IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
An Important Message from the City of Plano Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Next Board Meeting will be Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Board meetings are held roughly every calendar quarter and are open to Harrington Homeplace homeowners. Next Annual Meeting will be Tuesday, February 9, 2021 The
association's Annual Meeting was held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 and
be held virtually using Zoom. The start time will be announced in a
forthcoming email and also here on the website.
If
you are a Harrington Homeplace property owner, the 2020 and prior year
annual reports and other information are available on the Resident Login section of the website.
Harrington Homeplace Recognized as a Gold Awardee in City of Plano's BEST Neighborhoods Program
The City of Plano's BEST Neighborhoods Designation program recognizes neighborhoods that have gone above and beyond to create a community that is Beautiful, Engaged, Safe, and Thriving - BEST! Harrington Homeplace was recognized at the Gold level.
More information on the program is available on the City of Plano's website at this link.
Press Release
Winter Watering Guidelines in effect November 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021
Please refer to the City of Plano website for additional information regarding Water Conservation and Guidlines.
The following is a message from the City of Plano:
Plano residents and businesses are asked to only water a maximum of ONCE per week from November 1 - March 31.
Tuesdays 1,3,5,7,9 (odd numbered addresses)
Thursdays 0,2,4,6,8 (even numbered addresses)
- Turn off automatic sprinklers now that cooler weather has arrived. Most grasses go dormant until spring, which reduces your lawn’s need for water. Subscribe to WaterMyYard.org Opens a New Window. for customized weekly watering recommendations.
- If watering is needed, set your sprinklers to run when the temperature is warmer, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., to avoid icing of streets and sidewalks.
- Planting cool season grasses, such as rye or fescue, is discouraged. These grasses require extra water during winter.
- Excessive water runoff and watering during rain, ice or snow is prohibited.
- Visit plano.gov/outdoorwateruse for more ways to save water outdoors.
*As HOA watering involves watering of their common areas and in many cases the City of Plano right of way (which has no address), it was decided that all HOA watering and addresses ending in zero would follow an EVEN address watering schedule.
Please refer to the links below for more information.
Other informational links:
CRIME WATCH & NEXTDOORThe Association has an active Crime Watch that sends alerts and information on an as needed basis. If you would like to receive these alerts, please email our crime watch coordinator to be added. The board has also endorsed www.nextdoor.com as a platform for all residents of Harrington Homeplace to connect, network and share notes online. Nextdoor.com offers a private platform which combines social networking tools with additional privacy, by limiting membership to those who live inside the Harrington Homeplace neighborhood. If you haven't already visited it, check out the Harrington Homeplace Nextdoor.com private network. Nextdoor.com has been endorsed by the City of Plano and Plano Police has partnered with the social network to help facilitate a virtual neighborhood watch program and help foster neighbor-to-neighbor communications. Many of our residents have already signed up to nextdoor.com and are actively using it to receive crime watch alerts, community information and share information with neighbors. You are invited to join. Please let any of our board members know and we will send you an invitation.
Plano Police Phone Numbers Police Emergency 9-1-1 Police Non-emergency 972-424-5678 Fire Department Non-Emergency 972-941-7159 |
Exterior Changes/Modifications to Home or Property
Most
changes to the exterior of our homes, including landscaping changes,
require the prior approval of the Association's Architectural Control
Committee (ACC).
If you are planning to make a change to the
exterior of your home (new addition, roof, fence, paint, landscape,
trees, etc.), you are required to submit an Architectural Control
Committee (ACC) Change Request in order to obtain approval PRIOR to the
changes.
Other Association documents and forms can be found here.
To help make the process easier on everyone, the ACC has made much information available on its website.
SPRINKLERS or other Landscaping Infrastructure Issues
Please contact Landscaping Committee if you notice any problems with the irrigation system, like broken sprinkler heads, stuck valves, etc., or landscape lighting in the common areas. Please provide as much detail like specific location, description of problem, date, time, etc. to facilitate troubleshooting.
MAC Group Management Company is association manager
The association's board of directors has partnered with MAC Group Management Company to take over the role of our manager effective July 1, 2016. MAC Group is a small company based in north Dallas and has its offices on the Tollway. They manage a number of association's throughout the north DFW area including Plano, Frisco and Allen.
Feel free to check out their website at www.themacgrouponline.com.
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USEFUL LINKS
Harrington Homeplace Association Manager
Community Association Education and General Information
An Introduction to Community Association Living is a publication by Community Associations Institute (CAI) to help provide a greater understanding of exactly how a community association works from both an organizational and people standpoint, and to endow members with information necessary for fully enjoying and benefiting from community association living.
From Good to Great: Principles of Community Association Success is a publication by CAI that outlines rights and responsibilities for better communities, governance guidelines, code of ethics for board members and community association fundamentals. The Harrington Homeplace board of directors uses this publication as a model to help guide us in making ours a great community.
City of Plano - Government & Departments
Fix It Plano Report an issue and watch it get fixed - Report fallen trees, street lights outages, etc
City of Plano City of Plano website
Plano City Call Receive a call from the City of Plano in event of emergency or community alert
Sustainability & Environmental Education Programs, classes, presentations on composting, household chemicals, litter awareness, recycling, gardening, energy efficiency, water conservation and air quality.
Notify Me Sign up for alerts from the City on various topics
Renew Alarm Permit
Plano Tomorrow Plan - as presented by the City of Plano
Harrington Homeplace Calendar
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