Capes News – May 2025

We had an ok voter turnout in this year’s Director Election with 123 ballots returned out of a possible 185!  (Around 66.49% for the math geeks among us…) All four of our candidates deserve a huge THANK YOU for their willingness to volunteer their time and energy to our community!

The results are below – our two board members Susan Hunter and Claude Zeller will retain their seats for another term, and the seat vacated by Scott Newcombe will be taken over by Melissa Myers.

Cherri Lindquist – 60 votes

Let’s also give a huge “Thank you!” to our ballot counters Bob L., Laura L., Larry L. and Jerrilee A. They worked hard to ensure that our ballots were counted fairly and accurately. (And considering they had to open not one, but two envelopes per ballot this year, it’s amazing that there were no papercuts or severed arteries!)

Our Spring Clean-Up will begin this Friday, May 9th through Sunday, May 18th. Here’s what you need to know:

WHAT: Our spring and fall clean-ups are your opportunity to do a little yard work without having to worry about what to do with the debris. We will set up 5 collection areas throughout the neighborhood where you can discard your leftover plant material and other woody debris, and we’ll dispose of it for you.

WHEN: The clean up will run from Friday, May 9, 2025 through Sunday, May 18, 2025.

WHERE: The collection sites will be marked with orange stakes (or cones) as follows:

• The front of Lot #115 on Fall Creek Drive. (East side of the road, just south of 475 Fall Creek Dr.)
• The Meadow (where Capes Drive, Capes Loop and Capes Point all come together)
• Tract F on Capes Drive (the northernmost point of Capes Drive, right at the point where the road makes a 180° turn)
• Tract N on Promontory Lane (near where the observation platform used to be)
• Near the tennis court

Here is a map for the more visual among us. The sites are marked with a big, red X:

WHO: Josh Vance of His Glory Landscape Care and Home Maintenance will be organizing the collection sites and disposing of the debris. He is also available to assist with any yard maintenance or tree trimming that you would like (at your expense). Josh can be reached by telephone (503-812-5716) or email (hisglorylandscapecare@gmail.com)

All woody debris (trees and tree limbs) should be limited to NO LARGER THAN 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER. Anything larger is your responsibility and should not be taken to a clean up site.

Please remember that this is for “clean up” and not “clearing”. If you are clearing or significantly thinning a vacant lot, disposal of large amounts of trees will be your responsibility. (Our budget will not handle the disposal of an entire forest. Sorry!) If you are not sure whether or not what you are planning to remove constitutes a “large amount of trees” then it probably does…but feel free to contact the office and make sure!

Debris must be taken to one of the staked sites in order to be disposed of as part of the Spring Clean-Up. If for some reason you need Josh to collect debris directly from your lot, it is your responsibility to contact him and let him know. If the debris meets the criteria for items #1 and 2 above (it’s less than 4 inches in diameter and is not a significant number of trees) he will still include it with the HOA disposal items, however, you will be billed for any time/labor charges incurred while collecting the debris from your property. Our contract/arrangement with Josh is for setting up and clearing the 5 collection areas only. Anything above and beyond that requested by a homeowner will need to be done at that homeowner’s expense.