Recently, the HOA Board met with our Snow Removal Company, Green Earth, to discuss this year’s snow removal.
Here is a summary of the discussion:
1. Rubber tipped plows will be used on the vehicles for the driveways to minimize scraps (note the word minimize as they are still scraping snow off asphalt with heavy machinery).Also, rubber doesn’t scrap as well as metal, some residual snow may be left on the driveways.
2. It is advised to REMOVE all yard lights, driveway/sidewalk decorations and dog chains from the areas where they shovel. They are NOT responsible for damage to “things hidden under snow” or in harm’s way. Dog chains on front porches broke 3 snowblowers last year.
3. They do not remove all snow from driveways in the first pass, as they use different personnel and methods to remove snow depending on depth, manpower and timing. Please give they the time to complete their job.
4. Please do not ask for or expect “special requests” as their contracted job is to remove snow from all driveways, roads and sidewalks.
5. They will salt “less” this year, as we agreed last year was “too much”, but they will salt.
6. For “big snows”, there may only be one person on-site for a while to keep the roads clear. The bulk of the personnel will come when the snow is scheduled to stop.
7. The “snow removal” timeline is two hours, but that all depends on “has the snow stopped”, “when is it scheduled to stop” and “personnel”.
Please be patient with the snow removal process, it is a big job.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.