Wildhorse - September 2011

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September 2011 www.WildhorseCommunity.com Volume III, Issue IX

Official Publication of the Wildhorse Homeowners Association

TOWN HALL MEETINGThe Board of Directors is holding a Wildhorse Town Hall Meeting on

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011, at Krueger Elementary at 7pm. Please join us to learn what we have been working on over the last year, ask questions of the board, and meet your neighbors. If you have any questions that would like us to address please email the board at [email protected] to make sure they get on the agenda as items to discuss. We will also conduct the drawing for a $50 gift card for ten lucky residents who prepaid their entire 2011 dues by the deadline. Hope to see you all there!

OPEN BOARD POSITIONOne of our board members, Stephen Swisher, had to resign from the board

due to work commitments. The board of directors would like to fill this position as soon as possible with a resident who can complete his term until March 2012. If you are interested in learning more about what it takes to become a board member or more about the position please email the board at [email protected] or contact Lisa James, our community manager, at [email protected]. The board would like to extend their thanks to Stephen for his service to our community over the past year.

SPECTRUMPERSPECTIVE

This article is submitted by ourCommunity Manager at Spectrum, Lisa James.

Some concerns/inquiries were recently brought to my attention. At this time, it may be best to provide some clarity. Each association Spectrum Manages is provided site drives every 10 days during the work week. This would be 2-3 times a month depending on the number of days in the month. The trailers, boats, and such are usually seen by residents on a Saturday or Sunday at which time, the Site Manager is not inspecting the area. As these are usually weekend activities, our Site Managers are unable to witness these. Should you see an issue and would like to report it, you may do so with a date stamped photo as well as an address. The report may be sent to your assigned Site Manager (Charlie Wilkerson) at [email protected].

Once this is received, a courtesy letter requesting the issue resolved within 10 days. If the issue has not been remedied, a violation letter would follow in 30 days. Should the issue continue the account would then be sent to the assigned lawyer for the association to proceed with legal action. Based on the governing documents established, Spectrum abides by the rules set forth.

The assessments made by each homeowner do cover the management fees but more so, it takes care of the amenities enjoyed by the community--whether it’s the nature park for an evening stroll, the pools to cool down in 103 degree weather, having a family picnic at the pavilion, or simply watching the little ones play on the playground. All items are maintained by the association and Spectrum thrives on making it the best it can be with the resources available.

COMMUNITY GARAGE SALESATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD - 7AM-2PM

Neighbors, are you ready to clear out the garage after a busy summer? Do you have closets

in need of cleaning out? Maybe you’ve done some redecorating? Well, get ready to price tag it for our next community wide garage sale, scheduled for Saturday, September 3rd. We will provide the newspaper advertising & signs outside of the neighborhood. You will simply need to provide some directional signs to your home. PLEASE be sure to remove all signs at the end of the day. Thank you... and good luck!

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HOA BoardRobin Watts ............................................................ President

Chris Winnier ..................................................Vice President

VACANT .................................................................Secretary

Enrique Yanes .............................................. Member at Large

Tyler Horner ............................................... Member at Large

To contact the board, email: [email protected]

Marilyn A. Sibblies ......... Communications Committee [email protected]

Roberta Davila & Brenda Rios ......... Social Committee [email protected]

Hilda Black .........................................Recreation Committee [email protected]

Lory Simpkins .................................... Pool Committee [email protected]

Frank Nava ............................Public Works Committee [email protected]

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CPS ..................................................................210.353.4357 .................................................. (report street light outage)Bexar Co. Public Works ....................................210.465.4528 ..................................................... (shredding, graffiti, etc.)Bexar Co. Sign Dept. .......................................210.465.0536 .......................................... (report damaged/missing signs)Sheriff - Non-Emergency ..................................210.335.6000SAWS ...............................................................210.704.7297

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Irrigation UpdateRecently, there were some inquiries on our Facebook group, about

whether or not our community landscaping was being watered. Our community handy-man has responded to address these irrigation concerns. Since this is his first year overseeing the irrigation system full-time, he has been dealing with two significant challenges which impact the appearance of the landscaping: the drought and ensuing SAWS water restrictions.

