WHAT DO WE MAINTAIN?

One of our lovely entrances to Bent Tree North
When you hear the words "maintenance" and "infrastructure" related to our Bent Tree North Homeowners' Association, (BTN HOA) do you wonder what that means? We, the residents of Bent Tree North, are responsible for our common areas, not the city or the county. As we are not gated, the city of Dallas is responsible for the roads, alleys, and bridges. Dallas Water Utilities is responsible for the sewers and water, Oncor is responsible for our electricity, and Atmos is responsible for our gas.
With the responsibility of the common areas, the BTN HOA takes care of the following:
With the responsibility of the common areas, the BTN HOA takes care of the following:
• Four entrances: Briargrove, Coral Ridge, Hilton Head and Spyglass
• One-half mile along both sides of Spyglass, coming in from Frankford
• 300 yards along Harbor Town, backing up to the cemetery
• One mile strip along Frankford, from Spyglass to the Oakdale entrance
In maintaining these areas, we manage and control seven separate electric meters and seven separate water meters. The electric meters power the lighting for the signs, landscape, entrances, and the irrigation controllers. The water meters provide the water for our irrigation systems. Since a few areas do not have electric meters, because it is not possible to install them in those locations, we have two solar powered irrigation controllers, along with the seven electric controllers. We pay for the usage and maintenance of these systems.

As a numbers summary, BTN has:
• Over 2 miles of lawns, which is approximately 300,000 square feet
• Over 1500 shrubs and perennials
• Over 400 trees
• Over 3 miles of irrigation, with 9 different irrigation systems
• Over 420 irrigation heads, and more than 30 2-inch valves (2-inch valves carry many more heads, which distribute water approximately 20+ feet)
Consider how the above compares to our average BTN house: 1 irrigation system, with 6-10 1-inch valves supporting 8-10 heads distributing water 4-15 feet, 1 electric meter, 1 water meter, 4-8 trees, 35-70 shrubs, and 4250 square feet of lawn.
To take care of these areas, we manage and control 7 separate electric meters. These electric meters power the lighting for the signs, landscape, dark areas around our entrances, and for our irrigation controllers.
We also have 7 separate water meters, which provide the water for our irrigation systems. Since a few areas do not have electric meters, due to their locations preventing installation, we have 2 solar powered irrigation controllers, along with the 7 electric controllers.
We pay for the usage and maintenance of all these systems, which is a total of 16 different systems.