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SOLVE Beach Clean Up.
Saturday, September 19th 10a.m.-1p.m. It’s been a tough summer for our beloved beach. Let’s show it some community love. SOLVE bags will be at the beach paths along Ocean Drive. Please sign in so we can count heads. Please leave filled bags ON THE BEACH, mid-tide, during the event. Please DO NOT leave on the beach path. Thank you for your continued support. The Surf Pines community ROCKS!
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Fire Warning be safe out there.
Fire Weather Warning / Emergency Responseby Gearhart City Staff All open burning has is banned. National Weather Service has issued a RED FLAG WARNING for the North Oregon Coast. Due to extreme heat and dry conditions, high, easterly winds, and low humidity, there is EXTREME FIRE DANGER. The local fire departments, Oregon Department of Forestry and State Parks, have issued a TOTAL BURN BAN thru 9/13/20. NO BEACH FIRES. NO CAMPFIRES. NO FIRES IN PERSONAL FIRE PITS. NO BBQs OF ANY KIND. Thank you for keeping our communities and natural areas safe. The strong, dry east winds are creating havoc for Oregon emergency services. Gearhart Fire responded to over five trees down around town…
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More Bear Signs in Surf Pines
Yesterday as we were walking north on Shady Pines RD we saw this at the north east side of Shady pine RD about 30 feet north of Brent and Julie Seppa’s home. It has been identified as bear scat and is about 1 to 2 days old. Since the other bear was removed about three weeks ago this begs the question, whether this is the same bear who has returned or another new visitor. At any rate please be careful with your pets and young ones.
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How our Social Media is working at SPA.
Thought you might like some good news for a change. Our social media program is reaping great results. If we can get some help updating content on the web we will be that much better. Yesterday we had 311 click throughs to our blog about the four articles that we published in FaceBook, NextDoor and our other social media . That is an all time record for one day. Here is a break down of what they were looking at. Title Views Some Really Good News The Bakery is Open 106 Even Better news Gate Buster Busted 92 Another Loss to our Community 80 Home page / Archives 26 Question for old time…
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Questions about our new gate.
There have been several questions on why our gates are being broken so often and the costs to SPA. Here are some answers from what I know. Tom Question:Are we breaking even on the maintenance/replacement of these new gates? It seems like it is taking quite a while for the newness to wear off the public to realize they are there and need to be respected. When I look at these bills I am surprised at the costs and I wanted to know if the offenders are compensating us for their carelessness in each case. Driving through a closed or closing gate seems to be more common now than before when we…
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Roads & Grounds Committee Meeting, 8/21/20 3:30 PM
The Roads & Grounds Committee will meet at 3:30 PM on Friday, 8/21. We will be using Free Conference Call for the Meeting. Here are the meeting details:Subject: Roads & Grounds Committee Meeting August 2020Date and Time: 08/21/2020 3:30 PM Pacific Dial-in number (US): (617) 829-6820Online meeting ID: surfpineshoaJoin the online meeting: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/surfpineshoa For additional assistance connecting to the meeting text ‘Call Me’ to the Dial-In number above and you will be called into the conference. Message and data rates may apply.
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Even Better news Gate Buster Busted
We have found our culprit who will be reimbursing Surf Pines for the damage they did to our gate the other day. They were identified once again with our gate cameras. This investment in cameras has already paid dividends. People keep asking why this keeps happening. First it seems to be only happening at the North end. It may be that it is a bit darker and/or sunlight may be a cause, since it seems to happen around late afternoon. We will be looking at ways to make the entry gate more visible. If the gates flashing red, watch your head!!! However, the biggest issue is that people keep trying to piggy…
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Some Really Good News The Bakery is Open
Coming home from Freddy’s this morning and boy what a surprise. Hanging from the porch roof was a big Open Sign. We had heard from the former owners that Dough Dough Bakery from Sea Side had bought the bakery and we know someone has been living up stairs for over a month but this is hopefully some good news. We will share more after visiting the bakery. Hopefully today/
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Another Loss to our Community
We are sad to report that Lu Thornton’s son Mark Bartholemy passed away suddenly at his Portland home weekend before last. He was 58 and has been a part of the Surf Pines family since 1978. Please share your thoughts and prayers to Lu and her family in this time of sadness.
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Short Term Rentals are not Included in the CCR Vote.
Over the last few weeks, several members have expressed concern that the proposed CC&R’s regulate short term rentals (STR). That is incorrect. When Clatsop county established its comprehensive STR regulations last year, it became apparent that it was unnecessary for our association to implement any STR policies.
