8 May 2004 Stonegate Landscape Survey

Survey Area

1. Between Stonegate and Carmenita
2. North of Stagg in the Hills
3. West of Wiscasset in the Hills
4. Near Overland
5. Between Penobscot and Wiscasset

Issues Identified

• Between Penobscot and Stonegate
  1. (Picture 1) Behind 7600 Penobscot the HOA-maintained hillside seems to have recovered from previous underwatering. It is not clear whether watering has been increased or whether other factors contributed to its recovery.

     

• Between Stonegate and Carmenita
  1. (Picture 2) At the end of the swale near Stagg, on the Carmenita side, a new pool is going in. The acacia are brown and dead below the fence, and have been completely removed above the fence in the next lot.

     

  2. (Picture 3) Behind 24623 Stonegate there is a bare spot on the hill with only a few gazanias. Nearby lots too have slight bare spots.

     

  3. (Picture 4) 7601 Carmenita has poplar tree volunteers covering the hillside

     

  4. (Picture 5) 7627 Carmenita: The hill has been planted with large plants but there is no low ground cover.

     

  5. (Picture 6) 7633 Carmenita: Poplar volunteers are springing up like crazy.

     

• North of Stagg in the Hills
  1. (Picture 7) Looking south from the hills east of Stagg. The HOA doesn't water here, apparently.

     

• West of Wiscasset in the Hills
  1. (Picture 8) Near Stagg, the entire swale is brown, weedy, and grassy.

     

  2. (Picture 9) A few houses in from Stagg, the hill is weedy and bare, next to a rich green section with purple flowers growing well.

     

  3. (Picture 10) The grate behind the DWP area is locked down, at last.

     

  4. (Picture 11) The top of the Wiscasset hillside has brown, dry grass -- a fire hazard.

     

• Near Overland
  1. (Picture 12) Behind 24639 Overland, the HOA has a water line in the LMA (landscape maintenance area), but it is just watering weeds, which seems wasteful.

     

• Between Penobscot and Wiscasset
  1. (Picture 13) Behind 7511 Penobscot, at the end of the swale, there is quite a bit of dead, brown acacia.

     

  2. (Picture 14) Behind 7519 Penobscot there is more dead, brown acacia.