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.
- Open Board Meeting, February 2, 2017, at 7 PM in the Association Office.
- Agenda for the meeting: (Subject to change)
- Approve 4th Quarter 2016 Financials
- Discuss Pre-emergent treatment to common areas
- Executive Session to follow
- Agenda for the meeting: (Subject to change)
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.
Although we were initially told that the City’s subcontractor would apprise us of where they were working and which homes would be affected, they have not been updating us as they should.
Hopefully, they will be completing these meter upgrades sometime next week.
The new GP Pipeline for January 26th is posted.
The City has started meter replacement on the East side. The addresses affected are:
- 2-30 East Mountain Creek Court (Odd numbers not affected)
- All of East Creek
- All of East Mountain Creek Drive
We had a 2″ pipe begin leaking last night, and quite a large amount of water ended up on the East side. from Mountain Lane to MC Court. The leak is under a section of the sidewalk, and as of this writing, we have repaired the split elbow. Water should be back on after lunch; we have to give the glue time to set up properly.