Road Work: Final (I hope) Update

What we expect to be the last phase of the Spring road work includes bringing material to and grading the very top quarter-mile or so of the road, which we hope to schedule for next week. Thanks to all for your cautious driving while the crew has been on the road, and thanks for the dues payments. We'll see how the road holds up during the monsoon season; if we like the experimental donated asphalt-blend material (near Metate Way) we might consider funding a small amount for the entry to the road just above the pavement coming up from OLVH (note: that paved apron is the responsibility of the State Dept of Transportation). Feel free to send your comments or suggestions regarding the road work to the board.

The June newsletter will have information for our semi-annual Community Meeting at the firehouse and the Summer Solstice Road Clean-Up effort--both events which would surely benefit from your involvement!

Missing Dog Alert

UPDATE: Cinco has returned home on his own. .....Hi neighbors: Dale on Cresta Pequena reports that his 1-year-old black and tan beagle has just run off. His name is Cinco, and he has a tan and brown collar (his tag is missing). If anyone sees Cinco or is able to pick him up, please let us know asap. Thanks!

More road work info

Correction re: placement of new concrete/asphalt blend material: it's going to go at the top of the hill just inside the entry to the neighborhood...please use caution driving while the crew is on the road! Thanks...

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Hi neigbors! Just a note to say that if you want to be automatically notified when there is a new post on the site, click on "Subscribe" which is down at the lower left-hand corner of the site. This *should* send the post directly to wherever you receive RSS feeds on your browser or email program. In the meanwhile, I'll continue to use the email list to notify folks of a new post while we all get familiar with the program. If you have any problems with the site, please contact the ARPOA I-T dept., ha ha...just send an email (the address is on the upper right corner of the site) and we'll try to work it out. Also of course as always, please feel free to send any comments, questions or issues regarding road work, missing pets or crime alerts. Thanks!

Spring 2010 Road Work

Hi, neighbors: just a note to say the Spring Road Work will continue this week, so please drive carefully on your way in and out of the neighborhood. The plan is to finish the grading that we started last month and add basecourse to areas where the road has deteriorated to the point where it's not gradeable anymore.

In addition, Cresta Pequena neighbor Dale Gentsch has researched a new road material that is a blend of crushed concrete and ground asphalt blended with an emulsion to help it bind to the road. The expected outcome is a road surface that will not degrade as quickly in the presence of moisture. Dale has initiated at his own expense a small amount of this material and SubSurface Contracting is donating the equipment to spread and roll it on an area below the Paint Ball Camp Curve, in an effort to provide more durability to the most heavily travelled areas of the road surface. The board voted to give the new material a try; note it may be much darker in color than the base course due to the asphalt content, but it should NOT provide a pavement-like surface.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed dues this Spring; your dues are paying for the much-needed upkeep of the road, which was so badly beaten during the Winter. As always, if you have not yet sent your Spring dues, please do so!

Spring Dues Are Due!

Thank you to all neighbors who have sent in their Spring dues! If you haven't yet, we'll continue to remind you until September, when we will start collecting Fall dues. Remember, dues are $200 per year (payable all at once or in 2 $100 installments) for every resident who uses Apache Ridge Road to access their property. Dues fund road maintenance and improvement for Lone Pine Spur and Apache Ridge Road, as per the 1999 By-laws of the Apache Ridge Property Owners Association.

Documents (By-laws, incorporation papers, road easement agreement, etc) are available to all residents whose dues are current.

Thanks again for all your support...and please drive safely!

Welcome to the new ARPOA website!

Hello, neighbors! Just a quick note to welcome you to the new ARPOA website. In the future we will use this site to post our quarterly newsletters, announcements of meetings and other neighborhood news. Hopefully, this blog will eventually replace the emailed announcements we are currently using. We will continue to use traditional mail for the 4 quarterly newsletters for residents we don't have email addresses for.

Please use the new ARPOA email address -- ARPOAboard@gmail.com --  to send news and information you'd like posted here.