Woodbrldge PCA

.C. 8ox 12301

WlchlLa, kS 67277-2301


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I N S I D L 1 n I S I S S U L :
CosL 8educLlons 1
SLreeL MalnLenance-
8ound 1wo
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Sprlnkler 8epalrs 2
8oad ConsLrucLlon updaLe 3
Cnllne Maps 3
Woodbrldge PCA ls always looklng for ways Lo conserve our resources,
buL yeL help malnLaln a nelghborhood we can all be proud of and en[oy.
1he board of dlrecLors acLlvely works wlLh our lawn care provlder Lo re-
duce cosLs whenever posslble, buL we sLlll spend abouL $8,000 a year on
lawn care and malnLenance of Lhe commons areas.
Cne example of cosL reducLlon ls ln mowlng frequency. 1hese pasL Lwo
summers have seen lncredlble heaL waves wlLh susLalned Lrlple-dlglL
LemperaLures. 1hls llmlLs Lhe growLh of vegeLaLlon and, ln response, Lhe
PCA has lncreased Lhe mowlng lnLervals durlng Lhls perlod of Llme. 1hls
reduces Lhe number of mowlng evenLs for Lhe year, dlrecLly reduclng
mowlng cosLs.
A recenL ldea Lo furLher reduce cosLs ls Lo ellmlnaLe Lhe need Lo weed
eaL ln some areas. CurrenLly, some members whose properLles llne Lhe
commons areas Lrlm along Lhelr fence llnes and some do noL. We recog-
nlze LhaL lL ls ulLlmaLely Lhe PCAs responslblllLy, buL lf each properLy
Lrlmmed along Lhe ouLslde of Lhelr fence we could ellmlnaLe LhaL [ob
from Lhe mowlng conLracLor.
1he board ls always looklng for ways Lo reduce cosLs and provlde greaLer
beneflLs Lo Lhe members. lf you have an ldea or have quesLlons abouL
Lhe malnLenance of Lhe commons areas, please feel free Lo conLacL a
board member dlrecLly or emall us aL WoodbrldgeWlchlLa[gmall.com.
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s presenLed ln Lhe Aprll newsleLLer, Lhe clLy of WlchlLa scheduled
our resldenLlal sLreeLs for malnLenance work Lhls
year. lL ls a Lwo phase pro[ecL, Lhe flrsL of whlch was com-
pleLed ln Aprll. 1he conLracLor compleLed mlll and flll"
crack repalrs and reconsLrucLed damaged concreLe curb
and guLLer secLlons.
Crlglnally, a second conLracLor was supposed Lo begln Lhe
second phase of work around !une or !uly. 1he pro[ecL
was delayed and now LhaL work ls noL scheduled Lo be compleLed unLll
Lhe end of CcLober. 1he good news ls LhaL our nelghborhood ls sched-
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.C. 8ox 12301
WlchlLa, kS 67277-2301
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AugusL/SepLember 2012 www.WoodbrldgeWlchlLa.com
2012 8oard of D|rectors
resldenL Lynn acker 371-3099
vlce-resldenL naLhan 8rownell 201-4781
1reasurer !oe 8onglsh 990-6664
SecreLary CrysLal Cldeon
Member-aL-
Large
SLacy Woodson
461-7332
371-4703
2 0 1 2 C L k A 1 I N G
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Lawn Care $7,100
MalnLenance $1,000
lnsurance $1,130
Cfflce Supplles $600
uLlllLles $430
Mlscellaneous $400
1C1AL $10,700
lease see MAln1LnAnCL, age 2
Llke us on lacebook!
vlslL our webslLe and
cllck on Lhe Llke buLLon.
uled Lo be compleLed nexL! ln facL, Lhe conLracLor has begun Lo noLlfy ark-
rldge CL resldenLs Lhelr cul-de-sacs wlll be worked on beglnnlng 1uesday,
SepLember 4. 1helr plan ls Lo aLLack Lhe arkrldge cul-de-sacs flrsL, followed
