We will be mowing the West side tomorrow, June 20 and the East side on Wednesday, June 21.
Just a reminder; we do not pick up loose trash out of trash cans. Everything must be in a tied and secured trash bag. Trash cans must have tight fitting lids.
The newest GP Pipeline newsletter has been posted.
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.
Since we had bad weather over the weekend, we are opening the pool today. It will be open until 9PM.
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.
The Pool is closed until further notice due to the Emergency phone not being operational. It must be working or we cannot open the pool.
AT&T has been advised of the problem, but they are the one who cause the emergency phone to fail when they work on U-Verse or phone lines in the vicinity.
This is not the first time they have caused the emergency phone not to work.
We will advise once it has been repaired and is functional again.