The newest GP Pipeline is posted.
We will not be picking up garbage on Monday, July 4th. We will be picking up garbage on July 5th, Tuesday.
The June 30th GP Pipeline is posted. You can access it from the Menu above.
In observance of the July 4th holiday, which is a paid holiday for our employees, the Pool will remain closed as it always is on Monday.
The pool will reopen on Tuesday, July 5th at the usual time. 
We have a water leak effecting East Mountain Lane (facing 14th and 1-19)) and East Townhouse Lane (2-10). The leak is at the meter and the City is working to fix it now.
We have had several people take advantage of our Daily Rate deal with S&P Tree Service; many trees have been trimmed and shaped and others are going to be removed at the request of the homeowner. For the last 35-45 years these trees grew to larger diameters and heights eventually pushing into fences, houses, the neighbor’s house, storage buildings, laying on top of carports, etc. It will also prevent a big tree from falling on a house during a wind storm. We have several trees on property that are too heavy on one side, or which have root or trunk damage.
We would like to thank those who are trimming their trees. If anyone needs a more than 30 days for this, please let us know.
During the past week, we have had a few events which required a visit by the Grand Prairie Police:
- an auto burglary on the East side, 2 of the 3 alleged suspects were apprehended in the act, the third seems to have gotten away.
- another auto burglary was attempted, but the homeowner caught them in the act and gave chase. The young man got away from him.
- on Friday, a young man walked into our maintenance shop and walked out with a camo hunting hat valued at $80; this young man now has a felony burglary charge over a stupid hat. I am not sure if they have arrested him but they know where he lives and have photos of him off the surveillance cameras.
The GP Officer that came out for the shop burglary call told me he used to work this area (the HOA area) and that it was well know for vehicles ducking in and parking here because it is out of the way and off the main roads. These individuals that do this are more often than not up to no good and use our property to drink, smoke dope, and other activities for which they hope not to get caught doing. We have called the Police on several of these people. some ending in their arrest for possession.
The take away here is that we all need to keep a better eye on our neighborhood and those who do not belong here. We have had 5 or 6 vehicles in the past few months that the Police came to check out; some were innocent, others had drugs in the car and were hauled off. Don’t be afraid to call the GP Police non-emergency number to report suspicious vehicles, people or activity. That number is (972) 237-8700
We can reduce crime within the HOA by reporting suspicious people and vehicles.
The newest GP Pipeline for June 16 has been posted.
We have been using Metroscape Landscaping for the past 2 years at a cost of about $76,000 per year, which included mowing, edging, flower bed turning and shrub trimming. It also has 2 “weed and feed” applications scheduled for Spring and Fall. This annual contract was up for renewal at the beginning of June 2016. We looked into other landscaping contractors to do the job but did not like the prices we were given, between $92,000 and almost $100,000 per year.
After doing some digging and looking for possible alternatives, we arrived at a solution. The Board voted at the April 2016 meeting to do the landscaping ourselves and approved the purchase of the required equipment. We now have 2 mowers, a 60″ and a 48″ which were delivered today.
Both are the Toro 5000 Series commercial grade -Zero-turn mower. Here is a picture of the mower type we bought:
There are a few more items we need to get to have the proper equipment to do the entire subdivision. We have hired someone to mow and he has many years experience on the grounds here because he used to work for one of our previous lawn contractors. When necessary, our maintenance guys will assist as needed when schedules permit. We should have much better control on things using our own people to do the landscaping.
The HOA will begin doing landscaping on July 1st.
Terry is still not feeling well, so the Office will remain closed today.