Environs News
DSHOA2
Related Projects – updated 05 May 2021 |
· Gude Landfill Remediation Project
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Community
Meeting Presentation Slides – April 08, 2021
· DSHOA2 Tree Project for Developing Common
Areas – updated 13 January 2017
· ICC RC 73 & RC 74 Projects for Stormwater Management – updated 13 january
2017
·
CBT Grant – Conservation Landscaping Project (updated 13 July 2017)
June 06, 2018
Over a year of work
has finally paid off! On June 6, 2018, Rock
Creek
Conservancy hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially "open" the
<https://rockcreekconservancy.
e-project
The green infrastructure project was over a year in the works, requiring
partnerships between Derwood Homeowners Association #2,
the Montgomery
County Department of Environmental Protection, and The Chesapeake Bay Trust
(not to mention the landscape designers, engineers, and landscapers who were
involved.)
After the project was installed in early May, the landscape, designed to
keep stormwater out of Crabbs
Branch (and therefore Rock Creek) faced its
first test. Over the following weeks over 9 inches of rain would
continuously fall in the area, flooding sections of Maryland and Washington,
D.C.
·
Examples of
Project Perennial Plants
·
Examples of
Project Shrubs (New)
·
Examples of Project Graminoids
(to be supplied)
October 06, 2018
· Link to Derwood South’s Website and Pix
General
Information (updated 13 January 2017) |
· Architectural Controls in DSHOA2
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Continue
34-year practice
§ Submit architectural change plans to
TMGA for review byARC for all external modifications.
§ Architectural Modification Notice
(Application and Instructions)
Maintaining Curb Appeal and Property
Values |
o “Curb Appeal” refers to the
appearance of your home and property from the curb or street. This usually
means the front of your house, but for homes located on street corners, it also
applies to the side or rear of the house.
o
List of Common Eyesores
The
following common maintenance issues are easy to overlook and to put off fixing:
§ Grass too
high
§ Trash cans
left outside
§ Siding loose
or missing
§ Garage doors
and entrance doors and porch railing requiring painting
§ Fence gates
and wood rotting and requiring replacement
§ More… (to be supplied)
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Gas
Leak Reporting
§ Gas pipeline runs through Common Area between DSHOA2 and DSS
§ Gas from pipeline to homes is manged by
Washington Gas and scented for leak detection
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Who
is responsible for grass and leaves between street and sidewalk?
§ Homeowners are responsible for maintaining abutting grass mowing and leaf
collection.
§ County is responsible for tree trimming and planting.
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Who
is responsible for clearing snow from sidewalks?
§ Homeowners are responsible for clearing snow and ice from abutting
sidewalks.
County Environment Services (May 18, 2002) |
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Reporting Downed Trees to
240-777-7623
The trees along Oskaloosa and Indianola, between the
sidewalk and the street, are on Montgomery County property. If you see that one
of them has fallen, or that trees anywhere in the Association area have fallen
into the street, call the Montgomery County Department of Public Works and
Transportation, Division of Highway Services at 240-777-7623. Get a work order
number for follow-up. After normal working hours there is an answering service
to leave a recording.
When the crews come to work at removing the trees, please make sure you give
them the courtesy of driving slowly and carefully in the vicinity of their
work-in-progress.
For comments and thoughts, please call Gary Palmer, Environs Committee, at
301-948-6494.
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Reporting
street lights out at 240-777-2190
Street lights in our association area have been
numbered to allow easier communication with the Montgomery County Department of
Public Works and Transportation, Division of Traffic and Parking at
240-777-2190. If you call, it would also be helpful to include the nearest
address and any specifics about the problem especially if the light works
intermittently or is completely inoperative. Get a work order number for
follow-up.
For comments and thoughts, please call Gary Palmer, Environs Committee, at
301-948-6494