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Water Leak on East MC Court

Posted on by Don Ryan

We have another water leak at the City water meter located in the common area across from #40 East MC Court. Our guys are working on it now and we will have the water back on as soon as possible. This is a 2″ connection leaking at a rate of about 40 gallons per minute and we have to repair it now. The connection into the meter sheared off due to ground motion and the water meter not being situated inline with out stuff. A slight ground movement puts lateral force on a threaded PVC connector and you get this:

The HOA is fortunate to have people that can do these types of repairs and save the HOA a lot of money as opposed to hiring a plumbing company on a Sunday to repair this leak.

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Pool Sidewalk and Wall

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We have had issues with the recent rain causing dirt to wash down the incline onto the pool deck area. You can see a mark on the deck where the dirt usually sat. So, to alleviate this problem, we added in a retaining wall to stop the erosion and loss of soil. While we were there, we added in a sidewalk between the pool deck and the rear BBQ area. Previously, people had to walk past the Women’s restroom to get to the rear area. 

We are fortunate to have acquired maintenance staff members over the years who have a wide variety of experience and can do these projects so we can reduce costs, as opposed to hiring subcontracting companies to do them. The last major sewer repair, requiring a back hoe and a lot of man-hours, would have cost the HOA over $10,000; we spent around $1500 including equipment rental and labor. This is one example; we did 5 similar repairs in the past 4 or 5 months, using our people to do them. The same is true of water line repairs and so much more.

  • Dirt stains
  • Declined area
  • Building a retaining wall
  • Finished retaining wall
  • Sidewalk pour
  • Sidewalk smoothed
  • Sidewalk finished

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Power Outage on West Side

Posted on by Don Ryan

There has been a pole leaning near the creek for quite some time. We reported it to Oncor and they were coming out to fix or replace it. They did not get here soon enough, it seems.  There was a tree service that has been out and cleared trees away from the area, however, the pole is still about to fall over, and may have snapped one of the electric cables running on top of the pole. This line which follows the creek goes to the woods and branches out to power most, if not all, of the West side.  The last estimated time we heard for restoration of power is midnight.

There are contractors putting in new poles now.

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Our Newest Board Members

Posted on by Don Ryan - 1 Comment

At last night’s Board meeting, we appointed 2 homeowners to fill the recent 2 Board vacancies left by the sale of properties. These appointments are for the remainder of the terms the previous Board members were elected to, one ending next year and the other in 2020.

Let’s all welcome Sherri Geurts and David Barksdale to the Board of Directors!

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Joe Pool Lake Master Plan Public Meeting July 31

Posted on by Don Ryan

Joe Pool Lake Master Plan Public Meeting July 31

The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will be hosting a public meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at the Summit, 2975 Esplanade, to provide information and receive public input toward the final draft revision of the Master Plan for Joe Pool Lake. At the conclusion of a brief presentation, there will be an opportunity for the public to view maps, ask questions and provide comments about the Joe Pool Lake Master Plan.

For more information, visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth website: https://www.swf.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/1580247/corps-to-host-public-meeting-for-the-joe-pool-lake-master-plan-revision/

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Utility Work on the West Side

Posted on by Don Ryan

J&S Underground Networks are starting work today to install conduits for new underground power cables.

This work will be from West Creek Lane to West Mountain Lane between the transformers.  If they are doing it like they did on the East side, they will get the new conduits and cables in place at the transformers to minimize the downtime without power while they swap cables.

 

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