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| Four Seasons Hemet Herald | March 2016 | 10 Access Control Committee Due to the resignation of Bob Beech, I have been selected as the new Chair of the Access Control Committee (ACC). The committee members and I would like to thank Bob for his dedication and commitment to helping make our community safer. The purpose of the Access Control Committee is to provide continuous review of access control policies and procedures as they relate to our community. The ACC also partners with the Facilities and the Emergency Preparedness Committees to collaborate on relative issues, create improvements, and address the concerns of our residents that are communicated to our Board of Directors. We research ideas provided to us from all sources. Many ideas are then built upon after researching facts and analyzing for cost effectiveness that will support our recommendations to the Board. For example, some of the current projects we are working to resolve are issues concerning traffic safety within our community, inappropriate access to our community, assisting with emergency evacuation planning, CCTV monitoring, and providing communication to residents. The April edition of the Herald will provide more details of the ACC projects. As an additional reminder, if any resident has a security or safety concern, please report it to our Roving Patrol so that the appropriate action and/or reporting is completed. In the case of any emergency or urgent issue, contact police, fire or medical assistance first. ~ Charlie Harper, Chair Landscape Committee Kathi Enos, our chairperson since 2014, has stepped down due to family health problems. She did an awesome job handling major projects with the utmost efficiency. The LSC Committee members and HOA Board members appreciate her tireless contribution. Thank you Kathi. Great changes are going to take place in the appearance of our community landscaping this year, we are working on a Master Plan with planting themes that flow through the common areas updating and beautifying our community. Artistic Landscape Maintenance took over the landscape maintenance in January 2016 and they have addressed our initial major areas of concern, improving the appearance of the areas that are highly visible, they have groomed the shrubs and have planted color around the front and back entrance gates and Lodge areas. The annual tree trimming has taken place. Our outdated and failing irrigation system which was installed 14 years ago by K. Hovnanian is to be replaced by a new state of the art system which will monitor water usage and reduce the possibility of unnecessary waste. Even though we have had some very welcome rain this year we still have watering restrictions imposed by EMWD. The common areas belong to all home owners, if you have any areas of concern please don't hesitate to fill out a Landscape Maintenance Request form which will receive immediate attention. Architectural Committee DON'T BURN YOUR PLANTS If you have replaced your lawn with rock (like Arizona river rock) you could be burning up the plants you installed. Rock (any size) collects heat from the sun and stores that heat for many hours after sunset. This heat penetrates into the soil and burns the roots of the plants. To avoid this you should have a minimum of six inches or more open space around the perimeter (drip line) of each plant. I recommend you put mulch in this area to hold the moisture in the ground. As plants grow you may need to expand this open space. CHECK YOUR DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM Many owners are installing Drip Irrigation systems to conserve water. This is a wise move, but remember all plants require a certain amount of water and some drip irrigation systems do not provide enough water or they become clogged (nitrates in water harden when small orifices are used to emit the water) and should be attended to. Once every four to six months check your drip system to ensure enough water is getting to you plants. This is an easy task – just rub your finger over the opening or insert a tooth pick into the drip orifice to remove the calcium. This clog occurs most often at the end of the line (last plant in the system). If you are using bubblers just turn the water on and open them up to flush out the clog or remove the head (turn off water first) and clean it out. Soaker hoses or tubes also become clogged. With the water on, rub the tube with your fingers back and forth to remove calcium and other restricting material. RAIN – RAIN – RAIN CAME AGAIN January was true to itself. We had several days of rain, but again some of you did not turn off your watering systems. When the weather person on TV says it will rain, that is the time to go in to your garage and turn off the irrigation system. If we don't get any rain, OK, turn it back on.

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