Courtyard - June 2021 by Peel, Inc.

Courtyard Caller

June 2021

Volume 17, Number 06

BOARD MESSAGE Lots of wonderful things are happening in the Courtyard! We are happy to announce that we are making the necessary plans to hold our annual Fourth of July parade and picnic in the park. As of the writing of this article in early May, we are reserving vendors and planning to hold the parade and picnic starting mid-morning on Saturday, July 3. We will line up starting at 10:30AM and then leave at 10:45AM from the corner of Scout Island Circle South and Courtyard Drive, with the picnic in the park to follow immediately after the parade. Please note that this is a different starting place and that the parade will follow a slightly shorter route this year. We will be following City of Austin Health Authority guidelines and CDC guidelines. As we get closer to the event, we will update everyone with more specific details. A HUGE thank you to Joany Price for planning and coordinating everything that makes July 4th special!!! Volunteers are needed to help with the work; please email Joany at joanyprice@gmail. com. There are some exciting updates in the HOA Common areas that have been added this past month. In the Park, we have installed speed bumps on the downhill drive inside the gate. We are happy to report that we’ve had lots of positive feedback on this safety improvement to slow down speeding cars as they near the playscape area. Many thanks to Terry Edwards, Jim Lloyd, and our Park Safety Task Force. In the Boat Storage Lot and Launch Area (by the County Line) we have installed additional security fencing and a new gate, which will now operate easily with one hand! A gate operator is planned, and will make this area accessible in a way almost identical to the Park, using a keypad. Additionally, Copyright © 2021 Peel, Inc.

there is a gated pedestrian entrance with a code, also similar to the Park. These much-needed improvements will help prevent non-resident trespassers from accessing our private Boat Storage Lot and Launch Area. A big shout out to Jim Lloyd, Ed & Jan Ueckert, and Frank Apgar for shepherding this project. Park Volunteer Day was held on Saturday May 1, and in spite of the threat of rain, we had a great turnout! Thank you to Terry Edwards and all of our volunteers who installed Kiddie Cushion in the playscape area and hauled downed branches out of the wooded areas. It looks great!! At the April Board meeting, the Board approved the addition of a standing committee for the Boat Storage Lot & Launch Area. Anyone interested in serving on the committee please contact Board Members Meredith Massey-Kloetzer or Jim Lloyd. meremass@gmail.com jLloyd@austin.rr.com In the near future, HOA Board will likely return to in-person Board meetings at the Atrium office building located on the corner of Scout Island Circle North and Courtyard Drive. Please watch your email for Board Agenda information which will contain the location of future meetings. As we enter the summer months and peak usage time for Bull Creek and our private Park, be assured we always receive feedback when non-residents are in the Park. The gate code may NOT be given to any non-residents – unaccompanied non-residents in the Park will be asked to leave immediately. Violators may be subject to fines and/or loss of Park privileges. The gate code will be changed each time we learn of the gate code being shared inappropriately, so please do the right thing and DO NOT BE that person. As always, please DRIVE SLOWLY in the Courtyard!! Courtyard Caller - June 2021

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COURTYARD BOOK CLUB Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 1 p.m. 5612 North Scout Island Circle

Wallace Stegner’s 1987 semi-autobiographical novel Crossing to Safety is the story of the relationship between two married couples over a period of years. It will be the focus of the July 6 meeting of the Courtyard Book Club. The story is told mostly through flashbacks over decades, starting while they are all young, and progressing to their retirement years. The work of the men as writers and professors at the University of Wisconsin brings them together. Over the decades they remain in each others’ lives and vacation together in summers in Vermont. The book explores the emotions, strengths, frailties, and challenges they all bring to the relationship and to their own marriages. When Stegner authored Crossing to Safety, he had won a Pulitizer prize and a National Book Award for other works. As of this publication, the Courtyard Book Club plans to meet at the home of one of its members at 1 p.m. July 6. The exact location will be included in an email from Lou Blemaster closer to the time of the meeting. In it, she will notify all of the definite meeting logistics, including location. Participants are asked to wear masks for the protection of others and themselves, whether vaccinated or not. However, if public health guidelines and circumstances dictate, the Book Club will revert to Zoom video conferencing until in-person gatherings are considered safe. Your patience is appreciated during this period of flux. One thing that hasn’t changed is that the book club meets the first Tuesday of each month. To receive book club emails, contact Lou at LouBlemaster@gmail.com. Even those who haven’t read the monthly book are welcomed to join your neighbors for some stimulating discussion. Copyright © 2021 Peel, Inc.

