The focus of tomorrow’s ‘walk about’ is to identify visible (from the street) dead and dying underbrush (ladder fuels). The purpose for the community is both visual and functional. That which not seen from the street will not be addressed by the community walk about, especially dead underbrush, dead trees and dead overgrown berry patches behind the home. The area behind the home site, not visible from the street, is more specific for the individual homeowner, including dead underbrush in the common area behind the individual residence.
There are costs involved for any community-wide activity. Activity addressing the possible removal of, and cutting down of, and the hauling away of, visible dead undergrowth will be addressed as a voluntary participation at a minimum cost to the community; therefore, addressed primarily to community ‘visible’ discoveries, including ‘partially visible’ instances. Areas not visible from the street will not be pursued or included in the walk-about.
As to possible nonvisible inclusions and of concern for the individual homesite. As a result of our initiating the ‘walk about’, there are also expressed concerns forthcoming from individual homeowners where dead and dying underbrush – ladder fuels – is growing in the common area approximate to the rear of the homes. These areas of concern are still the responsibility of the homeowner. However, and depending upon how ‘successful’ the volunteer effort is in resulting participation, this same volunteer community effort can be joined with and extended to the individual homeowner’s and their unique condition possibly addressed. To be determined.
We hope that this helps toward setting up tomorrow’s walk. 2 pm at the head of Timberton Drive.
As a follow-on note. Regardless of what and where the dead undergrowth exists, there will be no invasion of any individual homeowner’s privacy or security concerns.
Roger