Please help us avoid expensive repairs to our stormwater system (pipes, ditches and ponds) by properly maintaining the ditches in front of your homes and keeping pipes and drain covers clear of debris and loose soil. Remember, our CC&Rs prohibit modifications that “in any way . . . adversely affect the approved and constructed storm drainage system.” Suppl. Declaration of CC&Rs Section 4.7. This includes changes to the slope of the lot or any changes to the ditches and drains themselves. Any adverse changes to these systems will be reversed at the owner’s expense. Costs to repair “downstream” damage such as clogged drain lines may also be charged to the owners. Id. Sections 10.2, 10.3.
As most of you know, the stormwater system is our most expensive reserve asset (that is, the asset that will cost the most, over time, to maintain). This system includes ditches, drains, pipes, and multiple storm water ponds. Each of us can help keep our long-term costs down by checking periodically to confirm our drains, lines and ditches are clear of debris and loose soil. If you are contemplating a change to your landscaping that might impact soil run off into this system, it is especially important that you get ARC approval as well as conferring with the board member(s) responsible for our stormwater system. At present, this responsibility rests with the Vegetation Management Committee Chair, Gail DeLuke.
For those who are interested, all three ponds (double-cell at base of Timberton, small pond across from Spinnaker, and large pond behind fencing just this side of Ludlow Creek) were visually inspected immediately after our recent 2.6″ rain. All ponds appear to be working as intended with clear water. Water running into the Timberton pond as well as in ditches along Timberton were also clear.