The wet snow and normal growth have pushed a lot of tree branches onto stucco walls. The Association’s arborists and landscapers are working their way through the community and we need homeowners to also prune branches up and off the walls. No homeowner branches should be on the walls or extend into common areas below the height of the wall.  The Association cannot cut homeowner trees. 

Several homeowners received a notice about tree branches and a clarification will be sent: branches should be off the walls and above the height of walls in common areas.

​As always, no branches should be restrict walking on sidewalks.

The modifications committee has taken aspen trees off the PCVA plant list because they only live 10 to 15 years and then the homeowner has to replace it.  They also create unwanted saplings in both your and your neighbor’s yards.   You can kill the saplings with a spray called ‘sucker stopper’. 

View a booklet about how to identify local noxious weeds and help eradicate them at communityservices.elpasoco.com/environmental-division/forestry-noxious-weeds/

You are responsible for all trees on your property.  Please check the ones close to the stucco walls, and cut off any branches that are touching the walls.  They can damage the wall, increasing the yearly amount the grounds committee uses your money to pay for repairs. 

Below is a portion of the Tree Lawn Landscape paragraph the mods committee uses to evaluate Xeriscape Tree Lawn Design Requests.  Please review and follow the community guidelines before you submit your Design Request.  We are all trying to keep Pine Creek a desirable community.

Para 4.13.8  Street Tree Landscape
Xeriscape requests for the parkway areas will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. All submittals shall use a high density of low growing Xeriscape type plants and boulders in conjunction with the proposed landscape material. Unplanted rock or wood mulch areas are not permitted in the parkway. Plants that are 24-inch or lower are preferred where vehicle or pedestrian visibility may be impaired. Street trees located in a Xeriscape parkway using rock mulch should be encircled with a small ring of wood mulch as defined in paragraph 2.13.9(e). Boulders are allowed in addition to some plants, and limited to a maximum size of 24 inches x 24 inches x 24 inches.