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Summer 2016 | Wingfield Springs Community Association Newsletter
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hhh! Those glory days of summer are here again. Put on your walking shoes, shine up that BBQ, jump on that bike, and for us golfers birdie time!! However, it is also a very busy time of year for our service partners in landscaping, safety patrolling and overall community management. Let’s take a more detailed look inside each aspect. Landscape (Reno Green—RG): undoubtedly the busiest area. On the maintenance side we are recovering from a severe drought last year that negatively affected our plant material throughout the community. In particular, the grass was hit the most and some areas are worse off. We are working diligently to restore health. One method we used is to skip a mow where damage is worse to allow the grass to strengthen; might look a little shaggy but it eventually works. Patience with this please. Water is of course the major source of nutrients. On that aspect we need your HELP! Some clowns are vandalizing our valve boxes and clocks … cutting wires and shutting off circuits. Keep your eyes open to anybody you see near these components and that are not wearing the RG neon yellow shirt or not driving a RG bright yellow vehicle. If you detect something suspicious please call security immediately and report the incident. Of course a picture is worth a thousand words. Thank you for your vigilance. We also have a list of projects in swing covering facelifts to several common areas, trees, sidewalks … all designed to revitalize our tired old landscape (18 to 20 years old) and improve safety. Safety patrol (ESI): With the children out of school, more visitors to our area and vacations there is much more activity and thus much more for our patrol partners to keep an eye out for. As owners we must keep a watchful eye on all these aspects. Speed in our streets is a significant issue we must curtail. Every year we have new drivers coming on board … yes our teenagers. HELP us remain safe by educating them to slow down at least while driving throughout the community; the speed limit is 25 MPH. If you witness a vehicle driving excessively fast report it with description/ plate number and where you witnessed the occurrence. Another
frequent observation is garage doors left opened and unattended. While this is a regulation violation it is more so unsafe for you/yours and your property. Scofflaws are always on the lookout for these conditions to break into your home. Careful! Community Management (Associa Sierra North—ASN): Melissa Robertson continues as our lead in this aspect. We are also proud to report her promotion to Vice President of Operations within ASN. The company coordinates all aspects of interactions between the service partners and the Board. ASN also fields several more resident calls due to the overall increased activity. They perform more detailed inspections in support of our regulations and to detect safety concerns. It takes a significant effort to stay on top of 2100+ properties (some 5,000 residents) and 58 acres of common area. Your Board of Directors: In alpha: Marilyn Brainard, Ray Case, Lou Dauria, Bob Denis, and Rick Jones. Each of us have specific prime areas of responsibility as follows: Marilyn for overall governance and regulatory, Ray for funding and expense management, Lou for landscaping and patrol, Rick for irrigation and Village 30 affairs, Bob for overall partner relations and catchall. We also cover each other as required plus perform our general community association duties. We are very busy and yet remain dedicated to a better Wingfield Springs for all of us. Finally, we encourage you to read all articles inside this publishing. We spend significant effort bringing you interesting contents in a very professional layout. Nice piece to keep on the coffee table after the read and for future reference. In closing, all of us want to wish you a great and safe summer. Drive carefully wherever you go. Please join us at our next Board meeting scheduled July 28, 6 p.m. at the private club across from David’s restaurant.
Bob Denis
PRESIDENT, WINGFIELD SPRINGS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION