2016 HOA Dues
Just one last time, for anybody who might have missed it – the HOA dues have increased for 2016 as follows:
Vacant Lots – $118 per month
Cottages – $125 per month
Single Family Homes – $125 per month
Townhomes – $246 per month
If you haven’t already signed up for monthly emailed reminders/account statements, it’s not too late. Email Jenny (jenny@thecapesHOA.org) at the office to get on the list!
Save the Date
The Annual Meeting of homeowners is scheduled for Saturday, April 16, 2016, and we hope to see YOU there! Over the next several weeks, we will be sending out much more information about this important event, so keep an eye on your inbox…
From the Emergency Readiness Committee…
In light of the recent drama with Highway 131 at Happy Camp, the Emergency Readiness Committee would like to remind all homeowners about the importance of being prepared. There’s been a lot of talk lately in the news about “The Big One,” but as we learned a couple of weeks ago, there are many other much more minor disasters that could still put a kink in your weekend plans if you’re not ready for them.
Currently there is only one way in or out of The Capes, and that’s Highway 131. When the culvert failed and the road had to be closed for repairs, we were lucky that officials were able to open up the Cape Meares Loop temporarily so that homeowners had a way to get in and out of Oceanside. Even so, this detour took almost 2 days to set up, causing some people who were only intending to be here for the weekend to have to extend their stay for a day.
Just because you’re not a full-time resident, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be prepared to temporarily become one. In this part of Oregon, slides happen. So do floods, power outages, downed trees, and – every 250-500 years – really big earthquakes. Any time you are here, you should be prepared to deal with any of these circumstances. Make sure you have a few day’s worth of drinkable water. Non-perishable food that doesn’t need electricity to prepare. Flashlights and batteries. A weather radio. Here’s a list that the Emergency Readiness Committee put together about disaster supplies. This list is geared more toward catastrophic disasters like a Cascadia Subduction rupture, but there are things on it that would be helpful in any of the aforementioned situations.
The Emergency Readiness Committee will be meeting in January with Linda Kozlowski, Emergency Management Division Director for Nehalem Bay to talk about their neighborhood preparedness model and to see how it can be applied to The Capes. [The meeting was originally scheduled for December, but was – ironically – rescheduled due to extensive flooding in the area.] After this meeting, the committee will share their findings with you all, so stay tuned for updates! If you ever have any questions regarding emergency preparedness, you can email the committee directly at disaster@thecapeshoa.org.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!