Wood Glen - September 2013 by Peel, Inc.

Wood Glen

Official Publication of the Wood Glen Property Owners Association

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HOWDY WOOD GLEN With September, the children have returned to school. Keep an eye out for kids that are walking to and from their school or bus stops. Last year, there were some issues with the school busses getting around some of the narrower corners when cars were parked on both sides of the street. Keep this in mind when parking your cars. As I understand it, if the problems become significant, the city may step in and restrict parking in certain areas. It is usually better if we can solve these things through voluntary action rather than having the city come in and dictate where and how we can park. I also want to remind everyone that the CC&Rs (also available from the Policies page on the website) prohibit parking vehicles in such a way to block the sidewalk. I believe that is a city ordnance as well. This is a safety issue, as it forces pedestrians out into the street and potentially into oncoming traffic. Also, having the car parked close to where the pedestrians walk makes it harder to determine if it is safe to pull out or if small children are walking behind your vehicle. So, let us all avoid violation notices, citations by the police, and pedestrian-vehicle accidents by not blocking the sidewalks. If parking in the driveway, pull your cars all the way up, and try to avoid parking two deep where the second car will block the sidewalk. Additionally, the CC&Rs prohibit signs in front yards, with the exception of a single for sale sign. A strict reading of CC&Rs would prohibit spirit signs supporting local middle school and high school extracurricular activities, such as the Round Rock Dragons or Walsh Wildcats signs seen throughout the neighborhood. While we still need to get a formal policy in place, we are providing an exception to the spirit signs. Once we have a draft policy for review, it will be posted on the website for comments. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions regarding policies covering seasonal decorations, flags, and yard signs, please post them in the Neighborhood Forum on the website

or send them to one of the board members. Also, we would like to avoid having notices posted on street poles and other common facilities. They tend to eventually fall off and end up littering the neighborhood. We do provide other mechanisms for distributing information that would normally be posted on these notices. The website has a calendar of events, a pet directory, and the neighborhood forum. Additionally, we regularly use the mailing list to distribute information about lost or found pets. Also, if you read the Pruning Guidelines for Prevention of Oak Wilt in Texas that was in the Newsletter back in July, the best time for timing our oak trees is from July to January. Now is a good time to take a look at your trees and determine if you need to trim them back. City ordinances require tree limbs that extend over the sidewalk to be pruned to a minimum of eight feet above the sidewalk. CMA will soon be sending out notices to homeowners who have trees that a close to violating the city ordinances. The Board is having a reserve study done to understand what our projected maintenance costs are and how we need to properly plan for those future expenses. While not yet finalized, the reserve study will provide us with a plan for ensuring adequate funding for maintaining and replacing the amenities and property of Wood Glen, such as the pool and amenity center, the trails in the greenbelt, and the perimeter fences and walls. While we are working on the budget for next year, we are looking for ways to cut back on certain expenses while maintaining or improving things for the neighborhood. Along those lines, in 2013, we have reduced our website expenses and developed a plan to focus our green belt maintenance efforts to critical areas while allowing more remote sections of the greenbelt to maintain a more natural state. Next year, we are looking to tackle some larger expenses, namely

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Wood Glen BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: David Schell................................ dschell@gmail.com Vice President: Eric Boren..................eric_boren@sbcglobal.net Treasurer: Wayne Solum.............................. wsolum@juno.com Secretary: Lela Solum..........................lelasolum@austin.rr.com Section 1: Eric Boren......................... eric_boren@sbcglobal.net Section 2: Sean Copeland.........................place2wg@gmail.com Section 3: Bob Hill..................................bobhill64@gmail.com Section 4: David Schell................................ dschell@gmail.com Section 5: Donna Tucker...............donnactucker@austin.rr.com Section 6: Matt Baker................... matthewbakerpe@gmail.com Section 7: Wayne Solum.............................. wsolum@juno.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRS Modifications: Sam Myers ....................................... slmyers58@earthlink.net Pool/Amenity Center/Landscaping / Greenbelt: Karen Fischer...............................................kfischer4@att.net Social Events: Gloria Gomez......................... gloriasproductions@gmail.com Communications: Donna Tucker..............................donnatucker@austin.rr.com ...........................................................donnate@austin.rr.com Ant Bait Control Program: Leslie Myers..........................................myersls@earthlink.net Welcome Committee: David & Elaine Lloyd.............................Lloyd1111@aol.com

