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New Landscaping Along Maple

Landscaping - Eucalyptus at Beaumont
June 18th, 2019

I am happy to report the values of our property has exceeded even my wildest expectations. Recent sales are showing per square foot values in excess of $160 plus. Units are selling in days, in fact sometimes in hours. Word on the RV Storage street is we are the place to be. Seldom do we need to even advertise, as units are selling with one phone call. Smaller, off size units are taking a bit more time to sell. The hot portion of the market is for the 13 x 50’s and the 17 x 50’s. This holds true with the Palm Springs project as well. I can see $180 per square foot in the very near future.

In order to continue this upward trend in prices, we need to keep our property in tip top condition. So far, we have accomplished that with aggressive painting and lighting upgrades. However, if you have a chance, take a walk down Maple Ave., and you will see what is rapidly becoming a visual blight. This is a black eye on our property.

The pine trees have matured to the point where they are shading the Jasmine ground cover and killing it. The areas that are dying are being replaced by weeds. It is to the point where we cannot control it. It really looks terrible.

With board approval, we have retained a landscape architect to provide us with some ideas on how to fix the landscaping along Maple Ave. The concept is to remove the dying ground cover and replace it with more of a desert landscape. We will place landscape rock in place of the ground cover, and plant low maintenance, low water plantings. Naturally, this will come at a substantial cost. Likely the biggest cost will be the removal of the ground cover. It is thick, dense, and matted and very labor intensive.

We have not put this out to bid yet, so the costs I will mention are simply a reasonable estimate. If we gain approval on the expenditure, at that point we will put it out to bid to get final costs.

We will do this in two phases. The first phase will be to replant along Maple Ave., to the front entrance. The second phase will be to continue the same theme from the entrance west to the property line shared with Dura Plastics next door. The second phase will probably be a year later and will probably not require an assessment.

The estimated cost to replant Maple is estimated at about $50,000. Yes, I know, “Ouch”. A big part of the expenditure will be the removal of the existing ground cover and installing / converting the sprinklers to drip irrigation. At the very least we will save on irrigation costs moving forward. While the idea of an assessment does not sit well with me or to you, the fact is we have to be aggressive in our maintenance of the property. I think we will all see rewards down the road by way of increased property values and continuing our rein of being the best storage facility in the nation.

While this will likely become an agenda item for our annual meeting in December, so we all need to give this careful thought and consideration. While we do have funds in the reserves, this would be too much of a drain, leaving us vulnerable if an emergency arises.

It has been suggested that the assessment be broken into two payments of $250 each, spaced apart by 6 months. This, of course is subject to changes based on condo owner’s sentiment, and what the actual cost may end up being.

I have uploaded the suggested landscape plans and plant palettes on the web site with links below.

Landscape Plan Part One

Landscape Plan Part Two

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