FROM THE AMENITIES COMMITTEE:
      This past Memorial Day weekend there were some inconsiderate actions by users of the PaaKo pool facilities.  On Saturday afternoon or evening someone using the women’s change room left it in a mess with paper towels scattered and nearly all of the locker doors left open.  There was water all over the room and it was generally left in disarray.  The actions appeared malicious and intentional and were likely done by children.  On Sunday afternoon or evening similar actions were taken in the men’s change room and both showers were left running.
      These situations were discovered at closing by community volunteers who help take care of our recreational facilities to keep them available for all to use. The PaaKo pool and other recreational facilities are not commercial entities.  They are jointly owned by all members and volunteers help manage them.  This behavior would be unacceptable in any venue, but they are especially disrespectful in a situation like ours.  Parents should take responsibility for the behavior of their children to ensure that they are respectful of the facilities and of others who use them.  The individuals who help maintain the facilities should not have to clean up after such children.
      If your family was at the pool over the Memorial Day weekend and you have daughters who used the change room on Saturday or sons who used the change room on Sunday, you should ask them if they were responsible for these messes. You may contact the sales office if you wish in order to accept responsibility.
      Because of our key card system, we know who accessed the pool and the shower rooms during the effective time periods, and the video equipment can confirm identities of people at the pool, but we believe that it is useful to share this report with all members to help eliminate this kind of abuse of our facilities. 

Summer is here and everyone is on the streets of Paa-Ko enjoying being outside, especially kids -- riding bike, walking dogs, running, etc. There are many blind curves, and hills and streets with no shoulders, and Paa-Ko Drive, being fairly straight, seems to lead drivers to believe they can go faster than the 25 and 35 mph posted speed limits.  

Please, please slow down.  Do the speed limit.  It's the law.   Accidents can happen in a flash, and no consequence is worth the price of being in a hurry.

From the Paa-Ko Board of Directors:

Spurred by the arrival of spring and with a few residents discovering their amenity gate keys no longer work, we’ve realized there has been a hitch with some homeowner good-faith assessment payments or, more rarely, with the processing of the payments. Since our second half assessments will be due on July 1st for those who chose to split their remissions, it is appropriate to remind Paa-Ko residents and lot owners that they may receive two community bills from HOAMCO: one for the HOA (which includes the annual assessment and, if applicable, the amenities assessment) and one for sewer.     

Despite a letter describing the importance of payment care, some issues are recurring:

1)  It has happened that a couple of online payments were sent to our previous community management company, Associa
2)  Some homeowners apparently disregarded the second HOAMCO mailed invoice assuming their assessment/s had already been paid.   

Admittedly, a very few payments were misapplied by HOAMCO. This usually happened when both payments were sent in the same envelope or, worse, when only one check was written for both bills. Sometimes, the different account numbers were not on the checks. The sewer and HOA financials are completely separate, but (confusingly) payments for both entities are directed to the same PO Box in Nevada

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On Thursday December 15, the New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld the New Mexico District 2 Court’s ruling that the Aquifer Science development (Campbell Ranch) could adversely impair as many as 100 wells in the Sandia Basin, that this determination was supported by substantial evidence in the record, and that the application to use water in the Sandia Basin for their development was contrary to the conservation of water. The application to pump water from the Sandia Basin for the Campbell Ranch development, therefore, has been denied for the third time.  Aquifer Science has 30 days to appeal and request that the case be heard by the New Mexico Supreme Court.

This ruling is a strong and essential element supporting the opposition by EMPAC and others to Campbell Ranch development and its adverse impacts on our East Mountain community and resources.

EMPAC is grateful to the all the Deep Well Protesters, the many individuals who joined as Appellees, and Bernalillo County for their combined determination to prevent this irresponsible development.

In particular, we are grateful to our outgoing District 5 Commissioner Pyskoty, who has been a strong supporter of EMPAC and protection of the East Mountains from the serious consequences of Campbell Ranch development.”