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9 | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | DECEMBER 2014 | Routine landscape maintenance is always being addressed by our landscape crew. There are always additional issues that surface during the month that need attention. Our crew addresses these issues in between all other duties. There are months when only a few additional work requests are made of them… then there are months when there are many additional requests. It may seem that some requests are not completed in a timely manner. Keep in mind that seasonal weather is an important factor as to when some work is completed. For example, turf replacement does not fair very well during the heat of summer. How did your landscape fare during the summer heat? Did you adjust your landscape watering system to keep your plants green? Did you replace any of your sprinklers with water saving inserts? Are you considering a new drought tolerant design for your landscaping to deal with any future drought conditions? These are some of questions that have been typically asked by many of our homeowners. December might be a good month to consider how to prepare for the next summer's heat. By the time a design is completed and plans are submitted to the Architectural Committee for approval, summer could be approaching. Landscape Committee Committee Awareness Committee The battle for Reinhardt Canyon rages on. On Oct. 29, approximately 150 people attended a County Planning Commission Meeting to present their opposition to the proposal for developing the Canyon. Approximately 40 people spoke about the dangers and incompatibility of the applicant's proposal. The Planning Commission deferred making a decision until Nov. 17. Unfortunately, the deadline for this article is before that date, so we will discuss the results in the January Herald. The County Planner, Matt Straite, described the project and indicated there were a number of conditions of approval. He indicated the applicant must still prove he has a secondary emergency access route. He indicated the applicant has not proven he can go through Four Seasons. He also indicated the applicant has dealt with flooding and fire prevention measures. During the meeting, the applicant blasted Hemet for the way they denied the Project in 2008. He also tried to show the conditions of approval for the Four Seasons' Development provided for a secondary emergency access for the residents of Reinhardt Canyon. He also talked about how he reached out to the community and received support from these groups. We presented a petition opposing the development. This Petition contained 1,435 signatures and a cover letter. We discussed the proposal was not in line with several general plans. We also talked about the effects of fire in a box canyon and the danger it poses for Four Seasons and Reinhardt Canyon. We talked about the problems with their proposed secondary accesses, the position of the Four Seasons' HOA on using the private streets of Four Seasons as a secondary access route, the unethical way some properties in the Canyon were designated half acre lots, the history of attempts to develop the property, and the environmental concerns. We argued that Hemet had every right to deny the project in 2008. We argued Lot N showed the intent, of the City when they approved the Four Seasons' Project, was that the Four Seasons Developer only had to provide an emergency exit for the "existing" residents of the Canyon. We argued that now the people who were in favor of the project had changed their minds. There were good arguments and reasons for why the Planning Commission should deny the project. The Commissioners asked questions of us and the applicant. Two of the five seemed to be in favor of the project. We expect a decision will be made on Nov. 17. We are all hoping they will have denied the project.

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