The Ranch Report

HOA Living 101 Angela Thielemans, General Manager Steiner Ranch is a vast community. There are 4,600 acres in the community and 5,719 homes. As of the 2020 Census there are 16,713 people living in Steiner. The median household income for the community is $173,016 making Steiner the most affluent neighborhood in Austin. The median age is 35.6 years old. 76.4% of the community has a bachelor’s degree or higher. Our Operations Manager has been working incredibly hard to get bids for dozens of projects. Bids must be obtained and presented to the Board for approval. She is dealing with staffing shortages with just about every vendor we work with. We hope you have recognized how great the community is looking with all the new landscaping, dead tree and limb removal is taking place as we speak and thankfully with all the rain we’ve had over the last couple of weeks, grass has greened up. The Association, over the course of the summer has been watering the park areas daily to get the soccer fields in shape for the more than 400 soccer teams that utilize these fields, as well as grassy areas throughout the community. There are over 51 zones, 1,011 nodes with approximately 35 heads per zone/mode which means about 26,150 heads. There are thousands of feet of drip irrigation as well. And they always seem to break after hours or on weekends. Our Architectural Community Standards Coordinator has many open applications for modifications. Often, applications submitted are incomplete and must be returned for more information which slows up the process. All the design guidelines for the community are on our website: www.steinerranchhoa.org under the Architectural Guidelines tab. Submitting a complete application may just take a few days. If you are unsure of what is needed, please phone the office for more information. We owe a debt of gratitude to our hard-working Architectural Committee members who meet every week. There are more than 20 trails that must be mulched and maintained. We want to thank our Trail Committee members who assist in maintaining those trails and do such a great job! Both Bella Mar and Town Square pools require extensive updates, and new pool furniture is needed. We are fully aware of these issues and are working to get them resolved, but they just don’t happen overnight. In short, we appreciate those residents who let us know of issues, we sometimes must rely on the eyes and ears of our residents to help identify problems. And one final thanks to those residents who have successfully used the QR code to report issues. I hope you see improvements in response time to emails and phone calls, and we are doing our best to serve you each and every day!