The Office will be closed all day on Friday, April 8th. We will reopen on the following Monday.
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.
Over the past few days, Excalibur Towing has been removing vehicles from our visitor lots that have expired registration. This is not a recent rule for the visitor lots; it has been around for a very long time. In addition, we have towed a vehicle for an expired Parking Permit. Just like with vehicle registration, it is your responsibility to assure that these items are renewed prior to its expiration.
Open Board Meeting, April 7th, at 7 PM in the Association Office.
- Agenda for the meeting: (Subject to change)
- Approve 1st Quarter Financials for 2016
- Discuss Spring Planting
- Discuss Landscaping Contract renewal
We will be doing a water line repair tomorrow beginning around 9AM and involving the following addresses on East Mountain Creek Court:
- 1 through 9
- 11 through 19 and
- 37 through 45
The leak itself is in front of number 7, but the main cutoff for the area will shut off water to those addresses above. We will have the water back on as soon as repairs are completed.
At the Annual Meeting held tonight, members voted to fill 2 Board positions. Our 3 candidates were: John Moreno, Bobby Gentry and Karen McCrary. After all votes were tabulated, the two Board positions were filled by John Moreno and Karen McCrary. We welcome Karen McCrary to the Board.
We would like to thank Bobby Gentry for his long service to the HOA and wish him a speedy recover following abdominal surgery today.
We elected Board Officers following the Annual Meeting; Officers will remain the same as last year.
The 2016 Annual Membership Meeting will be held this Thursday, March 31, in the GPMCHA Office located at 3402 South Belt Line Road, Grand Prairie, Texas. The meeting will begin at 7 PM.
There are 2 Board positions which need to be filled. For these 2 positions we have 3 candidates, 2 of which are incumbent Board members. On the Ballot are Bobby Gentry, John Moreno and Karen McCrary. Mr. Gentry and Mr. Moreno have been on the Board for many years and Mrs. McCrary is running for the first time. We appreciate these individuals expressing an interest in our HOA.
Please remember to send in your Absentee Ballot or Proxy at least 10 days prior to the Meeting. Please do not include your assessment dues payment with these. We will not open any election related envelopes until the Annual Meeting has begun.
All homeowners who file absentee ballots are hereby advised of Property Code 209.00592, (C) (3) :
“By casting your vote via absentee ballot you will forgo the opportunity to consider and vote on any action from the floor on these proposals, if a meeting is held. This means that if there are amendments to these proposals your votes will not be counted on the final vote on these measures. If you desire to retain this ability, please attend any meeting in person. You may submit an absentee ballot and later choose to attend any meeting in person, in which case any in-person vote will prevail.”
The new GP Pipeline is posted…
As I was on my way back to the house around 4:40PM today, I saw a pickup truck parked on the grass and loaded with conifer branches. I went to investigate and there was a guy cutting down a Cedar tree located on common property in the front bed of a house. This tree had been there for 25 years or more and was about 15 feet tall or more.
I asked why he cut down this tree and his reply was that the “real estate agent told him to” do so. He was just following those instructions. He also mentioned the neighbor also said it was OK; apparently this neighbor did not know that in the front, your property stops at the foundation. Anything beyond the foundation, the flower beds, sidewalk, etc, it Common Property of the HOA. The same is true of the grass area between the rear fences and the street.
Any changes, additions or removals require Board permission; always has. The tree he just cut down was HOA property. Had the “real estate agent” called the Office, or bothered to look at the CC&R, it would have explained this. We will be sending an invoice for the unauthorized removal of this tree.
