COLONY 2019-2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Allmann President Landscape Liaison, Website 949-653-5770

Patrick Lee Vice President Hearing Panel Liaison

Shanny Giles Treasurer ARC Liaison 714-322-8882

Valerie Schiano Secretary 949-552-1977

Steven Greenberg Director Facilities Liaison

Chuck Erdahl Director Pool Liaison

Bruce Hunter Director

Colony Web Site www.colonyirvine.com

T h e C o l o n i s t APR / MAY ‘20 Vol. XLVI

Board News

Regular BOD Meetings: The Colony Board of Directors regular BOD meetings are the 1st Thursday of every month. The next meetings are April 2nd, 2020, 7:00pm on-line meeting & May 7th, 2020, 7:00pm at the Colony Clubhouse. Remember to check the Cardinal homeowner portal; meeting dates are subject to change. Board meetings are open to all homeowners. Please check the agenda and sign up, if you wish to speak at the Open Members Forum. Your input is valued.

Meeting agendas and draft minutes can be found on the Cardinal Homeowners Portal. Agendas are also posted on the Clubhouse information board. Agendas are posted four days prior to Board meetings.

Clubhouse and Facilities: Due to the state and local requirements for the Stay at Home Order, we have canceled clubhouse reservations and closed the pool and other recreational facilities until further notice. The Colony park is open for passive use, so people can get some exercise, but members should practice social distancing.

Colony Red-Hots: The Board approved the dates for the Red Hots swim team home meets at the Colony pool. The meets will be Saturdays June 27th, July 11th and July 18th. Weekday swim practice starts June 1st.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!! We were able to fill a couple vacancies in committees for Inspector of Elections and one for the Architectural Committee. Thank you to those who volunteered their time to serve. We are still in need of another member for the Hearing Panel Committee. The Hearing Panel needs someone who is fair, organized, and discrete. The panel meets as needed, but not more than once a month. The Hearing Panel reviews evidence of alleged violations of rules to determine if a fine should be levied. To volunteer, please contact any Board member or the property manager at Cardinal.

Change to Board and Architectural Committee Meetings Calendar

The Colony HOA Board has changed its meetings to the first Thursday of the month. Due to social distancing restrictions in place, our April 2 Meeting will be held via confer-ence call. The agenda is posted at the Colony clubhouse and at the Cardinal online homeowner portal:Cardinal-online.com To listen to the meeting or to comment during the homeowners forum, please see be-low.

COLONY CLUB HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

APRIL 2, 2020 7:00 P.M. VIA CONFERENCE CALL PHONE NUMBER 1-669-900-9128

MEETING ID 617-941-241/ PASSWORD 375377

Architectural meetings will be scheduled for the 3rd Thursday of each month, howev-er are currently suspended due to coronavirus restrictions. The ARC committee will inform everyone through Cardinal-online.com website when meetings can be safely resumed, which may not be for several months. Applications are still required and can be submitted through Cardinal-online.com. Click on Architectural Requests tab under Owner section of menu. Make sure to scan and attach a photo of the front of your property, paint chips, and manufacturer bro-chure pages as needed to show the changes you plan to make. Another option to on-line applications is to mail a paper application with required attachments to the Cardi-nal address. Architectural applications can be found at Cardinal-online.com or colo-nyirvine.com. Homeowners will be notified if applications are incomplete. Cardinal will mail the application back with either approved or denied checked.

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Architectural Reminders by Eileen Tsai APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS - Applications are still required if you are planning to alter parts of your property open to public view, including fence, gate, and grounds such as driveways, walkways and plantings. Emergency repairs, such as roof leaks and broken windows, can be made immediately and do not require applications if replacement ma-terials match existing appearances. However, if the entire roof or all windows are being replaced and will look differ-ent, then an application is required before work starts. Please bring a blueprint if home building remodel is involved. Also, minor plant replacements or additions do not require applications, but major landscaping alterations do –like installing artificial turf to replace sod grass, removing trees and replacing with succulent plants and rocks or decom-posed granite. No application is needed for backyard patio or fence unless visible to the public. For landscaping changes, a list of plants to be installed plus a drawing of the landscape when finished are both re-quired. The Colony is intended to be a green community, not a desert landscape so please be sure your yard will be mostly green when plants have matured. Choosing succulents that spread can help create a green desert space while conserving water. Some rocks are okay, but we want to see your yard mostly covered with colorful flowers, trees ,and bushes when mature. You can provide a habitat for birds, bees, and insects to feed and nest too! FREE PLANTS I have enjoyed giving away more than 250 pots of plants annually at our 4th of July event. I still need to say good-bye to the many pots of plants that keep getting bigger in my yard. Please come by anytime and help yourself to any plant in a nursery pot for free. I only ask that you return the pots when done planting. I use good soil from Armstrong gar-den centers and try my best to keep plants trimmed and healthy. Ask me for plant names and I am happy to give you a copy of pages from Sunset Western Garden Book for growing advice.

