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The Strawberry Safety Committee is excited to share that we have acquired Blue Reflective address signs for our neighborhood.
These signs help promote visibility for hard-to-find addresses and locations where house numbers may be difficult to see and can help ambulance crews, firefighters, and law enforcement find your address location.
The signs were paid for through grant funding associated with our Firewise program.
A special thanks to the Strawberry Safety Committee, SKFR, the Department of Emergency Management, and Kitsap County for making this happen for us!
Why are these address signs helpful?
A delayed response in an emergency is often due to a lack of address visibility. Ambulance crews, firefighters, and law enforcement depend on highly visible address signs when responding to a call for help. Having a clear, easy-to-read sign can make all the difference in an emergency. Every minute counts.
Blue address signs have been distributed throughout Kitsap County for many years. Recently, the Department of Community Development and Public Works partnered to create a more efficient process and improve sign quality for our community. New signs have enhanced reflective materials equivalent to highway sign standards.
Is posting my address sign required by the HOA?
Posting a sign is not required – it is an individual decision, but we wanted to help make this resource available to support the safety of our neighborhood.
Where do I post my address sign?
The sign should be placed upon a post or other structure that displays the numbers at least 4 feet above the ground to be legible from the roadway. The sign must not be placed on posts containing street names. Attachment of address signs to County Right-of-Way street signposts may result in the removal and disposal of unauthorized signs.
What if I am not able to post my sign?
Let us know if you need any assistance getting your sign posted. The Safety committee can help.
We’ve got updates happening at the park to share with our homeowners.
First, at our membership meeting, homeowners discussed how there has been motorized vehicle activity reported in the park. The officers recommended adding a reminder to the rules sign in the park. The membership approved a motion to add another sign to the park path to remind visitors that motorized vehicles are only allowed in designated parking areas.
Article VI, Section 21 states, “No motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, motorbikes or trailbikes, shall be permitted on any trail, pathway or improved portion of any open space area within the Properties, except for a designated parking area.” Read a quick overview of our CC&Rs here. There is also a sign on the park gate noting the speed limit of 5 mph, which has been there for many years.
Homeowners sometimes ask the Board about the process for changing the CC&Rs. Amending the core Declaration of CC&Rs requires a signed instrument from not less than 75% of the Lot Owners (which is 70 homes). Once the 75% signature threshold is secured, the final executed instrument must be officially recorded in the Kitsap County Auditor’s Office to become effective and legally binding.
The Board also voted to include “Fireworks are prohibited” on the new park rules sign. Like most of the rules on the sign, this is not a CC&R. However, the Board is empowered in our Bylaws to adopt rules for how we use the common spaces, provided they are not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation, the Declaration, or the Bylaws.
Speaking of designated parking areas, we replaced the old parking sign and added one new sign near the tennis courts for loading/unloading or disabled visitors who are unable to walk from the main parking area. Vehicles going to the loading zone should also follow the posted speed limit. Thanks to Jim Cole for installing the new signs!
Second, the soccer goals are now available and getting used regularly. Thanks to Duel Brown and Mary Mingels for setting these up!
Please note the park Handy-Kan (porta-potty) is due to be collected any day now, and will be scheduled to reappear around April 1st.
IMPORTANT UPDATE! Please read!
Due to some unforeseen scheduling conflicts with Kitsap CERT and DEM that are beyond our control, we have made the difficult decision to postpone this great event. WE WILL still hold this event, but it will be either later this fall or likely sometime in the spring (we want to avoid rainy fall/winter days!). So stay tuned for updates. We will also continue to share some safety information through here and the strawberry hill website safety page and are always happy to answer any questions you might have or give recommendations.
We are so excited for our First Emergency Preparedness day! We live in a beautiful and safe neighborhood, but emergencies can happen anywhere. Would you know what to do if there was an earthquake, a major fire, a blizzard, or other emergencies? Would you have what you need to get though it? Would your neighbors? Partnering with the Kitsap County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), the Strawberry Safety Committee is motivated to help us come together as a neighborhood and be prepared not only to help ourselves, but to support all our neighbors.
