Hasley Hills HOA

Monthly Report

July 6, 2006

Prepared by Greenplace Landscape Management

1) Maintenance Rotation: 3 crews: 1^st crew rotates on A, B, and C tract 36668 and E, D, C-1 C-2 KB. 2^nd crew rotates on F-1, F-2, K, A, B-1, B-2, B-3, and B-4 and J, and I KB. 3^rd crew rotates on: H, G, and C KB slopes and A, B, C, D, E, and F Richmond. The rotation time is approximately 4 to 6 weeks this time of year.

2) Irrigation Schedules: Change to night-time irrigation commenced at the end of April. Every attempt will be made to irrigate during the evening hours in order to conserve water usage. A few areas will require day-time and night-time run time due to the amount of valves in that area.

3) Homeowner Common Area Encroachment and Vandalism: The Contractor continues to trim homeowner encroaching plant material to be even with the fence line and provide a maintenance path of two to three feet for ingress and egress to the work areas adjacent to the wrought iron fences. The Contractor continues to remove any and all unauthorized homeowner plantings that appear in the HOA common area slopes. Recently we have noticed bike trails and jumps being installed in the common area slopes. The crews remove the plywood and restore the areas quickly. It is very difficult to know exactly which homeowners are contributing to this vandalism, but the common areas should not be encroached upon…..this type of vandalism is costly to the HOA.

4) Clearance Of View Corridors: This is not part of the Maintenance Contract and there are no guaranteed views in the CC&Rs.

5) Fuel Modification: The weed abatement required by the Fire Department is performed during the months of May/June. The fuel modification required by the Fire Department is 200 feet from the homeowner’s residence. Part of the 200 feet distance is the distance from the back wall of the residence to the homeowner’s fence line. Native shrubs three feet and under are left in the slope areas to provide root stability during the rainy season. All fuel modification materials that are cut down by the contractor, are removed from the site. Insurance companies may require more distance clearance than the Fire Department, but the HOA’s responsibility is fulfilled if they are compliant with the Fire Department code. The fuel modification for this year was completed by June 15^th per County Weed Abatement code.

6) Annual Color: Summer annuals have been installed at the entrance to the community.

7) Fall Planting: Plant replacement has been requested by many homeowners and is needed in many areas. No planting was authorized in the April meeting.

8) Tree Trimming: The Pepper trees were trimmed this year. This was the only tree trimming that was authorized in the April meeting.

9) Plant Material Conditions During the Summer months: The Honeysuckle groundcover does stress under extreme heat. The Honeysuckle is trimmed often in order to avoid encroachment into the shrubs, maintenance paths and homeowner’s fence lines. Some homeowners have complained about the constant trimming of the Honeysuckle, but this is the only way we can keep it under control while we have other shrubs and trees on the slope areas.

10) Rodent Control: The Department of Agriculture continues to provide rodent control for the common areas. Their service includes mice, rats, and gophers. If ground squirrels honeycomb the slopes and jeopardize the integrity of the slope areas, the Department of Agriculture will treat for them. We have numerous requests for control of other animals: skunks, snakes, rabbits, raccoons, coyotes, and possums. Living adjacent to the native area is a challenge, but eradication of these animals is not provided by your HOA through the Department of Agriculture. In some instances animal control may be able to provide services, or there are pest control companies that will live trap and relocate if individual homeowners would like pursue this course.