IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Board Meeting will be in April, 2018 Board meetings are held roughly every calendar quarter and are open to Harrington Homeplace homeowners.
Click here for additional details.
Next Annual Meeting Wednesday, February 21, 2018The next Harrington Homeplace HOA Annual meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 6 p.m. A meeting announcement, ballot, proxy and other information will be sent mid-December.
Please email us if you have any questions.
If you are a Harrington Homeplace property owner, the 2017 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 - March 31
The following is a message from the City of Plano:
Beginning November 1, Plano residents and businesses are asked to only water a maximum of ONCE per week.
2017-2018 Recommended Winter Water Guidelines
- 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 for weekly watering recommendations.
- If water 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 the winter months.
- Excessive water runoff and watering during rain, ice or snow is prohibited.
- A variance may be requested to water new landscapes for up to 30 days. Instructions are available at plano.gov/variances. Variances are not required for filling pools.
*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.
Newly installed landscapes may be granted a 30-day water variance upon approval. Variances are not required for filling pools. Request a Variance
Please refer to the links below for more information.
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 |
Hail Storm Damage Repair, Roof Replacement and Other ACC GuidelinesDamage from the Wednesday, March 23, 2016 hail storm to the homes in our neighborhood was widespread.
If you haven't already done so, please complete all necessary repairs soon. Many insurance companies have a 1 year time limit to file a claim. WIth that deadline now passed, the association will be contacting the few homeowners who have not completed repairs privately seeing a timeline for completion.
Please remember that all homes in Harrington Homeplace HOA are subject to the HOA's Covenants Conditions Restrictions and other governing documents and that most exterior modifications including roof replacement require the approval of the HOA's Architectural Control Committee.
To help make the process easier on everyone, the ACC has made much information available on its website.
Please read the letter (available here) and follow the links to the referenced information.
Changes to the Exterior of 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.
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 effective July 1, 2016 The association's board of directors is pleased to announce that MAC Group Management Company has taken 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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