Report

By Kathe M. Barnes, CAAM, LSM, PCAM Executive Director

Board Briefs

March 2023

• Appointed Dave Specht to fill vacant board position for a two-year term.

• Board officers and committee chairs were appointed.

• Board denied appeal of architectural decision.

• Board accepted Architectural Committee’s changes to the courtyard wall guidelines.

• Appointed Donna Hunter to Social Committee.

• Dog Park Agreement was approved for use in La Privada.

April 2023

• Board Retreat scheduled for May 15, 2023.

Last month, I wrote an article about water conservation practices at your home. In April, SRCA hosted a seminar for our subassociation boards on water conservation. We were fortunate to have Dave Pratt and Cody Wooden from the City of Scottsdale’s Water Conservation Dept. as guest speakers. I have to say the city is heading in the right direction in their efforts to save water and to educate their citizens. They provide free single-family residential irrigation efficiency audits and consultation. They will also tell you about the many rebates that the city has to offer. You can reach the city’s Water Conservation Dept. at 480312-5650 or via email at waterconservation@scottsdaleaz.gov.

Another great program I learned about at this seminar was that Scottsdale has partnered with WaterSmart - a user-friendly website portal where customers can view and manage their water use for their individual water account(s).

All of Scottsdale Ranch has AMI (Advance Metering Infrastructure) data which means that once they register, they can track their daily and hourly water usage, which is very helpful for knowing which time of the day uses the most water, as well as finding leaks. For specific meters, this is a newly enabled automatic feature through the WaterSmart notification system. If you have a single-family residential water account and have an hourly AMI enabled meter, a leak notification will be sent via email or text if the system identifies a use of 10 gallons of water or more per hour for 72 or more consecutive hours. This exciting WaterSmart feature will notify homeowners of unusual water use and assist them in preventing unexpected, high-water bills.

It is important to note that if you want to have WaterSmart, you must at least register through their Online Bill Pay system. This can be accessed through the Scottsdale eservices online system. Once you are logged into eServices, click on the blue WaterSmart button.

We have placed a flyer on the front page of our website that goes into more detail about the program.

• Board heard appeal and overturned the architectural decision.

• Agreed to cancel July board meeting.

The SRCA office will be closed July 3rd and 4th in observance of Independence Day.

SRCA encourages our residents to show their patriotism on the 4th of July. Hang up flags and place out patriotic decorations in support of this very important holiday!