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Volume 26, Issue 11November/December 2016

Board Meetings

Chapter Board Meetings are typically held on the third Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. at Ewing Irrigation, 1175 Prospect St., San Luis Obispo. Upcoming meetings:

• January 18

• February 15

• March 15

In This Issue:

• President's Message: Great Year, Great Things to Come!

• SLO Chapter Now Accepting Partners

• Featured Plant: Echeveria subrigida

• Certified Landscape Technician Test

• Solutions for Insurance Needs

CLCA Annual Convention in Paso RoblesThe recent CLCA Annual Convention was held at the Paso Robles Inn right in the middle of downtown Paso Robles. Most of the meetings were held in the beautiful ballroom (complete with a lovely hardwood floor). This was definitely an up-grade from the usual hotel ballrooms!

At Thursday's educational session, the speakers provid-ed updates on California’s Green Building Code, the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, and industry legislation.

Also on Thursday par-ticipants were treated to a tour of the Leaning Pine Arboretum at Cal Poly SLO. On Friday afternoon, attend-ees toured the Zurn Wilkins facility.

LandPAC held a well attended fundraiser on Thursday evening at the Halter Ranch Vineyard. Guests were treated to a tour of the facility, including the caves, and to great wine.

And, congratulations to SLO's own Rick Mathew's of Madrone Landscaping for picking up an award at the Trophy Awards Program for their work at... Halter Ranch!

Above: Danah Turner, Rick Mathews, Daniel Mazawa and Gaby Merito from Madron Landscapes. At right: Scotty Pitsch, Bill Deeble and Eric Rayner LEAF golf tournament champs! Below: Touring Zurn Wilkins.

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2016 San Luis Obispo Chapter OfficersPresident ................................Evan Moffitt, KD Janni Landscaping, Inc. ..... evanmoffitt@kdjanni.com ..............805-748-8931Immediate Past President ....Mike Kneeskern, Central Coast Landscape Products ................. michael@cclandscapeproducts.com 805-595-3478VP, Membership / PR ..........Levi Marks, Ewing Irrigation .......................... levimarks@ewingirrigation.com .. 805-598-7291VP Programs .........................Taylor Boyle ........................................................ Purlieu Landscape ...........................805-709-6319Secretary ................................Brandon Delon, Left Side Landscape .............. leftsidelandscape@gmail.com....... 805-440-7051Treasurer ................................David Brown, Mari Landscaping .................... david@marilandscaping.com ....... 805-226-9787Associate Member Rep ........Gary Abney ........................................................ Air Vol Block ....................................805-543-1314Board Member ......................Pat Connelly, St. Francis Landscape................ stflandscape@gmail.com ................805-235-1859Editor ...................................... Jerrie Beard, Beard & Associates ..................... info@beardassociates.com .............. 530-621-1701

Birch Equipment Finance ................................................... 7Coastline Equipment ........................................................... 6Ewing Irrigation .................................................................. 9Farm Supply ......................................................................... 3Greenfields Turf ................................................................... 4Gro-Power, Inc. .................................................................... 2Growing Grounds Farm (TMHA) ..................................... 3Landscape Contractors Insurance Services, Inc. ............ 4Olson Irrigation Systems .................................................... 3Quinn Company ................................................................... 8Rossi Transport Services .................................................... 4San Marcos Growers ........................................................... 4 West Coast Turf ..................................................................... 7

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CLCA Board of DirectorsPresident .........................Steve Jacobs ............(760) 945-4321President-Elect ...............Tim Hendricks ....... (925) 957-8831Past President .................Javier Lesaca .........(661) 836-0229Secretary/Treasurer ......Ted Sandrowski .....(530) 345-6101Executive Director .........Sandra Giarde ........ (916) 830-2780DIRECTORSCommunications ...........Jerrie Beard .............(530) 621-1701Legislation ......................Michael Martin ......(805) 644-7188Events ..............................Elizabeth Burns ......(310) 831-6132

SLO CLCA Past Presidents2014-15

Mike KneeskernCentral Coast

Landscape Products2012-13

David BrownMari Landscaping

2011Aaron Huxley

Hunter Industries

2009-10 Erik Wolting

All Seasons Gardening & Landscaping

2007–08Jim Trask

California Water Shapes

2005-06Erik Wolting

All Seasons Gardening & Landscaping

2004John Doyle

J Doyle Landscaping2002–03

Pat ConnellySt. Francis Landscape

1998–2001Bruce Courter

Day Star Enterprises, Inc.1996–98

Lloyd GraceyPacific Coast Landscapes

1995Danté D’Alfonso

D’Alfonso’s Landscape

Guide to Advertisers

Education ........................Mike Salceanu ....... (619) 322-2664 Membership ...................OpenResource Mngmnt .........Shari Collins .......... (805) 517-1971Associate Member .........Andrew BakerCo-Director Chapter Pres. Council Regan Barry ........... (831) 438-4747Co-Director Chapter Pres. Council Ed Wallace .............. (562) 755-9914

1994Duane Morris

Duane Morris LandscapeDesigner/Contractor

1993John Ruggiero

Arcadian Gardens1991-92

Bruce CourterDay Star Enterprises

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Evan Moffitt, CLCA–SLO PresidentKD Janni Landscaping Inc.

president’s message

Happy Holidays everyone! What a great year! Our kickoff dinner was bigger than ever, we had an amazing Beautification Awards, and our Golf Tournament was awesome! Our chapter membership increased this year most recently with the addition of Ian Gaffney of IGL. Welcome to the club, Ian!

