Routine maintenance of your home, fence, lawn, shrubs, bushes, trees and flower beds plays an important part of improving property values in our community. The HOA Board is responsible for enforcing the covenants of the association.  The decision to purchase inside a neighborhood with an HOA means that you will abide by the covenants, deeds and restrictions of the HOA.  Our Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions requires that your property be kept in a sanitary, healthful and attractive manner and appearance, with your lawn edged near the street curbs and sidewalks.

******The Board has received numerous complaints regarding the following issues.  Please have any of the following areas addressed prior to Memorial Day weekend.  At the end of May, e-mails will be sent to homeowners requesting these items be resolved within 10 days. *****

1) Peeling paint on trim/fascia/soffits/drip edges.

2) Fence in need of staining, missing or chewed pickets, or fences leaning more than 5 degrees

3) Tall grass.

4) Grassy weeds/weeds in flower beds.    

5) Weeds (thistle, dandelions, dallis grass, chickweed, henbit, etc.) Take a good look at your lawn, especially in the parkway.  Is it grass, or does it primarily consist of weeds?

6)  Dead shrubs or trees.  By now, if a tree or shrub has not leafed out, it is not going to come back.  If a tree or shrub has dead (brown) leaves, and some new green growth at the base, the plant or shrub will have a better shot at survival if the dead (brown) leaves/branches are clipped off/removed.  This may require taking off a substantial part of the plant.

7) Overgrown shrubs.  

8) Dead branches hanging in trees. 

9) Shooters or suckers.  Growth at the base of a tree, or along the root system of a tree that takes energy and nutrients from the top of the tree or shrub.   Removing shooters or suckers will encourage growth at the top of a tree or shrub, and provides a cleaner look to your landscaped beds.

10) Uneven or non-level tree rings.  Tree roots are generally the cause of non-level stone pavers, cracks in a brick tree ring, or green steel edging that has come up out of the ground.  

11) Tree stumps in tree rings.    Please remove stump and ring unless you are getting ready to replace the stump with a new tree.

12) The small patch of grass behind the fence next to the alley should be maintained like the rest of your lawn.  (i.e. mowed and/or kept weed free.)

13) Open storage of bicycles, strollers, lawn equipment, tools etc.  These items should be stored inside the house/garage/backyard.

For more information about routine landscape maintenance, we recommend subscribing to Neil Sperry's weekly e-newsletter.  Mr. Sperry is a noted North Texas horticulturist, and offers great advice on how to maintain and beautify your property here in North Texas.

The Board is actively looking for volunteers to help with our Social Committee and with our Website.  Our HOA tries to have a couple of fun activities throughout the year - and we need someone to help plan them. The HOA would like to take advantage of the City of Plano's free Pop Up Theatre or Neighborhood Games Trailer - but we need someone who is able to coordinate the date(s), reserve on the City of Plano website, and facilitate delivery on the chosen weekend.   If you are interested, please contact Tammy Shamburger.

Now that we have this awesome tool called Membership Toolkit to help manage our community, we need YOUR help!  Are you creative? Have an eye for graphic design?   We need a Webmaster to add content to the website, and a Communications chair to help edit the e-newsletter template.   If you are interested, or want to know more about time commitment, please email the Board.

Several weeks ago, a home in Westover Estates was hit by lightning in the middle of the night.  Plano Fire and Rescue responded, and determined that there was no fire, but the home's electrical circuits were quite literally, fried.   The Plano Fire Dept had a difficult time turning a corner to get to this home due to several cars parked near the corner.   Please be mindful when parking near corners and alleyways, so as to not impede or block traffic.  As a reminder, Plano ordinance requires cars to park in the direction of traffic, and park at least 15 ft from fire hydrants, per Texas Transportation Code.