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Show 4 - THANKFUL TIMES - NOVEMBER 1993 POA/Town Notes Meeting of November 3, 1993 FENCING NEEDS: The fences still need a lot of work. If you would like to be on the fence crew, call Denise D’Agnese at 259-6382. Wages range from $8 to $10 per hour. GOATHEADS: $222 was spent. The project is now shut down for the year. UPPER 80 EASEMENT UPDATE: Presently an easement would cost approximately $15,000, to be paid by the POA over a five to seven year period. This would be considered a loan and interest would be charged. Jan Parmenter of State Lands said that a perpetual easement is being considered, otherwise the easement would be for 30 years. CONCERNS: Many POA members stated their concerns regarding the unfinished roadwork at Castle Creek Lane. The area is in need of a gravel dump and more work before the rains come. John Blake will be notified again of the problem. COMMUNITY LOT: Trish West’s report on the grand County Recreation District funding was presented. Although the Equestrian Center took most of the funds this year, we should be putting in our request for District funding for our Community LoL After November 12th we will know if more money is available. In the meantime we will provide Trish with our Community Lot plan. —Andrea Wheeling the month, so contact one of us before the third Wednesday and we will put your item on the agenda. With winter bearing down on us we have almost finished our road preparations. We will be depositing road base gravel on Castle Creek Lane primarily between Cliffview and the Stucki residence. This area has typically bogged down in the wet seasons. Because the school bus uses this route, this spot has been given particular attention this year. Last month we hauled material in to crown the road as vegetation and the irrigation ditch prevented pulling dirt from the bar ditches, a practice used on the other roads. With the road properly crowned, adding gravel will, hopefully, keep this area safely passable. Holyoak Lane, a long neglected road, will receive extra grading to shape the road in a particularly bad spot. Areas like Holyoak will receive more attention over the next few years to bring them up to standard. Upper Keogh Lane, which has been totally neglected, will necessitate a major overhaul, now scheduled for the spring. The poor condition of upper Keogh streams during the rains, causing severe damage downhill from their source. Evidence of this action can be found on lower Buchanan and lower Pace. On Pace the erosion has been severe enough to completely sever all access to one owner’s property. Culverts are being placed in both of these locations to help direct the water away from the soft eroding soil. But this is only a temporary solution to the problem. Dealing with the erosion of our fairly fragile soil will be an ongoing project requiring some experimentation over the next few years. Protecting both our developments and our roads in an alluvial fan water shed area will be quite a task. Unlike the drainage study, there will be no “map” to guide us. Instead it will require ingenuity, patience, and cooperation from all of us here in the Valley. —Joan Sangree, Roads Chair highlights an important issue, that of the effects of changing the natural drainage to accommodate development. A driveway was installed on Keogh, apparently quite a while ago. A natural wash was blocked, causing the run-off water to change course, heading down Thanks a; To This month’s the road channel. The water enters the road approximately 40' higher up the hill than it previously had, then crosses Our Roads the road, following its original course. Treatment of Castle Valley’s roads was the main topic of this month’s joint The CV Drainage study called for a culvert at this crossing. With the drainage having been moved, however, we now face the removal of huge boulders and the side of a hill, then POA/Town meeting, and much of what was discussed will be found in POA/ Town Notes, above. As has been true in our past, the roads are both important and controversial. Sometimes we are all novices; other times we are all pros. One person’s maintenance practices are different than another’s. And everyone wants special treatment for their road. This column is designed to keep can create severe erosion as the unchecked waters merge with other rivulets steered onto the roads from elsewhere. Together these small amounts of water join to form eroding installation of three 20' culvert sections to keep the road from washing away. This repair work will be a considerable expense to the community, most of which is due to the blocked and changed drainage. Elsewhere in the Valley we face Castle Valley informed on a monthly other drainage problems. This fall’s big basis about road projects, maintenance schedules, and other issues the Road Committee deals with. We on the Committee welcome any ideas, storms caused some of the bar ditches to open up into 4' to 6' gashes that are hazardous for their undercutting of the roads and potential accidents to foot, suggestions, and concerns you may animal, and vehicular traffic. Water have. We meet on the third Thursday of that originally followed washes or spread out over the land has been channeled to the roads. A few wellplaced stones blocking a small channel CASH DONORS, d’ohno Chalmers, Rob Soldo’r, John & Noncy Houer, Howard Cooper. Borboro Zinn. Steve Viovom‘, John Sovorese. We couldn’t do it without you. 2’? |
