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6500 to 8100 Ft.
35+ Acre Parcels
Dirt & Gravel Roads
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How can you help?
As you have probably noticed, there are a lot of conversations surrounding mitigation and the role you can play in helping out every member of the Ranch.
Yes, Team Rubicon is coming on the Ranch, May 1st through 4th, which is a wonderful thing. However, we must realize that this gift is not how things go in real life. We do not usually receive sizable assistance through donated services. This will most likely be a one-time event with Team Rubicon.
So, in an effort to clarify, we need our community’s support and assistance on an ongoing basis. First, there is no way we will ever mitigate 16,400 acres of SFTR properties. To achieve full mitigation, we would need full-time staff and every Ranch member mitigating every single day. Obviously, that is not feasible. However, getting the majority of our road frontage mitigated is a goal that could be reached if we have and maintain your assistance.
There are some questions about easements and whether your roadside frontage is your responsibility or the responsibility of the POA. The best way to resolve this question is to assume that your roadway frontage is your responsibility, and it will greatly assist all of us if it is done by every neighbor, even those who live out of state.
It is true that the POA has a 15’ easement into your property. If you want to know the proper way to determine where the easement starts and ends, go to the middle of the road and measure 30 feet into your front property. However, that is an easement issue only. This easement is primarily used to install utilities, including electrical, telephone, and water, maintain the roads, or install new systems.
But, to assume that the POA is going to maintain those 15’ is to assume too much. Since the development of the original Ranch, never has the mitigation and maintenance been completed by the POA. In order for the volunteer mitigation group to maintain 84 miles of roadway, again, we would have to maintain a full-time staff. As it is, mitigation volunteers have so much on their plates, including maintaining all of the common areas of the Ranch.
So, instead of counting on the POA to mitigate and maintain your roadway, it is best that we all think of it as our own responsibility. That is realistic, the other is not. Having said that, you might wonder how far back you should mitigate your own property. The answer is simple. The further back you mitigate your roadway property, the safer you and all of your neighbors will be if we have to escape a raging fire. No one can make you mitigate your road frontage. Whether you do or do not participate in the mitigation of your property is a decision you will all need to make on your own.
Also, we all know that what you cut down will come back up! In order to keep your roadside frontage clean, you need to re-mitigate maybe a couple of times a year. Hope this helps!
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