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Lot MowingIn 1991 the District commenced a "Lot Mowing" program to ensure that the vacant property within the District is maintained. |
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Lot Mowing Under Way One of the main responsibilities of the Spring Lake Improvement District is ensuring that the 1,295 vacant lots and 69.5 acres are mowed. Additionally, the District mows all County Right of Ways and Medians. There are three tractors and mowers dedicated to vacant lots and acreage, and there is additional equipment and personnel for all entrance way medians, Duane Palmer Blvd., and the parks. The District is instituting a new system of mowing that will increase the level of accountability. Personnel are being specifically assigned to Villages so that one person has responsibility for that area. If there is a problem, or a resident request, we will have a specific staff member we can go to. We feel that this will greatly enhance the level of service this program provides. While lots are normally mowed four times a year, our new process will allow us to do extra cuts if there is a lot or acreage where grass grows faster than other areas. Equipment for this program has been updated with the purchase of two John Deere tractors. This replaces equipment that was over 12 years old and was constantly in need of repair. These new tractors are 90 horsepower, 4 wheel drive units that will be much more adequate than the units being replaced. Two new personnel have filled our existing lot mower vacancies and training has been completed. The three staff members who have primary responsibility for lot mowing are Neil Wilkinson, Brian Murray, and Brian Patrick. The Board of Supervisors are diligently looking at the costs of the lot mowing program as they begin working on our next fiscal year budget. The current assessments for lot mowing are $113 a year for stand alone lots, and $138 per acre. It is projected that these assessments will have to increase to ensure that lot mowing does not run a deficit. These amounts have been very low over the past five years and will more than likely be increasing. The September issue of The Breeze will fully outline the lot mowing costs for FY ’08. Current Lot Mowing Rates:
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