The Surf Pines Association (SPA) is seeking a Community Manager About Surf Pines: Surf Pines is a gated community, located on the northern Oregon Coast between Warrenton and Gearhart, near Astoria and Seaside. Surf Pines is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west and Sunset Lake on the east. Two gated entrances provide access to Surf Pines, one at Surf Pines Lane on Highway 101 north of Gearhart and one near Sunset Lane on Highway 101 south of Astoria and Warrenton. The rural setting of Surf Pines abounds in natural beauty for its residents and local wildlife, such as elk, deer, pheasants, sea gulls, and eagles. Surf Pines has 359+ homes and many…

From: Gail Henrikson <ghenrikson@co.clatsop.or.us>Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 6:13 PMTo: Gail Henrikson <ghenrikson@co.clatsop.or.us> Subject: August 9, 2022 Planning Commission Agenda Good evening, everyone. The agenda package for the August 9, 2022, Planning Commission meeting has been published and is available on the County’s website.  For those who have requested paper copies, Clancie will be preparing those tomorrow and they should be available in the afternoon for you to pick up (or to be mailed). While this may appear to be a very large and overwhelming agenda, much of the material has already been reviewed several times by either the citizen advisory committees or the Planning Commission.  Staff will be requesting one motion on the entire package of…

As all of you should be aware our annual meeting is this Saturday 6 August, 2022 at 9am at the Astoria Golf and Country Club AGCC. Cecilia Mushinskie who heads up Community Relations Committee CRC is looking for some help checking people into the meeting at the AGCC. Volunteers will check the members in and also check in Zoom members, then match up Proxy’s to provide ballots and lastly help with the count. Please call or text Cecilia @ (909) 214-2899. Annual Meeting Changes Surf Pines Association is conducting this year’s meeting in person and by ZOOM for those who do not wish to attend in person. Two important items of note.…

The attached agenda for the Clatsop County Planning Commission will impact property rights on the Clatsop Plains. They evaluated the information that the The Clatsop Plains Citizen Advisory Committee (CPCAC) have submitted for their review and recommendations. The Clatsop Plains Citizen Advisory Committee (CPCAC) met from August -December 2021 to review existing policies in the Clatsop Plains Community Plan and to identify new issues and policies to be included in that community plan.  I have not heard of any public hearings and if you read the first 80 pages there are several items that may be of concern or better understanding.  From my contact. I do not know how to separate the package to review…

We have found that the subject of Short Term Rentals (STR) has been of great concern for many of our members. So we reached out to Clatsop County for clarification and received the following from Gail Hendrickson Director of Community Development. She indicated that the Planning Commission is recommending that STRs should only be in commercial building zones and that no STR will be permitted in Residential Building Zone. At the March 8 meeting the Planning Commission voted to limit all STRs to commercial Building Zones. This is being forwarded to the County Commissioners on April 13, 2022. This will have a major impact on all residential communities including Surf Pines so…

We have not been able to get a copy of the minutes yet, but a member who attended the March 8 Clatsop County Planning Commission called me and relayed that the Planning Commission is recommending the County Commissioners restrict any Short Term Rentals in residential zoned communities along the coast. Attached is a copy of their agenda and will advise if we hear more. Attached is the agenda and as soon as the draft minutes are posted we will share with our members. New: Director of Community Development clarifies Planning Commission Recommendations for STRs. Link to Clatsop County Planning Commission Agenda Packet for 8 March meeting.

This was presented at the Zoom Annual Meeting. Good morning, most may not realize it, but the last two years have been an exciting reinvention of Surf Pines Association. Over the last 10+ years much of our internal infrastructure has badly degraded. For example, we had eight or nine separate data bases tracking our membership with little to no correlation. Our web site had no management since Jeff Hall stepped down in the late 2000’s. The Breeze had diminished to just a few pages managed by the President. Communications was derided by many members as almost non-existent. Our e-mail list had dropped to less than 200 members, which included several members of…

July 29, 2021 Dear Fellow Homeowners, We’ve had explanatory online meetings about the 2021/2022 budget and Amending the Articles of Incorporations.  Both were recorded and both the recordings and the actual documents are located at Annual Meeting Event Agenda Packet Link (you have to be registered as a SPA member to view). I urge everyone to vote.  Either mail your ballot via USPS to Surf Pines in the provided envelope or place the envelope in the secure mailbox in front of Ken’s house.  Please remember to either put your lot number or name on the back of the envelope.  Originally, I said we would have an outside person, as we did last year, supervise the counting…

We will be having an executive meeting to discuss employee reviews from 3:30 till 4 PM so if you join early you will be placed into a waiting room till we are ready for our normal meeting. Austin Kauffman is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: SPA BoD Meeting Time: Jul 9, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84476069959?pwd=aUVRaVpGQkJ4UmROcitZbzIwaGo5dz09 Meeting ID: 844 7606 9959 Passcode: 645038 One tap mobile +16699006833,,84476069959#,,,,*645038# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,84476069959#,,,,*645038# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location         +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)         +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)        …