by arkrldge SLreeL and 8ella vlsLa. CovlngLon Clrcle and CourL wlll be ad-
dressed someLlme afLerwards.
1hls second phase ls a slurry seal, or mlcro-surfaclng, LhaL wlll be applled on
Lhe sLreeLs and cul-de-sacs. lL ls a gravel and llquld asphalL mlxLure LhaL wlll
provlde a new wearlng surface on Lhe sLreeL. 1he LexLure wlll be sllghLly
rougher Lhan we are used Lo seelng, lL wlll Lake a couple years of wear Lo
smooLh lL ouL. And, Lhe new surface wlll be very black when applled. lL wlll
evenLually fade as Lhe oll wears away.
1he conLracLor, vance 8roLhers, ls noLlfylng resldenLs of work on Lhelr sLreeL
aL leasL Lwo days ln advance. 1he noLlce ls ln Lhe form of a door hanger lm-
prlnLed wlLh lnformaLlon Lo gulde you Lhrough Lhe consLrucLlon process. A
Lelephone number ls lncluded ln case you have any addlLlonal quesLlons
(816.364.3307). Lach cul-de-sac or Lhrough sLreeL wlll be dlrecLly affecLed
for only one day, buL you wlll llkely experlence anoLher day or Lwo of ln-
creased Lrafflc as you and your nelghbors park your cars ouLslde Lhe work
zones.
1here ls no doubL Lhe consLrucLlon work wlll cause us all lnconvenlences. lL
wlll requlre us Lo park our vehlcles away from our homes and poLenLlally
walk Lhrough our nelghbors yards Lo avold Lhe fresh seal coaL. 1hese lncon-
venlences should be mlnor lf we follow Lhe lnsLrucLlons glven Lo us.
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prlnkler repalrs have been on Lhe rlse for Lhe PCA over Lhe pasL Lwo
years. 1he sysLem ls over 20 years old, so we plan for malnLenance, buL
Lhls year we wlll exceed our budgeLed amounL.
1hus far, we have found and repalred Lhree separaLe llne breaks Lhls year. As
ln your yard, some are easy Lo flnd and oLhers are a llLLle more dlfflculL Lo
locaLe. 1he mosL recenL llne break was a 2" malnllne ln Lhe wesL waLerway
under Lhe rlprap rocks. 8ecause of Lhe locaLlon ln a waLerway, Lhe break
could have gone unnoLlced for some Llme. Powever, Lhanks Lo an alerL mem-
ber who reporLed an area of sprlnkler heads LhaL were noL operaLlonal we
were able Lo Lrack down Lhe problem and noLlfy our conLracLor for repalrs.
ldenLlfylng problems wlLh Lhe sprlnkler sysLem can be dlfflculL because our
sprlnklers are purposely scheduled Lo go off laLe aL nlghL so we are less llkely
Lo lnLerfere wlLh pedesLrlans and cycllsLs along 21sL SL. We ofLen have lssues
wlLh broken or mlsallgned sprlnkler heads for Loo long. We need your help!
Some of us work second and Lhlrd shlfLs, and some of us flnd ourselves ouL
laLer aL nlghL. lf you see or suspecL problems wlLh Lhe sprlnklers ln our area,
please reporL lL lmmedlaLely. ?ou can call any board member or emall us day
or nlghL aL WoodbrldgeWlchlLa[gmall.com.
age 2 W C C D 8 k I D G L N L W S L L 1 1 L k
Woodbrldge PCA conLracLs
wlLh WasLe ConnecLlons Lo pro-
vlde Lrash and recycllng ser-
vlces. 8y conLracLlng wlLh a
slngle hauler, Woodbrldge resl-
denLs recelve a dlscounLed raLe
for boLh servlces. 1he base raLe
for curbslde Lrash ls $39 per
quarLer and recycllng ls $11.23.
lf you are noL currenLly Laklng
advanLage of Lhls conLracLed
raLe, Lhen call WasLe Connec-
Llons Loday aL 838-4920.
uld you know?

