Submitted by Yvonne Sabraw on behalf of the Grounds Committee
The colder weather has seen us move our meetings from out in the common space to indoors and onto Zoom, and we've slowed down from meeting every 2 weeks to monthly for the winter. But we are still basking in the glow of that glorious and productive summer.
The focus for the fall has been:
1. Getting the Yardworx contract underway. We've received several kudos and a couple of suggestions on the job Yardwox has done so far. Please continue to provide feedback on how the snow clearing is going- just fire off an email to shcgrounds@shaw.ca.
2. Planning the Grounds budget. It's in the draft stages for SHC budget discussions, so it's not too late to weigh in on Grounds priorities for the upcoming year. Let us know if there is something near and dear to your heart that we should be planning for. For example, we are hoping to start digging out and replacing cotoneaster starting in 2021, but the first round we are proposing is to provide members with the funds to purchase new shrubs if they are prepared to take on the digging-out of the cotoneaster themselves.
3. Gardening tools that need sharpening will be taken from the shed soon for their annual schlep to the sharpening shop (say that 5 times fast!)
4. Bartlett's, our arborists, have done a fine job of pruning and otherwise caring for all the trees we targeted from our proposal this summer.
5. New maps to replace the aging and damaged "You Are Here" signs at the entrance to the 3rd Street parking lot and at the sidewalk where 4th street turns into 7th Avenue, will be up very soon.
6. We still have an opening specifically for a Pest Management coordinator, and we welcome anyone who would like to come onto Grounds in any capacity - the next meeting is Monday November 23rd. Drop us an email and we will send you the Zoom link for the meeting.
-Sunnyhill Grounds