Dues and Services
Dues for 2024 are set at $120 per month.
Services are provided as follows:
1. Lawn care: Weekly mowing during the growing season. One edging service during the summer will be provided along driveways, roadways and curbs.
2. Fertilizing and spraying for weeds: this will be done four times during the summer. If your lawn needs more, it is available for a fee. If needed, just contact a board member to assist with making arrangements with our vendor.
3. Trimming of shrubs and bushes: generally this is done on the 3rd Wednesday in June, July, August and October. Weather can influence the timing. Sign up by emailing Kristi of Granite City Realty at kristim@gcremn.com. PLEASE always include your address. Include any special instructions, and she will pass that along. Workmen may try to talk to homeowners as well. Please don't assume they will do things the way you might like, so being engaged is helpful. Shrubs up to 10 feet tall only, and those that are above 10 feet tall may be done for a fee because shrubs taller than 10 feet require workmen to use additional equipment.
4. Spring clean up: lawn thatching is done in the early spring to remove dead material from the lawns.
5. Fall clean up: workmen remove leaves from lawns and from rocky areas around the homes. This excludes removing branches, pine needles, as well as garden waste from garden areas. The second clean up is usually done after a hard frost, when most of the leaves are off the trees.
6. Disposal of yard waste: homeowners may bundle and leave yard and garden waste at the end of their driveway on lawn mowing day.
7. Our vendor will seed areas damaged by our vendor’s plows in the winter (this does not include damage done by city plows, which unfortunately falls within the homeowners' responsibility).
8. Snow removal: 1" snow trigger and 2” snow trigger—we provide snow removal of driveways and sidewalks at the 2" snow level, plus we will have driveways (but not our sidewalks) plowed when we have a 1" snowfall. We will ask for this service on a trial basis for the 2022-2023 winter season. The timing of our snow removal depends on when snow fall ceases (according to the St. Cloud Airport) and with consideration of when the city plows our streets. Since city plows always leave snow at the end of our driveways, it is prudent for our vendor to begin work here after the city plows our street. The board now has the authority to request special plowing of driveways or mailbox areas or shoveling of sidewalks on request. Connect with a board member if you need one or more of these actions.
9. Irrigation start up and fall blow out: this includes cleaning of clogged heads, valves and replacement if necessary.
10. Sprinkler heads, filters and valves: The vendor will repair and replace as needed. He is contracted to be here monthly and we will email you a few days ahead of when we know he will be here. Please sign up for repairs when you receive an email announcing when the vendor will be here. Also be on the lookout for dry areas caused by clogged sprinkler heads. In addition, our valves fail over time. Replacing them is made more difficult when valve covers cannot be located. Please do not cover the green valve covers, and remove debris or overgrown grass if you see that happening.
11. If a homeowner needs or wishes to alter the location of the lines or heads, due to changes in the landscaping, gardens, rock areas, walkways, or the addition of or removal of trees or shrubs or their root systems, or other changes to the landscaping, the cost thereof will be borne by the homeowners.
12. Time clocks/controllers: the association will maintain and/or replace if needed.
13. Fence repair. Please report damaged areas immediately to a board member. Beginning October 1, 2021 and for the next 10 years, the Association will continue to pay for repairs only (not a new fence) up to the budgeted amount for that year. Any unused amount each year would carry over until the unused amount reaches no more than $5,000.00. After 10 years (October 1, 2031) the Association will no longer support fence repairs.
14. Well, pump, motor, etc. Maintain or replace as needed.
15. The area at the southeast corner of Jenisa Drive includes about 170 square yards which is not an association Common Area, but is in fact owned by the City of St. Cloud. We refer to it as a Shared Area. Because the City chose to curve the roadway (for plowing convenience) rather than square it off, the four affected homeowners feel the association should assist maintaining (not replacing) that area. The association has elected to seal coat this area every three years if the affected homeowners do likewise. The remaining apron areas of the nearby homeowners is their responsibility and is similar to the apron areas of other association homeowners.