1he sLreeLllghLs ln Lhe clLy of
WlchlLa are acLually owned and
malnLalned by WesLar Lnergy,
and 'leased' Lo Lhe ClLy. lf a
llghL ls burned ouL, call
WesLar's 24-hour number aL
383-8600. lf Lhe llghL ls noL
repalred wlLhln 10 days, you
can call WlchlLa ubllc Works &
uLlllLles 1rafflc Lnglneerlng
ulvlslon aL 268-4446.
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CNL I NL MA S
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any of us have used Coogle or 8lng Maps Lo geL dlrecLlons
or vlew an aerlal map. 8uL dld you know LhaL Lhe clLy of
WlchlLa and Sedgwlck CounLy boLh have Ceographlc lnformaLlon
SysLems maps LhaL are avallable for publlc use vla Lhe lnLerneL?
And Lhelr mapplng sysLems allow you Lo search all of Sedgwlck CounLy for such
lnformaLlon as crlme daLa, school dlsLrlcL areas, flood zones, and Lax records.
?ou can even creaLe your own maps, boLh wlLh and wlLhouL aerlal phoLographs.
1he clLy of WlchlLa map ls avallable aL hLLp://www.wlchlLa.gov/ClLyCfflces/lL/
gls/. Cllcklng on Lhe ClS mapplng hyperllnk Lakes you Lo a locaLer page where
you can enLer an address, lnLersecLlon, park, school or oLher lnformaLlon Lo
load a map zoomed lnLo LhaL locaLlon. Cnce Lhere you selecL varlous daLa Lo
dlsplay. lor example, selecLlng Lhe crlme lcon and Lhen cllcklng on a speclflc
locaLlon on Lhe map wlll generaLe a llsL of recenL crlmes wlLhln a quarLer mlle of
Lhe locaLlon.
Sedgwlck CounLy's ClS map can be found aL hLLp://gls.sedgwlck.gov/. 1he look
and feel of Lhe mapplng porLal ls dlfferenL from LhaL of Lhe clLy's, buL much of
Lhe same lnformaLlon ls avallable. A key dlfference ls LhaL Sedgwlck CounLy leLs
you lnLerchangeably vlew aerlal phoLos from 2003, 2006, 2008, and 2011 by
slmply cllcklng on Lhe approprlaLe radlo buLLon. 1hls ls a greaL feaLure lf you
wanL Lo see how an area has developed over Lhe pasL Len years, llke new Mar-
keL Square.
Sedgwlck CounLy wlll soon updaLe lLs map porLal. 1he same lnformaLlon wlll be
avallable, plus much more. ?ou wlll be able Lo draw on Lhe map and add noLes,
and locaLe counLy lnfrasLrucLure and properLy, such as brldges, emergency sl-
rens, hosplLals, and flre sLaLlons. 8oLh maps are greaL Lools wlLh a wlde range
of appllcaLlons.
Lorl klmrey, our communlLy
pollclng, offlcer, reporLs LhaL
LhefLs from auLomoblles ls on
Lhe rlse ln our area. urses,
walleLs, elecLronlc devlces, eLc
need Lo be removed from your
vehlcle, even durlng Lhe day.
1hefLs are occurrlng aL all
hours and many of Lhe vehlcles
were lefL unlocked. 1ake slmple
precauLlons Lo avold belng a
vlcLlm.
wlu 5ofety 1lp
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e have all seen Lhe orange cones all over wesL WlchlLa Lhls year. 8y
now, mosL of you have seLLled lnLo your deLour rouLes and are geL-
Llng around flne. 8elleve lL or noL, Lhe llghL aL Lhe end of Lhe Lunnel ls near.
1he lnLersecLlon reconsLrucLlon aL 21sL and Malze 8d ls ahead of schedule.
1he clLy anLlclpaLes LhaL Lhe pro[ecL wlll be compleLe ln CcLober. 1he flnal
llfL of asphalL ls belng lald and permanenL sLrlplng ls currenLly belng applled.
nexL Lo come wlll be lnsLallaLlon of new Lrafflc slgnals.
133Lh SL WesL beLween 13Lh and 21sL wlll be under consLruc-
Llon unLll Sprlng 2013. When compleLe, Lhls sLreLch of 133Lh wlll
be a 3-lane road wlLh curb an d guLLer, and lnclude a 6 fL slde-
walk and 10 fL mulLl-use paLh. 1he lnLersecLlon of 133Lh and
21sL wlll be slgnallzed, Loo.
8ldge 8d and 13Lh SL wlll flnlsh consLrucLlon by Lhe end of Lhe year. 1hls
pro[ecL ls phase 1 of Lhe fuLure floodway crosslng aL 13Lh SL. 1rafflc conLln-
ues Lo be reduced Lo one lane wlLh no lefL Lurns allowed. lmprovemenLs
lnclude addlLlonal Lurn lanes, a new sldewalk, and a new sLorm sewer.
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Where Does Your Water Come
From?

Sedgwick County is 2,000 square
miles in size with a population of
close to 500,000 people. The County
crosses eight watersheds within the
Lower Arkansas and Walnut River
Basins with the most notable rivers
being the Arkansas and Little Arkan-
sas Rivers.

Precipitation (rain and snow) is the
primary source of water for recharg-
ing groundwater. Groundwater pro-
vides water to creeks and rivers like
the Arkansas, Little Arkansas, and
the Ninnescah and the Cheney Reser-
voir all of which are surface waters.
The reservoir provides at least 50%
of the surface water available for
public use.

T o l e a r n m o r e v i s i t
www.sedgwickcounty.org.