Road Issues Reported by Residents

Speeding continues to be an issue on some of the roads in Paa-Ko.  Please slow down everywhere - hills, blind curves, roads that have no shoulders, straightaways.  There have been a couple close calls involving a walker and a bicyclist. 

Do not pass another car on double yellow line.

Please don't tailgate.

Please do not use inappropriate and rude gestures when passing other cars.

Be respectful and considerate and cautious.

Spring is here and the native flora and fauna are active. Hummingbirds are migrating through - help them with energy for the trip.  It’s time to put out your feeders.  

Bears are also coming out searching for food.  They love to find hummingbird feeders as well as unsecured trash cans.  Please don't make it easy for them. A fed bear is a dead bear.

A healthy looking mountain lion has been spotted on the north end of Paa-Ko on Mudhead Ct.

Rattlesnakes and other snakes are out.  This time of year, they are usually sunning themselves on a rock or along the edge of the pavement. As it warms up they will enjoy being under a rock or vegetation and sometimes happily wrapped around the cool base of a planter on your porch.   Preferred hunting time is during the night (except for the coachwhip which likes the heat of the day). Keep your ears alert for rattles and always watch your step wherever you may be going.  Coachwhip snakes also like to climb trees. Attached is a photo taken of a red coachwhip in a tree at the golf course several years ago.  Go to READ MORE and then to DOCUMENTS to see it.

As always, be smart and stay alert. 

Over on Chaco Loop, a resident captured pictures of a couple of cats who have been spotted in his yard.  Hopefully these guys can be identified or  have gotten home safely

Go to READ MORE and then to DOCUMENTS to see the photos

As previously reported, we placed Molzen Corbin to produce a Preliminary Engineering Review PER for the entire Paa-Ko Communities Sewer Association system. This was based on a State Grant of $50,000 for the work. The bids were greater than the amount of the grant and Molzen Corbin was at $111K. We decided we could afford the additional monies and that this planning was badly needed so we put Molzen Corbin under contract last November. We appointed our board member Scott Verhines to manage the project as he has spent his entire career doing this kind of work. The project is going quite well, and we expect completion sometime this summer.

Earlier this year we contacted the State to see if they might help with the additional money required. The State came back to us with an offer of an additional $9K as a grant and $60K as a 20-year loan for 1% annual interest.

To be continued!

There was a Mountain Lion seen in the Kivas.  A lot of sightings in the area.  
Photo is attached - go to READ MORE and then to DOCUMENTS