Author: Cory McNeely

The next Pinebrook HOA board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 9th at 7pm at the offices of Gorgoza Mutual Water Co.  As always, members of the PHOA are welcome to attend.  If anyone has items they’d like to discuss, please send an email through the website to be added to the agenda.  Thank you.

As many of you are already aware, two moose were recently hit and killed by a vehicle on Pinebrook Road.  Please obey the 25mph speed limits in Pinebrook for the safety of the children, wildlife, pets, cyclists and pedestrians on our roads!  They are narrow, steep, mountain roads often with limited visibility around corners and are dangerous at excessive speeds.  The Summit County Sheriff have been requested to perform additional patrols in Pinebrook to further enforce the posted speed limits.  Thank you.

Just a reminder, using the private Pinebrook trail system to access the public hunting grounds in an area above Pinebrook is not allowed.  Signage has been posted reminding hunters of this, but please report violations to the Summit County Sheriff.  Thank you.

The Pinebrook HOA and Pinebrook Master Association boards will meet in a joint session on Thursday, September 6th at 6pm to discuss concerns regarding dead trees in Pinebrook common area and on private property.  The Pinebrook HOA’s regularly scheduled board meeting will follow at 7pm.  Both meetings will be held at the offices of Gorgoza Mutual Water Company.  As always, members are welcome to attend.

Please note, a portion of Ecker Hill Park as well as the sand lot and playground area are temporarily closed while crews from Gorgoza Mutual Water Company install a water line through the area.  Please avoid this section of the park for the next few days until work has been completed.  Thanks for your patience.

Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, the date for the Ecker Hill Park parking lot to be seal coated and re-striped has been postponed to Thursday, August 16th.  We don’t have an exact time when crews will perform the work, but if you plan on playing tennis or using the park that day, please make arrangements to not park your vehicle there.  The lot will remain closed for at least a day or two to allow the seal coat to dry.  Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

Thank you for a very successful spring cleanup effort over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.  For those of you who didn’t have an opportunity to take your dead-fall or tree trimmings to the park for chipping, or you have more to chip as the summer progresses, the Park City Fire District provides a free curbside chipping service.  Please visit their website at https://www.pcfd.org/fire-prevention/wood-chipping/ to sign up.   They will not chip your wood pile unless you’ve signed up, and you’re encouraged to do so as soon as possible because of the popularity of this service.  Please read their FAQ’s and follow their guidelines to make the process as efficient as possible.  Thank you!

The following was received from Jessica Kirby with Basin Recreation regarding fire mitigation work being done in Toll Canyon and upper Summit Park.

For immediate release:

Please see attached notice of fire mitigation work being performed in Toll Canyon Open Space.  Basin Recreation and Utah Forestry, Fire and State Lands will continue forest management efforts and fire mitigation along the jeep roads in Toll Canyon.  Work will be ongoing this week and possibly into the end of the month, June 4-30.  Mitigation work will be done within an 80ft buffer of the jeep road, known as Hoof-it. For your safety, recreation users should use caution and attempt to stay clear of working areas.  Signs will be posted in working areas.  There will not be a public firewood collection, at this time.  Efforts will focus on removing underbrush and ladder fuels. This work will conclude the efforts from the Catastrophic Fire Mitigation Grant funds provided by UFFSL in 2017.  Attached is information that has been posted on trailheads and a map.  Please distribute information freely.

2017-18 Fire Mitigation Project

• Crews were scheduled to start work on Monday June 4.

• The plan is to complete work by June 30

• Project is fully funded by Forestry Fire and State lands grant money

• Shaded fuels break.   This will be 80 ft on both sides of the existing jeep roads, as depicted on attached map. All dead standing and down will be removed.  All ladder fuels will be removed. Conifers will be trimmed up 5-6ft.

• Conifers will be isolated from other conifers.

• Piles will be made in open areas for future burning.

• See attached map for a detailed location of the area slated for work.

• Signs have been posted at trailhead and access points.

See Attachments: 2018MitigationNotice, 2018FireMitigation

As always, please let me know if you have any questions

Jessica Kirby, GISP

Open Space Management Supervisor

Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District

5715 Trailside Drive

Park City, Utah 84098

www.basinrecreation.org

office: 435-649-1564 Ext. 26

The Pinebrook HOA has been informed that Gorgoza Mutual Water crews will be installing a water line from the Spring Tank above Buckboard Drive to the Pinebrook Park this summer.  Unfortunately, the trails that runs along the creek at the base of Ecker Hill will be closed during the construction period, estimated at about two months.   Please enjoy the other trails in Pinebrook so crews can finish the work safely and as soon as possible.  Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.