FIREWISE CHIPPING SESSION: Our first Firewise chipping session took a little longer than expected, primarily due to the heavy workload associated with our late spring snowfall that damaged so many of our trees and shrubs (having the Independence Day holiday and the Big Valley roadwork
as part of our scheduled pickup didn't help either!) Our second chipping session is scheduled for September 16-27. If you want to have your yard debris picked up and chipped, you
MUST register for this session by September 13th unless you previously did so. Remember, we don't know when during the two-week session the crews will chip on your street, and they will not come back if your trimmings are not out when they get there. Put them on the street curb or behind the sidewalk for pickup starting on September 11th!
DO NOT BLOCK SIDEWALKS! Thanks.
ANNUAL MEETING: Our 2024 Annual Meeting will be held from 7:00 - 8:30 on Thursday, October 3rd in Room 100 of the Woodmen Chapel Administration building. The meeting will be proceeded by a social and registration period from 6:30 - 7:00, with light refreshments and an opportunity to catch up with old friends and meet new neighbors. Please plan to attend to hear what's new in Discovery and to participate in the governance of your HOA. Details are available here.
DUMPSTER DAZE ARE BACK: Based on the demand during our Spring cleanup opportunity, we will provide another roll-off at 7147 Wintery Loop to collect
non-hazardous household waste from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on October 5 & 6.
WATERING RESTRICTIONS: Watering restrictions went back into effect on May 1.
Basically, sprinklers can’t be operated between 10 AM and 6 PM but drip irrigation, watering cans, and hose watering with a shut-off nozzle are allowed at any time. Water runoff from irrigation is prohibited from flowing across the ground, street or sidewalk and broken or leaking sprinkler systems are required to be fixed within 10 days. Details of the water conservation program can be found here.
FAMILY SOCIAL EVENT: Our Summer social event was once again a big success. We had good weather, a good crowd, plenty of food and great entertainment.
SUMMER CLEANUP: It looks like Summer is upon us and our yards, shrubs and trees are responding. Please take a little time now and then to attend to your yard and weeds. We will once again survey the neighborhood to remind folks of yards that detract from the overall character of Discovery. Of particular note last year was the number of "zeroscaped" (rocked, not "zeriscaped") areas that became overgrown with weeds. Those are not "rock and forget" areas...please pull or spray your weeds as they not only detract from your yard, but also from your neighbors' yards.
LOCKING MAILBOXES: We have no more locking mailboxes and there is currently no plan to purchase and offer more at a discount.
SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS: Some of our mature shrubs (particularly junipers and pines!) have benefited greatly from our wet spring and now extend over our sidewalks and thus interfere with clear passage. Please trim them back to the edge of the sidewalk and up to at least 6 feet. City Ordinance 3.4.103 requires: "Every owner and occupant of real property within the City shall keep the public sidewalks which abut or are adjacent to their real property, or public sidewalks located upon real property subject to a public easement or right of way, in a clean condition free from projections and obstructions across the surface, debris, litter, or dangerous conditions not involving the structural integrity of the sidewalk." We will be surveying our Discovery sidewalks in the near future to identify properties that need to be reminded of this civic obligation.
Sheds!
We are aware of the presence of a few storage sheds in Discovery. Some were approved…and some “magically appeared.”
No further violations of ARC Approval will be permitted. Any future sheds discovered to have been constructed without ARC approval will be subject to relocation or removal at the owner's expense. Please review the information on sheds in our
FAQ area before you decide if you need a shed in your yard.
Your SPRING 2024 Newsletter is now available in the Documents area. We hope you find it both interesting and useful.