Bocce Ball Court Behavior

The Amenities Committee has been informed that young children have been playing near and within the Bocce Ball Courts, and throwing various gray rocks and pebbles onto the playing surface. 

These are not sandboxes or play areas, and this is unacceptable.  It interferes with the use and integrity of the courts.  Each of the rocks has to be picked out by hand before Bocce Ball can be played.  Parents, please find other ways for your children to entertain themselves.  The Committee thanks you.

 If you are planning on being out of town and want Paa-Ko Security to monitor your home, attached is the vacation form that needs to be filled out and signed, then turned in at the Paa-Ko Sales Office.  This form gives permission to the Paa-Ko Security person to check your property while you are gone.  Once you fill it out,  you may hand deliver it to the office, or email it to them at paako-sales-admin@comcast.net, or, you may fax to the office at 505-281-8993

Please print clearly!  The form MUST BE SIGNED BY YOU BEFORE YOUR PROPERTY CAN BE CHECKED!

Go to READ MORE then to DOCUMENTS for the form.

 With people out walking, running, biking, it is important to remember to drive the speed limit through Paa-Ko.  School has also started and there have been some close calls of speeding cars going past bus stops where children are waiting.  

Please, please, please slow down.  There are so many hills and blind curves plus the straightaway on Paa-Ko which seems to tempt higher speeds -- an accident, injury, or worse is not worth the extra speed being driven

To view a big bear that was recently seen on Canyon Ridge, please go to READ MORE and then to DOCUMENTS

FROM THE AMENITIES COMMITTEE:
      This past Memorial Day weekend there were some inconsiderate actions by users of the PaaKo pool facilities.  On Saturday afternoon or evening someone using the women’s change room left it in a mess with paper towels scattered and nearly all of the locker doors left open.  There was water all over the room and it was generally left in disarray.  The actions appeared malicious and intentional and were likely done by children.  On Sunday afternoon or evening similar actions were taken in the men’s change room and both showers were left running.
      These situations were discovered at closing by community volunteers who help take care of our recreational facilities to keep them available for all to use. The PaaKo pool and other recreational facilities are not commercial entities.  They are jointly owned by all members and volunteers help manage them.  This behavior would be unacceptable in any venue, but they are especially disrespectful in a situation like ours.  Parents should take responsibility for the behavior of their children to ensure that they are respectful of the facilities and of others who use them.  The individuals who help maintain the facilities should not have to clean up after such children.
      If your family was at the pool over the Memorial Day weekend and you have daughters who used the change room on Saturday or sons who used the change room on Sunday, you should ask them if they were responsible for these messes. You may contact the sales office if you wish in order to accept responsibility.
      Because of our key card system, we know who accessed the pool and the shower rooms during the effective time periods, and the video equipment can confirm identities of people at the pool, but we believe that it is useful to share this report with all members to help eliminate this kind of abuse of our facilities.