Since September of 2010, the rainfall in San Antonio has been below average. Annual rainfall averages are typically 19 inches, unfortunately the 2011 totals are just above 5 inches so far. Irrigation systems are designed to SUPPLEMENT rainfall, not to replace it.

All HOA irrigation systems are operational and are being used to the maximum while remaining in compliance with the watering restrictions. Currently, Stage 2 watering restrictions allow for landscape watering with an irrigation system, sprinkler or soaker hose ONCE per week from 3:00-8:00am and 8:00-10:00pm on a designated watering day. Each of our commercial water meters has up to 70 stations. With only 7 hours per week to run the stations, applying enough water to sustain plant life is almost impossible. Comparatively, a typical residential lot has 5-8 stations, making it much easier to apply enough water to sustain plant life within the 7-hr window.

Along Wildhorse Parkway, trees that have bubblers (specifically targeted micro-irrigation) are getting as much water as possible.

It has also been to the community’s benefit to have a resource dedicated to maintaining our irrigation system. In the past, contracted companies may have only been onsite sporadically, and leaks or broken sprinkler heads could not be addressed in a timely fashion. Now our handy-man is out regularly repairing and testing the stations.

OPPORTUNITY TO HELP! He can use assistance! Many of the stations extend for hundreds

of yards, so it is easier for him to have another person available on walkie talkie to turn on/off individual stations for testing. It consumes more time (and water) when he has to do this testing and repairing solo. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in helping. To address one last concern, the sod at the model homes was being watered consistently during the height of the summer. When installing new sod, it is possible to apply for a variance when water restrictions are in effect. So DR Horton was within their rights to apply for a variance to water-in the new sod to help it get established.

WILDHORSE RESIDENTS...YOUR VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD

As many of you may have been aware VIA was looking at putting route 660 through Wildhorse. Many residents, emailed, called and went to the townhall meeting to voice their opinion. As a result your voices were heard. The board has received notification that VIA has pulled route 660 from consideration. They may issue another survey for greater neighborhood participation later on but right now they are not considering putting a route through Wildhorse. Thank you so much for your concern for our community. - Board President


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Trunk or Treat SpooktacularJoin the Social & Recreation Committees for our 1st annual Trunk

or Treat Spooktacular on Saturday, October 22nd from 7:00 - 9:00 pm at the Wildhorse Sports Park. Events to include: costume contest, pumpkin painting, cupcake walk, best decorated trunk contest (with prizes awarded), and many other spooktacular activities for the whole family. Light refreshments will be served while supplies last.

To ensure this event is a success we are asking for numerous volunteers to assist in many of the great events we have planned. We are currently in need of residents who wish to join the trunk or treating activity by decorating vehicles and handing out store bought candy and other goodies to Wildhorse residents. If interested please email the Social Committee at [email protected] by Saturday, October 15th to guarantee you a reserved space in the Sports Park parking lot. We are also in need of cupcake donations from residents for the cupcake walk, store bought or homemade cupcakes will be greatly appreciated. Please email the Social Committee if you will be donating so that we may know how many cupcakes to expect. We hope to see you there!

Wildhorse 1K/5K Run/WalkSATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011

Start place: Sports Park at 7:45am for 5K and 8:30am for 1K.Entry fee provides you a t-shirt, water bottle, and goody bag.

Adults: $10.00 | Children: $5.00

Registration dates at the Sports Park pavilion:• Saturday October 1st 8:30 am-10:30 am • Wednesday October 5th 6:00pm-7:30 pm • Saturday October 8th 8:30 am-10:30 am • Wednesday October 12th 6:00pm- 7:30 pm

Please make checks payable to: Wildhorse HOA and inthe memo section please write: 2011 Run/walk registration.

