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Description
MD 15-Silvercreek community was developed with the inspiration of Italian (Tuscany style) architecture and is the home of the Silver Creek Country Club Golf Course which has been designated as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. The grassy median islands maintained by the districts were developed to reflect the golf course theme and encourage the landscape to flow. Maintenance of landscaped areas with in this district include the median islands, frontages (e.g. in front of “The Ranch” at Hassler Parkway), slopes and regional trails in the zones listed below (some areas in the District remain undeveloped, but will be added as the areas are completed and accepted by the City). At the southern most end of MD15 are extensive areas of open space adjacent to Thompson Creek.
Silver Creek Valley Road
• Median islands from Hellyer Avenue to Yerba Buena Road.
• Westside frontages from Yerba Buena Avenue to 300’ north of Hawkstone Way and 300’ south of Hawkstone to Hellyer Avenue.
• Eastside frontages from Hellyer to Country Club Parkway and from the bridge at Country Club to Hillstone Drive.
Farnsworth & Silver Ridge
• All frontages
Yerba Buena Avenue
• Median islands from San Felipe Road to Chisin Street.
• North side frontages from Yerba Buena Avenue to Chisin Street.
• South side frontages from Silver Creek Road to Byington Drive.
California Oak Creek
• Entrance landscaping at Early Morning Lane and Heartland Way and San Felipe Road.
Nieman Boulevard
• West side frontage landscaping from 100 feet south of Terrena Valley Drive to 500’ north of Milky Way.
• East side frontages from Yerba Buena Road to approximately 200’ north of Quail Bluff Lane.
• Median islands at Nieman and Yerba Buena.
Larkspur Canyon Road
• Entrance monuments and median island at San Felipe Road.
• Landscaped frontages on south from San Felipe to Stoneycreek Place.
• Landscaped frontage on east side from San Felipe Road to 300’ past trail.
Regional Trails
These trails consists of five (5) miles of 8-feet-wide concrete trail and retaining walls along Silvercreek and Farnsworth slopes.
 Tree Services
Yarwood sycamores (Platanus acerifolia ‘Yarwood’) are the primary tree planted in this district. Southern live oak trees (Quercus virginiana) are planted in the commercial area in the median islands along Silver Creek Valley Road, see photo to the right. California live oak trees (Quercus agrifolia) are planted on many of the slopes and Canary Island palms (Phoenix canariensis) are planted in the median island at the intersection of Silver Creek Valley Road and Country Club Drive. Tree management services are provided for all trees in the median islands described above. These services include:
• Full structural pruning, planting and removal/replacement.
• Pest control using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques
• Fertilization of plant material
• Staking and guying of trees – monitoring, replacing, repairing or removing
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