04-02-2009, 03:50 PM
Jeff,
I'm very happy to hear you reconsidered. It would be a shame to see all the progress you and your team have made go down the tube. I think the accusations that only board members are getting paved roads is quite laughable. As Jerry said, roads are going to be paved, end of story. The key thing now is to get the right roads paved and in a cost effective and timely manner. You now have to assess the bids and choose the best.
We all know now that not all roads can be paved and the plan I heard you put forward at the meeting I attended sounded the best I'd heard to date - please correct me if I'm wrong:
1. Pave roads at approximately 1 mile intervals so there are paved cross roads across the park (i.e. not having all paved roads clumped up at the top or bottom. This will share the paving across the park and also give alternative routes to emergency vehicles.
2. Pave the roads that require most maintenance, thus cutting down on the future annual road maintenance bill as much as possible. As I understand it some roads need attention regularly while others seem to hold up much longer before needing grading, etc. due to different profiles, slopes, valleys and amount of traffic. This should be fairly easy as maintenance records will show what roads are costing most money to maintain.
I'm sure it was not difficult to find 4 or 5 cross roads that fall into the top of both categories and I think it would be hard to argue this approach is wrong.
As you mentioned you intend to be transparent, may I suggest you post a brief note on the HPP Owners site and/or here to explain to HPP residents how it was decided to pave which roads. Hopefully this would put an end to the endless comments and accusations that only board members get special treatment.
Good luck to you and the board!
I'm very happy to hear you reconsidered. It would be a shame to see all the progress you and your team have made go down the tube. I think the accusations that only board members are getting paved roads is quite laughable. As Jerry said, roads are going to be paved, end of story. The key thing now is to get the right roads paved and in a cost effective and timely manner. You now have to assess the bids and choose the best.
We all know now that not all roads can be paved and the plan I heard you put forward at the meeting I attended sounded the best I'd heard to date - please correct me if I'm wrong:
1. Pave roads at approximately 1 mile intervals so there are paved cross roads across the park (i.e. not having all paved roads clumped up at the top or bottom. This will share the paving across the park and also give alternative routes to emergency vehicles.
2. Pave the roads that require most maintenance, thus cutting down on the future annual road maintenance bill as much as possible. As I understand it some roads need attention regularly while others seem to hold up much longer before needing grading, etc. due to different profiles, slopes, valleys and amount of traffic. This should be fairly easy as maintenance records will show what roads are costing most money to maintain.
I'm sure it was not difficult to find 4 or 5 cross roads that fall into the top of both categories and I think it would be hard to argue this approach is wrong.
As you mentioned you intend to be transparent, may I suggest you post a brief note on the HPP Owners site and/or here to explain to HPP residents how it was decided to pave which roads. Hopefully this would put an end to the endless comments and accusations that only board members get special treatment.
Good luck to you and the board!