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!

Attached is the Firewise Certificate -  we are good through 2025.  Submitting this to your insurance carrier might possibly get you a discounted rate. 

Go to READ MORE and then to DOCUMENTS to see the certificate.

A big shout-out to the Paa-Ko HOA and Lantern Ridge for putting on a great event last night for our Paa-Ko community.  All the volunteers were wonderful, and the people at Lantern Ridge were amazing.  They went above and beyond to assure everyone felt at home and welcome.  In spite of nearly being blown into the next county at the beginning, the setting, the food, the drinks and the band (which inspired some "let loose" group dancing) all came together beautifully.  People meeting new people, and others seeing some they hadn't seen in a while - everything and everyone made it a very successful night. Let's hope this is the beginning of a great Paa-Ko tradition.  

Thank you to the Paa-Ko HOA and to Lantern Ridge for creating a very memorable evening!!