Events Calendar

June 24, Saturday
Beautification Awards Presentation & Banquet

6 pm at the Back Nine Bar and Grill—Inside the Inn at Pasatiempo, 555 CA-17, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Our Beautification Awards Gala event will be held at the Back Nine Bar & Grill. Please register today! all info and registration HERE. Your contact this year is our new director of events, Scott Long of Central Coast Landscape at ‭831-332-4565 or slong@centralcoastlandscape.com.

July 25, Tuesday
Managing the Madness

11am -2:30 pm, GRANITEROCK, 350 Technology Dr, Watsonville, CA 95076

Another great seminar is coming your way. Registration information, details and links here soon. Contact Shane White, our Education Director, at ‭(831) 358-8806 or shane@kndlandscaping.com

We are off for the summer, no board meetings until…

September 6, Wednesday
Central Coast Chapter Board Meeting

12-1:30 p.m. at Seascape Golf Resort in Aptos

First meeting after “summer break.” Contact Phil Dundas ‭(831) 750-0447 or phil@thelandscapecompany.com

June 2023 Central Coast President’s Message

by Phil Dundas, Chapter President, The Landscape Company

Hello Landscape Community,

Hope everyone is well and ready for summer which surely must be around the corner.  2023 Beautification Awards Gala will be held on Saturday, June 24th. If you haven’t already, please register for the event and Beautification Awards Banquet.  DETAILS AND LINK HERE. Remember that as a Partner (all levels) you have 2 comps. This is a great event to bring a guest(s). 

We have a number of submissions for this year’s event and we are excited to reveal them.  Please join us for some landscape community building, comradery and fun.

We look forward to seeing all of you at our upcoming events and hope you encourage others to join us.

With Rain Suit on in June, Phil

Phil Dundas
President, The Landscape Company
phil@thelandscapecompany.com

C: ‭(831) 750-0447‬ │  O: ‭(831) 476-7070‬

A reminder: this is a great time to register for Partners for Success 2023. Just to make it particularly easy for you here’s a link. Join us in 2023.

Please consider donating if you are able

Charles Nunley Fundraising Effort

Central Coast Chapter Board of Directors 2023

President: Phil Dundas—The Landscape Company

Membership Director: Terri Baker—Graniterock

Secretary: Julia Zuckerman—Delta Bluegrass

Director of Events: Scott Long—Central Coast Landscape

Director of Education/Treasurer: Shane White—K&D Landscaping

Associate Member Director: Bill Bruce—B&B Small Engine Repair

Legislation Director: Regan Barry—Coastal Evergreen

Our CLCA Central Coast Chapter board elections are held each November and will be advertised in our chapter newsletter. Newly elected officers of our chapter were announced in December. If you’re interested in joining the board, just let us know.

By joining our team of leaders managing the Central Coast Chapter you will be helping us bring awareness to the work we do in our community and as C- 27 professional Landscape Contractors.

message for associate members

CLCA is Presenting a State-Wide Webinar with Contractors State License Board Registrar Dave Fogt

June 28, 2023 — special member benefit

CLCA Associate Members,

California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) is presenting a state-wide webinar with CSLB Registrar Dave Fogt on June 28, 2023.

It will help contractors protect their licenses and their livelihoods.

Would you like to host a viewing party at your facility and invite your current or potential customers to attend? This is a member benefit for CLCA’s Associate Members and is offered to you at no charge.

The webinar gives licensed contractors peace of mind as it pertains to their CSLB licenses. It gives you a way to build relationships with your contractor customer base. It is a win-win for all.

Interested? See clca.org/cslb-webinar.

2023 Central Coast Chapter Partners for Success Program

It’s that time of year to renew your partnership. Central Coast’s Partners for Success Program provides an opportunity to increase your visibility in the community, to be seen as a leader in the green industry by helping sustain the many educational and enrichment offerings of our association.

For more information, contact Phil Dundas phil@thelandscapecompany.com

register NOW for 2023!

WE love our 2023 partners

PaRTNER’S CORNER

Don Penner & Andrea Patti of A Growing Concern

This month A Growing Concern is featured in our “Partner’s Corner.” Read more here.

If you are a Partner, this “Partner’s Corner” feature is a great member benefit. Please contact Bill Bruce at B&B Small Engine Repair if you are interested in being featured on our website in a future “Partner’s Corner.” Don’t miss this chance for some FREE advertising.

Advertise in the Central Coast Seascape Newsletter!

It’s always a great time to Advertise in this newsletter! Reach your target audience monthly. Sign up for large, medium, or small ads. For specs and pricing contact: clcaccc.editor@gmail.com. OR sign up online next week, we’re setting up the pages online.

upcoming EVENT

Beautification Awards 2023—Gala Event
June 24, 2023

This is our biggest event of the year and a wonderful way to connect with the landscape community through friendly competition. See what everyone has been putting their time into to help beautify the Central Coast. We are celebrating the best of the best, the “Landscape Gems.”

The Awards Banquet will take place June 24, 2023 at Delaveaga’s Back Nine Bar & Grill. More info and registration can be found here.

This is always a lot of fun. You don’t want to miss this. Bring a guest!

