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Entrada Property Owners Association

What's New at Entrada?

Entrada Board meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the first
Monday of the month unless otherwise noted. See the
Meetings Page for more details...

Please come out and help!!

What causes washboarding
(corrugation)? C lick Here

Conflict of Interest Policy Approved —
See the text of the policy by clicking the
above link...

Keep Kids Alive Drive 25®

Please note our new Keep Kids Alive Drive 25® Web page.

Address for the Management
Company

Vangarde Association Management
P.O. Box 17750
Tucson, AZ 85731

(520) 750-0422

vangardemgmt@yahoo.com

ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS: Paragraph 3.8.1 of the CC&Rs regarding
Annual Assessments has been deleted and a new paragraph 3.8.1
added. See the new information regarding Annual Assessments by
clicking this link.

A MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT

March 21, 2011

March is nearly over and I am sure many of you are wondering what is
going on with our roads? I am writing this message to let you all know
just that. We (EPOA) are currently at a stand still. In January 4 new
members were elected to the board. This caused an up-rising in the
road crew. Many key participants have quit the crew, because of the
tactics used by the new members to vote themselves on. This is very
unfortunate, as one of those that left was the man that led the crew
and the grader operator. I am currently trying to put a new crew
together but it isn’t going well at all. This means we may have to go
back to using private contractors. As I have said before, contractors
are very expensive and problematic. For sure using a private
contractor means there will be no culverts repaired, no private roads
bladed as we mentioned, no dust control and the end of
reconstructing of our roads, as has been done the last two years.

We will get a grading done prior to the monsoon season, I hope. At
this point I cannot give a date as to when the road work will occur. It
will be the main topic of the April board meeting. Please plan to
attend; it is the 11th of April at 7 pm. Your participation in the
association is vital; I truly believe this situation could have been
avoided if more residents became involved. We have tried for years
to expand the road crew, but to no avail and with a small pool of
workers it only takes a couple to bring it to an end. I cannot force
people to attend meetings or volunteer to work, but a volunteer crew
is essential to our community if we want long lasting, passable, dust
free roads. The only other alternative is to raise dues to 3 or 4 times
what we pay now. Personally I do not want that to happen.

I think an important lesson can be learned from this situation and that
is for you as members realize the need to become involved, learn
who is truly working for all our best interests and who is not. You
should also insure that if you give a proxy to someone be sure they
are voting the way you want not the way they want. I believe a note
on the proxy regarding its use can be made to insure your voice is
heard! Don’t get me wrong, proxies are a good thing if you are sure
the person will vote as you ask , if not sure then come to the meetings
yourself or send them to the board with voting instructions.

As always I would like to invite you to become more active in your
community. It requires very little time and effort but pays off in a big
way. If anyone has any solutions to our dilemma, wants to volunteer
(especially if you can operate a grader) please feel free to contact me
or the board, or better yet come to the April meeting. I am always
open to suggestions.

Sincerely,

Joe Terrible
EPOA President

Save our Roads - Please Slow Down

New! EPOA now has a "SWAP SHOP" Page. Email your
items to swap/sell/trade to averilljr@juno.com. We will
post them on the EPOA Web Site on the SWAP SHOP
Page. Include your E-mail address or phone #. EPOA is
not responsible for any ad contents and all
communications are between the parties involved.

January 5, 2009

Board of Directors

Help Please! I am a horseback rider and travel our roads often and I’m being
subjected to rude drivers who either don’t slow down or move safely to the other side
of the road while they pass me or my horse. An exboard member honked at me and
peeled out in front of me - a rude guy in a red toyota pickup honked at me while
speeding right past my horse. Then a week ago a lady in a red suburban didn’t slow
down or stop for me while I was riding on Mann with my cattle dogs - she didn’t stop
and instead ran over my young dog and killed it. I am devastated and can’t believe
people in our area are so disrespectful for horses and dogs on our roads. What if it a
child walking home or playing? I’m not sure some of these drivers would even slow
down for children or joggers. What can we do please to make it safe on our roads? I
ride at different times of the day and try to be courteous and get my horse and dog off
the side of the road or upon the bank where possible. I am very saddened at having
lost my sweet little dog in such a cruel wreckless incident and I’m out a great little
companion and a lot of money! The wreckless driver didn’t even offer to pay for my
little dog. In the future if I get license plate numbers would that do me any good either
to turn into the Association or the Sheriff’s department? Could the board please do
what you can to help out in the future for myself and others who ride and use our
roads fro horseback riding. I would hope and pray these careless and disrespectful
drivers would SLOW DOWN and use safety while using and sharing our roads.

Thanks In Advance
(Name withheld)

P.S.
I’m not alone in this request or issue and sure other hikers and horseback riders ahve
encountered similar situations

PS
Recently while my co rider laid in the middle of Kolb Rd after falling off her horse - a
car sped by - did not stop - and let the rider EAT DUST while injured and waiting for a
n ambulance to pick her up -

Please help - what is wrong with some people/neighbors???

A Letter From A Member About Speeding