Courtyard Caller COURTYARD COMPLIANCE CORNER • Homes in the Courtyard may not be used as “apartments” meaning residents may not “rent out” individual rooms in their homes. (see CY Declaration Article 8, Section 1) • Boats/trailers may not remain parked on the street. • Leaves or lawn debris may not be blown onto the street or onto anyone else’s property OR onto HOA common area. • All remodeling, including major landscape changes, require ECC approval BEFORE work commences. • There have been fishermen using the docks of the Courtyard Boat Dock Condominiums. As a reminder, the Courtyard Boat Dock Condominiums is private property and separate from the Courtyard HOA Park. • A few homes still have holiday lights affixed to their outside fences or eaves where they are visible from the street. Please remove these immediately. Outdoor string lights may not remain lit all night long, nor may they be present in front yards. • Residents may NOT remove limbs from trees or other vegetation in HOA common areas. Prior written authorization from the HOA Board is required and will be strictly enforced. • Yard signs are expressly prohibited by our HOA Declaration.

EMAIL ADDRESSES Have you updated your contact information and are still not receiving HOA communications? Be sure to add denise.1.hogan@ gmail.com to your address book or contact list so HOA emails are not directed to your spam folder. We continue to update our Courtyard HOA Website Directory as more of you are sending us your current contact information – thank you! This helps your HOA Board AND your fellow residents in the Courtyard stay connected with you. Notices for the neighborhood, park gate code changes, website password changes, neighborhood event information, and Fire Safety alerts are all sent via email, so please make sure your listing is up-to-date by completing this simple process: 1. Go to CourtyardHOA.org 2. Click on Directory. 3. Enter “courtyard” (all lower case) as the username. 4. Enter the Directory password. 5. Look up your contact information. 6. If any of your contact information is incorrect or missing, email Denise Hogan and copy Erik Maye. If you need the Directory password or have trouble with any part of this process, please email Denise Hogan at denise.1.hogan@ gmail.com and copy Erik Maye at erikmaye@gmail.com ; we will help you have success! Courtyard Caller - June 2021

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CHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Denise Hogan.......denise.1.hogan@gmail.com, 214.403.4454 Vice President Konavis Smith........................................... konavis@gmail.com Treasurer Jim Lloyd.........................jlloyd@austin.rr.com, 512.231.0855 Secretary Waneen Spirduso......................................spirduso@utexas.edu BOARD MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Janet Wright ........................ ..............mightywrights@me.com ..........................................................................469-387-5632 Meredith Massey-Kloetzer......................meremass@gmail.com Henry Mistrot....................................................512.459.7313 COMMITTEES Environmental Control (ECC) Diana Apgar ................................ ..............fd1966fd@aol.com Community Park Terry Edwards......t.edwards54321@gmail.com, 214.392.4627 Welcome Erik Maye ......................erikmaye@gmail.com, 512.626.2404 Social & Decorating Joany Price....................joanyprice@gmail.com, 512.775.8942 Landscape & Decorating Ed Ueckert.........................................................512.345.6137 Security Jim Lloyd.........................jlloyd@austin.rr.com, 512.231.0855 Communications, Editor – Courtyard Caller Jen Harold.......... harold.jennifer@gmail.com, 281.773.2880 Compliance Denise Hogan................................denise.1.hogan@gmail.com Kayak Jim Vence .......................jimvence@gmail.com, 512.436.5678 Fire Safety Richard Stelzner................................... arebeess42@gmail.com Area Development and Zoning Liaison Denise Hogan....... denise.1.hogan@gmail.com, 214.403.4454

