Since trash collection did not take place last week because of the snow, dumpsters are available in the Rec Center parking lot near the community gardens. The dumpsters are locked, so you will have to go to the Rec Center Front Desk to have them opened before dumping your trash. Staff are available at the Front Desk to help you between the hours of 8 am and 7:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Saturday, 12/31, is New Year’s Eve, and staff will be available between 8 am and 4:30 pm. The Rec Center is closed on Sunday, January 1, for the holiday. You can call the Rec Front Desk to confirm their availability at 360-366-8450.

There are still a few days to submit an entry for the holiday coloring contest! Click HERE to download and print the entry form. Two winners of a $25 Amazon gift card will be chosen from these age groups: 6 & under; and 7 to 12. Drop entries off at the Welcome Center before Monday morning, January 2nd. You can use the night drop on the side of the building if you come by after hours.

The Gate 9 mailboxes near Huckleberry Park were damaged on Wednesday, 12/21, by a car sliding into them. Maintenance is working on a temporary fix today, Thursday, 12/22, and replacement parts have been ordered so that a permanent fix can be implemented as soon as possible. If your mailbox can’t be accessed by the carrier or if it isn’t secure, USPS cannot deliver your mail. Impacted homeowners’ mail will be held for pick-up at the Mount Baker Post Office located at 3150 Orleans St (the intersection of Sunset and Orleans). The Mt Baker Post Office is open from 8:30 am to 6 pm on Thursday and Friday, 12/22-23. It is normally open 8:30 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday, and 10:30 am to 3 pm on Saturday.

SSC has canceled trash pickup for all of Sudden Valley this week and will make two pickups next week. If the garbage trucks can’t get to your location next week, you may bring your garbage to the large dumpsters located in the Rec Center parking lot near the community gardens. Please ask the Rec Front Desk staff to unlock the dumpsters for you. Rec staff will be available at the following days/times: Friday, 12/23 from 8 am to 7:30 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 12/24-25, closed; Monday, 12/26, 8am to 2:30 pm; Tuesday – Friday, 12/27-12/30, 8 am to 7:30 pm.

Currently, many of Sudden Valley’s roads are hard-packed snow and ice, and driving conditions are treacherous. There are multiple reports of vehicles in ditches, some partially blocking roadways. All local towing services are unable to work in Sudden Valley given the current conditions, so abandoned vehicles may be left on the roadways for several hours or possibly days. Road conditions are poor throughout Whatcom County. Please avoid driving if at all possible. Vehicles blocking the plows or emergency services can have a devastating impact. 

Call the SVCA Weather Hotline at 360-746-7010 for future updates.

The SVCA Welcome Center and Rec Center will be open today, Thursday, for normal business hours, but will be closed on Friday, December 23rd, and Monday, December 26th, in observance of the holiday.

Because bad weather is expected, snow removal and de-icing crews will be scheduled to work, as needed, throughout this holiday weekend.

Currently, many of Sudden Valley’s roads are hard-packed snow and ice, and driving conditions are treacherous. There are multiple reports of vehicles in ditches, some partially blocking roadways. Please note: tow trucks are unable to navigate many of these locations in the current conditions, so these vehicles may be left in these locations for several hours or possibly days. This is true throughout Whatcom County. Please avoid driving if at all possible. Vehicles blocking the plows or emergency services can have a devastating impact. 

Updates on road conditions will be posted here throughout the weekend. You can also get updates by calling the SVCA Weather Hotline at 360-746-7010.

If you have an emergency, call 911. If you need to report road conditions or an abandoned car, call Security at 360-715-2449.

SVCA snowplows cleared Primary, Secondary, and UTV routes on Tuesday and re-sanded them Wednesday morning to mitigate the icing that occurred overnight. Residential plowing began late on Tuesday and will resume on Wednesday. Roads throughout Whatcom County are icy and slick. Please avoid driving if possible.

Many cars have been abandoned at the roadside or parked inappropriately. These cars will be towed to prevent accidents and allow plowing to continue. If SVCA tows your car, it will be available for pickup at the lower golf parking lot.

If road conditions prevent you from getting home, please park in the designated overflow parking areas: Gate 5 Overflow, Gate 1 Park and Ride, Community Center lot, Lower Golf parking lot, Lower Gate 28 parking. Click HERE to see more detailed parking maps. If you have to abandon your car outside one of these areas, please call Security at 360-715-2449 and give them your name, contact info, make & model of your vehicle, and its location. Remember, if your car is blocking plows or presents a hazard to other drivers, it will be towed to the lower golf parking lot.

If you have an emergency, call 911. If you need to report road conditions or an abandoned car, call Security at 360-715-2449.

Due to a power outage, the Welcome Center and Rec Center will not open until 10 am today, Wednesday, November 30th. If power is not restored, the delay may be extended.

SVCA’s Property Transfer Fee Refund Program Administrator (Epiq) has completed processing of all completed applications and will be mailing out refund checks on Wednesday (November 30, 2022). Additionally, for those who have chosen to receive their refund payments by means of direct deposit, you can expect to receive your refund by Friday (December 2, 2022). 

Epiq received and processed for payment a total of 755 completed refund applications, and a total of $526,417 will be reimbursed tomorrow by means of 630 mailed checks and 125 initiated direct deposits. Moreover, last week Epiq also provided SVCA with an additional listing of 476 incomplete applications that could not be processed due to exceptions. However, SVCA’s Accounting Department has completed its review of these exceptions and 357 have been cleared for payment. As a result, Epiq will also be distributing an additional $320,984 of refund payments by the end of next week (December 9, 2022), so keep this fact in mind if you don’t receive your payment this week. The remaining 119 refund applications can’t be currently paid due to reasons that could not be promptly resolved, such as applications not including title closing statements, and SVCA will be begin reaching out to these individuals shortly. 

For those who have not yet applied for their refunds, SVCA will soon be conducting a second round of property transfer fee refunds, which will be advertised to the community and posted on SVCA’s website. 

In summary, the response rate to this first round of reimbursements was very good. During the duration of the time that SVCA charged ¼ of 1% for property transfer fees, SVCA collected these fees from a total of 1,767 separate property transactions. During this first round of the property transfer fee refund program, 1,231 applications were received (70% of total property transactions) and 1,112 of these applications have already been approved for payment (63% of total property transactions), which represents a current approved refund total of $847,401.