November 2025 Sunriver Scene - Flipbook - Page 4
Sunriver
OWNERS ASSOCIATION
SROA treasurer
report: 2025 Capital
Reserve Projects
Contact your board at sroaboard@srowners.org
sroa president’s message
Fall is here, and
City USA is an
owners, businesses
annual national
and Sunriver Owners
recognition proAssociation (SROA)
gram designed to
staff are busy winterhonor communiizing and catching
ties with a strong
up on projects, home
commitment to
protection and ladder
urban forestry.
fuel reduction efforts. Bill Burke
Currently we
Before we know it,
are in the middle
we will be into the holiday of budget season with the
season so now is a good time board, Finance Committee,
to pay attention to those out- staff and the Admissions Model
standing chores.
Workgroup, who all contribThere are a couple of special ute to developing a budget
events worth mentioning in proposal to present to the full
this month’s message.
board of directors at the NoThe first Sunriver Oktober- vember board meeting. At the
fest was a tremendous success Sept. 19 board work session,
with many local business and our General Manager James
organizations taking part in
Lewis and department heads
one way or another: SROApresented budget outlooks for
SHARC, Sunriver Area Chamyears 2026-2028, addressing
ber of Commerce, The Village
at Sunriver, Sunriver Brew- challenges and opportunities
ing, Sunriver Resort, Sunriver that are projected for that
Saturday Market, Century period. Having received budCommons and others. This get proposals from staff, the
was a comprehensive effort by Finance Committee and staff
so many that I apologize if I held special meetings on Oct.
am overlooking anyone. It was 16 and Oct. 30 to work on the
truly a community building 2026 budget proposal.
During the five years that I
weekend of activities. I hope
have
been on your board, I have
Oktoberfest becomes an anbeen
impressed at the profesnual event.
Secondly, congratulations are sional manner and competence
in order to the Sunriver Own- with which all the players work
ers Association receiving the together to develop annual
Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree budgets. It is important to balCity USA acknowledgement ance the established Sunriver’s
for the 45th year. Presented at lifestyle, environment and
the Sept. 19 board work session competitiveness while also
by Natural Resources Direc- being asked to consider our
tor Patti Gentiluomo, Tree community’s many identified
“wants.” It is also important
to live within our means – resulting in many “tough calls”
during every budget cycle. Our
budgeting process has successfully ensured a balanced budget
for many years.
An initiative that I would
like to highlight this month is
the Sunriver Rules and Regulations Task Force. Created at
the July 2025 board meeting
and informed by the adopted
2025 Work Plan and 2030
Strategic Plan, this task force
will include a full review of the
existing Sunriver Rules and
Regulations document that
has been amended on specific
items periodically over the past
30 years.
The task force will create a
preliminary draft of a comprehensive update for the Covenant Committee’s consideration, and a final draft for
adoption by the SROA Board
of Directors. The intention is
to make Sunriver’s rules and
regulations relevant to current
community operational desires
and appropriate behaviors that
affect livability, safety and community function.
An important part of this
process is the input of community stakeholders. To that end,
an e-mail was sent in August
to owners for whom we have
an e-mail address encouraging
application for this task force.
This resulted in 41 owner applications with 12 selections
including part-time owners,
full-time resident owners and
owners who rent their home.
The task force also includes
three Covenants Committee
members, three SROA board
liaisons, three SROA staff
and two community partners
(Sunriver Police and a property
management representative).
The updated rules and regulations will also receive legal
counsel review.
All owners will also have
opportunities for input prior to
the final report presented to the
board for adoption expected in
spring 2026. Information, to
date, is available at the SROA
website at www.sunriverowners.
org/taskforceprojects.
Following Sunriver’s peak
summer months certain activities start to slow down. For
those of us lucky enough to
be here at this time of year we
can enjoy the relative serenity, empty pathways and fall
colors. At the same time, let’s
also remember to patronize
local businesses, restaurants
and contractors through the
shoulder season leading to the
busier holidays.
Last, it is with a great deal
of sadness that we recognize
the passing of Doug Seator on
Oct. 5. Doug was a longtime
resident, volunteer and voice
in our community for decades.
He will be missed. Read more
about Doug’s long-standing
commitment to Sunriver on
page 38.
SROA Rules & Regulations
Update Task Force pursuant
to the SROA board’s Oct. 13
electronic approval as authorized under the Sunriver Bylaws
Article IV, Section 13.
