SBCA Happenings

by Carolyn O’Keeffe, President; SBCA Board of Directors

Welcome to September with cooler evenings and the return of rain. Our hearts go out to residents across Washington state who have suffered devastating losses of homes, properties and businesses due to wildfires.

Here are a few updates to our 2026 – 2027 projects:

●        We will begin the asphalt resurfacing in the Bay Club front area this month. The current schedule for resurfacing is Monday, September 14, through Wednesday, September 16. The Bay Club will be closed on those days to allow for the resurfacing and curing of the asphalt, and restriping of the road and parking spaces. We will be sending out eBlasts to everyone as we get closer to the project date.

●        The new lockers for both the Men’s and Women’s locker rooms arrived damaged upon delivery at the end of July. We declined acceptance of these lockers and ordered new sets. We hope to install them early to mid-September.

●        Our landscaping crew continues to tweak and make small modifications to our new plantings as well as to the sprinkler system. Some of our new plants didn’t survive the shock of planting. They have been or will be replaced in the next few weeks and months.

●        Our pool project this fall will be to clean out the pool drains and replace them with a system that will allow us to clean them out more easily. We will also replace the hot water heater and electrical panel in the pool pump room.

●        We launched our new website in August after months of planning and tweaking of the new format. 

I want to give a shout-out to our Activities Committee that has been hard at work providing great experiences for our SBCA members. We have a superstar, renowned international naturalist Thor Hansen, presenting on September 3. We are doing a road trip to the Port Townsend Museum and the Rothschild House on September 10 for our presentation. Our favorite local historian, David Brownell, will be presenting, Sea Monsters of the PNW, on September 23. For those who love ribs with all the fixings, and music, please join us on September 18 for an evening of great food from Mo Chili BBQ and music with Budapest West, our local band.

Our Health/Fitness Committee continues to provide workshops and training on how to best use our new weights equipment. We hope you’ve had time to try out the new equipment and to attend any of the training provided by our H/F team.

We continue to work with our Insurance Broker to find an insurer that will provide coverage for our SBCA HOA and Club. Stay tuned for updates.

Enjoy September, everyone! Let’s hope for continued sunshine and cooler nights this month, with only a few days of smoky skies.