Announcements

Port
Royale: Winter 2024

Hello Neighbors,

I hope everyone is hanging in there and managing to stay dry during our recent
extraordinary rain events. The silver lining is that having this rain allowed
us to turn off the irrigation. We saved a little money, and yet our landscaping
is looking better than it has in some time.

The hitch is that the winter storms and cold weather also wreaked havoc on some
of our more vulnerable plants. I’m working with the landscaping team to make
sure the plants that didn’t survive have either been replaced or they are on
the list to be replaced. Not surprisingly, weeds also love the extra water and
have taken root. The struggle is ongoing as our landscapers are working to
eradicate them.

Up next is a small color refresh as we are finally able to utilize our
landscape upgrade reserves! While we’ve budgeted for this in year’s past,
surprises always took priority with the budget (I’m looking at you,
irrigation). The plan is to supplement the obvious dirt/empty areas in front of
some Port Royale homes with perennials. Please understand that not all home
fronts need or can support planting at this time.

The decision on the actual plant is going to be at the discretion of the
experts and will be based on what will thrive in the specific area. Working
with Crossman, we have devised a pallet of plants to be used:

• Daylily (yellow, red, orange)
• Sweet Pea (Dwarf Purple)
• Dianella, (variegated)
• Bougainvillea (San Diego Red bush)
• Gazania, Trailing (yellow, white, orange) or Clumping
  (red, orange, white, burgundy)

This is not a mandatoryrefresh. If nothing on this list is
appealing to you, or you want your front area left as it is, please let me know
asap. I can be reached at dirportroyale@cchoa.org.

We should be able to get this going in the next few weeks. Starting with
Bridgetown Bend, the team will systematically work thru the village. We may not
have the budget to “do it all” this year but don’t worry, we will continue the
process as soon as the new budget becomes set in July. The idea is that this
becomes an annual program.

As always, if you would like a more robust make-over I’m happy to connect you
with the landscape team to get you a proposal. Also, if anyone would like to
join my landscape committee of one (me), please shoot me an email.
Finally, I would like to complement our Crossman Landscape team because I know
it is a mammoth task to keep up with our large village in the time allotted to
them. If you see them around, I’m sure they’d appreciate a thank you.

Miscellaneous§

• Be on the lookout for information on a
  neighborhood potluck gathering; timing is likely to be sometime in April.
  Reach out if you would like to help us plan the event!
• Cays Park: We appear to be in the home stretch. The
  design team has compiled feedback from the many community workshops and
  city council meetings and the city will be hosting two public meetings
  looking for final feedback. The two workshops will be held Thursday, March
  14th at 5pm in the Coronado Library Winn Room & at the Parks and
  Recreation Commission meeting on Thursday, April 18th 3:30pm in the
  Council Chambers.
• The City of Coronado will be conducting a 6-month pilot
  shuttle program starting in May. This is separate from the free summer
  shuttle. This will be an app-based “on demand” service and it will include
  service for the Cays. Please be on the lookout for more information.