Courtyard Caller
July 2022
Board Message for July 2022
Happy summer! With the intense heat and lack of rain, we do hope everyone is staying cool and spending time with family.
Volume 18, Number 07
COURTYARD BOOK CLUB Tuesday, August 2, 2022
As we all know, the City of Austin has returned to Stage 1 watering restrictions. For complete details, take a look at the City’s website at https://www.austintexas.gov/department/findyour-watering-day. Starting in July, Goodwin Management Company will be handling the direct contact for Compliance complaints. If you have concerns about compliance issues, you may email Goodwin Management, or any Board member. All communications for violations will be managed by Goodwin. A Goodwin compliance inspector will drive the neighborhood twice monthly. Anyone with questions about what is a violation can review the Declaration and rules on our website at www.courtyardhoa.org. A courtesy email with a picture of the violation will be the first opportunity to cure a problem. Fines will only be levied after the complete process described on the Fine & Enforcement Policy have been followed. Please neighbors, let’s all do our part to keep the neighborhood looking good. The Board is considering a switch to key cards or fobs for access to Association amenities (Park & Boat Storage Lot). Like most HOA communities, moving to key cards or fobs is the norm. This function would be managed by a third-party company. This frees our community volunteers to devote more time to community activities, and less time implementing and managing the gate code system. We will send plenty of advance notice if and when a switch is made. If you haven’t been down to the Park recently, please go and admire the two new Shumard oaks which were planted near the pier. As you all know, the old live oak tree split in half and crashed to the ground a few months ago. Thanks to all the volunteers who have been keeping the new trees watered on schedule. They are thriving in spite of the heat! And speaking of trees, several of the Bradford pear trees that are along the south entrance area and the Parade Ridge area have been splitting and losing branches. We are removing these trees as they split and will eventually replace them with native species that will add beauty to our community for decades to come. If anyone would like to donate to the fund for new trees, please contact Ed Ueckert, Landscape Chair. Since children are out of school, it’s more important than ever to drive slowly and watch carefully for children, pets, and walkers in the street. As always, please drive slowly in the Courtyard!! Copyright © 2022 Peel, Inc.
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger explores a loss of innocence through the eyes of a grown man who recalls a childhood of comic books, baseball, and drugstore sodas that turns darker through a series of events one summer. It is the Courtyard Book Club’s selection for its 1 p.m. meeting, August 2. Set in small town Minnesota in 1961, the book’s main character, Frank, is the son of a Methodist minister father, an artistic mother, and has two siblings. All figure into the story as Frank is drawn into circumstances beyond his control (and sometimes beyond his comprehension) – lies, secrets, adultery, betrayal and grace. It is a story set in a simpler time but one that presents complications and dilemmas that are timeless. Continued on Page 5 Courtyard Caller - July 2022
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