SUB-HOA CONTACTS Center Court: Amanda Gilliland... mandagilliland@gmail.com, 512-927-7118 Travis County Courtyard (aka "Backcourt") Terry Edwards .............................. t.edwards54321@gmail.com Villas at Courtyard: Thomas Hoy..........Thomas.Hoy@freescale.com, 512.231.1270 Wolf Court: Susanne Doell.................... Drdoell@gmail.com, 512.454.3400

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Immature leaffooted bugs.

Adult leaffooted bug.

Leaffooted bug adults may be mistaken for stink bugs while the immatures may get confused with assassin bug nymphs. Leaffooted bugs are larger than stink bugs and have an elongated body. Often, leaffooted bugs have an expanded region on their hind leg that looks similar to a leaf, hence the name leaffooted bug. Adults are fairly large and grayish-brown. Immatures, or nymphs, look similar to adults, but are often reddish-orange in color and do not have fully developed wings. Leaffooted bugs feed on a variety of fruits, nuts and seeds, such as tomatoes, peppers, pecans or sunflower seeds. They have piercing-sucking mouthparts with which they puncture fruit to suck out juices. The opening left behind after the mouthpart is withdrawn can allow access to secondary invaders like bacteria or fungus. Leaffooted bugs can be managed by hand-picking (be sure to wear gloves if utilizing this method), using hand-held vacuums to suck the insects off the plant, or by treating the plants with pesticides. If choosing to use a pesticide, read the product label and make sure it can be used in the area you are treating (i.e. vegetable garden). For more information or help with identification, contact Wizzie Brown, Texas AgriLife Extension Service Program Specialist at 512.854.9600. Check out my blog at www.urban-ipm.blogspot.com The information given herein is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service or the Texas A&M AgriLife Research is implied. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service provides equal access in its programs, activities, education and employment, without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity. 6

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MANY THANKS TO THE PARTICIPANTS Courtyard Caller AT PARK VOLUNTEER DAY!!!

A park volunteer day was held in the Courtyard Park on Saturday, May 1. Despite the severe weather forecasts, over 20 residents volunteered their time to assist in maintaining the park grounds and the severe weather did not arrive until the afternoon. The volunteers spread 18 cubic yards of Kiddie Cushion inside the playscape, and cleaned debris from the trails and forest areas. We are so grateful to those of you who generously give your time to make the park more enjoyable for us all! A special thanks to the following volunteers for their involvement in this project: Denise Hogan, Joany Price, Lewis Price, Waneen Spirduso, Lucia Crooks, Charles Crooks, Konavis Smith, Arthur Wright, Matt & Jen Harold, John Harold, Margaret Harold, Alex Backus, Ed & Jan Ueckert, Jim Lloyd, Alex Scarbrough, Kyle Detrick, Claire & Evelyn Detrick, Harper Smith, Collette Beagles, Justin & Meredith Kloetzer, and Mary Ross.

THE RECYCLE & REUSE DROP-OFF CENTER IS OPEN, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY The Recycle and Reuse Drop-off Center has reopened, by appointment only, following a temporary closure due to COVID-19 safety concerns. The center will resume its acceptance of hard to recycle items such as Styrofoam and plastic film, as well as household hazardous waste. Austin/ Travis County residents can schedule a drop-off time through the Austin Recycles mobile app or online: http://www.austintexas.gov/dropoffschedule Face coverings are required and social distancing must be maintained by all visitors. At the Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center, you can drop off many items to be recycled, reused or safely discarded. You can also pick up free items to reuse yourself. Most Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center services are free to Austin/Travis County residents, but some services have a fee. Eligibility and cost information are listed with each service: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/austinresource-recovery Copyright © 2021 Peel, Inc.

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