Serrano Park Community Updated August 22, 2023
The Serrano Park HOA is required to stop irrigating certain turf areas as part of the California State “Second Water Conservation Emergency Regulation of 2022 (May/June 2022)”. This is expected to create 4.5 acres of dead turf, and because of the continuing severe drought conditions, replanting the turf in these areas at some later time will probably not be allowed nor would it be affordable. ...More about mandates and California policies HERE
• We have been instructed to stop irrigating the turf in certain areas. This is expected to be a permanent mandate.
• We must use available rebate funds to upgrade these areas to non-turf before they are allowed to degrade to dirt and weeds, or lose the turf replacement rebate.
The Landscape Committee has proposed that the solution is upgrading specific turf areas to a more environmentally friendly landscape replacing the sprinkler irrigated turf with low-water, low-maintenance plants and drip irrigation, funded with available rebates. Currently, the applicable rebates and limits are:
Turf Removal: (Limits are per water meter – we have 15 supplying irrigation to our HOA)
- 1 project per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30), 50,000 sq-ft max
- Minimum 250 sq-ft per project
- $5.00 / sq-ft
Sprinkler to Drip: (Limits are per water meter – we have 15 supplying irrigation to our HOA)
- 1 project per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30), 45,000 sq-ft max
- Minimum 250 sq-ft per project
- $.80 / sq-ft
To minimize risk, we can execute a few projects at a time, grouped by water meter. We will prioritize these based on impact and ease of Board approvals.
Turf Reduction Projects
| Project | sq-ft | Cost | Rebate | Net | Status |
| 1 (area 1 & 15) | 4,700 | $27,260 | $27,260 | $0 | Complete |
| 2 | 33,500 | TBD | TBD | $0 | Planning |
| 3 | 10,900 | TBD | TBD | $0 | Planning |
| Total | $27,260 | $27,260 | $0 |
Project Pages:
- Abeto Park Upgrade Project
- Turf Replacement Project 1
- Turf Replacement Project 2
- Turf Replacement Project 3