The attendees of the community meeting of September 2008 had the option to list their primary concern on the registration sheet. Sixty (60) concerns were listed. We have grouped them into 7 categories: environment, safety, roads, community, recycling, noise, water, and architecture and maintenance.
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Detailed responses
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| Item | count | category |
|---|---|---|
| Airplane Noise | 1 | noise |
| Annexation | 1 | community |
| Architectural control | 1 | archictecture & maint |
| Architectural issues | 1 | archictecture & maint |
| Barking Dogs | 2 | noise |
| Bridle Paths | 1 | community |
| Condition of trees | 1 | environment |
| Connect with Neighbors | 1 | community |
| Dusty Roads | 1 | roads |
| Environment | 2 | environment |
| Fire Prevention | 1 | safety |
| Lack of Maintenance (broken fences) | 1 | archictecture & maint |
| Lack of Sheriff presence | 1 | safety |
| Light Pollution | 1 | environment |
| Litter | 1 | environment |
| Motorcycle noise | 1 | noise |
| Pavement | 6 | roads |
| Pine Beetle | 9 | environment |
| Property Value | 2 | community |
| Protecting Wildlife | 1 | environment |
| Recycling | 5 | recycling |
| Represent Ponderosa Hills | 1 | community |
| Roads | 2 | roads |
| Safety | 1 | safety |
| Sane rules – no police state | 1 | community |
| Speeding | 5 | safety |
| Spurge | 1 | environment |
| Through Traffic | 1 | safety |
| Update Covenants | 1 | community |
| Water | 3 | water |
| Weed Control | 3 | environment |
Concerns by category
When looking at the distribution, environmental concerns came out highest by a large margin, driven by concerns over pine beetle and weed control, followed by safety, roads and general community concerns:
Actions
The board has started to take the following actions:
- We have set up a Landscape Advisory committee tasked. They have started to publish information with regards to weed control and more is about to follow. Click on the Landscape category (left pane)
- Alida Alberts of the recycling committee is already in discussion with Waste Management with regards to recycling. For more information click on the Recycling category.