On August 3, 2021 the Clatsop Commissioners of Clatsop County completed their Work Session on whether to implement an STR moratorium starting in September until new rules for STR permitting and operations are promulgated and implemented hopefully by February 2022. They agreed to move forward and below is the next step to implement new STR rules and implement a moratorium in September till they can be completed. We have had several people in our community who are strongly for or against having STR’s. However, in reading the written and verbal comments below from the two July public hearings, we can only see one SP couple who made comments for the residents in…

For all Members Ken Weist our security and maintenance manager is taking a well deserved vacation. He and Shawna will be off premises from Monday 26 July and returning Monday August 5. Any major emergencies please use 911. Any other issues contact Debbie Eddie Administrator, Cameron Lewis Director of Safety and Security, John Yerke President or my self and we will attempt to take care of issues though not nearly as efficiently as our super Ken. Thanks all.

Here is the link to the comments and documents from the July 9 Public Town Hall hearings on July 9. Link to Clatsop County Hearing information

Good afternoon, everyone. Two town hall meetings have been scheduled to obtain community input on the proposed short-term rental moratorium.  The meetings will both be held via GoTo Meeting and will be at 11AM on July 9 and at 11AM on July 16. Links to the meeting are below.  A flyer is also attached with the meeting information and links.  Please forward to all who might be interested. To register to speak at either or both town hall meetings, please call or send me an email and I will make sure you are registered.  My contact information is below. Thank you.Gail Henrikson, AICP, CFM, DirectorClatsop County Community Development800 Exchange Street, Suite 100Astoria, OR 97103 503.325.8611503.338.3666…

We got this through our Surf Pines web from an observant member of our community letting us know of suspicious activity early this morning. Turns out it was one of our neighbors joining Ken our security guy and Cameron Lewis our new head of Safety and Security patrolling our roads during the night. They started this after a couple of incidents where outside interlopers have broken into homes. Comment from our Member: Just letting you know, on Saturday (last night) around 12:30 or 1:00 a.m. a vehicle was driving slowly down Ocean Dr shining a flashlight out the drivers side window, taking a good look at our property and the neighbors to…

The most recent break-in on Ocean was not to steal anything, since the owners have not found anything missing. The owners found the purpatrators had been living in their home for a few weeks. They have not had anyone at their property since March and it appears the people who violated this home had been sleeping and using the bathroom facilities. There are several who describe this as squatting but Ken believes they might be more like a group now called Phroggers. These are people who move into a home whether occupied or not and hide there for a place to stay. Especially in areas like ours where there are numerous homes…

On Tuesday early evening I received a call from a resident on Ocean, that a man and woman have been looking through all windows and checking doors as well as their upstairs windows. I informed resident to call Clatsop sheriffs office ASAP. (Note: this is what was published on Facebook and Next-door with pictures by the resident. Editor) I went and patrolled residents home and nearest trail ( #3) and was unable to see any activity . I did several patrols Tuesday evening stopping at around 1:30 am with no activity spotted. On Thursday evening received a call from another resident north of the first report on Ocean. Resident informed me that their home had…

At the Safety and Security meeting on May 12, 2021 there was a question on the number of homes in Surf Pines (SP) over the years. Well with our new Sales Force database we were able to generate the number of homes that existed in Surf Pines on specific years based on the year built listed in the Clatsop County Property Tax Map. The results were very interesting. As of this year we have 353 homes in SP. 10 of these are still under construction. In 2020 there were 9 homes completed, in 2019 there were 9 new homes completed, and in 2018 there were 8 new homes completed. That means in…