Irrigation and Landscape Update
New Trucks in the Neighborhood
In case you haven’t yet noticed, there are different logos on the trucks roaming the neighborhood carrying the crews and equipment that are taking care of the irrigation system and common area landscape. Earlier in the Spring, the Board requested bids and interviews with 5 irrigation and landscape companies that service the HOAs in the Denver metro area.
Over the course of two months, the Board reviewed proposals from each company and met with the owners and account managers from each company. Ultimately, the Board decided to contract with All Phase Landscape Inc. to manage the neighborhood irrigation system and to take care of the common area landscape.
Irrigation and Landscape Objectives
A couple of years ago, realizing the cost of water would do nothing but increase in the future, the neighborhood established the goal to reduce water consumption by 30% on average over historical levels. While the plan for achieving that goal no longer includes the conversion of the blue grass in the common areas to fine fescue, the goal remains the same. The objectives for All Phase in 2012 are the following:
1) Complete the programming of the ET Control which the neighborhood purchased a couple of years ago
2) Make the necessary repairs to the irrigation system, including replacing leaky valves, repairing broken lines, and correcting the sprinkler head coverage
3) Manage the turf, shrubs, and trees in our neighborhood with the care and attention to which the neighborhood has been accustomed over the years
Once these three initial objectives are achieved, All Phase will then begin working to fine tune the ET controller and adjust, and in some cases change out, the sprinkler heads in areas where we are currently over-watering. We hope to begin seeing sizeable water savings by the middle of the summer as a result of the work that is currently underway.
If you have additional questions regarding the changes to the irrigation and landscape plans or the details of the arrangements with All Phase Landscape Inc., please feel free to contact any one of the Board members or our Property Management company, ACCU.
