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Directors' Meeting Minutes - October, 2020

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DATE: Thursday, October 22, 2020  PLACE:  Online via Zoom BOARD MEMBERS: Kathy Anderson, President                                       Marilyn Herst, Vice President               Peggy Noethlich, Secretary               Norm Culbert, Treasurer (joined late)               Lee Worthy. Member-at-Large MINUTES:  Alice Dickey Residents were notified of the Board meeting and invited to join on Zoom. Marilyn Hearst stated she had to leave at 11:00, gives her proxy to Peggy Noethlich if any votes after that time. CALL TO ORDER: President Anderson called the meeting to order at 8:40. QUORUM: Alice Dickey confirmed there were 4 Board members present.   PRIOR MEETING MINUTES: Peggy Noethlich made a motion to approve September Minutes with the following correction: Landscape Committee Report, last sentence – change “walk” to “work”.  Marilyn Herst seconded, all in favor, motion passed. CORRESPONDENCE:  Alice Dickey said all correspondence that has come in has been forwarded to committee
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Creekside Village Newsletter - October, 2020

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  Subscribe Now to receive news from our new website www.creeksidenow.org , where you can also obtain copies of our governing documents , meeting minutes, and request forms .  We encourage you to subscribe…it is free!  There is a lovely article about our new neighbors Beth and David and their travels.  Meet the Friends of the Berm!  Present and older newsletters, FAQs, and much more are there.  Look at the picture album!  Finally, the weather information includes not only that but also wind alerts and live regional weather radar!  Special thanks to Dave Wenning for all his work on this site! The Mission of the Creekside Village Homeowners Association is to protect the property value of the community as a whole and give continuity to the community by:  1.      Preserving common assets and infrastructure through sound fiscal management, prioritizing timely maintenance, repair, and replacement of assets, and ensuring that residents’ activities support and do not compromise this missi
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Creekside Village Autumn 2020

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    "Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go." -Unknown    "How beautiful the leaves grow old.  How full of light and color are their last days." -John Burroughs     "I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house" -Nathaniel Hawthorn, The American Notebooks     "Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers, we more than gain in fruits." -Samuel Butler     "Every leaf speaks bliss to me / Fluttering from the autumn tree." -Emily Brontë, "Fall, Leaves, Fall"     "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby    "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." -L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Country Living The Oprah Magazine
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Welcome Beth and David

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 Meet Our New Neighbors on Creekside Lane When Beth and David moved to Creekside in June, their arrival was announced quietly … no moving van or U-Haul accompanied them.  They had no furniture, not even in storage. It’s not that they don’t like furniture.  They had disposed of it all in mid-2019, along with their home, so they could take off and see the world. Travel is their true passion. Every chance they got they would travel.  They had previously visited most of Europe on vacation, sometimes staying for as long as 2 and even 3 months.  They enjoyed immersing themselves in the culture and daily lives of those in various European countries.  France had been a favorite, dispelling the snobbish French attitude held by many.  Each country had its special quirks and joys that delighted them and as David says, “I think it’s hard to be a good citizen unless you travel.  It used to be so easy to think our country was the ‘correct’ way to live and act.  Visiting other people and their cultur
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Friends of the Berm

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 On Tuesday, October 6th, members of the Landscape Committee, joined by some of their friends, went to work on those naked berms along Creekside Lane.  Recall that English Ivy had taken over and was starting to encroach into adjacent yards, trees and shrubbery.  While beautiful growing on stately manor halls in rural Britain, it tends to be an invasive pest in the Pacific Northwest.   The ivy was removed a couple of years ago.  The banks were treated and barked to prevent regrowth of the persistent plant.  After lying fallow for a while, the berms were now ready for replanting.  With blue sky and sunshine, it was a perfect day for gardening.  And just in time to catch the autumn rains. The new plantings include Golden Thread Cypress, Azaleas, Winter Heath, David Viburnum, and native Sword Ferns.  This selection was chosen for low maintenance, drought tolerance and cost-effectiveness.  These have also been growing successfully around the Creekside campus.  A second phase of plantings i
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Directors' Meeting Minutes - September, 2020

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DATE:   Thursday, September 17, 2020  PLACE:    Online via Zoom BOARD MEMBERS: Kathy Anderson, President           Marilyn Herst, Vice President          Peggy Noethlich, Secretary          Norm Culbert, Treasurer MINUTES:  Alice Dickey Residents were notified of the Board meeting and invited to join on Zoom. CALL TO ORDER: President Anderson called the meeting to order at 8:35. QUORUM: Alice Dickey confirmed there were 4 Board members present.   PRIOR MEETING MINUTES: Norm Culbert made a motion to approve August Minutes, Peggy Noethlich seconded, all in favor, motion passed. TREASURER’S REPORT:  Norm Culbert said the Reserve balance now exceeds $700,000, about $100,000 is working capital for the Reserves.  Running close to budget. ANNOUNCEMENTS & GENERAL REPORTS: 1. For the record: On September 1 the BOD appointed owner Marilyn Herst to the Board, filling the position vacated by Craig [_]*.  Herst will assume [_] duties as Vice President.  She will serve until the A
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Creekside Village Newsletter - September, 2020

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  Visit Creekside’s Website at  www.creeksidenow.org to obtain copies of Board meeting minutes, governing documents, forms and more. Subscribe to the latest news and weather. Message from Creekside’s President:  How I Spent My Summer Vacation—Learning! COVID-19 has presented some special challenges. We have had to learn new ways to conduct business. It’s been difficult to welcome new neighbors and socialize with friends, hold meetings, and work effectively with service providers. Kudos to committee members and owners who have stepped up to help.   Meanwhile, the Board of Directors continues the 2021 budget development process and to collect reports and requests for maintenance and repair. Creekside is a 30-year old development that is showing its age. Major assets that have reached the end of their useful life and soon will require maintenance and replacement include gutter and downspouts, roadway surfaces, and the sprinkler and irrigation system. It also has become clear that Creeksi
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