By Carmello Musarra and Dustin Watkins
Compliance Coordinators
Desert Ridge Community Association
PAINT
Currently compliance is doing a tour through the Community and informing homeowners whose homes are in need of paint. Included below is the link to the Dunn Edwards website which has the paint color palette selection for Desert Ridge. Please use this link to select the paint colors that you will be painting your home. http://dunnedwards.com/PaintingContractors/ExploreColor/ColorTools/ColorArchive.aspx
• The link will ask you for the zip code which for Desert Ridge is 85050
• Select Desert Ridge
• The sub-association parcel # which will pull up the schemes for your neighborhood
If you have any challenges getting the paint colors from the above mentioned link or have additional questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Desert Ridge Community Association office. Please be aware that it is the intention of the Design Review Committee (DRC) to space out like schemes so houses that are immediately adjacent to each other do not look the same. An architectural request form will need to be filled out and submitted to the Desert Ridge Design Review Committee (DRC) prior to any exterior changes being done.
TREE TRIMMING
Trees can provide a lot of shade for our yards! However, trees can also cause damage to neighboring properties and walls if they are left untrimmed. Please take the time to evaluate your trees and ensure that they are growing healthy and trimmed back so they are not being a danger to your neighbors’ homes, lots or common area walls.
Over the years the trees in Desert Ridge common areas and yards are have grown. Over the years the Association has come across many different scenarios where limbs and roots have caused damage to walls and homes. Please take the time to clean up after your tree and keep it trimmed to help keep it healthy through the next year.
TREE STAKES
Staking of your trees is extremely important for the tree when it is young and freshly planted. As your tree begins to grow and mature over time the need for these stakes may not be a necessity for your tree to continue growing…and in fact, can become a hazard to your tree if they are not adjusted or removed as the tree becomes established. During our regular inspections of the community, we have noticed throughout Desert Ridge, tree stakes that are no longer attached and are just free-standing next to the tree or they are damaging the tree because these stakes are cutting into the tree trunk and branches.
Please check the tree stakes on all of your trees. If the stakes are no longer needed, please remove them or adjust the stakes accordingly, so that over time they may continue to stabilize your tree during its growth period. If you are unsure about keeping or removing your tree stakes, please consult with your landscape contractor.
PET OWNER RESPONSIBILITY
This is a reminder to pet owners who walk their pets in the common areas of our community; please pick up after your pet.
• Keep them on a leash so you can maintain control of your pet while using the common areas.
• Carry plastic bags or use waste stations that are placed throughout the community and clean up your pet’s waste.
• Don’t allow pets to run loose in the community.
We enjoy many amenities in our community, nice walkways, sidewalks and green areas. It becomes very difficult to truly enjoy these if they are littered with pet waste and unpleasant odors.
Please do your part and pick up after your pet. Help keep Desert Ridge a great place to live.
WEEDS
The season is upon us again and the weeds are beginning to sprout and take over yards. We strongly encourage homeowners to do what they can to help minimize the weeds that occur in their yards. There are options available to homeowners. Please do your part in removing the weeds from your yards and help keep the community looking its best.
ON STREET PARKING
Desert Ridge would like to remind our homeowners and tenants that reside here in Desert Ridge that on street parking is not permitted with the exception of 48 hour guest parking. Desert Ridge does not permit on street parking because the streets are narrow and with vehicles parking up and down the streets constrict the flow of traffic and visibility. With clear visibility drivers are able to watch for children at play, pets that may be out, people crossing the street, or the wildlife that runs through the neighborhoods.
Desert Ridge has contracted with Arizona Parking Solutions (APS) to do tours through the community multiple times throughout each month of the year and report back to the association vehicles that are on the street. Vehicles that are noticed on the street are time stamped and a picture is taken of the vehicle and location via GPS. Logged vehicles are then sent over to the association the next morning in a report. If vehicles are continuing to park on the streets overnight then the managing agent will follow up with all applicable violations.
Desert Ridge Community Association is working with the APS to minimize the number of vehicles that are seen parking on the streets overnight. Please help us clear the streets of vehicles to help make the streets in the community safer for everyone.
