Nathan Williams, the Road District
attorney, and I had a very productive meeting this
morning. Attached is a copy of the agenda, and he is cc
on this email.
Nathan looked at the easement
documents for sites ?#1 (On Fairfield Cir.
near 3 Canyons Blvd.) and #3 (on Fairfield near Paso
Venado). He said that from a legal point of view, # 3
was preferred for the mailboxes because the easement
agreement is actually between the Road District and the
previous landowner, and the agreement was broader in
scope that the easement document for the Palominas
School District property adjacent to site #1. In fact,
he says that we don¡¯t need the owner¡¯s permission at
site #3 so long as the mailboxes and parking area are in
the easement. He can write a letter to the property
owner telling them that the Road District intends to
install mailboxes and give them 30 days to respond.
As I mentioned in a previous email,
the easement is 40ft wide and the road, Fairfield Cir.,
is on the east side of the easement. There isn¡¯t enough
space on the easement east of the road for the cluster
mailboxes, thus they must be on the west side of the
road. See the attached diagram and photos for the
location and site plan of the mailbox area.
A major physical advantage of site #3
is that we can take use the existing partly graveled
gate entrance immediately south of the site and the
partly graveled ¡°pull-out¡± across the road for parking
and making turns. Those areas make the site relatively
spacious. ?
This is your opportunity to give a
thumbs up or down to site #3. I¡¯ll assume that everyone
checks their email at least every other day, so if you
are going to respond, I will expect you to do so by
midnight Wednesday, March 10. If you give the site a
thumbs down, please justify your response, propose a
reasonable alternative site, or state that you don¡¯t
want mailboxes.
The Road District is a hugely
important asset of Fairfield Estates, and I know from
discussions with my neighbors that many of us wouldn¡¯t
be living here if the main roads weren¡¯t paved. Five
roads or portions of roads remain to be paved, but they
total less than three-quarters of a mile.
The Road District also is a
significant tax burden. Look at your property tax bill,
and you will find that it¡¯s probably costing you about
$1,000/yr. in taxes. Nathan told me that there is a
governance document for the Road District although he
doesn¡¯t have a copy. He said that special districts are
usually governed similar to HOAs. I assume that means
there should be an annual meeting of the members
(taxpayers) and an annual financial statement and
budget. Does anyone have a copy of the Road District
governance document? If not, I¡¯ll get a copy from the
County Recorder Office after the mailboxes are history.
Ken