Date and time: August 29, 11:30-4:00
Timeline of Events:
11:00 – Volunteers meet at the park Gazebo for instructions.
11:30 to 1:30 – Volunteers will be going door to door to begin the process of checking in on the well-being of all the homes and families in the neighborhood.
2:00 to 4:00 – Information fair and activities at the park, including hot dogs and Stone Soup.
Volunteers Needed!
We need six to ten volunteers (adult or older teens) to help with this exercise. This will include walking around the neighborhood and knocking on doors. Instructions will be given on the day of the exercise.
Interested? Contact WaltNorthStuff@gmail.com to volunteer
One Afternoon Could Make All the Difference
Not available on the 29th but still want to know how you can help? Please reach out!
strawberryhillsafety@gmail.com
Our neighborhood annual garage sale is always the last weekend in July. It has arrived!
This year, the Board determined we would order a reusable sign to advertise. (This has been a request for a long time.)
Feel free to advertise to local community groups if you are participating. There is not a volunteer who is posting for our event currently.
The sign does not have days or hours. Individual homes can set their own days and times, although generally garage sales run around 9 AM – 4 PM, both weekends days.
If you choose to participate, good luck!
Thank you to everyone who attended our annual membership meeting in the park! We had 16 homes present, representing just 17% of our community. We’d love to have more neighbors attend next year, but we’re thankful we had a quorum (and a good time). If you received a community award and you were not at the meeting, it will be dropped off at your home!
Read the minutes from the meeting to catch up on the news.
We’ve had some questions about the CC&Rs, so we created a simple document that outlines all the rules we all agreed to live by when we bought or rented our homes in Strawberry Hill. It’s posted in our CC&Rs folder on this website, and we’re also linking it below. We hope it’s helpful!
As always, questions can be directed to the officers by emailing us or completing the contact form on our website.
See you next year, neighbors!
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at our annual membership meeting, which was scheduled a whole year ago. It’s finally here!
📅 Monday, July 20th
⏰ Dinner at 5:30 pm (optional), Membership meeting begins at 6:00 pm
Tacos are back by popular demand! The HOA provides bottled water, plastic and paper products, and tacos from Taqueria El Rey. We ask community members to bring a side dish or dessert to share. Then come enjoy food and fellowship together before the meeting begins.
Bring your own chair to attend the meeting. Please remember the grassy area next to the basketball court is for loading and disabled parking only.
Agenda items for the meeting should be submitted to the officers in advance via our website or email. Our current agenda is below.
Meeting Agenda
Calling all kids of Strawberry Hill 📢
PLEASE JOIN US ON THE EVENING OF JULY 3RD FROM 4-6PM TO DECORATE YOUR BIKE, SCOOTER, WAGON, STROLLER OR ANY WHEELED TRANSPORTATION YOU CHOOSE.
Enjoy a small snack while you deck your wheels out in RED, WHITE and BLUE! 🇺🇸
(Decoration supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring any you’d like to use)
WE WILL SHOW THEM OFF ON JULY 4TH AT 10AM AT OUR FOURTH ANNUAL STRAWBERRY HILL BIKE PARADE!! 🚲🎇
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO COME AND WAVE. 👋🏼
The parade will start at 7938 Cabrini and make a loop.
PLEASE JOIN US IN CHEERING THE KIDDOS ON WHILE WE CELEBRATE AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY! 🎉
Thank you to the Gaska family for organizing this annual event!
While it took longer than planned, the pressure washing to the sport courts at the park is now complete. Check out this before and after photo to see the difference!
Keeping the courts safe for players is part of the maintenance costs that your HOA dues pay for each year. The board received two bids for this project and selected the most economical bid. We usually maintain the courts with cleaning every other year.
Strawberry Hill’s tennis and basketball courts are getting their every-other-year cleaning on Friday, June 5.
Courts will be closed to visitors (and the park will be a bit noisy) starting at 9 AM.
Thank you!
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