During Sunday’s annual shareholder meeting, shareholders passed a motion to form a committee of volunteer shareholders to review and update the Community Covenants, Restrictions and Agreements (CRAs), available [here] on the CMCC website.

The original CRAs were written in 1973 and have been amended several times. The most recent amendments were recorded with the Skagit County Auditor on January 28, 2019.

Shareholders expressed concern about short-term rentals in the CMCC community and lot owners who violate the CRAs without facing penalties. These issues, along with the need for a general update, will be addressed as part of the review. The Board of Directors (BoD) will have the revised CRAs reviewed by its attorney before presenting them to shareholders for adoption. The committee will also recommend consequences for lot owners who violate the CRAs. The Board recently added consequences to its policy regarding shareholder complaints about fireworks being discharged within the community.

This is an opportunity to have your voice heard and help shape how our community is governed.

We are seeking shareholders who would like to serve on the committee, which will include one Board member. The committee will report its progress to the BoD each month until the CRAs are revised and ready for a shareholder vote.

Please email your interest in serving on the committee to info@colonymtcc.org by Sunday, October 11. If you signed up during the meeting, you do not need to sign up again.

The meeting will be held at the Edison Granary 14136 Gilmore Avenue, Edison, WA at 10am.

Beverages and cookies will be provided – there will be no potluck this year.

Agenda for This Meeting:

• Board of Directors’ Yearly Reports
• Review of the 2026-2027 Budget
• Discussion of new water rates
• Open discussion by shareholders
• Election of 2026-2027 board members including filling open board seats

Board member presentations will be projected.  Prior to this meeting, please visit our website colonymtcc.org, read the 2026 documents and the draft minutes from the CMCC 2025 Annual Meeting. The 2025 annual meeting minutes need to be approved by shareholders at this 2026 meeting. Other BOD documents should be posted by Sep 23^rd. There will be no paper copies of any reports available at the meeting.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE BUSINESS MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE SIGNED PROXY TO: CMCC Secretary Kay Birkett, P.O. Box 91, Bow, WA 98232-0091. You may also give your proxy to a shareholder who will be attending the meeting, or mail it to CMCC 10 days prior to the meeting to ensure it will be delivered before the meeting date.

On Sunday, June 28, 2026, the CMCC Volunteer Water Management Team will be conducting water meter readings throughout the community.

To ensure accurate and timely readings, please:

• Clear the area around your meter of obstructions (over grown vegetation, etc.).
• Manage any pets that may pose a risk or interfere with access.
• Check inside the meter box and remove any dirt, debris, or brush that could obstruct the meter.

Bills will be prepared and mailed shortly after the readings and are due upon receipt.

Please note: A $50 meter clearing fee will be assessed if access to your meter is obstructed or if the meter box is not properly cleared for reading.

Thank you!.

Hello Colony Mountain Community neighbors!

Ann and I have some excellent news. Our neighborhood has received a wonderful gift from Skagit County Fire District #14 (also known as Alger Fire). Chief David Skrinde recognized the need for our community to improve the security of our evacuation route and successfully secured a grant from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to facilitate a project removing some of the leaning trees that have the potential to block our escape during a wildfire.

This potential for trees to come down during a wildfire event has been one we have discussed in the past. While we have been lucky to escape major fires up to this point, we all know that when the power goes out up on this hill, it’s nearly always an Alder that has fallen during a wind event.  While having the power cut is inconvenient, having a tree come down and block the road while we are all trying to outrun a fire would be disastrous. If we should have a fire aggressive enough where we need to evacuate, I can guarantee the wind will be blowing that day.   The DNR and the fire district agree and will begin working to secure our egress path this month.

While there are probably hundreds of trees with the potential to fall and block Colony Mountain Drive, we have identified approximately 50 trees located between Schultz Lane and Old School Trail Road that will be removed. This type of work is dangerous and expensive, so while $25,000 is a generous gift, we will need to identify additional funding sources to address the rest of the road in the future.

The work is tentatively scheduled to begin on June 16 and continue through June 18.  There will be traffic control in place, and there may be some delays during the project. The affected property owners, PSE, and Skagit County are all on board with this effort, and I hope the minor traffic delays will not cause too much inconvenience.

Because we are a Firewise Community and have developed a good working relationship with the DNR and Skagit County Fire District #14, we have been given this opportunity.  If you are not familiar with Firewise, please check out Firewise USA @ https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/wildfire/firewise-usa.  Our neighborhood has been an active participant in their program since 2017. 

Chris England

Hello CMCC Community!

We are seeking volunteers to help with heavy maintenance of our community well house on Saturday, July 18th beginning at 9am.

Our community well house needs some loving in the form of a new roof (demo current roof and install new one) and coat of paint. We will also install a new mail slot.

We estimate that we need 6 volunteers for about 6 hours that day. You don’t have to stay the whole time, but we will need more people then.

Also, we would like a volunteer to provide cold water and snacks for the workers.

Should rain be forecasted for that day, an alternate day will be selected.

Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Doug Robinson, by sending a text message to 360-708-7933 if you are willing to volunteer to help out on Saturday, July 18th.

Thank you in advance for your help!

On Saturday, January 3, 2026, CMCC volunteers will be conducting water meter readings throughout the community.

To ensure accurate and timely readings, please:

• Keep the area around your meter clear of obstructions.
• Manage any pets that may pose a risk or interfere with access.
• Check inside the meter box and remove any dirt, debris, or brush that could obstruct the meter.

Bills will be prepared and mailed shortly after the readings and are due upon receipt.

Please note: A $50 meter clearing fee will be assessed if access to your meter is obstructed or if the meter box is not properly cleared for reading.

Thank you for your cooperation.