FROM STATE

Legislative Highlights

CLCA is very proud of our advocacy work on behalf of California’s landscape contractors.

We have defeated countless hostile proposals and led many successful efforts to pass beneficial laws that protect the C-27 license and create new tools to combat unlicensed contracting. Expanding the scope and value of the C-27 license is an area where CLCA lobbying has had particular success:

• In 2011 CLCA successfully fought to include the design and installation of commercial and residential rainwater capture systems used for landscape irrigation, fountains, ponds, and decorative water features as work authorized by the C-27 license.

• CLCA sponsored legislation in 2007 that allows landscape contractors to sign prime contracts for the construction of outdoor kitchens and fireplaces if they are part of a landscaping project.

• CLCA sponsored and passed a 2003 bill allowing landscape contractors to execute prime contracts for landscaping projects that include a swimming pool, spa, or hot tub.

• Against very long odds, CLCA led a coalition to pass 1997 legislation reversing a court decision allowing general contractors to execute direct contracts for single trade specialty work, including landscaping.

Read more here… https://clca.org/advocacy/clca-legislation-center/legislative-highlights/

important information

State of California Bans the Watering of Decorative Grass…

As of June 10, 2022, a new state regulation bans the irrigation of decorative or non-functional grass with potable water in commercial, industrial and institutional settings. The regulation applies to turf that is ornamental and not used for recreation. It does not apply to residential lawns, school fields, sports fields or areas regularly used for civic or community events.

According to the State Water Board, ending irrigation of non-functional grass will save the equivalent of water used by as many as 780,000 households every year. The regulation does not restrict the watering of non-turf plantings or trees, which are important for shade and cooling as the state experiences more extreme heat events. Read more here.

Landscape rebate link:

https://www.valleywater.org/watersavingsorg

Media Release by the California Water Boards

May 31, 2023.

State Water Board readopts decorative grass watering ban on business and government properties

Conserving and storing water remains critical for communities recovering from multi-year drought conditions, preparing against climate change

—May 31, 2023 Contact: Edward Ortiz, Information Officer

SACRAMENTO – The State Water Resources Control Board has readopted an emergency regulation that bans using drinking water for watering decorative grass (also referred to as non-functional turf) in commercial, industrial and institutional areas throughout the state.

The State Water Board’s readoption of this regulation signals the real need for Californians to continue using water wisely, and it aligns with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s March 2023 executive order affirming that the multi-year drought continues to have significant, immediate impacts on communities with vulnerable water supplies across California. Although conditions have improved, they have not abated severe drought conditions that remain in some parts of the state, including those with groundwater basins that are depleted.

The regulation bans watering non-functional turf, which generally is mowed grass that is not used for recreational or other community activities, at commercial, industrial and institutional properties. This applies to areas like grass in front of or next to large commercial buildings, and some common areas managed by homeowners’ associations. In addition to not applying to grass used for recreational or other community activities, the ban does not affect or prohibit watering residential lawns or trees. In fact, the state encourages people to keep watering trees because of their many environmental benefits. The ban also does not prohibit using recycled water for irrigating non-functional turf.

“We all have a shared responsibility to continue to limit non-essential outdoor water use while the state grapples with extreme weather and plans for possible dry conditions this summer and into the next wet season,” said Joaquin Esquivel, chair of the State Water Board. “This readopted regulation will help us continue to protect California’s water resources in hotter, drier conditions.”

The regulation was initially adopted by the board in May 2022 and went into effect in June 2022. Once approved by the Office of Administrative Law and filed with the

Secretary of State, the extension of the ban will go into effect for one additional year. It would have expired in June 2023, if not readopted.

With this readoption, there are two State Water Board water conservation emergency regulations in place. The other is an emergency regulation prohibiting wasteful water uses. That regulation, readopted in December 2022 and still in effect, prohibits outdoor watering causing substantial water to run onto sidewalks and other areas, and the use of potable water for washing hard surfaces like driveways or sidewalks. Violations of these prohibitions or of the newly extended non-functional turf watering ban are considered infractions.

Agencies already authorized to enforce the existing water regulations, like water suppliers and local governments, still are empowered to address violations of the non- functional turf watering regulation. In some areas, similar prohibitions are required by local plans or ordinances.

For more information on this and other statewide water restrictions, go to the State Water Board’s Water Conservation Emergency Regulation page.

The State Water Board’s mission is to preserve, enhance and restore the quality of California’s water resources and drinking water for the protection of the environment, public health, and all beneficial uses, and to ensure proper resource allocation and efficient use for the benefit of present and future generations.

Central Coast CLCA Spring Mixer—May 12, 2023

Beer thirty Spring gathering

A good time was had by all at our Spring Mixer. Interesting discussions, shared food items, a few sips of beer were tasted. We even worked on a little business. It was the last night to enter Central Coast’s Beautification Awards. There were a couple of last-hour forms submitted, amidst some applause. We have a couple of new Central Coast members who have entered the contest this year. We can’t wait to see their creations.

Please come to these mixers and bring people to introduce them to the Central Coast Chapter. It’s low-key and lots of fun.

You can tell how into the conversations people were, we got very few photos, next time, next time! Thank you Terri Baker for the few snap shots we do have!