Circle C Ranch 4,800 ACRES 115 ACRES COMMON PROPERTY 4,600 HOMES - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Circle C Ranch 4,800 ACRES 115 ACRES COMMON PROPERTY 4,600 HOMES A Little Background Circle C HOA Maintains 115 irrigated acres, primarily in City of Austin right of way Adopted Green Community Model in 2005 Renovated and continues


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Circle C Ranch

4,800 ACRES 115 ACRES COMMON PROPERTY 4,600 HOMES

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A Little Background

  • Circle C HOA Maintains 115 irrigated acres,

primarily in City of Austin right of way

  • Adopted Green Community Model in 2005
  • Renovated and continues renovating the

commons areas according to the Model

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Green Community Model

  • Promote Water Conservation
  • Reduce Turf Areas
  • Incorporate Diversified Drought Tolerant

Plants

  • Plant Diversified Trees
  • Update Irrigation Infrastructure to Meet

Changing Times

  • Minimize pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers
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Focus on Plants and Beds

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Focus on Rockwork

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Irrigation Improvements

  • Moved rotors in 1 foot from curb
  • Added bubblers to over 450 trees
  • Added drip to 7 miles of hedges
  • Added drip to side strip grasses
  • Began conversion of median tips to drip
  • Installed 700 foot median, all drip!
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Circle C Residents Front Yard Revisions

  • After the 2011 drought, many homeowners

were interested in converting to a water wise landscape.

  • The Architectural Control Committee set new

guidelines for front yards.

  • Homeowners are required to submit plans in
  • rder to change out their landscape.
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Front Yard Design Guidelines

  • Limits front yard turf to 50% or less
  • Prohibits St. Augustine grass, allows buffalo,

zoysia or Bermuda

  • Requires bed edging
  • Requires plants from City of Austin Grow

Green List, trees suited to Circle C

  • Allows natural rock and decomposed granite
  • Allows professionally constructed pathways
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Guidelines (continued)

  • Requires that side strip grass be removed and

allows flagstone or flagstone with plants.

  • Requires the first 10 feet from the sidewalk

/or curb back toward the house to be heavily planted.

  • Encourages drip irrigation.
  • Requires continued maintenance.
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