• Approved creation/reassembly of the IT Strategic
Plan Task Force and member
appointments pursuant to the
Five Point Directive.
• Approved the 2026 SROA
Board Work Plan as amended
to include exploring the creation of a Fire Protection Task
Force.
2024 carry forward items
Several projects were carried
forward from 2024. These were
included in the 2024 budget
but didn’t get completed in
2024. The Finance Committee
and the board reviewed those
items with the assistance of staff
and approved a carry forward
list of $1.1 million.
Carry forwards included two
vehicles, a 2025 Ford Ranger
($38,219) and a 2025 Ford Escape ($34,832). They replaced
10-year-old vehicles which
were sold with proceeds of
$21,300 returned to the reserve
fund. We tried to acquire the
vehicles in 2024 but couldn’t
get delivery until after the first
of this year.
A new Freightliner dump
sander was purchased for
$284,936 to replace our
21-year-old Freightliner. Actual delivery wasn’t made until
2025.
The completion of the
neighborhood pocket park on
Winner’s Circle was carried
forwarded with an estimated
completion cost of $68,500.
If you haven’t seen this park
drive by and take a look. Public
Works staff did a beautiful job
laying pavers and stretching
our dollars. The park is best
accessible by foot or bike. Some
natural play items constructed
with recycled logs are still being
installed.
We replaced SHARC Fitness Center exercise equipment (cross trainers, ellipticals,
recumbent bikes and treadmills). The equipment wasn’t
delivered until 2025 and cost
$146,514.
Reconstruction/replacement
of the fencing around the Public Works yard was moved from
2024 to 2025 until the main
building and yard construction
were complete. The fencing has
been completed, and the gates
should be installed by the end
of October and budgeted at
$124,000.
Committee actions
2025 replacement items
Monthly meeting highlights, actions of the SROA Board of Directors
The Sunriver Owners Association (SROA) Board of
Directors meeting was held
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.
Board members present: Pam
Hays, Keith Mobley, Clark
Pederson, Linda Beard, Roni
Jacknow (via Zoom), Randy
Schneider, Brad Banta (via
Zoom) and Dale Harrison.
Absent: Bill Burke.
Staff present: James Lewis,
Susan Berger, Richie Villagrana.
Owners forums
(summarized)
From Oct. 17 work session
• Lori Menalia feels SROA
is falling short on wildfire risk
mitigation by allowing trees
close to homes or decks built
around trees. Trees close to a
home also creates a fall hazard.
• Elizabeth Liebelt has concerns of non-owner access
to the owner living room at
SHARC, especially during
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events open to the public.
• The following letters were
read into record:
o Paul Conte believes the
meeting of the Rules & Regulations Update Task Force
violates SROA Bylaws by not
appointing members.
o Kathy Brown asked that all
board and committee meetings
be accessible to owners.
From Oct. 18 regular
meeting
• Josh Lawson wants policies
of the Member Pool reviewed
and to allow the facility to be
open earlier and longer during
the shoulder seasons.
• Letter read into record from
Paul Conte who believes the
board acted unlawfully to make
a decision without a meeting regarding appointment
of members to the Rules &
Regulations Update Task Force.
Board actions
NOVEMBER 2025 SUNRIVER SCENE
SROA Financial Report
Year to date through Sept. 30, 2025 (unaudited)
Total Operating Revenue................................... $11,274,137
Total Operating Expenses* ................................ $11,087,619
Operating Surplus / (Deficit) ............................. $186,518
*Reserve Fund Contribution: $2,967,830
• Approved minutes of the
Sept. 17, 2025 SROA special
board meeting.
• Approved minutes of the
Sept. 19, 2025 SROA board
work session
• Approved minutes of the
Sept. 20, 2025 SROA board
regular meeting.
• Approved the SROA unaudited financial statements
for the month ending Sept.
30, 2025.
• Approved the transfer of
$905,860 from the regular
Reserve Fund to the Operating Fund for the 2025 Third
Quarter Acquisitions.
• Approved to ratify the appointment of members to the
By Clark Pederson
Last month’s article included
a discussion of the SROA Capital Reserve Fund and how it
funds the repair or replacement
of existing assets and amenities
in Sunriver at the end of their
life expectancy. And how it
funds new amenities.
So today, let’s look at some of
its uses in 2025. The budget for
2025 was $2.78 million for replacement items and $764,500
for new capital.
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