A letter to Riverside County: CSA 115 - Low-Cost Solutions for High-Risk Safety Issues

Your meeting went well last Thursday, however, there were items not addressed which our neighborhood was depending upon receiving feedback.  As a result, people have been contacting me directly wanting answers to their questions regarding issues they've been wanting resolved for over a year. 

On behalf of CSA 115, it's time we take action.  Our neighborhood decided they do NOT want to wait another 3 -6 months to get our minor safety needs addressed.

CSA 115 for B-BAR-H Ranch can work directly with Transportation to achieve our "small" requests for addressing minor safety issues. 

The main problems are:

1.  Stop Signs on the North side have been on the list for over a year.  We can get these stop signs installed without waiting another 3-6 months.  We need them immediately at the corner of El Serape Trail and Sagebrush Trail (and Paintbrush Trail and El Serape).   El Serape Trail and Sagebrush Trail is a very high risk corner and today another close call occurred which almost resulted in a head on crash!  I happened to be at the corner when this incident happened.  They got out of their car, and I told the people I would contact you directly to get the problem resolved immediately.  School is out and kids are playing outside.  Not having a stop sign poses high risk for the children.

2. Street Cleaning. The streets within the North side of the ranch are filled with sand and the corners are dangerous when turning.  Vehicles slide when making turns and it is very dangerous.  Yesterday a small child slid off his bike and severely scraped his legs and arms. We want the streets here cleaned to prevent further accidents.  We can't wait 3-6 months for this item to become an agenda item without resolution!

3.  Cement Barricades needed for the empty lots on Bubbling Wells will detract illegal trespassing.  I've already worked with Transportation to get some installed, and after this week's incident regarding a break-in, we want this addressed quickly without waiting 6 months for MAC meeting discussions.

We need to address these issues immediately.  We do NOT want to wait another 3 months for feedback from the MAC without any progress or decisions.  We can easily work directly with Transportation for these items.  There's plenty of funds in the CSA 115 account to cover these low-cost solutions to high-risk safety issues. 

Please advise the quickest way for us to get these issues resolved --- either work through you to get the issues addressed or you support us in working directly with Transportation to implement low-cost solutions to these high-risk problems.

Please reply so I can get feedback to the people who have been waiting patiently for these items to be addressed. 

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