Spring is finally making it's way to 8000', with summer surely close behind.
It's a beautiful week on the Ranch. Wildflowers are all coming into bloom and our hummingbirds are drinking a quart a day from the feeders on the deck. It's a Sunday morning that reminds us how lucky we are to have this special place....
Here's what's new on the website, and on the Ranch:
- Ranch documents are finally up to date. Thanks for your patience through the winter on that.
- Architectural guidelines are now posted online. The building guidelines from 2002 have been massaged to reflect some more materials choices, but are substantially the same and continue to maintain the spirit of the mountain aesthetic. Remember that all construction must be pre-approved by the Owners Association.
- Summit County's outside lighting ordnance is excerpted and posted. Our night sky is a critical part of the mountain experience for us and for wildlife. Please understand light pollution and light trespass and be a good neighbor.
- Vehicle trespassing is already a problem this spring on the Ranch. Rules and Regulations 4.9 "Trespassing on Individual Private Property. The roads within the Ranch are the only authorized areas for use by any motorized vehicles, including ATV’s, motorcycles, etc." If it's not a road or it's not yours, you are trespassing.
- A summer projects list is posted, and will continue to be updated. Mag water treatment for main roads is scheduled for June 23rd. Expect road closures, including a 24 hour closure of Tollgate Canyon above Oil Well. This closure allows the treatment to soak in and last through the summer. Early traffic can reduce the effectiveness of the thousands of dollars invested.
- The Ranch has purchased a Cat roller for our roads. This will save us the $4000+ dollars spent yearly on a 1 week rental, and allow Jody to even better care for our roads.
- Summit County HOA meetings will be held on Ranch through the summer. June, August and maybe October at the Ranch Manager's office on Arapahoe.
Thanks all,
Enjoy your summer on the Ranch.
Hutch
Fall Reminders for 2009
If you use the ranch all winter, it's time to put your snow tires on and put the chains in your trunk. Driving here in the winter on inappropriate tires endangers you and your neighbors.
If you have a camp trailer on the ranch, it's time to get it down and into storage. The roads will be getting slick, and a trailer left on the ranch with our snowfall will likely be crushed.
If you intend to plow snow on ranch roads this winter, now is the time to coordinate your routes, sign your annual PMROA required understanding of rules and regulations, mark hydrants, electrical and culverts and document your proof of insurance for the board. Refer to the plowing agreement.
Remember, these early storms are the slickest of the season on our roads. SLOW down, give yourself extra time, and give the other car plenty of room.
If you store a trailer or machines in the winter parking lot, be sure they have Pine Meadow Ranch stickers on them, and please keep them back far enough so that Jody and the water company have working room.
CodeRED Warning System
Please visit the Summit County Sheriff's website and sign up for CodeRed. This is a reverse 911 program that lets the sheriff and fire departments notify
YOU in an emergency that impacts Tollgate Canyon users.
http://www.summitcountysheriff.org/community/codered/codered.html