Howdy Wood Glen - (Continued from Cover Page) the cost of water for irrigation of our landscaping. With the city’s tiered water rates our landscaping irrigation is a major expense. We are working with our landscaping company to develop more drought tolerant areas in our landscaping and modifying our irrigation system to use our water more efficiently. Hopefully, we will see these efforts pay off with significantly reduced water bills. Hand in hand with the efforts to use more xeriscaping and native plants in the associations landscaping, we are developing guidelines for using these in our yards at home. Our hope is that together as an association and as residents, we can all enjoy the costs savings associated with conserving water while maintaining a neighborhood that is aesthetically pleasing. Look to more information on xeriscaping on the website and in the newsletter in the future. We have a couple of vacancies on the Board that need to be filled. If you are willing to help, please come to a Board Meeting and see what it is all about. The September meeting is scheduled for September 17th. Stay safe, and enjoy your summer. - David Schell

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Wood Glen Leslie and Sam Myers Leslie and Sam retired to central Texas in 1996 after living all over the world during a career in the Army and with ALCOA. They moved to Wood Glen in June of 1998. Always interested in gardening but having no “roots” – twenty-five homes in fifty plus years of marriage – they have now been in one home for fifteen years. Coping with landscaping a new home in our difficult growing conditions led them to the Master Gardener course and they became Certified Texas Master Gardeners in the fall of 2000. Their backyard pond was twice on the Austin Pond Society pond tour and Is a “natural” area. The pond has been replaced by a disappearing stream bed; lower maintenance but provides water for wildlife. They spent a week at Texas A&M one summer taking specialist training in Entomology – the study of insects – and Leslie has taken advanced training in Landscape Design. She has worked on the fire ant management program for the neighborhood for the past five years. They volunteer at the AgriLife Extension Office Master Gardener phone desk, answer emails, and give presentations on Beneficial Insects and Plant and Insect Photography. Sam has served Wood Glen on the Modifications Committee for 14 years and has been the chairman for the past ten years. They are presently “downsizing” to a condominium in The Gardens at Teravista and will be moving the end of July – only five miles away.

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Spider mites are common plant pests that are found on the underside of leaves. Their feeding can cause leaves to discolor, causing a speckled appearance. With severe infestations, the plant leaves discolor to a silver or bronze color which may result in the leaves dropping from the plant. Spider mites are arachnids, closely related to spiders and ticks. Similar to spiders, spider mites can produce silk and often cover leaves with webbing, especially when there are large populations. The webbing helps to protect the mites and their eggs from natural enemies and harsh environmental conditions. Spider mites lay their eggs along the leaf vein during the growing season. Eggs are round and large in size when compared to the adult mite. Some species of spider mites peak during warmer months of the year while others become more active in the cooler months of the year. The mites are able to develop more quickly when temperatures are warmer, so populations can grow very quickly. Spider mites thrive in dry conditions. Their natural enemies require more humid conditions, so dry conditions allow spider mite populations to grow with little predation or parasitism that would keep the population at an acceptable level. There are many predatory arthropods that feed on spider mites. Some of these include predatory mites, spider mite destroyers (a type of ladybug), minute pirate bugs, big-eyed bugs and predatory thrips. Proper watering of plants may also help to reduce spider mite outbreaks as watering plants can help reduce stress brought on by drought. Using strong jets of water to hose plants can also help to dislodge spider mites on infested plants. Miticides or acaricides can be used to manage spider mite outbreaks. Look for active ingredients such as horticultural oils, insecticidal soaps, abamectin, bifenthrin, dimethoate or acephate.

Figure 1. Spider mites on the underside of a leaf

Figure 2. Webbing covering a plant infested with spider mites. For more information or help with identification, contact Wizzie Brown, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Program Specialist at 512.854.9600. Also check out www.urban-ipm.blogspot.com

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