Hello Harvest Ridge,

I hope you are all having a wonderful summer and enjoying the pool as we have had several 100 degree plus days.  To date we have had very positive feedback with the environment at the pool.   Our main focus this summer for the pool has been pool safety, eliminate unauthorized use by both non-Harvest Ridge residents and homeowners who have not paid their assessments, and maintain a kid friendly environment.  In order to accomplish these goals you may have noticed board members conducting random checks of pool cards, age verification to ensure kids have the proper adult supervision, and making sure we do not have any unauthorized non-Harvest Ridge Homeowners.

Unfortunately, there are a few issues which we can improve and I need your help.  The pool is open from 6AM to 9AM for lap swimming only and from 9AM to 9PM for general use.  We really need your help ensuring all homeowners are out of the pool by 9PM.  Secondly, we have had a few incidents with pets and alcohol in the pool.  Rule 5 of the Harvest Ridge HOA pool pass agreement states “No alcohol inside the gated pool area” and rule 15 states “No animals allowed in pool or enclosure area”.  Alcohol and water do not mix and can lead to potentially life threatening incidents and pets pose a potential contamination risk, can carry diseases if not properly vaccinated, and can harm children and adults using the pool.  I would also like to mention the use of flotation devices.  Due to various regulations, flotation devices are not allowed unless approved by the USCG, the only exception being pool noodles and arm floaties.

I do appreciate your help and if you see a homeowner breaking the rules please contact us by visiting www.harvestridgehoa.com and using the quick links section on the left to send us an e-mail.  Our goal is to ensure all Harvest Ridge Homeowners are able to enjoy the pool in a safe and kid friendly environment.

WBR,

H. Alex Lopez

President Harvest Ridge HOA

Hello Harvest Ridge,

I would like to remind all residents that the use of motorized vehicles of any kind to include go karts, dune buggies, and dirt bikes are not allowed on any sidewalk within Harvest Ridge to include the two parks.   Using these vehicles in the park (soccer and base ball fields) tears up the grass, poses danger to kids and adults using the park and is not allowed by the City of Fort Worth.  Thank you for your help in keeping Harvest Ridge safe.

WBR,

H. Alex Lopez

President Harvest Ridge HOA

What do you and your children need to know? Which ones will hurt me?  Which ones are good?  How do I tell the difference?

Around the pond and wetlands area there are Rat Snakes and Cottonmouth Water Moccasins.  They can be seen resting on the bank, near the water early in the morning before the sun becomes very intense. 

The Texas Rat Snake is the largest snake found in our area and can reach lengths of over six feet.  When newly hatched they are about 9 to 11 inches long and have a light gray background with brown saddle-shaped blotches running down the back and an arrowhead shaped pattern on the top of the head.  They change color as they grow, however, and the pattern of adults is more subdued.  The background color of an adult Texas Rat Snake will range from shades of brown to yellow and even orange, and the blotches are much less distinguishable in adult specimens.  The top of the head also changes color – adults’ heads are slate gray to black on top and white underneath.  The snake feeds on mice and rats.  If you irritate this snake it will defend itself.  This is a good snake.

The Cottonmouth Water Moccasin is the only North American poisonous water snake.  Not to be confused at all with its many nonpoisonous neighbors, this snake is a pit viper in the same general family as the Copperhead and the Rattlesnake.  This dangerous semi-aquatic snake is a truly aggressive reptile that will stand its ground or even approach an intruder.  Typically, the adult will be 22 to 28 inches, black to shiny black with a triangular head.  This head will have 2 pits on the head.  If you see this snake, turn and move away quickly.  DO NOT try to play with the snake or hit it with a rock or stick.  These snakes are bad snakes for people.  They will attack aggressively and the bite will make you very sick.

Can they be eliminated?  No, they are a natural resident of that area.  When one leaves, another moves in.  Knowledge, common sense, and caution are your best tools.  Be safe!

If you have not yet, please register with this site.  That allows us to send notices of both scheduled and unscheduled events.  It also allows us to secure certain parts of the website for residents only if we so choose.  When you register, please use your real name in the Display Name field or your registration will not be accepted.

The database containing the content developed since late December is unrecoverable.  Luckily, most of the information on the website is static, so we didn't lose much- as I said previously, the announcements, the calendar, and a couple of forum posts.  The calendar will be recreated and if any of the old announcements still are relevant they will be reposted.

Of greater importance is the fact that 88 users had registered since then.  I have just completed new accounts for those 88, but the details of the account (username, first name, last name, and password) is lost.  If you find now that you cannot log in using the information you supplied when you registered, this is why.  You must retrieve your password (which was randomly generated when I created the accounts), then log in and change your profile information.  Use your email address as your username to retrieve your password.  Try adding a space after the email address if it doesn't find it at first.

However, you would only need to do this if you need to view the private sections of the site- which as of now means only the forum.  You will still receive any emails that we send out even if you never log in or even visit the site again.

We are experiencing some issues, which for the moment look like resulted in some data loss in this announcements section, the schedules, and the forum.  I am working on restoring the data.

UPDATE: The host changed database servers and used an old version of our database.  The site now has data current as of December 28th, meaning we lost 6 months worth of data.  I am trying to restore the the more current database.