A task force has been formed to look at potential improvements and safety of Sunriver’s 33 miles of pathways
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Nature Center.............. 10 Calendar...................... 13 SR Gardener................ 15 Women’s Club.............. 18
SROA News.................. 22 Public Safety................ 30 Classified..................... 37 Commentary................ 38
The center spread is all about SHARC - from staff hires and thank yous to operating hours and event schedules Pages 21-22
S U N R I V E R
S C E N E A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATION
february • 2012
volume xxxVIII • Number 2
Owners to vote on proposed property trade By Brooke Snavely Owners will have the final say on a proposed trade of the former South Pool in exchange for nearly 33 acres of Sunriver Resort property. Ballots will be mailed March 19 to the registered owner of each property and must be returned by April 19 to be counted. The South Pool was decommissioned after Labor Day last summer and will be replaced this spring by the much larger Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic & Recreation Center (SHARC). In exchange for the 1.54-acre pool site and lifting of deed restrictions on resort core properties, Sunriver Resort has offered SROA seven parcels of land totaling 32.67 acres. Proposed exchange To Sunriver Resort Limited Partnership: • Parcel 1, South Pool, 1.54-acres • Lifting of deed restrictions on various parcels in the resort core area To SROA: • Parcel 2, former golf course maintenance facility, 1.90 acres • Parcel 3, Deschutes Road leading to marina, Mary McCallum Park, 3.62 acres • Parcel 4, pasture 11, marina area, 13.78 acres • Parcel 5, Mary McCallum Park annex, 10.27 acres • Parcel 6, Court 10, North Courts area, 1.05 acres • Parcel 7, North Courts area parking lot, .58 acres • Parcel 8, West Core Road, North Courts area, 1.47 acres Potential uses Parcel 2 is bordered to the north by the SROA Administration Building and to the west by the SROA Public Works yard. Expansion of the Public Works Turn to Property, page 2 SUNRIVER SCENE SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSN. VOLUME XXXVIII • NUMBER 2 P.O. BOX 3278 SUNRIVER, OR 97707
Hugh Palcic, SROA assistant general manager, right, holds the Large-Scale Community Association of the Year Award presented to SROA by the Community Association Institute Oregon Chapter during an awards ceremony in Portland. Also seen is resident John Salzer, left, and Dave Bennett, center, of Landye Bennett Blumstein, SROA’s legal counsel.
SROA honored with community association award By Brooke Snavely In recognition of a shift to proactive management, long-range planning and inclusive decision-making that resulted in construction of the SHARC and accelerated replacement of roads and pathways, the Sunriver Owners Association won the 2011 Community Association of the Year Award from the Oregon Chapter of the Community Association Institute (CAI). SROA received the award in the very large association category, which recognizes associations with more than 1,000 units. CAI serves board members and management of homeowner associations across the country and internationally. “They won the award for taking on a daunting project that’s improved the community,” said Tom Karwaki, executive director of the CAI Oregon Chapter. “The keys are that SROA
received member approval for a $19 million project in the middle of a recession, and they completed the project in 18 months. That’s the definition of the Community Association Institute’s motto of ‘building better communities together.’ ” Karwaki said SROA is the first association in Central Oregon to be recognized in the past two or three years. “We are proud to receive this prestigious award,” said Bill Peck, SROA general manager. “It’s nice to be recognized, but really, it’s the community that should be thanked. They, the members, are the ones who listened to what we were saying, helped us refine the proposals and, ultimately, approved them.” (See Ask the GM, page 24). Peck credited Hugh Palcic, SROA assistant general manager, with taking the time to write the essay and submit
the application that garnered SROA the recognition. “What they do is host a statewide competition each year among associations. They welcome descriptions of what associations have done to improve themselves. We felt this year that we had plenty to talk about. What I did was put together an essay chronicling the last three years and… we won,” Palcic said. Palcic and John Salzer, chair of SROA’s communications task force, received the award during the Oregon Chapter of the Community Association Institute’s annual meeting held at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland in January. The 2011 Community Association of the Year Award comes on the heels of SROA receiving the Asphalt Association of Oregon’s 2010 Excellence in Paving Award. PRSRT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID BEND, OR PERMIT NO. 213