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Post by Admin on Jul 10, 2016 10:12:14 GMT -7
High South Shortchanged on Gravel and Grading
I originally requested 12 loads of gravel, grading and ditch work for Upper Hercules, Sagittarius Skyway and Sagittarius Place. The roads were graded by Lehmke but he failed to roll them afterwards. He turned up many sharp rocks and large cobbles. Most are still on the roadbed. After seeing the poor work performed by Lehmke I withdrew my donation offer of two loads of gravel for Sagittarius Skyway. This brought down my original request to 10 loads. The Road Committee agreed to my request on behalf of all High South landowners at the May 24th and June 6th meetings. They also decided to ask Mike Adkins to take over from Lehmke in South Glastonbury. Now that Adkins is finished I can report to everyone that all we received in terms of maintenance in High South roads past Spectec was 3 loads of gravel. We were shorted 7 loads of gravel. The roads were only graded and rolled where the fresh gravel was put down at the junction of Sagittarius Skyway and upper Hercules. The clogged roadside ditches which have caused so much road bed erosion were not cleaned. Today it rained heavily and more of the road bed was washed away. The sharp rock shards remain scattered on High South roads because of a lack of grading and rolling. The road maintenance situation is even worse in North Glastonbury. Several accidents happened when large piles of gravel were left for days at a time in the middle of North Glastonbury roads. The Lehmke grading and rolling was of such poor quality that just a week afterwards washboards were reappearing. Paying assessments is a contractual obligation that all landowners agree to when they buy property here. However, the GLA also agrees to provide road maintenance to all parcels. This is a clear case of the GLA Board failing to live up to it's promises and I believe just cause for those landowners who no longer wish to pay their assessments. Sincerely, Tim Brockett SG 88A |
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Post by chris on Jul 10, 2016 15:41:22 GMT -7
High South is not the only area whose roads have actually been made worse this year through lack of proper planning, management, and oversight. See related posts here. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 17, 2016 8:52:00 GMT -7
Note: The above post deals with a shortage of gravel on upper High South roads only; upper Hercules, Sagittarius Place and Sagittarius Skyway. The below post deals with ALL of High South roads from the junction of Hercules and Dry Creek to the tip of Sagittarius Skyway.
Update: High South Glastonbury was shorted 27 loads of gravel during spring grading On June 1st we posted a letter to the GLA Board regarding gravel distribution for High South; the section of Glastonbury that starts at the junction of Dry Creek road and Hercules and goes to the end of Sagittarius Skyway. The previous meeting minutes were incorrect and we noted that error. We brought our list of suggested loads of gravel to the next Road Committee meeting where it was recognized and approved. Low South was to receive 36 loads of gravel and High South was to receive 31 loads. Additionally High South landowners donated 9 more loads of gravel which brought the total for High South to 40 loads. One landowner cancelled his donation of 2 loads which reduced the total to 38 loads.
Adkins construction delivered 76 loads of gravel to the parking lot at the corner of Dry Creek Road and Route 89.
Each load was carefully weighed and recorded at Durgan's quarry. The GLA should have copies of all the gravel tickets generated by Durgan's truck weighing machine.
By June 23rd, 2016 a large pile of gravel was growing on the corner of Dry Creek Road and Route 89.
Low South was the first section to be graveled and graded. The trucks were piled high and Arcturus received more gravel ever before. Leo Lane, Leo Drive and other low south roads were next. When all of Low South was done then work started on Hercules. By the end of the day on July 2nd, 2016 Adkin's construction had placed approximately 8 loads of gravel on Hercules. The last drop was at the corner about 1/2 mile before the junction of Hercules with Scorpio and Polaris. All that remained of the massive gravel pile was two small piles. It was not nearly enough to fulfill the promise of 38 loads promised for High South. On July 2nd just two small piles remained from the original
76 loads of gravel stored on the corner of Dry Creek Road and Route 89.
 The last three loads of gravel were deposited on the corner of Sagittarius Skyway and Hercules. Mike Adkins graciously donated another two loads which were used on Polaris, Scorpio and Libra Lane.
After a close inspection of all High South roads the Forum has determined the following:
- Of the 38 loads of gravel promised to High South only 11 were delivered. Mike Adkins donated 2 more loads but those are just that; a donation and not part of the original promise.
- Since 76 loads of gravel were deposited in the pile by Dry Creek and Route 89 and only 11 loads were delivered to High South that means that the remainder, 65 loads, were deposited on Low South roads.
- The original agreement of 36 loads for Low South and 38 loads for High South did not even come close to being fulfilled. The agreement was based on roughly splitting the dollars available 50/50 and adding in personal donations for High South.
- High South received 11 loads of gravel while Low South received 65 loads; 29 more than it was supposed to get. Therefore the Forum believes that High South should receive the original 27 loads it was shorted plus half of the extra 29 loads Low South erroneously received. The total owed to High South is 27 + 14.5 or 41 1/2 loads of gravel. The funds are available in the South Glastonbury Road Reserve Fund and the work should be scheduled for fall 2016 grading in October.
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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2016 15:23:59 GMT -7
A Month Later and Still No Response from the GLA Board Dear GLA Board,
I sent the following email (scroll up to the previous post in this thread) to all Board members on July 17th, 2016 and have not received a response yet. Will High South be getting the gravel it was promised in the spring? We were shorted 27 loads of gravel.
I would like to remind you that the Covenants are a contract. Landowners pay assessments to the GLA Board every year and they in turn expect their roads to be maintained. The integrity of the Board and the Road Committee will be in question if we do not receive the gravel we were promised.
A response would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Tim Brockett 88A |
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