Orchidland road association EMERGENCY 911

[kalakoa]

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Originally posted by dayna

Orchidland and HPP are so very different. Different issues, different problems, different people, different sized lots, different HOA's.

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...same County screwjob, just like all the "agricultural" subdivisions.

[Guest]

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Originally posted by terracore

God bless the volunteers who work on the road. Even though I'm not an "official" volunteer, we do mow and/or weedwhack the adjoining property easements that seem to have no owners, and prior to this last incident I have put fill into one of the lakes on the road down from our house. I'm definitely not slamming the volunteers... as I am one of them. But this brings up a good point... where do the road association fees go? Why are we entirely reliant on volunteers? Why can't they pay somebody to check out an imminent danger?

I work two full time jobs. I am not able to join the board or go to meetings. The time I can dedicate towards the road problems thus far have been spent writing checks, filling holes, taming the road jungle, and bitching about the problems here.

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There are quite a few "imminent dangers" around the sub-division. To answer your question as to why we can't simply "pay somebody", goes to the issue of one board member who pretty much put a stop to all maintenance work being done in OL because the crew at that time did not have a contractor's license.

Logically then, your would ask if this ONE issue did not cost more than $1K to fix, would it be necessary to hire a contractor? The DCCA made it clear that any road work done on a particular stretch can be counted up to 3 years back and that if the cumulative value exceeds $1K, all that work required licensing. Total BS in my book but it is what it is.

Kudos to you for volunteering, I do quite a bit of work myself and am resigned to the fact that if you want it done, do it yourself. Right now, of the 60% that pay fees, NONE of it is going to maintenance other than materials for volunteer work. The rest is simply deposited and there it sits. There are very few contractors willing to do jobs in OL based on a $45K (labor) budget.

Like other posters have said, if you feel so strongly about it, go to a meeting or get on the board. Having "2 full time jobs" in a county with one of the highest unemployment rates in the state tells me you must be in high demand with employers, imagine what you could do on the board.

[dmbwest]

Every one's circumstances different but IMO,,, You got a f-ing hole, its gonna do damage or kids gonna get hurt. In the time it takes to come here and post/bitch about it a couple times, you got time for sure to go get a few rocks chucked into it and not feel the need to come back here for an ego stroke a MONTH ! after ...........

pog

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[terracore]

>Right now, of the 60% that pay fees, NONE of it is going to maintenance other than materials for volunteer work. The rest is simply deposited and there it sits.

The irony... my money has been going into a puka! LOL

[bananahead]

good job w/ fix, thanks

on the way the roadfees are used....
almost everyone in Orchidland uses the bottom roads near the hwy, not many go the back way on 40th, and some have never been on that road. IMO the priority would be the areas that most will use... thus more wear

its the same thing in HA, the Up/Down roads (A, B, C, D, etc.) are worked on, and the property access roads (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc.) are never worked on....

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[unknownjulie]

There is actually a lot of development up on 39th and maybe 40th also. I am more familiar with 39th, but there are bulldozers up there everytime I drive down the road. Granted, the sound carries pretty far through the jungle, but more and more clearings and houses are going in. There will come a point, when there are enough people permanently living up there- when the icehead campers are pushed out. There will be too much traffic and they will find somewhere else to go. The roads should be getting improved up in there at this point. I think the time has come. It's at a tipping point. I also think enough people are going to just go out and start fixing them themselves. The people moving in appear to be college educated, or technically trained, and seem interested in improving things.

[kalakoa]

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Originally posted by 4dognight

Logically then, your would ask if this ONE issue did not cost more than $1K to fix, would it be necessary to hire a contractor? The DCCA made it clear that any road work done on a particular stretch can be counted up to 3 years back and that if the cumulative value exceeds $1K, all that work required licensing. Total BS in my book but it is what it is.

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Can you fill a puka with licenses/permits?

[kimo wires]

You could probably fill the Puka with the permits from homes that were never Finaled.

[dmbwest]

Now I wondering what a college educated or technically trained person looks like ???

[unknownjulie]

Hopefully not the neighbor walking down the road with the "cat killing pitbull"- if you catch my drift.