Voting will occur on electing two Board Members, the proposed 2022 Budget, how to proceed with the financial audit (as required by RCW 64.38.045), and whether to accept a low interest loan.

The first board meeting with announcement of the voting results is scheduled for Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 10:00am by video conference.

2021 AGM brochure

This document provides background information for those votes including the DWSRF pre-construction loan and the member bios for the two open positions. PDF file here

Questions about ballot issues?

There will be a Q&A Session about ballot issues on Thursday, October 14 at 7:30 pm by video conference. All questions are welcome.

JOIN Q&A SESSION BY ZOOM HERE

or join by phone
(253) 215-8782
Meeting ID: 864 4329 5941
Passcode: 178990

Financials

• Reserve Study 2021

• Budget Reserve Disclosure (optional)

• Budget Reserve Disclosure (required)

• 2022 Budget (proposed)

• 2020 Profit & Loss

• 2020 Balance Sheet

Greetings

I am Steven Brown and I want to serve on the Board of the LISECC. We bought our home on Lummi Island with the intent of making it our forever home. Everyday we thank the fates that we found and bought our last house here in the Scenic Estates.

My goal and task as a board member would be to work towards protecting what for most of us is our largest investment, as well as labor of love. We all work or worked hard to attain what we have, and I believe it should be protected and nurtured. I feel that a proactive and compassionate board should be the goal, staffed by folks who “have skin in the game”. I believe that with a lot of listening and understanding we can together advance the goals of all, in a fair and patient but progressive manner.

I have many years of experience serving on the board of an agricultural advancement organization and on the Technical Advisement Committee for a Washington College system. I have also worked in a fundraising capacity for a myriad of non-profit organizations and have owned and managed several for-profit businesses. I further have the time, energy, health, and motivation to serve.

My name is Scott Elliott, and I am running for one of the two open positions on the LISE Board of Directors. My wife Cathy and I have lived full time on Beach Ave for the past 8 years. We bought our property around 20 years ago and then a couple of years later, built our vacation home which we have since moved into.

I have been a practicing chiropractor for 35 years starting in Ferndale and then 33 years in Everson. During that time, I was also working in the Sports Medicine field, treating High School football and basketball players, and then for 17 years worked with the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association here in the NW, finishing each year at the National Finals in Las Vegas. I also taught Anatomy Physiology and Biology at Whatcom Community College for 16 years and retired at the end of Spring Quarter 2020.

I have never served on a board before, however living here and owning our property, I do feel it is my obligation to serve. I know that I will be instructed and trained in the proper procedures which are required of a board member needed when running a community efficiently. To be, as much as I can be, non-partial and have an open mind with all of the affairs that come before our board.

At this time, I am asking for your vote, for a position on the LISE Board of Directors.

I am a recent arrival to this unique place. Some may have seen our new house above Cedar Ave or watched it’s construction over the last year. Some may have seen our old former BC Mission Boat now renamed NOOTKA on its mooring off the LISE docks. They both tell much of me and my willingness to serve.

I am originally from Washington, but my career took me to Boston - first as Division Director and later as Boston Center Director for a federal agency. After 20 years in Boston I retired and we decided no more winter, so off to San Diego where lived aboard our 40 foot sailboat. Nice sailing, but no islands.

Visits to Washington led to NOOTKA and cruising in the San Juans while still enjoying the sun and sailing in San Diego most of the year. Sandra, who is from Argentina fell in love with it up here, loved the islands, and started looking...

Sandra wanted to be on an island, I wanted to build the house myself, which brought us to our almost unbuildable lot on Cedar Ave where I acted my own General Contractor. When we talked to a bank about a construction loan I was surprised that they were interested in my management background rather than my ability to build and do much of my own work.

LISE Marina gave us the possibility for a mooring. I applied for a permit from DNR, obtained Shoreline Exemption from Whatcom County, found a diver for the eelgrass survey, had an interesting time with the Corp of Engineers and waited to hear if the Lummi or Nooksack tribes would object. Then chased down approvals from several other agencies - and it worked.

As a new member of LISECC Board I will bring new set of eyes, along with management, budgeting, planning and problem solving experience. I have worked with all levels of state and local governments - experience that could be helpful. The water system is the priority. It may be worthwhile to engage in some long term planning for amenities, their maintenance and other issues.

We have already met some great people living here. Sandra and I are happy to be full time residents.

Having searched for a nice, quiet place to wind down after living and working for the past 35+ years in the greater Seattle area, my wife, Linda Nordstrom and I bought our home on Berry Way, next to Aiston Creek and moved full-time to Scenic Estates in July, 2015. We love it here on Lummi, and appreciate the welcoming community here in Scenic Estates.

Serving on the board for the last two cycles has been a learning experience. I readily admit to taking a while to learn the ropes and levers of how this community functions, and what makes it work. For the last cycle I hope I have put some of the experience gained from nearly forty years of small business ownership, communication design and copy writing to use as the Communication Chair and Secretary for the board of Scenic Estates. In my past working life I often translated technical and engineering concepts into language and visuals that made it accessible to the widest audience. I hope as Communication Chair I’ve been able to do that here as well. With the current challenge of replacing our aging water treatment plant my goal is to ensure that all members have clear, reliable information needed to make informed decisions on the issues facing our community.

I appreciate the opportunity to have served for the past few years. I look forward to continuing to participate in whatever function is needed to ensure the future of our part of Lummi Island.