- Open Board Meeting, June 4th at 7 PM in the Association Office
- Agenda for the meeting: (Subject to change)
- Grand Prairie Animal Services – Field Supervisor Renee Johnston will be here to speak to all homeowners attending; copies of City Ordinances will be sent out later to all homeowners.
- Ancillary parking – Details on Permits and limitations
- Add 3-4 parking spaces on West Mountain Creek Drive, near turnaround
- Agenda for the meeting: (Subject to change)
Month: May 2015
It has been raining for three weeks now, and the ground it totally saturated. We do have standing water in places around the subdivision, but not for lack of trying to get them to drain off into the storm drains. Some of these pathways are shallow ditches which were recently hand carved into the ground and we will need to make them more permanent in the near future. However, we have to wait for the ground to dry out before we can insert either a concrete trench or a half-pipe so these drain channels do not fill in and become useless.
We get calls to the Office from homeowners who want their gutters cleaned out because the rain overflows them and their thought is the gutters are blocked by leaves or some other materials. In actuality, the 4″ gutters and 3″ x 4″ downspouts simply cannot channel the total volume of rain falling across your roof.
You can only put so much water into a 4″ gutter system, with 3″ x 4″ downspouts. That’s why the water runs over the sides of the gutters during heavy rainfall.
The Pool will be closed Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24, due to thunderstorms. We hope to reopen the Pool on Monday, May 25, weather permitting.
In observance of Memorial Day, both the Office and Maintenance will be closed. There will be no trash pickup. We will be doing trash pickup on Tuesday, May 26 and will be placing notices on each home today. Please do not put out any trash earlier than Tuesday to avoid being fined.
We are having a Large Item pickup tomorrow, and have put out notices on every home a few days ago. We will do the usual trash pickup, followed by large items; we will not pick up any hazardous household waste. See Grand Prairie website for information for drop-off for these items.
The Pool will be closed until the morning of Friday, May 22nd, which is our usual opening date for Memorial Day weekend.
The Pool will be closed tomorrow, May 17th, to take care of a few issues. It will also be closed on Monday, May 18 for scheduled maintenance.
The Pool will be open tomorrow between the hours of 3:30 – 8:30 PM. The weather may change;we will close the pool if weather gets bad again.
The Pool Schedule for 2015 is available from the menu above.
We had intended to open the Pool this weekend (May 16th), but the current weather forecasts are for continued thunderstorms though next week. We cannot open the Pool if there is any lightning locally. We will shoot for opening on Memorial Day weekend, as usual, and will let you know if things change.
- Landscaping – Due to the torrential rains of late and more on the way, we will not be mowing until the ground dries up sufficiently to not cause damage; as it is now, water is standing all over and it makes little sense to mow mud. The landscaping crew was out today trimming shrubs.
- Turtles – As odd as it sounds, we have seen a few turtles lately. Earlier today, there was a decently sized Snapping Turtle found near Warrior and the cemetery; this afternoon, there was a Box Turtle in front of the Office. We relocated both to the creel in the West woods.
- Littering – We still have a big problem with people throwing trash in the parking lots, as they drive through the property, and also as kids walk home they drop trash. I can see a better use for our time and personnel than to pick up after others. Please dispose of trash properly.
- Unleashed Dogs – We still have a number of residents who allow their dogs off-leash. This is a violation of our rules and City Ordinances. We also have too many dogs getting out of their yards and wandering around. Some of these dogs are large and powerful and could easily injury a child or older resident. We will be getting Animal Control involved since the owners of these dogs just don’t seem to understand why this is important.