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SROA sends order to remove plant protections
According to the July Sunriver Scene, the SROA staff sent letters to owners of 265 Sunriver properties asserting there were plant protections on their properties that violated the “tree plant protection” rules in the Sunriver Design Manual. If you received one of these letters, you may have been subject to…
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SROA AGREES TO REMOVE OLD, RUSTY, BROKEN-DOWN, BARBED WIRE FENCING
In the past couple of weeks, I made a strenuous effort to get the SROA to acknowledge it had a serious problem with fencing — no, not small amounts that owners use to protect their native plants. The real problem (which the Design Committee seems to have ignored) is the…
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HERE’S HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON PROPOSED PROHIBITIONS ON NATIVE PLANT PROTECTIONS
Copy-and-paste this address into your email’s “TO” field:DesignInfo@srowners.org Copy-and-paste this whole string of email addresses into your email’s “CC” field:beenen@srowners.org, burke@srowners.org, pederson@srowners.org, gillies@srowners.org, hayes@srowners.org, dealicante@srowners.org, mobley@srowners.org, beard@srowners.org, murray@srowners.org, jamesl@srowners.org, rlook31168@aol.com BE SURE TO ADD THIS SENTENCE AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR MESSAGE:“Please acknowledge receipt of these comments.” Be sure to…
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COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON NATIVE PLANT PROTECTIONS
Click here to read or download the analysis document. January 5, 2024TO: SROA Board of Directors Please thoughtfully review the attached analysis of the proposed rules limiting owners’ ability to protect native plants on their own property. If you read this analysis with an open mind, you’ll see that adopting the…
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STAFF WON’T ANSWER OWNERS’ QUESTIONS AT JANUARY 11 FORUM
Today (January 3rd), SROA General Manager, James Lewis, stated that Assistant General Manager, Keith Kessaris — the only scheduled presenter at the January 11th Sunriver You “Owners’ Forum” on proposed plant protect rules — would not provide answers to any owners’ questions. Lewis prevented Kessaris from answering my simple request…
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*NEW* WHO SHOULD PRESENT INFO ON PROPOSED PROHIBITIONS OF PLANT PROTECTIONS?
The SROA Board deferred consideration of the Sunriver Design Committee’s proposed prohibitions on Sunriver owners’ protections for native plants until Mid-March. Board members expressed their intent that during the next two months more effort be made to inform owners and invite their comments. Click here for information on submitting comments…
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SROA BOARD POSTPONES TO MARCH 16th THE VOTE ON PLANT PROTECTIONS.
At their December 16, 2023, meeting, the SROA Board took the following actions: You can watch a half hour recording of the Board’s discussion on Youtube at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9umriBhGJoThe discussion starts at: 1:25:08
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Want to help birds this winter? Plant native berries.
The Washington Post — November 16, 2023 “The takeaway is that you should plant a suite of native species that optimize fruit availability and bolster fruit diversity across the seasons.” “[N]ative berries such as dogwoods, spicebush (Lindera benzoin) and viburnums naturally provide the high fat and calorie content that birds…
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