your own sale, but please make sure to clean up any signage at the end of your sale.

Date: Saturday, September 9th, 2017

Time: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

*Please note: If you would like, you may have your home garage sale continue past 2:00 p.m., and on Sunday, September 10th, 2017.

Here are some tips to have a successful garage sale:

1. Collect the clutter around your home.
2. Have a plan (A successful garage sale does not happen without organization. At least a week before the sale go through your home from top to bottom and clear out clutter. At least 2-3 days before the sale, take an afternoon to price everything and organize it. And then the day before getting the cash on hand to manage your cash drawer (for example: a roll of pennies, roll of nickels, roll of dimes, roll of quarters, 20 dollars in dollars and 20 dollars in fives).
Do not wait until the last minute to pull off a garage sale 🙂
3. Clearly mark your prices.
4. Price things to sell.
5. Mark things down as the time goes and closing time approaches.

We look forward to seeing everyone and thank you for your support as the more homes that participate the more successful the day will be for everyone!

Arbor Ridge HOA
Board of Directors

Arbor Ridge Home Owner Meeting for May 2, 2017

Avamere at Bethany Retirement Center (Craft Room | 3 rd Floor); 16360 NW Avamere Court Portland OR 97229

Homeowner Input

Sheriff Meet and Greet – 6:00 pm

I. Meeting Called to Order

• 6:55 pm

II. Meeting Minutes

• Motion to approve meeting minutes for February 7, 2016. Motion passed.

III. Treasure’s Report

• Cottage Collection Reserve account amount concerns. Fair amount of delinquencies still.

IV. Committee Reports

• Neighborhood Watch –
  • Lt Jones sat in and discussed efforts the local sheriff’s department is doing for the community.
• Social/Newsletter –
  • July 4th neighborhood party – hot dog stand. National Night Out in August.
  • Only two calls came into TMG about the lack of the Easter Egg Hunt.
    • Possibly create committee to head up this event.
    • TMG to send out an email for volunteers.
• Landscape – 
  • Irrigation system concerns. Starting the first repairs of the season. The older trees continue to cause problems with the irrigation. Cost of a single repair is less than a tree replacement. Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri water will be ON – OFF otherwise. Capping sprinklers will save on irrigation.
• Architectural – 
  • Only two ARC requests – both were approved in timely fashion. Consider asking John on holding a special meeting for homeowners where he can talk about landscaping ideas.

V. Management Report

Administration

• Homeowner Correspondence (please see management report on file, for additional information).  Homeowner correspondences were discussed regarding waived yard maintenance reminders, and overdue dues.  It was discussed, that homeowners that wish to have a fine waived are asked to present themselves in front of the board in person to discuss further.
  • A: Letters have been sent to homeowners in question. TMG to reach out to concerned homeowner to come to the meetings and discuss his concerns.
  • B: Trees that were not originally marked for removal are now a problem, as determined by an arborist. Motion to remove the trees and grind the stump as
    estimated by Davey. Motion carried.
  • C, D, E, G: no board action
  • F: Board requested TMG to reach out to homeowner and give them a deadline (e.g. 2 months) to complete the work. Then revisit this via a compliance drive-by and report.
  • G: Motion to prune the tree as outlined by the Davey estimate. Motion carried.

Financial

1. Delinquency Report/Collection Update
   • Liens have increased. Hopeful that delinquency accounts will decrease come summer time with homes selling as they are.

VI. Unfinished Business

1. Monument Design – Update
   • Reviewed several proposals. Board decided to table this – not a priority at this point. Wait for Mike Walker get back and work with Tom on some other lower-cost ideas.
2. Water Overage / Credit – Update
   • We successfully worked with TVWD to give us a credit of $1300 to account for the leak we had last year. Tom has met with John to reduce grass areas that need to be watered and capping the heads. TMG to set up a landscape walk where we can look at areas that could use the same treatment (i.e. remove grass, bark dust it, and cap sprinkler heads).
3. Showplace Landscape Pending Proposals
   • Motion to update the two areas along West Union and one area between driveways. Motion carried.
4. Compliance (Community Standards) – Update
   • Talk more about this on the landscape walk.
5. Volunteers Social Events
   • Discussed earlier. We made an effort to get volunteers.