The plants are mostly easy to grow succulents, geraniums and California natives, including a lot of aeoniums (green and darker varieties up to 4’ tall and wide), portulacaria afra (elephant’s food – these make nice hedges 3’-6’ tall and wide easy to trim into almost any shape), jade plant (dark green bushes up to 3’ tall and wide or more), blue chalkfin-ger groundcovers (3 varieties including gray-green and yellow of differ-ent sizes and shapes with white or yellow flowers), pig’s ear (cotyledon with small hanging orange flowers), iceplant groundcover with bright magenta flowers, kalanchoe groundcover with yellow flowers. I also have a few California native groundcovers – coast aster with purple flowers/yellow centers, seaside daisy with pink flowers, California fuch-sia with bright orange flowers, yarrow with white flowers, and Douglas

iris with purple/white or yellow flowers. I also have a few other plants including one that I can’t figure out the name of. Please come by anytime and pick up free plants– I will probably be home during coronavirus time if not working in my yard – but no need to ring doorbell. I don’t want to put my address out in public, but most people in the Colony know where I live or ask a Board member. Have fun! THINGS TO DO AT HOME The Colony tea social is postponed to October 6th – hopefully no need to postpone further if coronavirus danger is over by then. Here are some ideas for things to do when stuck at home with extra time – with or without children:

Read a new book or re-read an old favorite - Aagood habit to get into anytime and no internet required. Livestream over Internet—ask you friends and family what they recommend. Play board games – teach your kids or grandkids a board game such as Monopoly or a card game like Go Fish!, or even start a jigsaw puzzle. Email or write letters or send cards to friends and family

– most of us have lots of unasked for cards to use. Call and chat with extended family or friends– now both of you may have no need to rush.

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Make up stories with children and listen to their concerns and ideas – enjoy your imagina-tions! Enjoy conversations with family and write a book of short stories together Draw or do other art projects. Re-arrange furniture or re-decorate using items found in garage or other hiding places. Build a dollhouse or other structure together – have kids take measurements, using math and building skills! Find new recipes and try cooking or baking new foods together. Venture out to an ethnic market and explore new foods – or try a new tea.

Go on scavenger hunt or invent new games to play inside and out-we are lucky to have backyards, let’s use them! Explore the Internet and find a new hobby or other ideas for things to try. Clean the house – you have plenty of time, and might even discover treasures! Work on garden – pull weeds, add mulch, trim bushes and trees, get free plants from Eileen. Do weekly yard hunts, especially after rains, to get rid of mosquito breeding places – this can be fun for kids good at finding small wet spots – and remove and or empty items that hold water, such as pots, saucers, piles of dead leaves or debris, even chil-dren's toys. It takes only one tablespoon of standing water for some mosquitos to breed! Inspect house for any needed work, repair or hire workmen as needed (keep 6’ distance away). What can you add to this list – what works for you?

Coronavirus is forcing everyone to put busy lives on pause. Let’s take this opportunity to slow down and enjoy one another. Take time to understand friends and family better and hopefully improve future relationships. We should re-evaluate what is truly important to each of us and what really makes us happy. Let’s make the best use of the time we have. All good wishes, Eileen

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colonistnewsletter@gmail.com for consideration in upcoming newsletters. The deadline is May 19th, 2020 Comments and suggestions are welcome!

