landscaping
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Homeless Man in Park
On Thursday morning, a homeless man was seen in the smaller park off 157th and Crocus. This is right where the school bus picks up and drops off kids. The man setup a tent under the ramada and had apparently been there since the night before. The Police were called out and they told the man to vacate the community. While it took the man quickly took down his tent, he remained on property for some time. It appears he may have been recently released from a hospital has he had a plastic info wrist band on. Strangely, the man…
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New Landscaper 2024
In the past 6 or 7 years, this community has been through a number of landscapers. Why? To put it lightly, they weren’t good enough. They gave excuses as to why things weren’t getting done, rather than just doing them. We had to walk the property with them, showing how “we want things done” even though they were regular things any landscaper should be doing on a regular basis, but they would say “that’s above and beyond regular.” You’d think we were asking them to make this place look like Disneyland, when all we wanted was to ensure weeds were…
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Accent Lights on the New Steps
We’ve added some accent solar lights to the newly installed platform steps at the north side of the large park. While it wasn’t that dark there at night, it does provide some light to show where the steps edges are. Stay tuned for more lighting updates soon.
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New Platform Steps at the Large Park
One thing the park really needed, for those of us who live or come into the park from the north side off Evans, is.. well.. a way to get into the park! At least, one without having to walk around to the ramp by the ramada. Until now, we had to try to walk down the rock covered slope in hopes that we don’t slide or fall on the way down. Well, now, we have steps.. BIG.. W I D E.. WOOD.. STEPS! This has always been one of the goals I’ve wanted to see get accomplished ever since I,…
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Update on Landscaping – April/May 2022
Jim from Poor Daddy Landscaping has been asked by the Board to give updates on the current state of the community grounds and progress done to take care of it. Here is a list of updates from him: Weed Spray Greenbelt/grass area Irrigation Tree Trimming Monuments
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Irrigation Issues: Leaks and Flag Markers
Recently your Board has received numerous inquiries regarding pooling of water in many areas of the common areas. Addressing irrigation issues on a case by case basis is time consuming and creating a backlog with Poor Daddy’s Landscaping, our community’s new landscape vendor. It has been determined that our irrigation system is in greater disrepair than anticipated or budgeted for in fiscal 2022. Working proactively, Poor Daddy’s has been instructed to perform a complete irrigation audit. At times you will see excess water leaking into areas of the common areas. This is intentional and necessary as the irrigation system has…
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Introducing Poor Daddy’s Landscaping
The State of the Community Good help is hard to come by. As President of this community’s Board of Directors, I can honestly say that Wayne (VP) and myself have constantly tried to get our past landscaping vendor to do what they were contractually obligated to do. In fact, Wayne has personally walked this community almost everyday for over the past 1 year and a half watching the landscaping vendor, taking notes, talking to them, pointing things out, I mean you name it. And despite those efforts, the vendor just didn’t come through. Promises were broken, plants were not watered,…
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This Community Rocks!
We had previously placed rocks in some spots to add some curb appeal however, some of those placements weren’t exactly what we had pictured. So with a few tweaks, I think everyone will agree that it’s an improvement. Not only that, but key placed rocks on the corner of 157th and Evans, has stopped the kids from walking through the smaller rocks and kicking them allover the corner.
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How to Report Monsoon Season Damages
While I’m sure we all know how to stay safe and to try stay indoors during the monsoon storms, what may not be clear is how to report certain things, like a downed tree, community damages or other leaking water. There are contact listings available on this website which we try to keep it updated and add to it all the time. If you feel there are important listings that should be included, please contact the Board and let us know. I will include some of the more important contacts below (click the titles for more info): Please note that…
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Many New Plants have been Planted
As stated previously, BrightView, our landscaping vendor, has been actively planting new plants in the common areas and along the streets. We are planting over 400 new plants as well as ensuring existing plants will be getting the water they need and any unused drip lines will be capped off. Later, in a few weeks, you will notice the granite (rocks) in the common areas also be replenished. Another post will be made at that time.