Evergreen Park Estates HOA

President's Newsletter

Jan 08, 2006

EPE News and Information
From
Larry Cerrillo, President, 2006

I have decided to attempt a monthly news and information note to keep those of you who are unable to attend or fail to attend our regular meetings, and to keep those that do attend up-to-date. I thought I might also present information that may be useful and of interest. Finally, I would like to use this forum to remind those of you who have not paid dues, $50 per year, to do so. More on this later. I will use the term ?“we?” in my ramblings to refer to your elected officers and the covenants control committee.

These are typically the doldrums months after holidays when we are anticipating spring, or more commonly here in the foothills, the transition from winter to summer. It is perhaps an opportune time to begin planning your ?“spring?” cleaning. We have noticed many yards getting a bit out-of-hand with regard to accumulation of ?“stuff?”. I hesitate calling it junk as I for one know that one person?’s junk is anothers?’s treasure. We must however, endeavor to attain some semblance of order on our properties to maintain property values for ourselves and our neighbors. Begin now to plan how you might achieve that as the weather improves.

We have been aware for some time that many folks operate a business from their home. Although this is against County zoning regulations, we have refrained from reporting those most obvious. We recognize in these economic times that everyone does what they can to make a nickel. This does not excuse us from maintaining our properties in an orderly manner. Those of you that do operate from home are strongly advised to take a hard look at your operation and be aware that if what you are doing creates a nuisance to your neighbors, you may get reported. We can close one eye-but not both!

One of the big issues here in the foothills is protection of our water wells from both a quantity and quality standpoint. Some locations within our subdivision are more fortunate than others in this regard. In an effort to improve our knowledge of conditions, I would strongly urge everyone to install a measuring pipe in your well. This consists of a ?¾ or one inch plastic pipe with slots cut into the lower 3-5 feet with a hack saw and a cap fixed to the bottom. This will allow you to measure the water level in your well on a periodic basis. Knowing the water level becomes critical when we have a problem with production.

From a quality standpoint, be sure if you have horses that they are downgradient from your well. Rock fractures are not a very good filter for infiltration and runoff from animal waste or from your leach field for that matter. You should keep yor septic tank pumped annually if there are more than four or more persons in your home. A poorly functioning septic/leachfield system can contribute to well contamination. Do not be fooled by the fact that your leachfield is downhill from your well. Remember your well is several 100 feet deep and is likely to be below your leachfield effluent making the well potentially susceptible to contamination.

Anyone having questions regarding these issues, please call anytime?—303-674-6484.