Hello Behrens Ranch Residents. After soliciting and reviewing ten different landscape providers, the Board and Landscape Committee are proud to announce that we have awarded the Behrens Ranch Property and Common Area Maintenance Contract to Native Land Design. This is the conclusion of a six month process which included an extensive request for proposal (RFP) effort, face-to-face meetings with several potential providers, and extensive contract negotiations. This new contract will become effective February 1, 2010, so you will begin to see a different group performing the maintenance and mowing of our property. All Native Land Design vehicles should be clearly marked with the Native Land Design logo and information, and all crew members on property should be dressed in maroon shirts, tan hats, and highly visible vests. If you are interested in finding more in-formation about Native Land Design, you can visit their website at www.NativeLandDesign.com.

Native Land Design was selected by the Board based on many factors, but Native clearly stood out on overall services and capability to manage a property of our size, provided an extensive list of references, including Sun City in Georgetown, and probably the factor that most people care about is a very attractive annual cost. At this point, the Board expects our annual savings to be approximately 20- 25% from our current contract. The Board and Landscape Committee is anticipating utilizing some of this savings to perform some much needed landscape repair, replace several dead trees and plants from the drought last year, as well as per-form some long overdue irrigation repair.

While we expect the transition to Native Land Design to be seamless for most of our services, it may take a few months for them to become familiar with our property and for us to work with them to shape the service to our preferences. If you notice anything that needs attention, please provide Certified Management, the Board or the Landscape Committee with details, and we will facilitate communication to Native Land Designs. Please do not contact or approach the landscape company directly.

Lastly, the Board would like to send a special Thank You to the Landscape Committee and the other residents for their input and efforts throughout the entire process.

We are always interested in your questions, comments or feedback. You can reach us via email at board@behrensranch.org.

Thank You,

Behrens Ranch HOA Board of Directors