Category: Finances

2026 monthly dues

To help fund projects such as large branch trimming and fascia painting, the monthly dues will raise 10% in 2026.

Dear Homeowner,

The Robin Meadows Homeowner’s Association is responsible for maintaining the exterior of the homes, landscaping, roads and pathways, and the common areas. This responsibility may only be fulfilled with the help of HOA dues.

As costs for materials, labor, and insurance continue to rise—and with important projects projected for 2026, including large-branch tree trimming and fascia painting—the Board of Directors voted at its November 3, 2025 meeting to approve a dues increase of 10% or $27 per month. This brings the new total to $297 per month, effective January 1, 2026.

We understand that no one enjoys seeing expenses go up, and we want to assure you that this decision was made carefully and thoughtfully. The increase is necessary to keep up with inflation and to maintain the quality and upkeep of our shared property.

It should be noted that additional increases or special assessments may be necessary in the future, depending on the needs of the HOA and external economic conditions. However, we are actively looking for ways to minimize those additional increases, but we need your input! Please read the, “Long Term Funding for Robin Meadows” post for more information.

The new monthly dues will be effective beginning with the new year in January of 2026.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,
The Board of Directors

IMPORTANT LINKS

2026_Robin_Meadows_BudgetDownload

Long-term funding for Robin Meadows

A presentation on ways to fund the HOA for the long term.

The information below was presented during November’s board meeting, where we discussed ways to fund the HOA for the long term. This information should be read within the context of the following posts: “We Need Your Input: Planning for Robin Meadows’ Financial Future” and “Understanding Our Dues and Future Obligations.”

Proposal 1 – Keep the CC&Rs the same

Proposal 2 – Change the CC&Rs; HOA performs gutter cleaning once a year, moss out once a year, and power washing every four years

Proposal 3 – Change the CC&Rs; HOA provides no exterior home maintenace

Here is a spreadsheet that compares the costs of the three proposals broken down by maintenance, reserves, and total –https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ix-JUqZ_SsJBum9N9o2a353A5WgiPF5GMLAM2Kxm42o/edit?usp=sharing

Long-term funding proposals explainerDownload
Long-Term Funding for Robin MeadowsDownload

We need your input: Planning for Robin Meadows’ financial future

We need your input for planning Robin Meadows’ financial future.

Robin Meadows Home Owners,

The purpose of this letter is to solicit your response and input regarding serious financial issues confronting the Robin Meadows Homeowners and the Homeowners Association. 

We are currently confronted with a serious shortfall in the Homeowners Association funding necessary to cover planned and required maintenance over the next several years.  The original CCR’s and HOA bylaws require the association (which is all of us) to provide general maintenance and periodic large-scale repairs to many of the external features of the individual houses and condominiums.  These periodic repairs include Roofs, Gutters, Siding and roads, Tree trimming, etc.

The CCR’s also require us to do periodic professional studies to evaluate our general maintenance and reserve budgets so that we can properly fund the ongoing monthly maintenance and the large-scale periodic projects.  The Board has posted the financial details on the Robin Meadows Home Page for you to review and links to the financial spreadsheets are below. 

To summarize the situation for those who don’t wish to go through the details of the financials – Our current HOA monthly dues is not sufficient to cover the general maintenance budget and large-scale projects that we will be facing in the years to come.

Fortunately, we were able to cover the major roofing project with funds that were in the reserve budget, and we will hopefully have sufficient funding for the cleanup projects associated with that project with no special assessment cost to the homeowners.  (We dodged a bullet.)

So, how do we handle the financial shortfall?  We want your response and input so that we can make a decision moving forward.  Many of the things that the board is considering at this time are as follows:

  1. Raise the monthly Dues by the maximum amount allowed by the CCR’s without homeowner input (20% or $54.00, totaling $324.00 monthly) and then raise the dues in years following based on the outcome.

  2. Partial funding of major projects as they come due and issuing special assessments to the homeowners to cover the shortfall.

  3. Homeowners to initiate their own projects with some support from the HOA when possible.  However, if you choose to take on projects involving the exterior of your home, any changes must comply with the CCR’s specifications – including aspects such as color, dimensions, material, etc.  ARC forms are available on the HOA website and should be submitted to the board for approval before starting any work.

  4. A fresh look at the responsibilities of the HOA.  This would require a possible rewrite of the CCR’s and Bylaws involving our attorney and the State of Oregon.  This would also require a vote from the homeowners that would include a 75% majority vote in favor.  One suggestion would be that the HOA would not be responsible in the future for major projects like roofs and siding and would only do road maintenance with special assessments.  The HOA would continue to provide roof moss treatment, siding pressure washing, and yard maintenance. 

  5. The HOA would act as a COOP for seeking bids for projects, utilizing the scale of multiple owners to reduce cost.

These are a few ideas and we need your input.

Robin Meadows Board of Directors        

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