Sunday, May 11, 2008

Lawn repairs and tree replacements

United Lawnscape has been hired to fill and repair numerous low spots in lawns throughout the site after our sprinkler zones are up and running. These low spots have been marked with white spray paint. United will avoid mowing these repaired areas for a few weeks until the grass has been established. They will then resume regular mowing of these spots. Your understanding and patience are appreciated.

There are additional low spots near front yard water shut-off flanges that are above grade. These flanges will have to be reset so they will be flush with the finished grade. The surrounding low spots and lawn will then be repaired after this work is completed. Depending on favorable cost estimates, we hope to have this work completed by fall.

We have also contracted with United to remove and replace (6) dead deciduous trees that are scattered throughout the site. This should also happen shortly after our sprinkler system is functional.

We will also be contracting with United to plant numerous evergreen trees on the berms in the northwest quadrant of the site to replace dead and missing trees. This work will be scheduled for later this summer to insure that we receive a full warranty and that the sprinkler zones on the berms are functional after the switch-over to our new well. This work will cause additional lawn damage in that area, so we are deferring any repairs to existing lawn damage in that area until after the evergreens are planted. We trust that you will understand that this work is being deferred so that it can be done with the minimum costs to the Association while providing the best warranty protection we can get.