Camano Sunrise Community Association

The Board of Directors and neighborhood volunteers work diligently along with our professional partners
to maintain safe roads and clean water, and to provide important communications for all members.

Our Annual Meeting was held on Saurday, November 23 at the Camano Chapel Madrona Hall. Many thanks to all who attended. Four new board members were elected and 9 new volunteers sigened on to assist the board in 2025 with the multiple challenges we face with the rebuild to our water systems and roadway cleanup. A summary of the board meeting will be available in the President's Letter at the end of December. Meanwhile, check on link above to view the agenda and powerpoint slides from Rob's presentaton.Do we have your current email? If you don't receive important messages like your neighbors, please send your current email address to: CSCAquestions@gmail.comFor all water problems or questions, residents should FIRST contact our water management team (click below on "Services and Info") for phone number for Bob Spurr, Water Lead. Leave a voicemail if no answer. If you have a SIGNIFICANT EMERGENCY OR WATER LEAK---TURN OFF YOUR WATER AT THE METER NEAR THE ROAD. If you do not get a response within an hour from Bob or another water team member and you are unable to stop the water flow, then call Water & Wastewater Services, LLC at 800-895-8821 or 360-466-4443.DO NOT WAIT, or call a plumber for repairs if you have a leak that cannot be stopped.DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TURN OFF YOUR WATER METER AT THE ROAD? It's easy and needs only a quarter turn to turn it off.Do you have a sprinkler system? State law requires an cross connection / backflow assembly and annual testing by a state certifiied water tester. For more information, click below in Meetings & Policies to review CSCA's policy.Want to know more about the quality of your water? Read the monthly and annual reports on the water systems > click below on "Services & Info" for Water.What's in your bag of potting soil? Want to learn moe about composting food waste? Click below on "Garden Notes" and use the links for informative articles shared by Skagit County Master Gardeners).

Meetings & Policies

In this section you will find our association minutes, policies, and bylaws.

Monthly Meetings

The CSCA board meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month except December. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend the board meetings which are held at 6:00 p.m. at the home of a board member. The address is 1081 Lawson Rd, Camano Island. The next board meeting is January 16, 2025.2025 OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS:
Rob Pedersen, President
Scott Christenson, Vice-President
Judy Miller, Treasurer
Mary Alyce Harpster, Secretary
Dave Hetteen, Board Member #1
TBD: Board Member #2
TBD: Board Member #3
Randy VanDivier, Board Member #4
TBD: Board Member #5
Bob Spurr, Board Member #6
TBD: Board Member #7Four new directors elected at annual meeting:
Roger Anderson
Alexandria Hamilton
Olen Kelly
Chris Magill

Annual MeetingOur annual meeting this year will be held on Saturday, November 23 at the Camano Chapel (same as last year).

CC&Rs, ByLaws, Policies & Communication to Homeowners

Services & Information

In this section you will find information on water, roads and various community services with contact information.

Camano Island Community Resources

Visit the Camano Center's website for information about the community resources they provide. Services include Camano Connections Call Program, grocery delivery, a list of in-home care providers, vulnerable seniors registry and more.The Camano Preparedness Group focuses on assisting the residents of Camano Island to prepare their homes and neighborhoods for emergencies.

Traffic Enforcement & Roads

PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY AT ALL TIMES. The speed limit within CSCA is ALWAYS 25 mph.One of the beauties of living here is the freedom we have to enjoy our roads for activities other than driving. You often see people walking, children headed to or from buses for school, others walking their dogs, some enjoying a bike ride, members picking up their mail and children playing in front of their own homes. Please take these things into consideration each and every time you get into your car, you never know who or what may be around the corner or on the next street. We also encourage you to wear reflective clothing while walking on our roads.Due to the amount of speeding on all roads within CSCA, the Board has authorized the Island County Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) to access and monitor our roads and issue tickets as appropriate. Our best attempts to curb this dangerous behavior have not been very successful. We appreciate your courtesy.

Roads, Shoulders & Ditches

Contact:
DAVE HETTEEN
206-919-8500 (urgent only please) or by email (link below)

Any issues that arise regarding our roads, shoulders or ditches along the roads such as trees down, dumping, accidents, etc., should be referred to the Roads Committee by contacting Dave Hetteen as noted above. For any scheduled road closures, you will receive an email notifying you of the date, time and duration.A portion of all roadsides include an easement to CSCA for access, maintenance and operation of our roads and water systems.We contract with an outside company to maintain the growth within these areas. This company is responsible for all road shoulders they can safely access and conducts this service at least twice a year, generally between late Spring and late Fall. Your assistance in keeping these areas clear in front of your home(s) is necessary. Please remove fallen tree branches and storm debris to allow for the completion of this service.

Water System

Contact: Bob Spurr
206-510-1282 (urgent only please) or by email (link below)

Water Reports

A Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), also referred to as the annual water quality report or a drinking water quality report, provides information regarding local drinking water quality. Below are the reports for the two water systems in the Camano Sunrise Community Association. The annual Consumer Confidence Report is released annually in April for the previous year.Additionally, our water services purveyor produces monthly water reports for both of our water systems. These show monthly water consumption compared to previous months, as well as routine maintenance highlights. We encourage you to regulary read these reports.