Community Phone Numbers Government Animal Control ····························· 949-724-7740 City of Irvine ································· 949-724-6000 Graffiti Hotline ···························· 949-724-7196 Hazardous Waste Center ············· 714-834-4000 Heritage Library ·························· 949-936-4040 Irvine Unified School District ······· 949-936-5000 O.C. Fire Authority (business calls) ···················································· 714-573-6000 Outdoor Pests, OC Vector Control ·················································· 714-971-2421 Police (administrative) ················ 949-724-7000 Public Works ································ 949-724-7511 Recycling Information ·················· 949-724-7669

Utilities: Waste Management ··················· 949-642-1191 Irvine Ranch Water District ········ 949-453-5300 Southern California Edison ········· 800-990-7788 Street Lights ································ 800-655-4555 (Menu: 1 "power outage info" 3 other outage 3"street lights") The Gas Company ························ 800-427-2200 Cox Communications ··················· 949-249-1212

Other: Shopping Cart Pickup, Any Store ···················································· 800-252-4613 Walnut Shopping Center Security ·················································· 714-532-3152 Pool Maintenance, Aqua-Tek contact Cardinal (see calendar page for info) Sprinklers, Douglas Landscape contact Cardinal (see calendar page for info)

Colony Classifieds

Little Angels Family Child Care Managed by two sisters Elle & Azita. Free Play, Creative Arts, Outside Playtime, Circle Time/ Charts, Dance & Music. Fist Aid/ CPR, LIC# 304206336 Tel: 949-653-6137 www.thelittleangelschildcare.com

Are you a Colony Resident with something to sell or a service to offer?

Place an ad in the Colonist. Email colonistnewsletter@gmail.com for more information.

Tennis Committee

Remember, tennis court reservations are online at

http://holdmycourt.com/reserve2/colonyclub

Please register and try it out - the club code is 3611.

NO ACTIVTIES OTHER THAN TENNIS ARE ALLOWED ON THE COURTS

The City of Irvine Covid-19 Resource Page The City of Irvine has a resource page with updates and information regarding Covid-19. Go to https://www.cityofirvine.org/covid-19-resources There are links from the page with many resources and other information.

From the page as of March 29: The City of Irvine is closely monitoring the national outbreak of the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19. The City is working with our public health partners at the County of Orange Health Care Agency (OCHCA), the California Department of Public Health (CAPH), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure the City has best practices in place for the general public. The City has established a hotline for non-medical COVID-19 questions that pertain to Irvine. Community members can call 949-724-8250 daily between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. City Events Cancelled: Facilities Closed On March 17, the City of Irvine proclaimed a local emergency in re-sponse to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and issued preventative measures to mitigate the spread of the virus. Community centers, in-door facilities, athletic amenities, and playgrounds have been closed until further notice; City events and classes have been canceled through April 30; and certain programs have been modified to best pro-tect the community as we do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19. City of Irvine outdoor park spaces remain open for passive use, and visitors must practice social distancing, following federal guidelines(link

is external) to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

COVID-19 is spread through close person-to-person contact, and the Centers for Disease Control(link is external) warns that some

spread might be possible before people show symptoms.

The Modified Farmers Market Hours & Directions: The Modified Farmers Market will operate every Sunday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. until further notice, weather permitting.

Admission is free. The Farmers Market is located in Lot No. 2; enter along Great Park Boulevard at Sand Canyon Avenue.

To better facilitate traffic, vendors with pack-aged products such as kettle corn, bread, nuts and beef jerky will be at the beginning of the drive-through, and vendors with fresh vegeta-bles will be in two lines at the end.

Irvine Unified School District has announced it will continue EDL (Educational Distance Learning) after Spring Break and until May 4. Go to https://iusd.org/covid-19-resource-page for more information.

Clubhouse Reservations Planning a party or event?

Reservations are easy to make! Contact: Marisa Gonzales

Email: mgonzales@cardinal-online.com or call: (714) 779-1300 or (800) 400-6686

Cardinal Property Management Maryanne Hurley-Cicconi mhurley@cardinal-online.com 825 N. Parkcenter Dr. Suite 101 Santa Ana, CA 92705 Office: (714) 779-1300 or (800) 400-6686 Fax : (714) 779-3400 Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 AM -12:30 PM and 1:30 PM-5:00 PM Sat-Sun Closed For after hours emergencies call (714) 459-0477

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