ANNUAL MEETING IN MAY

Said to be a "Meet the new board."

Dogs will no doubt have their noses temporarily out of joint as fireplugs are scheduled to be re/painted as part of the new Declarant's clean up fix up campaign said to include other overdue items.

It will be interesting to see what affect the Highway 71 widening will have on the East Entrance. It appears we will lose some ground, which I believe we'd all willingly donate for a real traffic light (see below).

TRAFFIC LIGHT EAST ENTRANCE?

A reader writes: "Yes, the plan does include a traffic light, and not just a blinking light. I called TxDot to confirm. They said the light would be installed in March or April, but would probably still be a month or so after before it was functioning. Good news for all.
By scott on HIGHWAY 71 WORK on 3/19/11"

Thanks Scott. See, this is the type of thing that grows the blog to not just one person. The Blog should be viewed as a community.

HIGHWAY 71 WORK

I believe the plan is for completion by August. Here are pictures taken from our east entrance for those who have property but haven't moved here yet.

I doubt you can tell from these, but the eastbound lanes have been lowered, to reduce the hill, and change sight lines. Once paved, they will lower the westbound lanes.

Once upon a time we were told that the reason we COULD NOT have a traffic light at our east entrance was the sight lines, that someone could come barreling east on 71, only to rear-end any backup at that light. Lowering the crest will take that issue off the table. Perhaps we WILL have an actual traffic light.

BLOG REBIRTH

I bet few will notice, so spread the word if you think someone might care. After a long period of dormancy, this blog will resume. What with spring, the return of Daniel Porter as controller of Spanish Oaks' fate, we see progress and obvious efforts to clean the development up and attend to the things which were neglected by Discovery, then the bank.

I invite you to send pictures, news, etc.

The header says what the purpose of the blog is - a very small community voice, to help us all know what's going on and share with each other.

So let me share a positive discovery: we hired a company to come refresh our teak outside furniture. The process involves powerwashing, several applications of cleaner and after sanding, oil. Two days of hard labor. The results look as new: www.theteakpro.com

I can attest that the before and after pictures on their site are for real!