Strawberry Valley Property Owner’s Association
Minutes of the August 31, 2024 General Membership Meeting
This meeting took place at the Strawberry Valley Community Center. The meeting was called to order
by President David Zanze at 11:00am. All of the current board members were present including: David
Zanze, President and Cathy Hackbart, Vice President, Linda Stinar, Secretary/Treasurer; Jim Stinar,
Board Member #1; Jerry Triebold, Board Member #2; and Alan Rice, Alternate Board Member. There
were 30 owners and 6 board members for a total of 36 owners total in attendance. The board members
each introduced themselves and each of the member owners introduced themselves.
Minutes: The minutes from the Spring May 2024 meeting were read by Linda Stinar. Motion to accept
by Alan Rice and seconded by Marie Earl.
Treasurer’s Report: Linda Stinar read the Treasurer’s report. The beginning balance as of March 29,
2024 was $44,325.03. Income from Dues and Donations totaled $4085.00. Expenses included Garkane
Power, Kane County Water, Website Fee, Community Center Insurance, and Legal expenses for a total of
$7327.85. Ending balance as of July 31, 2024 is $41,082.18. Motion to accept by Chuck Garhardt and
seconded by Alan Rice.
Presidents Report:
David reminded everyone that his goal as president of the SVPOA association is to ensure property
values don’t go down, that we have a safe community, and a nice place to live. He believes that issues
that arise in our community are mostly brought about by the short-term renters.
1. Airbnb’s Update David spoke to the county about Airbnb’s and they told him they don’t have
enough county people to enforce Airbnb’s rules and regulations. Some are following the rules and
some are not. David is still working on short term rental guidelines to provide SV property owners.
2. CC&R Violations David is concerned that realtors are not providing new property owners with
copies of the CC&R’s. He called several of them and they didn’t know they existed. He suggested
that we put our CC&R’s on our website.
3. Rezoning Applications David spoke about the recent rezoning application that was approved by the
county commission to rezone a 10 acre meadow parcel by the dumpsters from AG to Light
Commercial. Many SV property owners were in opposition to the rezoning and some association
board members attended both the planning & zoning commission, and Kane County Commission
meetings to speak in opposition. Although there was heavy opposition, the rezoning was approved.
Membership Report: Linda Stinar presented the membership report. As of the day of the meeting, we
had 92 members that paid dues or 23% of SV lots. There is a total of 191 lots in the 4 units of Strawberry
Valley Estates and 357 lots in the Ponderosa Villa subdivisions for a total of 548 lots. We had a total of
36 ownership changes in our valley which is down from the 48 ownership changes in the prior year.
Airport Update: Gary Hackbart provided the airport update. The airport is in great shape and is an asset
to our community. If we didn’t have the airport, we could have, instead, had an RV park in its place. We
have one more year to payoff the airport well repair expenses. The airport is a separate legal entity
from the SVPOA association and only the 191 lots in the Strawberry Valley Estates subdivisions can be
assessed the airport fee. Title companies are required to let buyers of Strawberry Valley Estate lots
know they are required to pay an airport assessment each year. Airport expenses that are included
when calculating the airport fee are; power for the well; gas/diesel for the airport equipment; property
taxes; etc. Gary is not paid any salary for maintaining the airport.
Old Business: Linda Stinar told members that she had researched the issue of expanding our
membership dues payment options from just mailing in checks. She found that our bank does have the
Zelle online payment option and that we could set that up. We would just need to be sure that
everyone lists their names when making a payment, so we know who has paid their dues. The
overwhelming consensus is that we should set up a Zelle payment option.
New Business: Alan Rice explained that there has been a lot of work done in the forest around our
subdivisions to reduce wildfire risk but there are some lots inside the subdivisions that have lots of dead
wildfire fuel that needs to be cleaned up. Certain ordinances say you can’t have fire hazards on your
property. Couldn’t find a specific ordinance that he had seen a couple of years ago that required lot
owners to clean up their property. We should add information to our website regarding companies that
provide lot clean up.
Nominations and Elections-Two Year Term
The Presidents board seat was up for election at this meeting. David Zanze agreed to stay on for the
next term.
The Secretary/Treasurer’s board seat was up for election at this meeting. Linda Stinar agreed to stay on
for the next term.
Board Member #2 seat was up for election at this meeting. Jerry Triebold is the current board member
and agreed to stay on if needed. Dillon McNamara agreed to replace Jerry and will do all the work to
update our website and facebook page. There was a vote taken for each candidate and Dillon
McNamara received the most votes. He will replace Jerry Triebold for the next term.
Motion was made to adjourn, seconded, so moved.
