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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 |
