Spring 2014 | Wingfield Springs Community Association Newsletter
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esidents of the Wingfield Springs Community, well here we are entering the spring season. That signals to your management teams massive preparation for a hopefully very nice summer. Of high priority: • Implementation of the Singing Hills construction completion project which includes landscaping for the unfinished portion of Old Waverly, and adding the columns plus landscape for the entrances off Wingfield Hills at both Old Waverly and Singing Hills. • Irrigation water management. As you all are aware we have a drought situation at least at the time of this writing. Anticipating the situation persists through to the summer we must prepare ourselves to tighten the belt with water usage. The Board is working with Red Hawk (our irrigation water provider) and Reno Green (landscape maintenance partner) to take the necessary steps to strike a balance between preserving our landscaping while conserving on water. One result is that we will hold the start of watering at least until May 1st or later and we will shut down in October as early as possible. We will use slow greening chemicals for grass thus reducing the need for large amounts of water. We have other steps we can get to as needed. We are also working contingency strategies to preserve overall plant health. The bottom line is WISE consumption while maintaining healthy landscape. • Implementation of an advanced security capability to complement the excellent performance already delivered by our partner ESI.
Good news: As you know we had one Board Director open position at the end of the standard election process. We are happy to announce that the Board subsequently received an application from Richard (Rick) Jones. After diligent review we unanimously agreed to appoint Mr. Jones to the position. Rick will be formerly appointed at the Board meeting to be held on April 24. Congratulations and welcome to the team. Rick brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this community. Make sure and
come to the Board meeting to shake his hand and listen to him give his verbal short bio. An ongoing issue in this community: dog management. The Board invested a significant amount of energy in the last 2 months leading to a large contents inside this newsletter AND in the Board meeting agenda with regards to dogs barking out of control and the potential health implications of dog feces left behind in the open on mow strips, walk paths, sidewalks, park areas. We fully intend to take these problems to resolution. So let it be clear: if you are a dog owner and this is something you intend to ignore therefore showing disrespect to your fellow residents of this community, we will find you and we will fine you. We are committed to make Wingfield Springs the model of best living on the valley floor so all of us need to help out with dog management. We encourage ALL of you affected by inconsiderate neighbors to come to our April 24 Board meeting; our guest speakers will be Barry Brode, Washoe County Director of Animal Services, and the owner of OnCommand, a very successful and Sparks based dog training and boarding business. We will educate both negatively affected residents and also those realizing as dog owners they have an issue and how to go about mitigating it. Last, make sure to register on our new official website, www. wingfieldspringshoa.org; many useful apps planned in the near future but we need to reach critical mass number of users to make a difference. I wish you all a great springtime. The Board and all our partners will work diligently to make the season an enjoyable and safe 3 months. See you at the April Board meeting.
“We will educate both negatively affected
residents and also those realizing as dog owners they have an issue
and how to go about mitigating it.”
Bob Denis
PRESIDENT, WINGFIELD SPRINGS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Wingfield SpringS...the model of beSt living on the valley floor