QW water facility update

[Anthony C. Humpage MBA CPA.CITP]

Those traveling QW may have noticed that there is a significant clean-up and renovation going on around the Scottsdale water facility.  You might also reasonably assume that one or the other of our two homeowners associations must finally have prevailed upon the city to clean up its act – literally.

Sadly, nothing could be further from the truth.

When I first raised the matter of why the brush had not been cleaned up in back of my house with our CH manager, even though QW had been cleared, he could not tell me fast enough that it was not his job, that duty fell to MMR.  And, by the way, that it was up to me, not him, to get in contact with MMR.   Same answer when I asked if he proposed to do anything about talking to the city about the disgraceful condition of the walls of the water pumping facility.

I got an even more energized response from the MMR manager to prove it was not her job either.  She even went to the trouble of printing a plat map to prove to me that the ground was City property.

Apparently I was way out of line in expecting that either of these worthless drones who we pay to take care of the aesthetics of our community might pick up the phone and do what I did – Call the city. In fact, they both spent more time explaining to me why it wasn’t their job than it took me to take care of the problem.

Lesson learned.  Don’t expect our community managers to do anything but buy bagels and look pretty.  Just do it yourself.  These guys have become way too comfortable.  It is about time these contracts were competitively bid to allow someone who wants the job to get it.

I might add I have nothing but good to say about the reaction of the City water department.  They have acted promptly and gone far beyond what I expected them to do.  Based on this experience we should fire our HOAs and hire the city.

 

Anthony Humpage

[nicetang]

Good job Anthony.  It takes alittle time to get to the right person.  City Water Department gets an A+ from me too. 

 

The community is better off now that Doyle is gone.

[DENNIS BURECH]

For my information:

The preserve areas in and around our homes here in C H-- whose responsibility for periodic maintenance (clearing, etc)--- MMMR or CH???

Thanks

[nicetang]

The original Cimarron Hills property from the gate up QW to the Rec Center and 1/2 way north 114th is the Master HOA responsibility.   LandMark Landscaping is clearly easy brush that doesn't threathen our property for over $20,000 so far.   

 

In Cimarron Ridge and the townhouses brush clearing is the CH HOA responsibility. 

 

There was a little brush clearing 2 weeks ago....but only directly behind board member Crandal's house.

 

The main wash west of 114th has had no brush clearing except for me and several of my neighbors at our own expense.  

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From: DENNIS BURECH

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