Scott Mountain Homeowners Association
Board Meeting Minutes – 01.06.2026
Location: Scott Mountain Elementary School, 11201 SE Stevens Rd, Happy Valley, OR 97086
Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Board Members Present: Kevin Quick, Josh Gavrich, John Chapman, Darrell Maxwell, Kathy Barenbrugge
Board Members Absent: Caroline Wharton
Homeowners Present: Dave Blank, Nancy Hall (and her guest), Ellyn Jeck, Al Jeck
Guests: None
Call to Order: 7:04pm by President
Approval of Meeting Minutes: All board members present voted to approve the minutes of the January meeting.
Officer Elections: All board members present voted to re-elect each officer to their current position.
President: Kevin Quick
General Discussion: None
Adjournment: Meeting adjourned by President at 8:26pm.
Next Regular Board Meeting: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 - in person – Scott Mountain Elementary School, 11201 SE Stevens Rd, Happy Valley, OR 97086
Board Meeting Minutes – 01.06.2026
Location: Scott Mountain Elementary School, 11201 SE Stevens Rd, Happy Valley, OR 97086
Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Board Members Present: Kevin Quick, Josh Gavrich, John Chapman, Darrell Maxwell, Kathy Barenbrugge
Board Members Absent: Caroline Wharton
Homeowners Present: Dave Blank, Nancy Hall (and her guest), Ellyn Jeck, Al Jeck
Guests: None
Call to Order: 7:04pm by President
Approval of Meeting Minutes: All board members present voted to approve the minutes of the January meeting.
Officer Elections: All board members present voted to re-elect each officer to their current position.
- President: Kevin Quick
- Vice President: Josh Gavrich
- Treasurer: John Chapman
- Secretary: Darrell Maxwell
- Al Jeck was kind enough to solicit bids for professional organizations that manage reserve studies for HOAs.
- He submitted three proposals
- Reserve studies produced by professional 3rd party organizations typically plan out significantly longer timeframe (for example, 30 years).
- The process of putting together the RS takes 6-8 weeks.
- Al will contact the firms to confirm several questions that came up about working with these types of firms.
- Once more information is available, the board may invite one of the firms to the February meeting to answer questions.
- Recommendation: Al’s recommendation is that the board take a closer look at the services these organizations provide to see if there’s value there.
- He reviewed the RS submitted by the SMHOA Treasurer and said that the information in the report is basically the same as what would be presented by a 3rd party.
- He submitted three proposals
- The Treasurer submitted an updated Reserve Study report with an effective date of 4/30/26. (This report is available to homeowners on request via [email protected]).
- The Scott Mountain HOA Reserve Study is a long-term capital budget planning tool which has the objective of properly planning for future HOA expenditures. This 5-year forecast will identify the various areas in which we can reasonably expect to incur expenses during that time frame. Each expense category will include assumptions based on previous expenditures and expected future maintenance.
- Nancy Hall requested that homeowners have access to the current reserve study
- Darrell will work with Thomas to post a notice that the RS can be shared with any homeowner on request.
President: Kevin Quick
- Repaving project: William Stanley (owner of the contracting firm) is handling managing the project. He has identified several factors that have increased the bid to just under $40k for the central woods area.
- Motion: Should the board approve the expenditure for the repair of the most serious areas of the pathways and accept the bid submitted by William Stanley?
- Vote: All board members present voted in favor of moving forward with the repaving/repair project.
- Nothing to add.
- Wast Management overcharged us by 400% for the 2, 40yd yard waste bins last Fall.
- WM is working to figure out where the mistake was made – more to come.
- Submitted an updated 5 Year Reserve Study Report for review by the board.
- Which will be available to homeowners on request via [email protected].
- The RS was approved by all board members in attendance.
- Nature Walk: Karen Mathers is open to scheduling 1 – 2 nature walks this spring.
- Are people interested in doing this again?
- Motion to remove Caroline Wharton from the board for lack of participation.
- Holiday Lights Contest saw increased engagement this year compared to prior year.
- Requested an increase to the grand prize from $50 to $100 (gift cards).
- Request was approved by all board members in attendance.
- Previously: 6 x $50 gift cards (one per winner).
- New plan: 8 x $50 gift cards (two for grand prize winner).
- Request was approved by all board members in attendance.
- Requested an increase to the grand prize from $50 to $100 (gift cards).
- Board Member attrition/recruitment.
- Suggested that more residents might join the board if we promote it more.
- Communication Strategies
- Purpose: build community, increase front of mind awareness about what’s happening in the neighborhood, attract new board members.
- Channels: newsletter, website, Facebook, yard signs.
- Digitization of Minutes
- Continues ever so slowly.
- Seems more important than ever with new technologies available that make pulling historical info easy.
- Agreed to purchase several “Watch your step” type signs for placement near drastically uneven walkways.
- Nothing to add.
General Discussion: None
Adjournment: Meeting adjourned by President at 8:26pm.
Next Regular Board Meeting: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 - in person – Scott Mountain Elementary School, 11201 SE Stevens Rd, Happy Valley, OR 97086

