New 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched in Oregon

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Please note that the State recently launched a new service to help Oregonians in need as noted on their website:

‘The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7 for people experiencing a behavioral health crisis to call, text or chat online at 988lifeline.org. Calls may be responded to in English or Spanish. Text and online chat are currently only available in English.

People can also dial 988 if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support.

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is easy to remember, like 911, and offers a direct connection to trained crisis counselors who will offer compassionate, accessible care and support for anyone experiencing mental health-related distress — including thoughts of suicide or self-harm, a substance use crisis or any other kind of behavioral health crisis. The counselor is part of a call center that is linked to a network of services, so the caller will be connected quickly with the right kind of help, from the right type of helper.

Find a full list of frequently asked questions about 988 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

How Does 988 Work?

988 was established in July 2022 to improve access to crisis services in a way that meets our country’s growing suicide and mental health-related crisis care needs. 988 provides easier access to behavioral health crisis services, which are distinct from the public safety purposes of 911 (where the focus is on dispatching Emergency Medical Services, fire and police as needed).

911 continues to operate as it does across the state. For serious and life-threatening situations, 988 call centers work with local mental health providers to support appropriate interventions.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Oregon’s 988 call centers are collaborating with 911 Public Safety Answering Points to develop a roadmap on how 911 and 988 can coordinate with each other in the future.

988 crisis counselors are trained to use the least invasive interventions. Oftentimes, responding to a call, text or chat is all that is needed to help someone in crisis. In fact, more than 95 percent of current calls are resolved over the phone.

If a 988 call cannot be resolved over the phone, a mobile crisis team or first responder may be dispatched”.

Leaves, leaves and more leaves!

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With the storm and wind this week, it’s time for a few reminders:

If you live on the golf course side, please remember that your back property ends at the end of your patio or deck. It is fine to blow the leaves from this area. Use your debris container to remove the leaves. Do not blow the leaves from the grounds beyond your patio toward the golf course. Garron will blow the leaves from the golf course once a month.

Do not blow leaves from your court yards into the common areas and front yards. The court yards are your responsibility to clean. Please put your leaves from this area in your yard debris container.

Garron blows leaves on the front lawns and streets weekly. Thank you for your assistance. Please contact Steve Chinn with questions.

Steve Chinn, schinno@gmail.com

(503) 682-0234

Wednesday November 9th at 10:00 AM CHOA Monthly Board Meeting Via Zoom and/or in-person at Rec Hall C

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10:00 AM – Welcome and Call to Order

  • Note for guest: Please remember this is a board meeting, guests are not to interrupt unless asked to speak by the chairman.  If you do have a concern, it is best to put your concern in writing prior to the board meeting so that the board will have time to thoughtfully consider your concern. – Thank You

**Minutes from Last Meeting Approval –ALL 

**Treasurer’s Report –Sandie Maki

10:10 Open Forum

  • Questions from Resident Attendees – 2 minutes top per person
  • Questions from “Ask the Board”

10:20 Old Business

  • Follow-up on Goals-Barry
  • Recruiting of new Board members- Randy
  • Budget finalized for 2023- Sandie
  • Action items from last meeting- Randy
  • Committee Updates-
    • Pools/Bathrooms- Packard and Ken
    • Rec Hall C- Packard
    • Landscape- – Karen
    • Welcome- Janet

11:00 New Business 

  • Formalize Bid Processes- Barry
  • Other items you have?  All

*Executive Session (as needed) –* Need to vote to move to executive meeting

** No need to approve by vote monthly minutes or treasurers report

Pool Update

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Pools A and F&G will remain open until the end of September. All other pools will close on September 19th. Thank you

Reminder- New Shake-out Plans for CHOA -Thursday, Sept 15th at 6:15PM

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Practice how to protect yourself in an earthquake and YOU can win 2 LED Survival Lanterns by taking part in Charbonneau’s Shake Out drill!

 Drop, Cover, and Hold On at 6:15pm on 09/15.

CHOA is participating in the drill, you will receive a free raffle ticket when you place your HELP/OK sign and report in at your designated gathering spot. Captains will be distributing information to your home.

How do YOU participate? On Thursday, September 15, set an alarm for 6:15pm and when it goes off:

DROP – TO YOUR HANDS AND KNEES, PREFERABLY UNDER SOMETHING STURDY

COVER – THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD & NECK WITH ONE ARM

HOLD ON – IN CASE THE THING YOU ARE UNDER MOVES

WHAT TO DO NEXT?

  1. Check on everyone in your home, are they OK?
  2. Protect your head, feet & hands from broken glass & fallen debris. Time to put on your hard hat, work gloves and sturdy shoes, before going to your gathering spot!
  3. Make sure you know where your gas meter is and how to turn it off if necessary.
  4. Make sure you know where the main water shut off to your home is located and how to turn it off.
  5. Place your HELP/OK sign where it can be seen.
  6. Put your fire extinguisher at the end of your driveway.
  7. Go to the designated meeting place- your local Swimming Pool

GET YOUR RAFFLE TICKET and Enter to WIN!

