Officer Opening: Starting in January 2022

After four years of service to our board, Greg Slobodzian is ready to retire from the office of treasurer. We are super thankful that he has organized our finances and is available to transition this post to the next willing neighbor!

Per our HOA by-laws, we must elect a new treasurer at the October 2021 meeting and the new treasurer will take office in January 2022.

Treasurer is an important role, but not overwhelming or super time consuming. Plus, Greg will help the new officer get started and answer questions along the way.

Skill set needed:

  • Basic math skills, enough to balance a checking account
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Word
  • Familiar with basic emailing and cloud tools (we use Google Drive to store documents)

Duties:

  • Manage the HOA checking account: Make deposits, pay bills and balance account each month
  • Mail dues notices to all owners of record
  • Keep records of dues payments
  • Update records of property owners contact information
  • Mail late notices to homeowners who forgot to pay, once or twice a year
  • File State and Federal tax returns (easier than it sounds since we do not pay any tax) 
  • Fill out Title company HOA information request forms when someone buys or sells a home in the neighborhood
  • Submit quarterly treasurer reports to the membership
  • Submit annual treasurer report to the membership
  • Submit budget proposal for the upcoming year
  • Attend board meetings (quarterly) and membership meetings (quarterly)

Officers do not pay HOA dues, and get to work together to help keep our neighborhood a wonderful place. If you are interested in learning more about this office, email us at officers@strawberryhillhoa.org!

July 2021 Membership Meeting Agenda

We welcome all members to attend our Monday, July 26 membership meeting in the Strawberry Hill HOA Park at 6 PM. We will be serving hot dogs and hamburgers (with condiments and cheese) provided by the HOA. Bottled water will be available. You may bring a side dish to share, bring your own sides, or even refrain from eating altogether. All comfort levels welcome!

Please RSVP by Sunday, July 25 by completing this form so we can plan the food and not waste resources.

Agenda:

Summer Meeting Update

Hi neighbors! We are excited to see many of you at our annual outdoor evening gathering. We have moved the date to Monday, July 26th to accommodate some officers’ vacation schedules.

Join us at 6 pm at the park for hotdogs and buns and bottled water provided by the HOA. We will also hold our quarterly membership meeting, so bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on. Send agenda items to officers@strawberryhillhoa.org by July 19th.

You are welcome to bring a side dish to share OR bring your own meal OR refrain from eating entirely. Do whatever makes you comfortable!

Spring 2021 Meeting Minutes

View the April 19, 2021 meeting minutes here.

You can also view past meeting minutes on our website by choosing Resources, then the Meeting Minutes folder.

The minutes document includes links to:

Meeting summary:

  • Watch for Jackie Fidecaro to be asking for your signature to support the proposal to have KPUD install a water filtration system to remove the iron and manganese from our water at our homes
  • Watch for an upgrade to the playground at the park as the HOA has approved this project, paid for by your annual dues

Spring 2021 Meeting Agenda and Resources

Our spring 2021 membership meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 19th at 7 PM via Zoom.

Agenda:

Join the meeting following the link provided below.

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 814 3756 9954
Passcode: Our president’s last name, starting with a capital letter

Community Well Update

For those who are new to the neighborhood, I moved here over 4 years ago and noticed that the water had some issues.  We had a private company to come to our house, test our water, and found that it was high in iron and manganese. The company offered a filter system that was very expensive and found that other neighbors had issues also. This started the journey with KPUD to see if a filter can be installed on the well.

I went around and asked the neighbors to sign a petition to get KPUD to test the well and see what it would cost to put a filter on the well.  I got an overwhelming response from you all and KPUD did the pilot test (KPUD paid for the test). Their test also showed iron at 0.28 ppm and manganese at 0.098 ppm

Traditionally (and currently) Manganese is a secondary contaminant, an aesthetic nuisance, not a health concern.  There is however ongoing research showing that manganese can be a health concern at higher levels.  In 2003, the EPA set a Recommended Health Advisory level of 0.3 ppm, but as of now there is no primary MCL for manganese. 

At 0.098 ppm the manganese level is high enough that it would be beneficial to remove it, but it does not require removal, so the cost of filtration would need to be borne by the homeowners.

The estimated cost of installing a filter and modifying the existing building to add the tank is $250,000.  The cost to each homeowner would be an estimated $10.00 a month or an additional $20.00 per billing cycle. This would be over a 20-year period and would show as a surcharge on your bill. Please note, the estimated cost is conservative, and we all hope that the project can be less expensive.

Maintenance to the filter once installed would be taken on by KPUD not the HOA.

After the meeting, I will once again walk around to you all to sign another petition for the filter and modification to the existing building to be completed. KPUD requires a 51% majority.

At the next HOA meeting, on April 19, several KPUD representatives will also join in to the meeting to answer any questions you might have.  It would be helpful if you would ask your questions ahead of time so we can gather them together in advance. Email questions to officers@strawberryhillhoa.org.

Thank you,

Jackie Fidecaro

Spring 2021 Membership Meeting Reminder

Our spring 2021 membership meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 19th at 7 PM. If you have an agenda item to add to the meeting, please send to officers@strawberryhillhoa.org by Sunday, April 11th. We will post the agenda for the meeting one week prior.

Current agenda items:

  • Website updates: ACC Form, Neighborly section, park reservations and calendar, meeting documents, and more
  • Green Earth community clean up projects

Join the meeting following the link provided below.

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 814 3756 9954
Passcode: Our president’s last name, starting with a capital letter

Landscaping and Cleanup

Green Earth Landscaping will be in our neighborhood working starting February 23. Green Earth is a licensed and bonded landscaping company.

The team will be performing landscaping maintenance at the entrance to the neighborhood including cleaning up the ground, shrubs and laying new bark. They will also haul out all debris.

They will also be working at the entrance to the park. There they will be pruning the 11 trees, one shrub, ground cleanup (moss and weed removal), weed treatment, and bark. They will haul out all debris.

Thank you for your patience while Josh and his crew work hard to beautify our neighborhood and prep our trees for spring! Green Earth will be maintaining our ground for us this year. You will see them a couple times a year cleaning up the entrance and/or doing weed control at the park entrance.

The board is excited to see our HOA dues at work! Questions about the neighborhood cleanup and maintenance project can be directed to officers@strawberryhillhoa.org.