Water Emergencies

In the case of an emergency with water service related to the distribution by CSCA, please contact Bob Spurr as noted above. While we do contract with Water & Wastewater Services for our system management, we have very capable representatives on the Board who should be the only ones notifying W&WS. We are charged a fee for these call outs when it is something we are aware of and are probably working on. In the event of a known outage, we will notify you as soon as possible by email to provide information and updates.

Planned Outages

From time to time, we will be required to shut down one of our water systems for maintenance. As you know, we have 2 water systems within our Association: System #1 is located on Michael Way and serves Michael Way, O’Farrell and Hibbard. System #2 is located off South Lawson Road and serves Lawson Road, Solar Way and a portion of New Morning Road. When service is interrupted for a planned outage with one system, we open the intertie to allow for continued service. During this time, we ask that you conserve water as there is less water pressure to some homes. CHECK THIS WEBSITE FOR PLANNED AND UNPLANNED OUTAGES. We will give you as much information as possible so you can plan accordingly. We appreciate your consideration during these times.

Free Tree Trimming

Do you have a problem tree near a Snohomish County PUD line? PUD has a vegetation management group that can be contacted at 425-783-5579. Concerned property owners can have trees trimmed or removed that pose a potential threat to continuity of electric service to that owner's property. When requested by the property owner, PUD will visit their property and determine what course of action they can support and seek the owner's official signed permission to execute it. The approved PUD vegetation management action follow-up will occur at PUD's convenience. The property owner does not have to be present at that time.

Emergency Information & Utilities

Call 911 if there is a threat to loss of life or propertyFire Department
If the 911 dispatch system is down, please call 360-629-2224 as an alternate number for emergency services. The after-hours non-emergency number is also 360-629-2224.Animal Control
Reports of lost animals, barking dogs, or questions about licensing and pet laws are considered non-emergency events. Contact Island County dispatch at 360-629-2224 regarding those matters.Sheriff's Office
Contact the Sherriff's dispatch at 360-679-7310 to report non-emergency issues.Power Outage
The PUD site has an online outage map.Island County
You can sign up for alerts from Island County at their website. They also have other emergency information such as poison control and information about the Island County Preparedness phone app.Call Before You Dig
Planning a project? Call 811 at least a few days before you before you start any digging project. Please be aware homeowners are responsible for costs to install new water services. You can learn more at the 811 website.

Garden Notes

In this section you will find seasonal garden notes and links to gardening news from Mary Alyce Harpster,
CSCA neighbor and a Skagit County certified Master Gardener.

One of our CSCA homeowners recently shared a copy of an article from National Wildlife Magazine (Summer 2023), called “Needing the Night”. Here's a brief summary: “From cougars and bats to birds, butterflies and sea turtles, wildlife are increasingly threatened by light pollution, but simple solutions can help.” ...”Researchers found that more than 80 percent of the world population lives under light-polluted night skies—places where the glow from artificial lights is significant enough that stars begin to disappear from view. In the U.S. and Europe, 99 percent of residents live under light-polluted skies...and is increasing 2.2 percent a year. “Like roads and enemies, artificial light can create barriers that fragment habitat. “Light also can be a fatal lure to wildlife...researchers have documented similar attraction and disorientation among songbirds. Many will circle brightly lit buildings throughout the night, leading to exhaustion and depletion of the energy stores they need for their journeys. Worse, birds often collide with lighted structures. Studies have shown that artificial nocturnal light also interfere with a migrating songbird’s ability to use natural polarized light from the sky to calibrate its internal compass. “Scientists say light pollution is among many factors driving a potentially catastrophic decline in some of the world’s insect populations" demonstrated by “insects fluttering around a street light all night....depleting their energy reserves to the point of exhaustion, increasing exposure to predators and potentially missing cues fro mates.”What color LED lights do not attract bugs? Bugs can see Ultraviolet (UV), blue and green. That is why they are attracted to white or bluish lights such as mercury vapor, white incandescent, and white fluorescent. On the other hand, yellowish, pinkish, or orange are the least attractive to the bugs.Please join us in decreasing the amount of light we project from our homes at night. This can be as simple as choosing yellow LED bulbs in your exterior fixtures, and soft lighting in interior fixtures near window

Spring has arrived and now there is work to do with clean-up and planting. You may have noticed that the warm season grasses in the entrance gardens were cut back in February to encourage spring growth. The cold season grasses usually don't require cut back, but sometimes need a 'haircut'. A few late fall/winter blooming lillies were added as well; look for them in late fall-winter. Chipped material from the tree removal around Water System #1 on Michael Way, provieded some much needed mulch.Things to remember for Camano Island:
climate zone: 5 / hardiness zone: 8
average annual first frost: Oct 30
average annual last frost: Apr 3When to prune (you may need to ‘google’ the specific plant to learn what season to prune) but here are the basic seasons:
Winter: Dec 1 - Feb 28
Spring: Mar 1 - May 31
Summer: Jun 1 - Aug 31
Fall: Sep 1 - Nov 30