Water:

90% of lawn problems found in Arizona are associated with water, too much or toolittle. You should never water too little, too frequently! Put down enough water eachtime you water so that you don't need to water more than once every three days.http://www.ci.gilbert.az.us/water/popups/healthylawn.cfm

Some fun ways to check your summer watering schedule with the kids or grandkids:http://phoenix.about.com/od/desertplantsandflowers/a/waterlawn.htm

FREE WATER ANALYSIS from the Town of Gilbert:The free water audit takes about an hour and is performed by one of the town's twowater conservation specialists. "Issues we run into are usually over watering of the

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Most Beautiful Yard of the Quarter, June 20101st Place 2nd Place

3rd Place

Congratulationsto all of our homeowners! We areinspired and appreciate all of ourwinners for what they do to makeour community a beautiful one!

Winners were awarded gift certificates from the

Home Depot:

1st -$100.00 • 2nd -$50.003rd -$25.00

Submit a yard for the next quarterby emailing a photo to finley-farmssouth@wearevision.com!

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BOARDof DIRECTORS

PresidentPaul Gonzales

Vice PresidentSal LaTona

TreasurerJonathan Bailey

SecretaryHeath Westenskow

Board MembersRebecca FieldRita MayerMark Sequeira

Email:FinleyFarmsSouth@WeAreVision.com

Julia Bishop, Community Mgr.(480) 759-49453941 E. Chandler Suite #106-117Phoenix, AZ 85048

Emergency PagerAfter hours please call (480) 759-4945When prompted, select Option 5

www.wearevision.com(Click on Community Directory, Finley Farms)

We are now onFacebook! Friend us at Finley Farms South, Gilbert, AZ.

DESIGN: MJASTUDIOS

Note New Time of 8:00pm for HOA Meetings3rd Thursday of the month: 7:00pm Executive session, 8:00pm Open session June 17 • July 15 • August 19 • Sept 16 • Oct 21 • Nov 18

Gilbert Historical Museum meeting room, Elliot Road, Just West of Gilbert Road [Always check the www.wearevision.com website or call to confirm time/location]

CC&Rs and Design GuidelinesThe board is in the process of reviewing our CC&Rs and Design Guidelines. If you havesuggestions or improvements, please email them to the board. We welcome yourideas. Drop us an email: FinleyFarmsSouth@WeAreVision.comAll homeowners and residents are responsible to abide by these standards, which canbe downloaded from the Vision Management website.

Find us on Facebook - Finley Farms South!Search for us on FACEBOOK or go to http://groups.to/finleyfarms/

Overnight Parking Violations:

We have been doing overnight inspections again these last few months asthe numbers of homeowners violating our parking policy have increased.

Finley Farms South CC&R’s prohibit homeowners parking in front of their homes without prior authorization from Vision Management. If you are having friends stay overnight or parking an RV, boat or trailer in the streetovernight, please call Vision prior so that you are not assessed a fine.

Vision Mgmt. 480-759-4945 email: FinleyFarmsSouth@WeAreVision.com

NEW COLLECTION POLICYA new collection process has been established to help us with homeowners lateon paying dues. This new process has been the subject of multiple HOA boardmeetings. It should not only make it easier for us to collect deliquent dues, butshould save us money as a community, while also helping homeowners who arein financial difficulties save thousands of dollars in legal fees.

All Finley Farms South homeowners should be receiving a letter in the mail explaining the new program, and documents can also be found on the VisionManagement website under Entire Community Directory, Finley Farms South,Community Documents.

http://www.visioncommunitymanagement.com/

We encourage any homeowner who has questions to call or write Vision Man-agement, especially if they are having trouble making their HOA payment toarrange for terms or to appear before the HOA board.

BULK TRASHis picked up the week of the third Monday of the month. NOT the third week of the month.

People putting out bulktrash before the Saturdaynight prior will be fined.

PLEASE HELP US KEEPOUR STREETS ANDCOMMUNITY CLEAN!

TRASH DAY is every Wednesday

Please do not put out bins before thenight prior. Bring bins in the next day before nightfall. Please put bins in thestreet against the curb. Do not blocksidewalks.

RECYCLING is picked up on Friday

mornings and should be put outTHURSDAY EVENING OR EARLY FRI.For what can go into recycling, go to:www.ci.gilbert.az.us/pw/recycling.cfm

In May, 2010, the HOA Board of Directors approved the WallCommittee’s recommendations to address ongoing common wallrepairs. This new policy will be posted on the Vision Managementwebsite. Multiple notifications will be sent out prior to work, andagain if work is perceived to be the fault of the homeowner. Thecomplete policy as well as sample notification letters are online onVision’s website.

Homeowners can also call the Town of Gilbert for a FREE wateraudit. They will help adjust your sprinklers, saving you money aswell as water (and our common walls). Homeowners are expresslyforbidden from doing work or hiring a repairman to do work oncommon property walls that belong to the HOA. If you check yourwall and find damage please contact Vision Management.

Our CC&Rs clearly state that if homeowners are found to benegligent in this matter, they will be assessed for the cost of re-pair. The CC&Rs that address this issue can be found on the backpage of your last newsletter from April or on our Facebook page.