VII. New Business

1. 2018 Reserve Study
   • Propose getting another vendor to do this work. TMG to get proposals from other vendors.
2. Community Garage Sale
   • Working with other neighborhoods to have a mass community garage sale on the same weekend: September 9-10.
3. Retaining Wall
   • Annual inspection from GeoTech. They recommend we do that every year, which is $800+. Due to other higher priorities and attempting to keep costs down, Board has decided to only have this inspection once every two years.
4. Fence Cleaning
   • Motion to clean the fences along West Union, not to exceed $2000. Motion carried.

VIII. Adjournment

• Call for adjournment was at: 8:41 pm

IX. Executive Session

• The Board to adjourn to Executive Session to review contracts

X. Reconvene To Open Session

• Board reviewed and approved contracts for Showplace.

XI. Adjournment

• Call for adjournment was at: 9:00 pm

An Event put together by neighbors in our own community.

Hello Arbor Ridge Neighbors,

Please see the below attachment for an invite for:

Event:      Love Our City/ Community Block Party
When:      Friday, July 14th, 2017
Time:        6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Where:     George W. Otten Park
17168 NW Emerald Canyon Dr., Beaverton, OR 97006

**Free Games and Inflatables.
Please come and join our community neighbors for this special summer time event.

Another great event this year with our neighbors in Charlais who started the event in the park several years ago.  We love joining the event with our neighbors and we hope you also enjoyed the event as well.  Arbor Ridge HOA Sponsored a Hot Dog stand again this year and we appreciate the Walker Family for running the show.  We also received donations from The Management Group and Showplace Landscaping again this year, and we thank them for their donations to the Event again.

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Please enjoy the June edition of the community newsletter.

ARHOA Newsletter June 2017

Arbor Ridge Home Owner Meeting for February 7, 2017

Avamere at Bethany Retirement Center (Craft Room | 3rd Floor); 16360 NW Avamere Court Portland OR 97229

Homeowner Input

I. Meeting Called to Order

• 6:51 pm

II. Meeting Minutes

• Motion to approve meeting minutes for October 5, 2016. Motion passed.

III. Treasure’s Report

IV. Committee Report

• Neighborhood Watch – Lisa Walker reported:
  • More volunteers.
  • Started evangelizing nextdoor.com for homeowners in the community to join.
• Social/Newsletter Committee – Lisa Walker reported:
  • There was little volunteer support for the Easter Egg hunt, so the decision was to put it on hold. If people are passionate about it, then we need to come together to organize it as a group – so it’s not left onto a single persons hands.
  • Suggestion to shorten the newsletter to more “hot topic” items. Keep doing it quarterly.
  • Annual garage sale has been moved to September.
  • Continue to do hot dog stand for 4th of July celebration.
  • National Night Out:
• Landscape – Tom Wilkinson reported:
  • Continuation of the Davey Tree Project. Tom believes all the marked trees have been removed. Will continue to evaluate the existing trees in the neighborhood to ensure they don’t get out of hand. Since the new trees will most likely not need any pruning, Tom feels like the current plan should be changed into a new plan to accommodate the changes made.
  • Tom mentioned that Showplace is not maintaining the triangle areas that we converted to ground cover.
• Architectural – Board reported:
  • No new updates

V. Management Report

Administration

• Homeowner Correspondence (please see management report on file, for additional information).  Homeowner correspondences were discussed regarding waived yard maintenance reminders, and overdue dues.  It was discussed, that homeowners that wish to have a fine waived are asked to present themselves in front of the board in person to discuss further.

1. Washington Co sent “Notice of Violation” to a couple homeowners to have their trees removed and sidewalk fixed. Homeowner asking for help. Motion on the floor for the Board to finance and remove those two trees. The homeowners would be responsible for repairing the sidewalk. Motion seconded and passed.
2. Homeowner asking fee to be waived. They were not present. Board requests they come to the board meeting before we waive.
3. The daughter of an elderly homeowner is requesting a fine to be waived due to his age and health – he wasn’t aware of it. Motion on the floor to waive the fine. Motion passed.
4. Homeowner at meeting requesting landscaping fine to be waived. The yard has been updated. Motion to waive the fine. Motion passed.