CHOA will have 4 prizes of 2 lanterns each to award!

Spend some time getting to know your neighbors!

New Traffic Flow Pattern I5 North

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Within the last 3 days, ODOT changed the traffic flow for cars entering I5 North at route 551 (just South of the Charbonneau exit). If you are driving from Charbonneau and entering I5 North, please be aware that there are cars already in the lane that we used to have to ourselves as we merged onto I5 or went straight to the Wilsonville Road exit. Please be aware we need to yield to those cars already in the lane. Please see below the previous and current entrance to I5 North. Thank you

I-5 Entrance lane Changes from Miley Road 2 (1)Download

CHOA is in need of some new Board members!

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The CHOA Board consists of 9 volunteers who can serve a maximum of 2 three-year terms.  We have 2 Board members who will term off at the beginning of next year.

As you may know, the Board is the Fiduciary who manages the resources of the HOA.  This includes developing and managing the budget, contracting and managing the Property Manager and working to make sure “the trains are running on time” across the HOA.   There are monthly Board meetings that normally run for 2 hours and then there is typically some work to do in between the Board meetings, depending on the Board role.

Each Board member is involved in a committee.  Here is a summary of each role and the general time commitment:

  1. Landscaping– This is probably the most time commitment of all the Board roles.  There is regular work with both homeowners and the Property Manager with Garron Grounds on both maintenance and upgrades to the landscaping throughout CHOA
  2. Architecture– This role is responsible for reviewing changes proposed by homeowners.  Generally, this is all done on-line with an occasional “road trip” to look at a project.
  3. Pools– This role tends to be more involved in the summer months and is pretty quiet in the winter other than if there are some winter maintenance projects.
  4. Welcoming– We turnover about 10% of the homes in CHOA annually- with 228 homes, that means around 25-30 new folks come into the HOA each year.  The Welcoming role is to try to meet one on one with these folks to welcome them to CHOA and go over information that folks might need.
  5. Treasurer– This is an important role.  The role leads the budgeting process and managing of cash flows.  This role works with the other Board members and the Bookkeeper to make sure all accounts are in order and we are meeting our Fiduciary requirements.  In addition to the monthly Board meetings, there are checks that need to be signed weekly.
  6. Rec Hall C– This role is responsible for the management of Rec Hall C.  They coordinate with homeowners on the use of this great CHOA resource.  Most of the activity here is done on-line.
  7. Secretary– this role is responsible for capturing the Board minutes and posting them to the Website.  They make sure the Board actions and summaries are accurate.  In addition to attending the Board meetings there is an hour or so each month required for writing the minutes.
  8. Communications– This role is primarily responsible for Posting information on the website and working with our 3rd party web servicer to make sure information is getting posted and updated in a timely manner.  Normally this takes an hour of so a week to update posts.
  9. President/Vice President– this role is responsible for setting the Board agenda, time, venue and facilitating the Board meeting.  In addition, this role acts as representative on behalf of CHOA with the CCC.  Normally this is a few hours per week. 
  10. In the future, we would like to add a Neighborhood Watch, Emergency Preparedness and Sustainability focus at the Board level.

We need you!  Please let me know if you are interested in joining us.  Is you have any questions and/or need more information, please reach out to Barry at 503-754-0322 or hbgconsulting@gmail.com

New Shake-out Plans for CHOA -Thursday, Sept 15th at 6:15PM

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Practice how to protect yourself in an earthquake and YOU can win 2 LED Survival Lanterns by taking part in Charbonneau’s Shake Out drill!

 Drop, Cover, and Hold On at 6:15pm on 09/15.

CHOA is participating in the drill, you will receive a free raffle ticket when you place your HELP/OK sign and report in at your designated gathering spot. Captains will be distributing information to your home.

How do YOU participate? On Thursday, September 15, set an alarm for 6:15pm and when it goes off:

DROP – TO YOUR HANDS AND KNEES, PREFERABLY UNDER SOMETHING STURDY

COVER – THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD & NECK WITH ONE ARM

HOLD ON – IN CASE THE THING YOU ARE UNDER MOVES

WHAT TO DO NEXT?

  1. Check on everyone in your home, are they OK?
  2. Protect your head, feet & hands from broken glass & fallen debris. Time to put on your hard hat, work gloves and sturdy shoes, before going to your gathering spot!
  3. Make sure you know where your gas meter is and how to turn it off if necessary.
  4. Make sure you know where the main water shut off to your home is located and how to turn it off.
  5. Place your HELP/OK sign where it can be seen.
  6. Put your fire extinguisher at the end of your driveway.
  7. Go to the designated meeting place- your local Swimming Pool

GET YOUR RAFFLE TICKET and Enter to WIN!

