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Grounds Committee
Vacant - volunteers needed Email: pcva.groundscommittee@gmail.com |
2021 Grounds Committee Meetings
Monthly - 2nd Wednesday at 3:30pm. Feb 10, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12, Jun 9, Jul 14, Aug 11, Sep 8, Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 8 Virtual until further notice |
2021 Pine Creek Village Association (PCVA) Grounds Committee (GC) Charter
Purpose: The Grounds Committee (GC) is established to advise and assist the PCVA Board and Community Manager to provide effective oversight, sustainment and development of PCVA neighborhood common areas. The GC also provides recommendations to the PCVA Board and the Community Manager on proposed grounds improvements that result in long-term costs savings to the PCVA, while sustaining the aesthetic beauty of the community. Primary emphasis is placed on water usage reduction and low maintenance landscaping.
Responsibilities:
Purpose: The Grounds Committee (GC) is established to advise and assist the PCVA Board and Community Manager to provide effective oversight, sustainment and development of PCVA neighborhood common areas. The GC also provides recommendations to the PCVA Board and the Community Manager on proposed grounds improvements that result in long-term costs savings to the PCVA, while sustaining the aesthetic beauty of the community. Primary emphasis is placed on water usage reduction and low maintenance landscaping.
Responsibilities:
- Assist the PCVA Board and Community Manager in the management of the Homeowners Association (HOA)-defined common areas, to include improvements, landscaping, snow removal, and bid/proposal/ contracts that involve maintain PCVA grounds.
- Provide the PCVA Board with common grounds improvements, initiatives and ideas for future development.
- Provide technical assistance and support the PCVA Community Manager in the oversight of the PCVA grounds contracts, as required.
- Sustain long-term plans for community improvements leading to lower water usage and low maintenance landscaping.
- Foster positive, effective communication among PCVA members and stakeholders with regard to common area issues (stakeholders include homeowners, PCVA Board, PCVA Management Staff, Landscaping Contractor partners, others as required).
- Foster a strong continual educational focus across the PCVA members to emphasize water conservation techniques and environmentally sustainable practices that can be readily and economically implemented by homeowners.
- Maintain an active committee of knowledgeable and experienced volunteers.
- Maintain familiarity and working knowledge of PCVA business processes to include finances, bills and contracts related to grounds maintenance (e.g., utility bills, landscape contracts, etc.)
- Committee members should be familiar with active PCVA contracts related to the maintenance and management of the Pine Creek common areas.
- One committee member will be designated by the Board as the landscape contract liaison to assist the Community Manager and PCVA Board in oversight of landscape contractor(s) performance
- Snow Removal:
- Be advised of any snow removal actions per the PCVA/Metco contract
- Will advise Metco of areas that need tending/revisiting/sanding
- Community Manager to handle all homeowner calls regarding snow issues and notify Metco and GC
Grounds Committee Planning Documents
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PCVA's Native Grass and Why We Have It
In an effort to reduce management inputs (water, mowing, fertilization, pest management) and labor, HOAs often consider the replacement of mowed, irrigated turf (bluegrass, fescues) with grass species (usually referred to as “native grasses”) that should require fewer inputs (less/no water, infrequent mowing, no fertilizer, few pesticides). These areas are often referred to as “native grass” areas because their unmowed (or less frequently mowed) appearance sometimes looks like that of an unmanaged, native prairie. Read more detail in the article you can download below
Key complaints heard about the native grass are:
Key complaints heard about the native grass are:
- They are weeds that look unkempt
- It needs to be mowed more frequently
- It harbors weeds and bugs
- Conventional, mowed turf is better
- It requires FAR less water than conventional turf. It also requires less effort in general, in the way of maintenance, as this grass naturally thrives in this region.
- The native is a planned part of the Pine Creek Village landscape design aesthetic; to mimic the look of a river/creek bed landscape.
- It (in theory) reseeds itself.
- For several mowing seasons, the native grass in PCVA was over-mowed, sometimes weekly. Due to this, the grass has thinned out in many areas.
- Allowing the grass to grow and seed, mowing little or only once a mow season will allow for the grass to thicken.
- After some nurturing, the grass will thicken enough to provide its own weed barrier, with little hand-weeding or treatment needed in the future.
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