Here are my top five changes to improve HOA's visual appearance.
1. Hide utility boxes with plants. If it cannot be done so that it flows with the design then use faux rocks made for disguising utility boxes.
2. Install decorative street lighting. Replace those ugly street lights with shorter more decorative poles that use covers or lights that will produce a white light, and direct the light down. Using white lights will reflect the true color of objects where amber colored lights do not. If the city services your street lights you can see them for information, pricing, and pole selection. Also make sure that the street lights will light up the sidewalks, driveways, and yards of all the homes even if the homeowner does not have the front porch lights on. Street lights are a safety measure as such there should not be any places where someone could hide in the darkness when homeowners turn off their porch lights.
3. Locate and test soil in areas where summer grass will not grow no matter what you do. Then test it for fungus by send it for independent testing. Test each and every spot do not just test some yards. Then fix it how ever the lab tells you to (not the landscapers).
4. Try installing a grass that stays green year round. Yes, hybrid grasses will stay green in the summer and winter in the valley. It costs a bit more but cuts headaches in half and could be cheaper in the long run.
5. Replace missing shrubs with same sized and kind. Or replace them all but don't leave holes or wait for the shrub to fill in. It just looks ugly for way to long. Some shrubs may never get to be the same size.
The board has to maintain the community in like new condition or better.
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