Annual Meeting Update & Action Items

At the annual HOA meeting on March 22, Jesse Falcon and Brian Conlan were elected, and directors reported on ongoing and planned infrastructure work — including the maintenance of 72 streetlights, annual sewer-line relining progress, road maintenance needs, and long-term replacement estimates.

Josh Hritz shared the security survey results, which showed strong interest in improved technology, including camera installation. There was mixed satisfaction with guards, and a proposed shift toward a tech-integrated model for cost, reliability, and accountability.

Charlie Laboda and AJ Kreshock highlighted major budget pressures, particularly security versus infrastructure. They outlined the accelerating wall deterioration issue, with an estimated $1.2M replacement cost and increased reserve dues of $1,500 annually. Residents approved the operating budget.

Joe Flick shared that his team at Roanoke is working on the hardcopy homeowner directory. He also reminded residents to park in driveways, as parking on streets after 24 hours is not allowed.

Action items

• Streetlights: Residents should report outages directly to Seattle City Light using the yellow sticker number on the light pole.
• Sewers: Board to select the #7 priority sewer reline segment and complete relining in Summer 2026, with notice to affected homeowners.
• Communications: HOA to find a new website vendor and schedule the summer Party in the Park.
• Events: Volunteers needed to source food trucks.
• Security: Board to pursue next steps toward a tech-integrated security model and conduct a formal audit of the current security contract.
• Wall project: Board to continue wall replacement planning and present bid/options to the community.
• Property manager reminders (resident actions): Residents should clear debris from clogged catch basins, submit complaints and issues in writing to a board member, park off-street, and report solicitors to Security — then call the property manager if there’s no response.

Support a Local Spring Musical!

Many of our neighborhood kids are singing, dancing and acting in their school plays. Come support our students and their local schools!

• Disney’s Frozen: April 30 – May 3 at St. Bridget Parish (Assumption St. Bridget). Tickets
• The Music Man: May 1–2 at the Moore Theatre (Bishop Blanchet High School). Tickets
• Anything Goes: May 21–31 at Roosevelt High School Theatre (Roosevelt High School). Tickets

Food Truck Volunteer Needed!

Do you have a little extra time? We desperately need a volunteer (or two) to carry on the Sand Point triangle park food truck tradition. Unlike the manual way of the past, there is now a more simple and efficient way to set up food trucks. All you do is schedule a weekly rotation on SeattleFoodTrucks.com and they pretty much do the rest! Using a proprietary platform, you can select from an assortment of trucks and put together a customized site.

If you have time and can research this option for the HOA, the board and neighborhood would be grateful. Please send us an email if you’re interested: spcchoa@gmail.com

Spring Gardening Tips from Ciscoe Morris

Did you know Ciscoe lives in View Ridge and his favorite place to eat is Fiddler’s Inn? He loves their pizza! 🙂 Here are a few of his tips.

1. Prune your roses and hydrangeas. Cut just below the bloomed area, not too far down or they won’t grow back.
2. Prune your shrubs that have already bloomed! If you want them to look nice for 2027, prune after the flowers fade, before new growth starts.
3. Aerate your lawn. Homeowners make the mistake of putting down grass seed on the surface of their lawn and it doesn’t take because of the “thatch on the ground,” a layer of dead roots. Rent an aerator — but remember, aerator machines are real monsters!
4. Outsmart pesky rabbits. Raised beds (2.5 to 3 feet high) will likely eliminate the rabbit problem. Ciscoe said he had heard good things about an animal repellent called “Plantskydd,” but he had not tried it himself. “It’s dried pig blood, but people swear by this stuff,” he said.
5. Planting a vegetable garden? He recommends cutting the tops off the cover plants but tilling in the roots, as those release nitrogen and other nutrients that will reduce the need for fertilizer. “You don’t want your cover crop to go to seed. Or you’ll have that coming up all over your garden.”
6. How to eliminate dandelions? Try white vinegar. Ciscoe recommends using a sprayer, but also attaching a funnel on the end to direct the spray — because straight white vinegar will kill dandelions, but also any grass around it that gets sprayed. He also advised a thorough soaking, not just a light spray. As he put it, “You have to squirt the tweedle out of it.”

Upcoming Events

Next HOA Meeting Last Wednesday of the month — April 29th at 6:30 pm in the Sand Point Country Club Board Room.

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