There are some electrical problems on the West side, near the West Townhouse Lane area. I talked to the repair crew and it appears one of the underground supply wires is shorted out and blowing fuses on the pole. They will run a temporary wire until another crew can come in to dig up and replace the old wiring. This underground wiring is over 40 years old now; there has been a few wires replaced on East Mountain Lane last month.
We were totally inundated today with a huge amount of sofas, recliners, TV’s, mattresses and box springs, as well as other furniture and larger items. We had about 6 loads into the Compactor and then had to haul a few loads to the Land Fill. We simply could not pick it all up in one day.
We will be back picking up the remaining items on Friday.
Here’s a link to the September GP Pipeline newsletter: September 2015-1
GRAND PRAIRIE—It’s not uncommon to see cats and kittens roaming neighborhood streets, but it can be difficult to determine whether or not the animals live nearby, are stray or are feral. Feral cats, while beneficial, are undomesticated and survive on their own. Owned cats and strays are used to being around people. Oftentimes, owned cats are allowed to roam the yards around their homes. In order to keep residents and other pets safe, however, the city of Grand Prairie’s Code of Ordinance establishes specific guidelines by which cat owners must abide.
Under city ordinance Section 5-18, all cats owned by Grand Prairie residents – even outdoor cats – must at all times wear an identification tag containing the name, address and telephone number of the owner. Further, under Section 5-8, all owned cats within the city must be vaccinated against rabies, and they are required to wear a metal tag that serves as proof of rabies vaccination. Not only do these identification tags make it easier to locate and contact the owners of lost pets, they contain information that can be valuable to Animal Services officers. Grand Prairie Animal Services always recommends that pet owners microchip their pets as a form of secondary identification, and it provides microchipping services for $10 per animal.
To help control the feline population in the city and ensure the health of the animals, Section 5-12 dictates that all owned cats that are allowed to roam outside must be sterilized. It is unlawful for an unaltered, domesticated cat to run at large within Grand Prairie limits.
For more information or for tips, call the Grand Prairie Animal Shelter at 972-237-8575.
We will have a Large Item pickup on Thursday, September 17th, and put out notices on every home a few days ago. We will do the usual trash pickup, followed by large items.
We will not pick up any hazardous household waste. See Grand Prairie website for information for drop-off for these items.
There was a vehicle towed today from a visitor lot for violating the 48 hour rule as posted on the signs. The vehicle belongs to a homeowner/tenant and had been tagged for being in the lot for 4 days. The tag was removed, which does not negate the violation.
Just so we are clear, the Board defines the 48 hour rule as parking in any visitor lot for more than 48 hours. Moving a vehicle over one or two spaces or to another visitor lot changes nothing. The posted 48 hour limit for parking in a visitor lot means just that. These lots are for Visitor Parking Only which is also posted on the signs. This vehicle could have been towed for either reason because it was not authorized to park there.
Violating the Association’s parking rules will result in your vehicle being towed. You can find these rules by clicking on Governing Documents, above.
Out of the 37 Visitor Parking spaces approved by the Board for 6 month or 3 month rental, we have only had 20 residents apply for a permit, and only about 10 who have come in and picked up their parking sticker. We still have 17 rental spaces available if someone wants to fill out an application.
But, we will be towing unauthorized vehicles from the Visitor Lots in the very near future. Please apply for a permit; it is much cheaper than a $300 towing fee.
The Pool was closed today at around 3PM. This was prompted by someone’s child defecating in the pool. We cannot allow anyone to swim following this event. The Pool will remain closed until next season.
Special Board Meeting, September 10th at 7 PM in the Association Office
We would like to apologize for the Pool not opening on schedule at 12 Noon. The monitor scheduled to open was originally going to be late, but ended up as a no-show. We found out about it around 3:30PM. One of the maintenance guys was scheduled to relieve the pool monitor at 4PM, and the pool was opened then. But, due to the confusion, there were very few people going to the pool that afternoon. So, we eventually closed the pool about 7PM.
We have had nothing but trouble trying to find reliable Pool monitors. In the 2015 Pool season,we have had 6 or 7 monitors primarily due to almost all of them not being very interested in working. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why because this is probably one of the easiest jobs around and paid above minimum wage. All one had to do was check to make sure the people were residents or guests and get a suntan. On occasion, they had to enforce the rules.
We also had a BIG problem early in the season with large numbers of individuals using the pool who were not residents or guests and who refused to listen to the monitors. They just happened to show up in large numbers and in a few instances, we had to call the Police to get them out. I imagine this put an excessive strain on the monitors and may have influenced the lack of interest. This problem was solved by reinstating the Pool Passes and we have not had this problem since.