FROM JIM KELLEY - PAA-KO HOA BOARD

New Pool Closing Time

Our community pool will now close at 7 PM due to darkness and the loss of two underwater pool lights. Lighting repairs are planned during the pool replastering, which will also require us to officially close the pool for 2026 at the end of September.

Pool Replastering Project

The Amenities Committee, led by Barbara Morrison, has carefully budgeted for a substantial refurbishment of our community pool (as well as our tennis and pickleball courts). We have already replaced the pool pump that moves water through our filtration system, and you can see improved water clarity, which is also affected by substantial work on water chemistry. The pool is ~17 years old, and while it may not look like it is aging, the plaster veneer is flaking and accumulating in our vacuum filter in increasing amounts. At the end of last season, working with HOAMCO, we selected a pool contractor to perform the substantial repair work and scheduled it for as close to the end of our normal pool season as possible. This is prime pool repair time for our contractor, and scheduling is being adjusted as other jobs are completed. We currently plan to empty the pool at the end of September to prepare for the work. We normally keep the pool open through Balloon Fiesta week, but our closing date will be determined by our contractor's availability. All funding for Amenities projects and repairs comes from annual dues paid by Amenity members, not from our HOA funds.

There will be a special meeting of the Paa-Ko Communities Sewer association on Wednesday, September 9th at 3:30 pm in the Paa-Ko Event Center.  On the agenda:

1.   Vote to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting of the Board of Directors held on July 23, 2026.
2.   Discuss, review, and vote to approve engaging attorney (Nann Winter) for PCSA counsel.
3.   Discuss, review & vote to approve agreement with Trumm Engineering to provide professional engineering support related to work orders for PCSA wastewater system upgrades.
4.   Discuss, review & vote to approve final communication piece by outside PR firm to communicate issues to members pertaining to the extension of service area to the San Antonito Elementary School (outside of the Paa-Ko Master Plan).
5.   Discuss, review and vote to approve Work Order No. 1 for PCSA wastewater system upgrades.
6.   Discuss and review policy issues with respect to outside PCSA system users.

To see the official agenda, please go to READ MOrE and then to DOCUMENTS

For Members requesting attendance via Zoom: please provide your contact information to obtain meeting id and passcode confirmation ( Email to: eugenia@roger-cox.com )

 To view the video of a bear on Chaco Loop, go to READ MORE and then to DOCUMENTS.