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Show RAINBOW TIMES - AUGUST1994 - 3 Our Roads FirstM While the Town of Castle Valley’s Road Department remains relatively inactive, awaiting the fall rains before beginning our major work, Grand County is gearing up to repave Annual‘, ~ .1 Property Owners Meetingw Annual Meeting/ On July 19 community representatives met with members of the CV Election Set (chipseal) Castle Valley Drive. The Irrigation Company. The meeting had a remains of last year’s gravel located on the Community Lot, which had become a dirt bike hill, has been substantially positive and cooperative tone, thanks in part to Bill Hedden’s opening remarks describing how we all inherited a rather imperfect system of roads and ditches from Carlsberg Corporation, the original developers. Everyone walked down to the POA greenbelt lot where the Irrigation Co. had recently been working to increase the efficiency of the ditch. Irrigation Company members pointed out their concerns about how their ditch could be added to in the last few days. Dave Warner, Grand County Road Supervisor, reports this work is scheduled for the first two weeks in September. Work will also include paving the uncompleted section of CV Drive between Pope and Keogh Lanes. Making new street signs will be a priority this fall. Signs are necessary for emergency services, daily services banned if a real flood came down such as UPS, and visitors (let alone residents: just where is Buchanan anyway?!) Though metal street signs Carlsberg Lane and deviated from the are available, the Road Committee members voiced a preference for wooden signs that were characteristic of the valley. Anyone who is interested in making street signs for the Town please submit a proposal to the Road Committee or mail to the Town at CVSR 2705. Lettering should be legible at night. For those owners and residents interested in changing their street name, now is the time. If you have ideas or preferences, contact your neighbors (or street name representative if you ago. The drainage study conducted six remember who it is!). Let the Road Committee know as soon as possible. Regarding the Upper 80: I have heard from one more owner expressing his willingness to grant an easement for their road. There are still four owners who have not given their written agreement. This process of individual owners’ needing to grant an easement in order to legalize a road will probably be necessary in other situations in the valley. Several roads veer from their platted location, the discrepancies due to topography. Though we all have known about this situation for years, the issue became critical recently when a request for electrical power involved using the existing road instead of the drainage channel that had been in— Saturday. October 15, W94, 9 am, has been set as the next 'Annual POA meeting for CV Property Owners. The meeting will be held at the LDS church. Our annual mailing. (including ballots) will be sent out during the last week of September. stalled by the town four or five years years ago did not adequately evaluate where the storm water would go once it got to the end of Carlsberg. The Town and Irrigation Company agreed to work together on a solution, starting with the Irrigation Company‘s checking with a transit the grade on the drainage ditch from the end of Carlsberg to CV Creek. Once that information is at hand it will be easier It you are interested in running for the POA Board of Directors and want to be listed on the mailed ballot, please contact Ann McLanahan (5739) or Joan Sangree (5115) no later than the second week in September. to decide what the next steps should be. Irrigation Company representatives thought that putting some of their ditch in pipe might allow flood water to pass over the top of the ditch without doing much damage. Both groups agreed to let the other know if any substantial work was planned that might affect ditches, community roads, or greenbelt lots. Liaisons will be selected so that everyone will know who to contact if any problem arises. Future meetings will clarify responsibilities of both Castle Valley and the Irrigation Company, and annual meetings will be held to keep commu- Canyonlands Llamas ANN BENGE nication flowing freely. —Jack Campbell legal easement. Affected owners on roads such as Holyoak, Keogh, and Taylor will be contacted regarding this type of easement situation. —Joan Sangree CVSR 1911 Moab, Utah 84532 (801) 259-5739 |