The recent state convention was in PASO ROBLES!!! Right in our own backyard. The convention was very well attended and really showcased our area. We had a tour of the caves at Halter Ranch Vineyard and tasted their amazing wines.

We learned about some of the changes at CLCA's state level—CLCA had its most successful year in a long time finan-cially and membership wise. We had a great state Trophy Awards banquet, in true Paso Robles style, in a barn in San Miguel. Huge congratulations to Madrone Landscape for winning the state Trophy Award for Small Commercial Installation at Halter Ranch!

Next year, at the chapter level, our goal is to have more events and give everyone a chance to get together more often. We are going to start it off with our Kick Off Dinner on January 27 sponsored by RainBird. In addition to the Beautification Awards and Golf Tournament we plan to add 3 general membership dinners, possibly a chance for CEU's, and a holiday party next year. We hope that increasing the events provided will give us more ex-posure to those few contractors out there who are not yet aware of what CLCA has to offer.

Everyone please visit CLCA.org and go to Professional>> Membership>> Member Center>> Update Company Info and up-date your business information. There is a "Find My Contactor" search on the website that is a way for potential customers to

find your business. It is promoted by the CLCA on a state level and is also linked to our chapter's site. Currently there are only 11 landscape contractors listed on this site in our area. That is a small portion of our membership. If you are not listed, please contact state headquarters to opt-in for this important feature. There have been some recent changes to the search for those already included. There are a couple of new categories and certifications and awards can now be added. So please update your information.

If you are interested in being on the SLO chapter board or on a committee, please feel free to contact me. Being a member of the board provides an op-portunity to make a difference in our industry on a state and local level. There are board positions of all interests for contractors and vendors. We greatly appreciate the help from anyone looking to get involved. The board members plan events for the year, provide legislative representation on a local and state level, and become more in tune with chang-es happening within CLCA to increase member benefits. We can always use more volunteers on the board or even on a committee.

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CLCA SLO 2017 BoardOn October 14, the CLCA SLO chapter held their annual elections at the Spyglass Inn in Shell Beach. Elected to the board for 2017 were:

President Evan Moffitt, KD Janni LandscapeImmediate Past President Mike Kneeskern, Central Coast

Landscape ProductsVP Membership Taylor Boyle, Purlieu LandscapeVP Programs Levi Marks, Ewing IrrigationTreasurer TBDSecretary Brandon Delon, Leftside LandscapeAssociate Member Rep Gary Abney, Air Vol BlockBoard Member At Large Pat Connelly, St. Francis Landscape

The board typically meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. at Ewing Irrigation, 1175 Prospect St., San Luis Obispo. All members are welcome to attend these meetings.

January 18Chapter Board Meeting - 5 p.m.

Ewing Irrigation, 1175 Prospect St., San Luis Obispo.

January 27Chapter Kickoff Meeting - 5 p.m.

Time and location TBA.

February 1-Landscape Industry Show

Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, CA.

February 15Chapter Board Meeting - 5 p.m.

Ewing Irrigation, 1175 Prospect St., San Luis Obispo.

March 15Chapter Board Meeting - 5 p.m.

Ewing Irrigation, 1175 Prospect St., San Luis Obispo.

April 19Chapter Board Meeting - 5 p.m.

Ewing Irrigation, 1175 Prospect St., San Luis Obispo.

May 17Chapter Board Meeting - 5 p.m.

Ewing Irrigation, 1175 Prospect St., San Luis Obispo.

SLO Chapter EventsJanuary 27:

Kick-off MeetingThe CLCA San Luis Obispo chapter invites you to start the year off right at the Kick-off Meeting to be held on January 27, 6:00 p.m. at the Custom House, 404 Front Street in Avila Beach. Tickets are $50 per person for members, $60 per person non-members. New members to our chap-ter from the past year are free for their first meeting.

A representative from RainBird will be providing information on their new prod-ucts such as central control, techline and much more. Don't miss this opportunity to learn new ways to conserve water while maintaining a beautiful landscape.

Come mix and mingle with fellow chapter members and start the new year off right with CLCA. Watch your email for registration details.

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Convention Hightlights

Above and right: Zurn Wilkins factory tour.

Above and left: LandPAC fundraiser at Halter Ranch Vineyard.

Below, right and left: Tour of the Leaning Pine Arboretum.

At left: Eric Rayner and Jerrie Beard. Below: Trophy Awards Program.

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Thank you to your sponsorsThank you to the following companies for their generous support of the CLCA San Luis Obispo Chapter. Please support the firms who support our chapter.

The San Luis Obispo SLO Xpress is published eleven times a year for the San Luis Obispo Chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association (SLO CLCA).

Contact us at: SLO Xpress, C/O Jerrie Beard & Associates, PO Box 7, Pollock Pines, CA 95726. Phone: 800-605-1701. News releases, public service announcements, photos and other correspondence may be directed to the above address or sent via e-mail to info@beardassociates.com.

• Copy and advertising deadlines are on the 15th of the month pre-ceding publication.

• For information about advertising opportunities and rates, contact Jerrie Beard at 800.605.1701.

The opinions expressed in byline articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the San Luis Obispo Chapter or the publisher.

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