CHOA will have 4 prizes of 2 lanterns each to award!

Spend some time getting to know your neighbors!

CHOA is in need of some more Board members!

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The CHOA Board consists of 9 volunteers who can serve a maximum of 2 three-year terms.  We have 2 Board members who will term off at the beginning of next year.

As you may know, the Board is the Fiduciary who manages the resources of the HOA.  This includes developing and managing the budget, contracting and managing the Property Manager and working to make sure “the trains are running on time” across the HOA.   There are monthly Board meetings that normally run for 2 hours and then there is typically some work to do in between the Board meetings, depending on the Board role.

Each Board member is involved in a committee.  Here is a summary of each role and the general time commitment:

  1. Landscaping– This is probably the most time commitment of all the Board roles.  There is regular work with both homeowners and the Property Manager with Garron Grounds on both maintenance and upgrades to the landscaping throughout CHOA
  2. Architecture– This role is responsible for reviewing changes proposed by homeowners.  Generally, this is all done on-line with an occasional “road trip” to look at a project.
  3. Pools– This role tends to be more involved in the summer months and is pretty quiet in the winter other than if there are some winter maintenance projects.
  4. Welcoming– We turnover about 10% of the homes in CHOA annually- with 228 homes, that means around 25-30 new folks come into the HOA each year.  The Welcoming role is to try to meet one on one with these folks to welcome them to CHOA and go over information that folks might need.
  5. Treasurer– This is an important role.  The role leads the budgeting process and managing of cash flows.  This role works with the other Board members and the Bookkeeper to make sure all accounts are in order and we are meeting our Fiduciary requirements.  In addition to the monthly Board meetings, there are checks that need to be signed weekly.
  6. Rec Hall C– This role is responsible for the management of Rec Hall C.  They coordinate with homeowners on the use of this great CHOA resource.  Most of the activity here is done on-line.
  7. Secretary– this role is responsible for capturing the Board minutes and posting them to the Website.  They make sure the Board actions and summaries are accurate.  In addition to attending the Board meetings there is an hour or so each month required for writing the minutes.
  8. Communications– This role is primarily responsible for Posting information on the website and working with our 3rd party web servicer to make sure information is getting posted and updated in a timely manner.  Normally this takes an hour of so a week to update posts.
  9. President/Vice President– this role is responsible for setting the Board agenda, time, venue and facilitating the Board meeting.  In addition, this role acts as representative on behalf of CHOA with the CCC.  Normally this is a few hours per week. 
  10. In the future, we would like to add a Neighborhood Watch, Emergency Preparedness and Sustainability focus at the Board level.

We need you!  Please let me know if you are interested in joining us.  Is you have any questions and/or need more information, please reach out to Barry at 503-754-0322 or hbgconsulting@gmail.com

Proposed Toll on Boones Bridge

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Please see the following note from Gary Newbore- CCC Board President:

“Good afternoon, HOA Presidents,

The Oregon Department of Transportation has had a draft plan for some time now for putting a tolling station on the I-205 Abernathy Bridge in West Linn and another north of downtown Portland on I-5 to raise funds. They just amended that draft plan to include a third tolling station on the Boone Bridge. PERSONALLY I AM OUTRAGED! How many times a week does your family cross the Boone Bridge?  This plan splits the city of Wilsonville and unfairly penalizes residents of Charbonneau. Every time you go get groceries, go to the library, get gas, etc. just add $3-5 to your trip, depending on the actual toll amount they wind up charging. Or I guess you can always drive to Canby and pay the same thing in gas.

I am attaching the letter I sent on behalf of the CCC Board, but I ask all of you to forward this email to your HOA residents and strongly encourage them to send letters or emails to Bob Van Brocklin, Chair of the Oregon Transportation Commission.

If by mail the address is :  355 Capitol St. MS 11

                                    Salem, Oregon, 97301-8871

and if by email it is:  OHP Manager@odot.oregon.gov

The only way we are going be able to stop this thing is a huge outpouring of letters and emails to ODOT expressing our overwhelming objection to this unfair location of this proposed tolling station. One of ODOT’S objectives is to reduce carbon emissions and not increase VMT-vehicle miles traveled.  This does neither, in my opinion.

        A TOLL BOOTH ON THE BOONE BRIDGE WILL REDUCE YOUR PROPERTY VALUE AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, AS WELL AS COST YOU A LOT OF MONEY TO GO TO OUR CITY OF WILSONVILLE.

So please encourage your HOA residents to get involved and send some letters or emails. Lets show them how the residents of Charbonneau feel! 

If you have any questions, please call me.

Gary”

See letter below:

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