COMMON WALL POLICYBoard approves subcommittee’s recommendations

BULK PICKUP:

✓ June 21✓ July 19✓ Aug 16✓ Sept 20✓ Oct 18✓ Nov 15✓ Dec 20

IMPORTANT #Police: 480-503-6500(non-emergency)Fire: 480-503-6300Water Conservation:480-503-6098PublicWorks (trash/streetlights): 480-503-6400Poison: 1-800-222-1222SRP: 602-236-3333Vision Management:480-759-4945(24-hour above#: press 5)

FINLEY FARMS SOUTH HOA - PLACE NEAR YOUR PHONE OR FRIDGE

• HOA Board Meeting - Every 3rd Thursday at 8:00pmGilbert Hist. Museum, June 17 • July 15 • August 18 • Sept 16 • Oct 21 • Nov 18

• Overnight Parking? - Call Vision if having overnight guests.

Like to get reminders in your email? Send an email to FinleyFarmsSouth@WeAreVision.com or friend us on FaceBook!

Cut out and post near the phone or on your refrigerator

WHAT’S HAPPENINGOur Recycling Day was changed to Friday mornings on April 5th

FFS PARKING RULES - EFFECTIVE 9/7/00, REVISED 12/15/05

Homeowner's vehicles of all types and purpose, must be parked in the garage or in the driveway

Parking In The Community Streets

a. Parking and/or storing vehicle(s) of all types and purpose in the community streets is prohibit­ed unless for the purpose of loading or unloading.

e. Overnight parking on the community streets between the hours of midnight (12:00) A.M. and six (6) A.M. is strictly prohibited. Residents planning gatherings or parties at their home which would require on street parking are to contact Vision Management prior to the event.

The complete parking policy can be found on the Vision Management website at:www.visioncommunitymanagement.com

Sign up for email up-dates and reminders!Donʼt worry we wonʼt share your emailaddress or sell it!

Keep up-to-date by sendingus your email address. Add‘newsletter sign-up’ in thesubject line. Send with nameand house address to:

FinleyFarmsSouth@WeAreVision.com

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landscape." Inspectors also determine if the system has leaks. Call Eric or Jeffwith the Town at (480) 503-6098 or www.ci.gilbert.az.us/water/default.cfm

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/09/21/20090921grwater0923.html #ixzz0q7A9f94v

For beautiful lawn and shrubs/gardens:

A SOIL PH METER measures soil PH quickly and fairly accurately. If you growanything from grass to flowers, you MUST get a soil PH Meter and use it at leasttwice a year. Don't buy home-testing kits. Buy a probe instead.

http://www.soil-ph.com/soil-phhttp://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2008/06/soil-testing.htmlor create a series of soil samples:http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/crops/az1412.pdfand send soil samples to a lab:http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1111.pdf

Lawns can be fertilized monthly with a complete fertilizer using an analysissimilar to a 29-2-4 with iron, or 28-0-4 with iron. Feed the lawn monthly untilit is thick and dense.

One way to keep weeds out of your lawn is to maintain a thick, lush lawn whereweed seeds cannot penetrate to root. Trimming your lawn more frequently willactually help it thicken up by sending up more grass blades.

Healthy Palms and what to do about browning fronds

Queen palms like moist roots and usually suffer from iron and manganese defi-ciency. Best to feed them every few months. Mixing 2-3 tablespoons of Epsonsalt into the soil 2-3" deep near the root line should also help. Queen Palms maytake 3-6 months to recover so don't grow discouraged if they don't immediatelygreen up.

Although soil applications of manganese sulfate are effective, you can also spraythe foliage with products to achieve more rapid, though short-term results.

Queen Palms take vital minerals out of yellowing fronds. Until the frond dies,the Queen Palm is not finished feeding on it. Learn to feed yellowing palmsrather than trimming them which will create a weak point that is a convenientplace for the palm to break new fronds during strong winds. Over-pruning seriously effects the stability of queen palms in Phoenix.

If you excessively trim the yellowing lower fronds, the palm will often react bytaking these essential minerals from the next lowest set of fronds, beginningthe yellowing process on these fronds as well. This yellowing condition can be asign of disease or insect problems but more often than not, it is a mineral defi-ciency and is easily treated.

If you haven't yet planted one, mexican fan palms, or pygmy date palms seem todo much better in our dry alkaline/clay soil and require less water and care.

Thanks to many online sources for the following items

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10. Loose pet/Not cleaning up after pet9. Painting/Construction without

Architectural Committee approval8. Grease on driveway7. RV/Trailer/Boat on street6. Trash can not brought in or visible

from street5. Parking on the gravel/on side yard4. Parking on the street3. Dead plants/palm fronds2. Bulk trash out at the wrong time

...and the number one reason you might get a violation letter...

1. Weeds in the gravel/grass

Top 10 Reasonsfor getting a warning letter:

BEAUTIFICATIONYou may have noticed quite a few new plants in the common areas of the com-munity. The HOA Board has been doing our part to create a beautiful commu-nity ordering plants to replace thosethat may have died, or had been re-moved but not replaced in the past, orwhere we have bare spots that couldbenefit from new shrubs or trees.