2 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER
February 2020
CCC President’s
Column
By KATHY HARP
CCC Board seeks new,
quality applicants
I would like to
welcome new
CCC Board mem-
ber, Jim Gibbons,
to the board of di-
rectors. We are
grateful to have
HARP
Jim join our
board at this time. He was a member
of the original 2005 strategic planning
task force which wrote the 2020 Vi-
sion, Core Values, Planning Assump-
tions, and Goals. As the board begins
to review and update that document,
his expertise will be invaluable.
Almost six years ago, I read an arti-
cle in The Villager seeking applicants
for the CCC Board of Directors. I de-
cided to add my name to those wish-
ing to serve their community. Little
did I know that the three positions
available that year would have only
three applicants. Looking back on
that time and almost every election
since then, it is unfortunate more resi-
dents do not step forward. Charbon-
neau residents have much to give
their community. We are now, once
again, seeking applicants to serve on
our Board of Directors beginning in
May. Please contact the CCC office to
request a packet of information on the
duties of a board member.
In light of recent developments these
past few months, I realize that it may be
even more difficult to get good people to
volunteer to serve their community.
This board has followed Charbonneau
bylaw and CC&R protocols, along with
much legal advice, in making decisions
for the future of our community.
And now we face a small group of
residents who have chosen to use
scare tactics and false statements with
residents in our neighborhoods and
throughout Charbonneau to coerce
them into signing a petition with the
sole purpose of undermining the works
of, not only this board, but decades of
boards and outreach efforts previous
to this time. It is this petition, signed by
less than 100 people, which is the rea-
son for our Jan. 28 special meeting.
That meeting will have already taken
place by the time you read this.
Since publishing that petition (it
can be found at our website under
board minutes) several residents, who
signed this petition, called and asked
to have their names removed, citing
the fact that they were misled as to
the purpose of this petition. Unfortu-
nately, this is not possible as per our
legal counsel. This petition was anon-
ymously sent to the board. The lead-
ers of this movement wished to re-
main anonymous and yet they contin-
ually demanded more transparency
from the CCC Board. They ignored
our numerous offers to meet with
them and discuss their concerns.
The lesson in all of this for our com-
munity is to take the time to find out
the facts. Call a board member or our
general manager for the true facts.
Time was scheduled at the beginning
of our regular board meetings for the
past five months of 2019 for community
input. We listened to numerous con-
cerns, and yet when it was stated (in
November and December) that the
board will be talking about those con-
cerns during our regular scheduled
meeting, the majority of those speak-
ing stood up and left the room before
the meeting even started. They seemed
to be closed-minded and not open to
learning the facts. I am hoping that the
Jan. 28 special meeting proved that our
community is united on making plans
for the future. We need more space
and we truly value our golf course as
one of our greatest assets.
I would like to end on a positive
note. We learned this month that Char-
bonneau Country Club was selected as
the recipient of the CAI (Community
Associations Institute) 2019 Associa-
tion of the Year Award for Oregon and
Southwest Washington in the very
large category! I wish to thank John
McLain for coordinating our applica-
tion. You can read more about this in
an upcoming Villager! We owe much of
our success in recent years to our man-
ager, Jim Meierotto, and the strong
leadership of our CCC Boards over the
past decade.
DEATH NOTICE
John Arthur Baines
Aug. 3, 1939 to Dec. 18, 2019
John Arthur Baines has died.
Services were held Jan. 11,
2020.
Remembrances may be made to
Oswego Heritage Council in his
honor online at oswegoheritage.
org.
CORRECTION
In the January issue of the
Villager, an article titled “The
real spirit of Charbonneau”
incorrectly stated that the
Charbonneau Women’s Golf
Association hosted the Pink
Ball Tournament. The Niners
hosted the tournament.
Wilsonville to get Dutch Bros
The City of Wilsonville Devel-
opment Review Board B unani-
mously approved an application
for the building of a new Dutch
Bros Coffee shop in Town Center
during a meeting in January.
The Dutch Bros business will be
500-square-feet and located at 29702
S.W. Town Center Loop W. near
Dollar Tree and Bank of America.
A Dutch Bros representative previ-
ously told the Wilsonville Spokes-
man newspaper that the chain
hopes to open the new shop in the
third quarter of this year.
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