Gleneagle Civic Association (GCA) E Blast Communication January 2022

Dear GCA Homeowners,

 

The board of directors, in keeping with their goals and objectives, will provide
updates and communication for community education. When you need
information or have concerns, please refer to the newly designed website
(https://www.gleneaglehoa.org/home/) for covenants, architectural control,
governing documents and much more. Registering for member access allows you
to directly submit project request, HOA status, covenant requests and much
more. All these features are under the Contact Us/Member Area menu item. If
you prefer not to register you can always contact board members for questions,
concerns or compliments via the Contact Us/Email Us menu item. Take a few
minutes to explore the website for community information. The board is run by
volunteers and all volunteers are welcome.

 

This year's holiday lighting was held in the third week of December. Although the
number of houses decorated within our Gleneagle Civic Association was down
this year, we had many beautiful homes to look at for awards. This year's winners
are as follows:

 

First Place: 265 Rangely Drive
Second Place: 14565 Westchester Drive
Third Place: 14140 Gleneagle Drive

 

The winners will be receiving an 11 X 17 poster. Thanks to all of the residents of
the Gleneagle Civic Association who had lights up this season !!

 

 

The RBOS continues to be a popular place for dog walking, meeting friends and
peaceful walks with amazing views of the mountains. Trail construction on
section 6 and 7 is nearing completion. Search the new website to see how the
trails connect throughout the open space.

The old pump house located on section 8 was demolished and the debris was
removed. Trail construction is complete on section 2 and 16. Section 14 is
completed up to a vacant lot.

Yearly Dues Notice
The yearly dues notices will be sent soon to all residents. Please send payments
to of $57.25 to :

 

GCA
P.O. BOX 31
Monument, CO 80132

 

 

To improve our neighborhood as spring approaches, we ask for all homeowners
to look around their house and yard and perform necessary cleanup or other
house maintenance. Covenant information will continue to be communicated
through community updates.

 

Do your part. Help keep Gleneagle a great place to live!

 

Your Volunteer GCA Board

Welcome to the Ray Berg Open Space, a treasure in Gleneagle. We hope all of you find time to walk the trails, meet new friends and all the dogs that enjoy the spectacular views of the mountains.

 

We would like to thank Jimmy and Lisa Owenby for organizing the first GCA picnic on the RBOS. It was held on August 14th at the Pauma Valley pavilion. It was a huge success and everyone enjoyed Bird Dog BBQ, drinks and side dishes. Bounce houses were a real hit with the children. Sound system was furnished by Mark Connell. Thank you to all our volunteers who set up the tables and tents. Tractor rides were enjoyed by many of the children. Bruce Randall brought the tractor and all the implements for everyone to see what is used to maintain the open space.

 

 

Happy Fall!  The RBOS (Ray Berg Open Space) has seen a significant increase in the numbers of users since the last update.  We are happy to report that walkers, mountain bikers, joggers and many 4 legged friends are enjoying the beauty of our treasure, the open space.   We attribute the increased usage to the maintenance of the RBOS as well as to the on-going building of defined trails.  The GCA has received many donations to be used on the open space and we are very grateful.  To date, the open space contributions are $5,234.85. 

The final mowing of the year will begin within the next 2 weeks.   Many more trees have been trimmed along with the removal of dead trees. Tree maintenance often produces firewood sized debris, which we stockpile and offer on a first come basis, The free fire wood pile is located 100 yards south of the old pump house.  Keep checking that area for free firewood.  This cleanup of dead trees and branches will continue throughout the year.

The county mandated swale on the south side of Silver Rock Place has been completed. The swale was built from large rip rap rocks.  Several rip rap dams have been constructed to slow the flow of water from the drainage swale.   Reseeding with native seed was used along with straw mats to promote the growth of natural grass.  To help in germination, we watered the area using our 300-gallon stock tank purchased specifically for this purpose.

Trail construction continues throughout the open space. The Pauma Valley access point has been relocated off of private property onto the open space. Road base has been placed on part of the trail in that area.   On the Huntington Beach, construction of both the east and west access points  has been completed.  It is no longer necessary to negotiate crossing the rip-rap in the swales or the steep slopes on either side of the swales. The county mandated swale at the base of the west end is currently under construction with rip rap dams and will be seeded with native seed and straw mats.  

Trail construction continues throughout the RBOS.   Many dump loads of dirt have been placed throughout the open space to fill in the old cart paths and to build new trails.  Dirt and/or clay being used to fill in the old and eroded cart paths is being sourced from the RBOS or from home excavations and is free except for the cost of running the tractor.  Once a path is leveled, we use road base to cap the new trails. The road base provides a weather resistant cap that should make the trails more durable, especially in wet weather.  You remember wet weather?  If not, you can research it and find videos on your favorite social site.

Road base and a complementary product “fines” are available intermittently from the Del La Crosse gravel pit, which you can see on the west side of I-25.  The pit is accessed from Baptist Rd.    This pit sells the road base and fines at one third or less than the cost of other gravel pits.  When it reopens, you will see a dump truck on the RBOS placing road base in piles for future use.  The Kubota tractor and dump trailer will be used to complete this work throughout the coming months.  The trail construction will be a work in progress over the next year.

 

Christy and Tim Boersma have kindly donated a new gas powered generator. One of the first uses of the generator is to power a water pump to water the newly revegetated area that were seeded and covered with straw mats.  We thank all who have generously donated to the open space by contribution, time, vehicles and trailers to help complete these projects.   All these projects are funded by annual dues and donations.  With the help of all our volunteers, the RBOS will continue to be improved and enjoyed by all residents. 

 

Speaking of volunteers, if anyone has deep knowledge of high prairie restoration, please contact us at Contact Us (General Inquires).  Our next challenge will be to encourage native grasses to grow without the benefit of artificial irrigation or an unlimited budget.  We are open to ideas and “demonstration projects” to see what may work.  We know that seeding with grass mat and irrigation works and suspect that seeding with grass mat would work in a more normal summer where it actually rains occasionally.  However, covering approximately 90 acres with grass mat is prohibitively expensive.

 

Your Open Space Volunteer Managers,

Glenn Leimbach and Bruce Randall