Cash is also accepted.

T-shirt Pick-up Dates at the Sports Park pavilion:• Friday, October 28th 6:00-8:00pm Run/Walk T-shirt pickup • Saturday, October 29th from 7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.

The entry form and the map of the race route is available on our website www.wildhorsecommunity.com. Volunteers are needed to help during registration days and the day of the race. We also need volunteers to host water stations long the race route. Five for Wildhorse volunteers: this is a perfect time to earn service hours! Please e-mail [email protected] if you are able to help. On the day of the race, please use caution when driving through the community. Please be on the lookout for runners and walkers, and try to avoid parking on the street for this event. Your cooperation will ensure the safety of both drivers and runners. More information is available on our website www.wildhorsecommunity.com under Recreation Committee. This event is sponsored by the Recreation and Social Committees. We hope to see you there!


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Wildhorse Moviein the Sports Park

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and join the Social & Recreation Committees for our annual Movie in

the Park Saturday, November 12th at 8:00 pm (movie TBA). Light refreshments will be

served while supplies last. We hope to see you and your family there!

Community Development Committee Survey

We would like to thank all the residents who provided us feedback on what improvements to the community they would like to see. We received approximately 36 responses out of over 2000 residents so fewer than 2% of the community submitted their opinions. Based on the information we received the order of preference for improvements is as follows:

• Permanent decorative shade cover over Playground Areas• Permanent decorative shade cover over Kiddie Pools&Deck Areas• Other: continue walkway around Sports Park• Two additional pavilions at the Sports Park• Expand Kiddie Playground/Jungle Gym Area• Tennis courts (2) at Timber Country Pool• Fitness park at Nature Park• Fitness center at Sports Park• Backstop and home plate at the Sports Park• Second kiddie playground/jungle gym area at Timber Country• Community Center at theSports Park• Pavilion with picnic table at the Nature Park• Soccer/football field with soccer goals at theSports Park• Child basketball court at the Sports Park• Second adult basketball court at the Sports Park

There were various other responses, such as:doggie park, handicap lift chair at the pool, landscaping at the Nature Park, tennis court at Sports Park instead of Timber Country, speed bumps on Wildhorse Parkway, lights along walking trail, landscaping circle on Wildhorse Parkway, pavilion and picnic table at Timber Country, and enhancing the landscaping at the Sports Park including plant more shade trees.

Thank you so much for your responses. You should see some of these improvements happening within the next year.


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CYCLONES UPDATEOur 2011 Championship Meet was held at the University

of Incarnate Word and it was a great meet! The kids really have a great time going to a large facility to swim. It inspires many of them to want to swim more. They were ALL winners this season but we did have a few shining stars! The winners for the 2011 swim season include the following:

MEDLEY RELAY TEAMS

2nd Place For 8 & Under Boys - AJ Abramson, Maxwell Yanes, Zachary Jones, and John Matthew Castillo3rd Place For 10 & Under Boys - Drew Glenn, Cade White, William Terrill and Zachary Vasquez3rd Place for 6 & Under Freestyle Girls - Katie Yanes3rd Place for 6 & Under Freestyle Boys - John Gagliardo2nd Place for 8 & Under Freestyle Girls - Lainy Lewis3rd Place for 9 - 10 Freestyle Boys - Zachary Vasquez1st Place for 11-12 Freestyle Boys - Jon Roddy2nd Place for 11-12 Freestyle Boys - Reid Mitchell2nd Place for 8 & Under Breast Girls - Lainy Lewis3rd Place for 8 & Under Breast Boys - Logan Bettisworth2nd Place for 9 - 10 Breast Boys - William Terrill2nd Place for 13 - 14 Breast Boys - Jacob Shuey1st Place for 6 & Under Backstroke Boys - John Gagliardo1st Place for 7 - 8 Backstroke Boys - John Matthew Castillo2nd Place for 9 - 10 Backstroke Boys - Zachary Vasquez3rd Place for 13 - 14 Backstroke Girls - Kaitlyn Galm2nd Place for 11 -12 Butterfly Boys - Jon Roddy2nd Place for 8 & Under Freestyle Relay Boys - AJ Abramson, Maxwell Yanes, John Matthew Castillo and Zachary Jones


