The NGCD paving project will start on or about July 26, 2021. I expect it to be quicker than WGCD went last year. The people most affected will be the neighbors of Saw Grass Way and the homes just inside the front gate. Finding temporary parking in Wedgewood Court and down WGCD is one option or just past 4763 NGCD down to the small area just before turning onto EGCD. I will be blocking the front gate area by about 7AM on the 26th of July. Equipment will be arriving to start the road grinding in the morning. If paving does not happen on the 26th I would assume it will be the following day. It should cool that day until the following morning, and all will be normal after that. Any questions, please feel free to call me, Steve at (907) 738-7619. I would be happy to answer your questions. Also, I will be walking Saw Grass Way talking to neighbors before the project starts.
Thanks,
Steve Skannes
The back gate is having some issues with it’s functionality. Gate maintenance has been notified.
When: May 8, 2020 @ 10:00am-12:00pm
Where: 7506 Gemini Street, Blaine, WA
Anticipated to have sufficient space for social distancing. Masks required.
We would like to wish every member a Happy Holidays and hope that you all are having a wonderful time this holiday season.
We would also like to remind everybody to have their ballots for the various items filled out and mailed by the 31st. Ballots can be mailed directly to the HOA:
Sea Links Community Association 4550 Birch Bay Lynden Road PMB 1190 Blaine Wa, 98230
or scanned and emailed to:
sealinksboard@gmail.com
Once all the ballots are in and counted a final announcement will be sent with the results.
Thank you and have a great end to the year.
Sea Links Board
All community members have recently received 2 different mailings.
The first mailing was a board approved mailing explaining the needed changes due to Covid-19 and asked for people to come forward to volunteer for election to the Board of Directors. This mailing was to help community members understand the difficulty the board is facing regarding in person meetings and to offer up a legal solution regarding voting for future board committee members and the upcoming revised annual general meeting. The cancelation of the in person AGM and the decision to not hold a zoom style meeting were taken after many discussions and following legal counsel from the association attorney. This mailing was an approved letter from the board of directors and is in line with the guidelines of the CC&R’s.
A second mailing, sent by a homeowner in the community, was not approved or sent from the Board of Directors. The mailing seeks to undermine the legitimate process of voting for Board members as outlined in our governing documents. Worse, their actions exposed Sea Links to additional charges, as they are using Birch Bay Tax and Accounting as their personal mail stop and secretary. Birch Bay Tax and Accounting is the Sea Links accountant, they are not a post office box, and they are not the Sea Links secretary.
While it is completely within their rights to contact other members of the community regarding changes to the bylaws, the Board has been approached by many within the community who have expressed anger and frustration at receiving their mailing. Especially as they make many accusations which are either false or misleading. We encourage all homeowners to voice their opinion; however, homeowners are under no obligation whatsoever to respond to a mailing from a individual member. Additionally any costs to the community will be billed directly to them for payment, as they have no authority to bind the Board, or have the community pay for their personal grievances.
We look forward to sending out the Annual notices this coming week. Inside, there will be information on the budget and several items to vote on related to the budget. We will also send out a voter pamphlet to give all homeowners information on those who have expressed interest in serving on the board, enabling all homeowners to make an informed decision of who gets to serve Sea Links.
Should you have any questions or would like to still submit for consideration as part of the board please email us at sealinksboard@gmail.com or contact a Board member. We are happy to respond to any questions you may have.
Regards,
Sea Links President
Joe Black
November 20th, 2020
Dear Homeowners of Sea Links:
Due to clerical errors with the mail out recently sent out to members we have extended the deadline for the nominees regarding the open board positions. We had planned for the information to be mailed on Nov 1st and due to circumstances outside of the boards control the mail out was delayed. The board tried to coordinate a new date and mailing and unfortunately a clerical error resulted in the document having incorrect dates.
Due to this error we are extending the deadline for submissions to Nov. 29th and nominees for consideration can be mailed or emailed to the board up until that point. We have also adjusted the original mailing and it can be found below:
Dear Sea links members,
Due to the ongoing issues surrounding the Covid 19 pandemic the Sea links AGM (annual general meeting) will not be able to happen as per years past. The board of directors has been in discussion with our state representatives as well as legal council on how to move forward with the AGM during these difficult times. We have been advised that an in person meeting is completely forbidden and a zoom style meeting would require a change in our bylaws of which would be an almost impossible task. This along with the many members who don’t have access to Zoom along with the technical difficulties surrounding a zoom meeting, we have been advised that we should move forward with the following meeting in lieu of an in person meeting:
1 – We will be requesting that any member wishing to be part of the board of directors submits their names for consideration. There are currently 2 open spots that need filled immediately. The board positions are as follows:
Position 1 – open (1 year term remaining)
Position 2 – open
Position 3 – Joe Black (1 year remaining)
Position 4 – open
Position 5 – Steve Skannes (1 year remaining)
The term for Positions 2 and 4 have expired and need to be filled, Position 1 is also up for re election as the board member filling that position voluntarily resigned and there is 1 year left on the term. Please email any considerations to the board sealinksboard@gmail.com by Nov 29th, 2020
2 – Once we have the name of those wishing to help serve we will send out mail in ballots for voting. The ballots will be returned to Birch Bay Tax & Accounting for tallying and will be reviewed by the board of directors once completed.
3 – All of the information that would normally be distributed as part of the AGM will be mailed out to all members ie; yearly financial statements, proposed budget for 2021, letter from president etc. these would all arrive in the same package with mail in ballots. This mail out will hopefully go out the first week of December.
4 – Once the mail in ballots have been reviewed and approved a final mailing will be sent out to all members with the results. The new board members along with any changes to the structure of the board will be in effect starting Jan 1st.
We appreciate patience and understanding in this matter as we are all striving to make the best of such uncertain times. We would encourage those who have not served in the past to please put their names forward as this is a community responsibility and it would be great to have new faces and ideas on the board.
Regards,
Sea Links Board