The 2017 Annual Meeting will be held at the Ruthe Jackson Center on Wednesday, March 29th.
We have reserved the Dechman Room which holds 50-60 people and we have the room from 6 to 10 PM. The meeting starts at 7PM sharp.
We will have 2 six foot tables for the Board and vote counting and tables which can accommodate 40 people. We will also have overflow chairs available; the room will hold 90 total.
Here is a link to the Ruthe-Jackson-Center-Floor-Plan showing the room location.
The new GP Pipeline is posted.
I had to change the site back to a white background because the dark one would not show the new Pipeline.
We are scheduling a large item pickup as follows:
West side Thursday, February 23rd
East side Thursday, March 2nd
We will be placing notices out prior to Large Item pickup advising what we cannot accept. For those items, the city offers Household Hazardous Waste collection (next one is on March 4, 2017) by registration only:
Registration is required and space is limited, so please register early. Register online or call (972) 237-8055 to register for the next Household Hazardous Waste collection event.
You can get information on what will or will not be accepted by the City at this link:
The City is continuing the water meter replacements, this time on the West side. I am told that the are placing door hangers on the affected properties to advise the water will be off while they make the meter swap-out. The new meters are the type that can be read remotely without lifting the heavy covers.
The Office will be closed all day on Thursday, February 9, 2017.
The HOA has been using Club Car utility carts for years and they are not standing up to the demands required of them. At this time, 2 of the 3 utility carts are broken down; one of them is in the shop (2009 Carry All 1), the other has had frame breakage twice in as many months (2008 Carry All 6). The carts we have been using have an aluminum frame and were not really designed for what we do.
Last night we voted to get a used 2016 John Deere “Gator TX 4×2” to replace one of the really worn out Club Car carts and we picked it up this afternoon. Here are a few photos of it:
These are similar to the carts the City uses at the golf course and cemetery. They are steel frames and built more appropriately for our use. The cart has a warranty for 1000 hours and has only 251 hours on it now., meaning we have about another 8 months of factory warranty on it.
We will begin the 2017 mowing schedule next week. The West side will be mowed on Tuesday, February 7; the East side on February 8th.
UPDATE: As of 5PM Tuesday, our guys were still working to fix this leak. In trying to get the water back on as soon as possible, the repairs blew apart and had to be completely redone. The PVC pipe glue needs time to cure or the joints are not secure.
We will get the water back on as soon as practical. We have to let the glue properly cure.
One of the new meters seems to have caused a leak in a 2″ line. The contractor working for the city was kind enough to locate the leak and dig down to it; the leak ended up being our problem to fix.
Over the course of time, the pipes have gotten out of alignment probably due to ground shifting or roots from the tree nearby. Regardless, repairs are in process.
We will have the water back on as soon as possible. The streets effected are East Townhouse, East Mountain, and parts of East Mountain Creek Drive.
It looks like one of the newly installed water meters has a leak at the flange. This new meter was installed on Friday and has apparently leaked since then, from what we are told. The City has been notified and they will let the contractor know.
City employees have been out to check it, but the City’s contractor must fix it. They also told me that we will not be charged for the water leaking since Friday.