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BASH WRAP-UPWith the stress of back to school preparation and the relentless South

Texas weather causing temperatures to reach the boiling point, it is nice to know we here in Wildhorse have the pools to cool off in and the committees to make swimming even more fun. The Social and Recreation committees joined forces to host the second annual Back to School Bash turning our Sports Park pool into a school-themed oasis for Wildhorse residents. There was food, music, a water slide, swimming, and school supplies for some lucky students. There was simply no better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than with food, fun, family and friends before the school season starts. The committees would like to thank all the volunteers who came out to help make the event so special – we could not do it without you. Stay tuned for our next community event. Congratulations to our 9 winners from Elementary, Middle, and High schools.


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2011 POOL SCHEDULESports Park Pool

JUNE 4TH SUMMER SEASON: Hours: 7am – 9pm Pool Closed for cleaning: Tuesday *Swim team practice (6/6 to 7/1): 8am-12pm M-F

AUGUST 22ND – SEPTEMBER 18TH Weekday hours: 7am – 7pm Weekend hours: 7am – 9pm

LABOR DAY (SEPT 5TH) - 7am – 9pm

SEPTEMBER 19TH – OCTOBER 16TH Weekend hours: 7am – 9pm

COLUMBUS DAY (OCT 10TH) - 7am – 9pm

OCTOBER 16TH - POOL CLOSES

Farmers Market ReviewThis article, written by Marilyn Sibblies,

is the first in a series the Communication Committee would like to run on local Farmers Markets. Please send your submissions to [email protected].

Bountiful Baskets is a co-op community of people who utilize their purchasing power as a group to buy items at wholesale prices. They are dedicated to help the community be healthier by providing fresh, high quality, delicious produce at an affordable cost.

It works like this: “baskets” are available to be ordered online on Mondays & Tuesdays for $15. You then pick up your “basket” of roughly half fruit and half veggies that Saturday morning at the designated location/time within a 20 minute window.

My first experience was to pick up at the only other San Antonio location off Thousand Oaks. With an 8am pick up time, I decided that it was just not going to be practical! I was delighted to find out that a second location opened up recently in

Helotes at Children’s Lighthouse off Leslie Road which has worked out much better for us. The Saturday morning 8:00 – 8:20am pick up is quick and efficient. Volunteers arrive early to divvy up the weekly truck delivery. You bring your own containers (boxes, laundry baskets or recyclable grocery bags), wait in line, sign for your pick up, then load up your weekly allotment of fruits and vegetables. The whole process takes less than 5 mins from arrival to departure.

What I like is that Bountiful Baskets Food Co-op is not a business, but a group of people who pool their money and collectively purchase their produce supporting smaller farmers, not the huge produce conglomerates. Because it is not a business there are no employees. This is 100% volunteer run. And if you participate, you agree that you will occasionally volunteer at your site. They recommend that you volunteer once for every six times you participate. My turn to volunteer is coming up soon, so I will have

to let you all know how it goes to show up at 7am on Saturday morning. (gulp!)

So far, we have received a nice variety of produce each week… potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, corn, eggplant, cauliflower, broccoli, bananas, nectarines, plums, peaches, strawberries, black berries, pears, limes, etc.

There is a $3 new basket charge the first time you participate. You agree to pick up during your 20 minute window or the food is donated. And there are no refunds or changes once you order for the week. It’s kind of like a fruit and veggie gamble!

To participate, go to www.bountifulbaskets.org. If you have specific questions, you can contact the Helotes site coordinator is [email protected]. I also found out that this goes on year round, so it’s not just limited to summers like most Farmers Markets!


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