Category: Information - page 19
Our office will be closed both Monday and Tuesday, July 3rd and 4th.
The Pool will be closed on Monday, like always, for chemical maintenance
Our maintenance crew will be in on Monday and we will pick up trash as usual.
All staff will be off on Tuesday, July 4th, and will be back to work as usual on Wednesday.
We will be mowing the West side tomorrow, June 20 and the East side on Wednesday, June 21.
Just so we all understand our water bills, I thought it would be a good idea to quantify them for you. We have 25 water meters around the property, and some areas use a lot more water than others. This may well be that there are more households on some meters than on others.
The past 3 water bills are as follows:
March 2017 – 2,139,000 gallons
April 2017 – 1,983,000 gallons
May 2017 – 2,542,000 gallons
Our current water bill is just under $30,000.00. Our water, based on our level of consumption, costs over $6.00 per thousand gallons. We also get billed for Waste Water, Storm Drainage, and for the multi-meters.
For those of you who have not lived here for a long time, there was a time when the HOA paid for the water themselves. I remember when the dues were less than $45-$55 a month when I moved here in 1983. But a few years later, the HOA had to make the water bill part of the dues, or face financial problems. That is when the dues went up to cover the water bill. Around 35% of the current dues go directly to paying the water bill alone.
Please conserve water whenever possible.
Current Water Restrictions
To keep the city’s water supply at a safe level and to comply with the city’s whole sale water purchase contracts, the following restrictions apply at all times:
- No watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
- No watering on Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday.
- Even numbered addresses may water on Mondays and Thursdays.
- Odd numbered addresses may water on Tuesday and Fridays.
- When watering, a constant stream of water should not be allowed to flow into the street drainage.
- Watering during precipitation is prohibited. Rain sensors are required on newer watering systems.
Allowed:
- Handheld and soaker hoses are allowed to be used any time.
Drought Contingency Plan (Emergency Water Use Plan) Information:
The Drought Contingency Plan may, depending on need, also prohibit all or some of the following non-essential uses (water use that does not directly benefit or maintain health, personal cleanliness, or firefighting purposes.
We will mow the West side on Tuesday, June 13th and the East side on Wednesday, June 14th.
Our office will be closed on Friday, June 9th. We will reopen on Monday, June 12th at 8 AM.
The Emergency Phone at the Pool has been repaired. The pool is open again as of 3 PM today.
The trash compactor is back after repairs and maintenance. Since we lease it, the costs were covered.
We will be doing a Large Item pickup for the West side this Thursday, May 25th. For the East side, large item pickup will be on June 1st.
We will pick up regular trash first and then come back around for the large items.
We have been seeing GP City trucks around since last week; they are changing out our street signs and putting up larger Stop signs at all exits from the property.
I believe they are also adding Stop signs along our entrances off of 14th (near the golf course), something we have not had prior. The new street name signs are reflective, as are the stop signs.