Financial

1. Delinquency Report/Collection Update
   • Not much change. Discussion on what to do with the larger delinquent accounts. Decision was made to keep it in Vials court – until they feel they can’t do much more there.

VI. Unfinished Business

1. Monument Design
   • Suggestion made to scale back the proposed landscape design after seeing their proposal. Motion on the floor that the board collect bids to enhance both monument signs not to exceed $6500. Motion carried. Tom, Caroline, Mike Walker, and Mike Farris would be interested to oversee the proposed designs, as part of an ad-hoc committee.

VII. New Business

1. Water Overage
   • Accountant said we were underfunded on the water. We’ve reviewed history data. There was an increase but not enough to justify the difference. We are investigating the meters to make sure they’re accurate. Discussion on possible ideas to address this expense. Board requests Showplace not to do any landscaping updates without board approval – unless it’s an emergency. Scheduling a walkthrough of the neighborhood to review landscaping concerns in the cottage collection. Board decided not to do bark dust in the cottages.
2. 2017 Work Plan
   • Not discussed.
3. 2017 Reserve Study
   • Discussed future planned expenses.
4. Showplace Landscape Proposals
   • Proposal to cut back beaver dam. Board requesting the location and specifics of the cleanup. Motion to approve the expense contingent on them sending the location and details of the cleanup. Motion passed.
   • Table the “arbor vitae farm”.
5. Landscape Tree Plan 2017
6. Volunteers Social Events
7. Suggestions from Tom Weyenberg – homeowner:
   • He wants to volunteer to be on garbage can patrol, to monitor Thursdays after 1pm. Motion to establish a garbage can patrol committee, where Tom would be the head. Motion passed. Suggestion to just “tag” the cans by placing the notice halfway inside the can, as well as notifying TMG to keep a history and see if there are any repeat offenders.
   • Other neighborhood suggestions discussed.

VIII. Adjournment

• Call for adjournment was at: 8:44pm

Everyone mark their calendars early for our next community garage sale. We will also be sending out announcements when the date comes closer so everyone can prepare and get ready to participate.

We have been asked from our surrounding communities this week, if we would like to join them in having a joint garage sale with them once again. Last year’s event was a successful one. The event will be advertised on Craig’s List, and we are going to be doing marketing clustering and mapping.

Here is the information, to get prepared:
Date: Saturday, September 9th and Sunday, September 10th
Time: 9 am – 4 pm (if you would like, you may start at an earlier time)

**Please feel free to post signs directing them to your street of Garage sales. Please have your signs removed by end of day on Sunday, September 10th. (Thank you!) Also, please reach out to your neighbors to have them participate for this fun event.

Here are some tips to have a successful garage sale:

1. Collect the clutter around your home.
2. Have a plan (A successful garage sale does not happen without organization. At least a week before the sale go through your home from top to bottom and clear out clutter. At least 2-3 days before the sale, take an afternoon to price everything and organize it. And then the day before getting the cash on hand to manage your cash drawer (for example: a roll of pennies, roll of nickels, roll of dimes, roll of quarters, 20 dollars in dollars and 20 dollars in fives).
Do not wait until the last minute to pull off a garage sale 🙂
3. Clearly mark your prices.
4. Price things to sell.
5. Mark things down as the time goes and closing time approaches.

Looking forward to seeing everyone and thank you for your support (….the more homes that participate creates a successful day for everyone)

Thank you,

Arbor Ridge HOA Board of Directors

Seal Coat Notice 04/20-04/21

Dear Arbor Ridge Homeowner:

Starting on Thursday, April 20, 2017 through Friday, April 21, 2017 Pavement Maintenance will be out to patch/coat and repair the pathway on the west side walking nature trail. You will not be able to walk along that section of the trail starting at 7:00 a.m. Thursday, April 20th until mid-day Saturday, April 22.

It is important for you to take note of this date. If you have any questions, please contact the TMG office.

Please enjoy the March edition of the community newsletter.

ARHOA March 2017 Newsletter