• Turn off all exterior water pipes and drain any water within them
• Make sure your furnace is running properly
• Replace your furnace filter if needed
• If you have air conditioning, turn off power to it, cover it and open your registers in the basement
• Clean up any summer items on your patio and store for winter
• Check your windows and doors for any air leaks

If you have interest in displaying your political affiliation, you are welcome to do so via a sign on your front lawn area.  Please note that signs in windows or connected to buildings is not allowed.

• Getting any flower beds/potted plants ready for the snow
• Draining water lines and shutting outside taps off
• Putting away/storing summer gear; lawn furtniture, patio lights
• If you have central A/C; cleaning A/C screen and preparing the condenser for winter

On Saturday, May 28, 2022, our local resident Rick was honored to be able to throw out the "first pitch" at the Okotoks Dawgs game vs. Brooks Bombers ... and yes ...it was a strike!

Congratulations Rick and well done!!!

• With winter fast approaching, we are asking all residents to please water your trees.  A good drink before winter will help our trees be stronger in the spring/summer.  Since the trees were all fertilized this summer, and with a good drink this fall, they should be better than ever come summer.

• Make sure you turn off your water lines before it gets too cold and they could possibly freeze and cause building damage.

The other day I took our recycle bin over to the SE garbage enclosure and opened the right hand side doors and walked in to dump our recyclables in the big blue bin. The metal handle stayed up when I opened the doors and as I was dumping, the wind blew the doors shut and the black metal handle flopped down in the "locked position".

So there I was standing inside the locked enclosure trying to figure out how to get out without phoning my wife or screaming for help (there was no panic as I had just eaten some food). I located a thick, sturdy piece of cardboard and fashioned a piece that looked similar to a wooden ruler - stuck it under the handle between the doors - and voila! I was free!

Noise exemption

Many people rely on motorized equipment to clear snow, including City crews. Noise restrictions for using such equipment are lifted for 48 hours after a snowfall ends to clear walkways for safety and accessibility. This means anyone is allowed to operate a motorized snow clearing device (including leaf and snow blowers) — at any time of day/night — during that 48-hour window to remove snow and ice. Outside of that window, night use is not permitted. For more information, download the Community Standards Bylaw and refer to sections 31.1(e) and 31.1(2).

In order to keep our roads, which are also used as a sidewalk, safe, the Board is allowing snow removal to begin prior to 7:00 a.m. to ensure snow and ice does not build up within our complex.  This year is slated to be a heavy snowfall year so the better we attack the snow, the better it is for everyone.  Snow removal equipment noise will not be a daily event but  it should be expected on snow fall days.

Your community is asking for your patience and consideration during snow fall days.

Bats can often be found roosting on (or inside) a wide variety of structures around the outside of buildings. Two of the most commonly reported locations include under the eaves of buildings (often on a brick, stone or plaster surface) and inside of folded up patio umbrellas. Most reports are during Fall migration, typically from about July 15th to mid-October. During this time, young bats are learning to fly, and both adults and juvenile bats are migrating to their winter habitat. They are often unfamiliar with available roosting options at stopover locations and may be exhausted from a long migration. Not surprisingly, they end up in unusual locations. Early snowfall or cold temperatures can make this issue worse.

The best option for the bats is typically to leave them alone. They may hang around for a few days, but most will leave on their own to complete their migration. Bats roosting during the Fall are often in torpor — a lowering of their body temperature to save energy. This will make bats appear slow and unable to fly, but they are usually healthy, and will warm up before leaving in the evening. If they are disturbed, they will prematurely warm up, wasting precious energy.

During mid-summer, many bats also use the outside of buildings as night roosts. These are locations they use during the night to rest and digest their meal. Often they are gone by the morning, but leave behind guano (bat poop) and urine. This mess can sometimes be contained by strategically placing a plant pot or other containment device. In some cases, a smooth surface (like plexiglass) can be attached to the wall to convince them to find another place to roost (bats cannot grip smooth surfaces). If problems can be managed, there may be no need to prevent use by bats.

• Privacy fence lengths were already established when the community was built
• Any decks built were built with existing privacy fence lengths
• Increasing the length of privacy fences for individual owners would result in inconsistency in the community.

• 1 - 6 inch LED wafer pot light that will be installed above your front door
• 2 - 4 inch LED wafer pot lights that will be installed at each corner of your garage

• Middle Units - $5.000 + GST
• End Unit - $7,600 + GST

• We cannot trap, bait or capture (to relocate) a Bobcat.  This is their natural area and are just doing what Bobcats do.
• Unless the Bobcat(s) become aggressive Fish and Wildlife will not become involved.

• Report all exterior issues around your unit or in the community
• Address any pet damage around your unit
• Anything you think should be reviewed by the Board

• Pets cannot use community property as their washroom at any time.  Pets must be walked out of the community to releive themselves OR you can allow the use of your patio for this purpose BUT it must be cleaned ASAP.  If your pet is witnessed befouling in the community and it is not cleaned up, fines will be levied.
• Pets must be leashed at all times while in the community.  No exceptions.
• Pets cannot make excessive noise so that it impedes the ability of neighbours the enjoyment of their home or back areas.