Dear Fellow Surf Pines Homeowners,  On March 20, 2020, Surf Pines Association’s (SPA) Board of Directors approved referral of Covenants, Conditions and Restriction (CCR’s) and Bylaws consistent with the Oregon Planned Community Act to members for consideration.  Previously, SPA lacked CCR’s which are required by Oregon law.  The Inspectors of Elections (tievote.com) is confidentially managing this process.  This week they will begin mailing ballots and information to members.  Voting can be done either on-line or via US mail.  For this to pass, seventy-five percent of eligible homeowners must vote in favor it.  It has taken a long time and a tremendous amount of work to get to this point.  It is important to understand that the proposed…

Letter to the Surf Pines Membership from President John Yerke Also, please contact Debbie or Ken and update your contact information. We are moving towards digital distribution of SPA businesss just as the Astoria Country Club has. So please get them your latest information so you willl be in the loop.

Clatsop County will temporarily close vehicle access to north-county beaches over the April 11-12 weekend. Gates at the county-owned beach entrances at Sunset Beach and Del Rey Beach will be closed Friday evening, April 10 and reopened Monday morning, April 13.

MEDIA CONTACT:Don Bohn, County Manager, (503) 325-1000Kathleen Sullivan, Chair, Board of Commissioners, (503) 440-4643 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 COUNTY EXTENDS SHORT-TERM LODGING RESTRICTIONS THROUGH APRIL 30 Clatsop County is extending an emergency order that closed short-term lodging businesses and campgrounds to most outside visitors to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The order, approved by the Board of Commissioners at a special meeting March 22, ordered the closure of hotels, short-term rentals and homestay lodges, and campgrounds for a 14-day period beginning March 23. County Manager Don Bohn, with the concurrence of the county commissioners, moved Tuesday to extend the order through April 30. The new date coincides…

There has been some confusion about John Yerke's e-mail yesterday. The regular Visitor Gate Codes for March and April are still in effect. They remain active from 7 am till 7 pm every day. They will not be shut down.

March 23, 2020 Fellow Surf Pines Association Homeowners, The following statement was released by Clatsop County that is effective today. Surf Pines Association falls under the jurisdiction of Clatsop County and we need to comply. For those in our community who may be at higher risk to the COVID-19 coronavirus, I understand there are posts on our Facebook page of individuals offering to pick up groceries and necessities at stores offering drive thru. Please utilize those offeres. Additionally, Clatsop County Public Health Department announced today, March 23, that it has been informed of the first presumptive case of COVID-19 coronavirus in the county. These are times like we have never experienced. Let’s…

Link to Board of Directors Meeting Agenda We now have conference ability for Members to listen in on our meetings.So join us remotely at our next meeting. Here are instructions to listen in: Subject: Surf Pines Board MeetingDate and Time: 01/17/2020 4:00 PM US/Pacific GMT-0800Description: Regular Scheduled BOD Meeting Dial-in number (US): (605) 313-6162Access code: 639834# Please announce who you are IF YOU JOIN REMOTELY. We have to record all members who attend.  Unfortunately any remote attendees who do not announce who they are will have to be disconnected. 

Attached are the Draft minutes of our Board of Directors Meeting held on November 15, 2019.  November 24, 2019 by Munchkins(Edit) Click Here to view Draft Minutes Key items: Approved changing Articles to cast one vote per lot. Approved by a majority of  members with 71.5% of 176 votes approving. Change distribution of Breeze to online to save money and provide an eight page colored version of the Breeze. Approved that we standardize our Surf Pines communication forms to allow more interactivity.   Review normalization of guiding documents to ensure that new documents are consistent with our current By Laws and Articles with no new requirements. Approved adoption of Municode (same system used by City…