According to the Country Club, this last Sunday there were three robberies of Christmas decorations from outside of residents homes in Charbonneau. Outdoor Christmas lights and a wreath.
The cost of these items was not great, however, we ask that you call the Wilsonville Police if you have been robbed or noticed any activity around your home, so that a record of events can be documented. It may be that these were just pranks, but we do not want any escalation because of a perceived lack of concern.
Please report by calling:Emergency Dispatch 503-655-8211, this is the non-emergency number
For the past few years, your volunteer HOA Board has put on a Christmas Party. Unfortunately, this year, because of scheduling conflicts we were unable to put on the Christmas party this year
We hope to see you all in April 2017 for the Annual Meeting, until then…..
From your whole Board, we wish you a joyous and blessed Christmas and New Year
Thank you Eric for volunteering to fill such an important position in our CHOA community
Eric and his wife Shirley have lived in Charbonneau 11 years. Shirley and Eric were married in September of 2005 at the Portland Yacht Club and moved to Charbonneau the next month, in October of 2005. What a great way to start a new life together. Together they have 4 children, each of them have two sons. They have four grandchildren, two boys and two girls. The oldest grandson is a a sophomore at OSU, and the youngest grandchild is in kindergarten.
Before Eric retired he taught at Mt Hood Community College full time for 32 years and another two years part time. While at Mt Hood, Eric also served two years in administration at the Dean level.
Eric enjoys hiking in the back-country and has a love for photography, he says he is an amateur at best. Shirley and Eric love to travel; and have been to over 30 countries on all the continents except Antarctica and hope to see many more. Traveling has given him an appreciation of all the similarities and differences in human cultures, which he finds interesting and enriching. I would bet that he has some beautiful pictures of their travels.
Finally, Eric is a climb leader with the Mazamas, Portland’s mountaineering club, and has summitted the major mountains in the Pacific NW and Northern California. One of the requirements Eric needs to keep current as a climb leader is Mountaineering First Aid and Accident Management, which should help with our Disaster Preparedness. Eric, of course, hopes never to have to use those skills in Charbonneau, but one never knows.
If you see Eric, please thank him in advance for using his knowledge and time to help us make our Disaster Preparedness program successful.
♦If you are planning to leave for more than a few days it is a good idea to shut your water off.
How?
Per Cricket Taylor, City of Wilsonville, Utility Billing Specialist
taylor@ci.wilsonville.or.us (503) 570-1531
A customer can contact the City to have their water service turned off at the street prior to starting the process of properly winterizing their home. If the customer would like the City to turn the water off, they will need to fill out a temporary stop service form. There is a $35.00 fee for this service and the form is located on the City’s website. The monthly utility bills will be reduced to only base fees until the service is restored.
All customers should also take extra care when turning on an irrigation system for the first time after the winter months. An outdoor watering system with 60 pounds of pressure and a leak 1/32 of an inch in diameter, about the thickness of a dime, could result in an extra two units of water consumed in approximately one week.
Normally, I would include the form or at least the website link, but I am on the East Coast and this is not an option.
Please Contact Steve Chinn if you need help schinno@gmail.com
Chief Jeff Smith attended our last meeting to discuss parking on the streets.
There continues to be a problem of vehicles parked on our narrow streets. Chief Jeff Smith agreed that this was a real safety issue, especially in the event of an emergency vehicle ability to travel to a resident in need of help. There is also the issue of visibility when there are walkers where a parked vehicle may prohibit visibility of a car traveling down the street.
There are currently “No Parking” signs on our streets to inform residents that there is no parking. Any sign that you see on a street means the whole street is a no parking zone and not just where there is a sign.
Because there is a lot of construction in Charbonneau the fact that sometimes a construction vehicle will park on the street was discussed. This should be for unloading or loading only, and for as short a time as possible.
If you see any vehicle parked where it should not be:
Neighbor to Neighbor have a conversation
Call Emergency Dispatch 503-655-8211, and inform the police of the illegal parking so that they can ticket or remove the vehicle
Residents need to know where all pools are located in the CHOA neighborhood
Included below is a map of the CHOA neighborhood, with pools highlighted in Blue and the Red golf course highlighted in Green. An existing map was used to create this pool map, so it is not perfect. We will try to get a map included on the website, under maps, before next years summer season.
Residents want to be able to read minutes from board meetings
All minutes from board meetings are posted on the Website under Minutes.
On the minutes page you will see a table of contents for past board minutes. In the upper right hand corner of the document, you will see a box. If you click on the box the document will open. Scroll down to the end of the document and you will find both the minutes from the August meeting and a draft of the September minutes.
We encourage everyone to attend your board meetings. Board meetings are held at Pool house C on Lafayette street, the second Wednesday of each month at 10:00 am. The next meeting will be October 12th.
Stay tuned: A separate post will include results from Chief Jeff Smith visit to the September board meeting and results of a discussion of parking rules.
Hi Jan. I talked to Zach Weigel at the City about our street repairs and a timeline for the final paving. Below is what he told me:
The final paving will take place next Monday, September 18.
The concrete work will take place a week later.
At some point, there will be a final inspection where damaged plants and shrubs will be identified along with any other deficiencies and the contractor will be asked to remedy those problems.
I thought you might be willing to share this by email to our residents since there has been a lot of talk regarding the way things are looking.
As the weather starts to cool we will start closing pools.
Two pools will close the evening of Sunday 9/11 :
B pool and B spa
E pool
Remember your pool key opens all pools in the CHOA area. So if next week ends up getting warm again and you feel in need of pool time, the following pools will remain open a little longer:
