Home & Landscape From Your Homeowner Liaison By Sonja Perez, CAAM, CMCA SRCA Homeowner Liaison
SRCA Residents and the Association work hard to maintain the appearance of the community. The one thing that can be seen on almost every street are public utility services in the form of streetlights, electricity transformers and phone and cable pedestals. These items need to be maintained as well. Over the last year, SRCA has been working with APS to get streetlights painted. As many residents have observed the poles have become discolored and have lost their pole numbers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, any forward movement to our request for this project came to a halt. We have picked the task back up and have again requested APS construction Department to perform an audit of the poles and have them painted. We could certainly use your help in expressing how important this project is to SRCA residents by placing a request to the APS Construction Department for pole painting. If you see poles on your street that are in bad shape, you can report the poles by providing the pole number (if it has one) or providing the nearest address to the APS Construction Department, 602-3716140 or apsconst@apsc.com. The more residents that voice their dissatisfaction with the look of the poles will help spur action. Another APS item is the electricity transformers which can be found along the main street of SRCA and on many homeowner properties. Over the years, the boxes become dull, dirty and the paint chips and peels. SRCA staff will be inspecting the larger boxes major thoroughfares such as along Via Linda, Mountainview Road and 100th Street. We will report any boxes that need attention. We would ask the residents inspect the boxes on their property. You can 6 August/September 2021
request that a transformer be painted or inspected for safety by calling APS at 602-371-7171 (800-253-9405). Please have the transformer number, or the nearest address so it can easily be located. The following is the contact for other utilities often seen on resident properties and can need the same attention to repair pedestals that have lost covers or just need to be replaced.
Cox Communications Customer Service at 1-800-234-3993 and select Technical Support to request a repair ticket. CenturyLink Customer Service to report damaged telephone pole, wire, cable or pedestals, call 800-244-1111. We appreciate everyone’s involvement to keep Scottsdale Ranch well maintained. If you would like to report a utility that needs attention, you can contact the utility provider directly or contact me at 480-860-2022 or sperez@scottsdaleranch.org.