For Board Purposes Only:
President: David Zanze
Vice-President: Cathy Hackbart
Secretary/Treasurer: Linda Stinar
Board Member #1: Jim Stinar
Board Member #2: Dillon McNamara
Alternate Board Member: Alan Rice
Fall 2025 Meeting the following positions will be up for re-election:
Vice President
Board Member #1
Alternate Board Member
Minutes of the August 31, 2024 General Membership Meeting
This meeting took place at the Strawberry Valley Community Center. The meeting was called to order
by President David Zanze at 11:00am. All of the current board members were present including: David
Zanze, President and Cathy Hackbart, Vice President, Linda Stinar, Secretary/Treasurer; Jim Stinar,
Board Member #1; Jerry Triebold, Board Member #2; and Alan Rice, Alternate Board Member. There
were 30 owners and 6 board members for a total of 36 owners total in attendance. The board members
each introduced themselves and each of the member owners introduced themselves.
Minutes: The minutes from the Spring May 2024 meeting were read by Linda Stinar. Motion to accept
by Alan Rice and seconded by Marie Earl.
Treasurer’s Report: Linda Stinar read the Treasurer’s report. The beginning balance as of March 29,
2024 was $44,325.03. Income from Dues and Donations totaled $4085.00. Expenses included Garkane
Power, Kane County Water, Website Fee, Community Center Insurance, and Legal expenses for a total of
$7327.85. Ending balance as of July 31, 2024 is $41,082.18. Motion to accept by Chuck Garhardt and
seconded by Alan Rice.
Presidents Report:
David reminded everyone that his goal as president of the SVPOA association is to ensure property
values don’t go down, that we have a safe community, and a nice place to live. He believes that issues
that arise in our community are mostly brought about by the short-term renters.
1. Airbnb’s Update David spoke to the county about Airbnb’s and they told him they don’t have
enough county people to enforce Airbnb’s rules and regulations. Some are following the rules and
some are not. David is still working on short term rental guidelines to provide SV property owners.
2. CC&R Violations David is concerned that realtors are not providing new property owners with
copies of the CC&R’s. He called several of them and they didn’t know they existed. He suggested
that we put our CC&R’s on our website.
3. Rezoning Applications David spoke about the recent rezoning application that was approved by the
county commission to rezone a 10 acre meadow parcel by the dumpsters from AG to Light
Commercial. Many SV property owners were in opposition to the rezoning and some association
board members attended both the planning & zoning commission, and Kane County Commission
meetings to speak in opposition. Although there was heavy opposition, the rezoning was approved.
Membership Report: Linda Stinar presented the membership report. As of the day of the meeting, we
had 92 members that paid dues or 23% of SV lots. There is a total of 191 lots in the 4 units of Strawberry
Valley Estates and 357 lots in the Ponderosa Villa subdivisions for a total of 548 lots. We had a total of
36 ownership changes in our valley which is down from the 48 ownership changes in the prior year.
Airport Update: Gary Hackbart provided the airport update. The airport is in great shape and is an asset
to our community. If we didn’t have the airport, we could have, instead, had an RV park in its place. We
have one more year to payoff the airport well repair expenses. The airport is a separate legal entity
from the SVPOA association and only the 191 lots in the Strawberry Valley Estates subdivisions can be
assessed the airport fee. Title companies are required to let buyers of Strawberry Valley Estate lots
know they are required to pay an airport assessment each year. Airport expenses that are included
when calculating the airport fee are; power for the well; gas/diesel for the airport equipment; property
taxes; etc. Gary is not paid any salary for maintaining the airport.
Old Business: Linda Stinar told members that she had researched the issue of expanding our
membership dues payment options from just mailing in checks. She found that our bank does have the
Zelle online payment option and that we could set that up. We would just need to be sure that
everyone lists their names when making a payment, so we know who has paid their dues. The
overwhelming consensus is that we should set up a Zelle payment option.
New Business: Alan Rice explained that there has been a lot of work done in the forest around our
subdivisions to reduce wildfire risk but there are some lots inside the subdivisions that have lots of dead
wildfire fuel that needs to be cleaned up. Certain ordinances say you can’t have fire hazards on your
property. Couldn’t find a specific ordinance that he had seen a couple of years ago that required lot
owners to clean up their property. We should add information to our website regarding companies that
provide lot clean up.
Nominations and Elections-Two Year Term
The Presidents board seat was up for election at this meeting. David Zanze agreed to stay on for the
next term.
The Secretary/Treasurer’s board seat was up for election at this meeting. Linda Stinar agreed to stay on
for the next term.
Board Member #2 seat was up for election at this meeting. Jerry Triebold is the current board member
and agreed to stay on if needed. Dillon McNamara agreed to replace Jerry and will do all the work to
update our website and facebook page. There was a vote taken for each candidate and Dillon
McNamara received the most votes. He will replace Jerry Triebold for the next term.
Motion was made to adjourn, seconded, so moved.
For Board Purposes Only:
President: David Zanze
Vice-President: Cathy Hackbart
Secretary/Treasurer: Linda Stinar
Board Member #1: Jim Stinar
Board Member #2: Dillon McNamara
Alternate Board Member: Alan Rice
Fall 2025 Meeting the following positions will be up for re-election:
Vice President
Board Member #1
Alternate Board Member