There have been a number of inquiries regarding the number of Pierce County Sheriffs seen around CV in the last week. I was able to speak with a PCS officer in CV1 today.

He said that they are stepping up patrols in the Greenwater area due to an increased number of transients seen in the vicinity of the FS 70 road. With the transients come drug activity and with drug activity comes petty theft and other criminal activity.

We are asked to report any suspicious activity, missing items (small tools, camping equipment, etc.) or illegal shooting. You can make a non-emergency online report rather than contacting the PCS directly. This online reporting might not be responded to by an officer, but all reports are reviewed by a sergeant and tracked to indicate increases in crime in a community and trigger increased PCS attention.

You can read more about the online reporting at: http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=1944

9/13/2016 Update

Randy Roeh from Hancock Forest Management provided some additional details about the proposed spraying. Due to concerns raised by Crystal Village homeowners, Hancock has reconsidered plans to use herbicides on Gold Hill West G and Gold Hill West A units.  See Randy’s letter below for more details.

letter-to-cva_9-13-2016

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Hancock gave CVHA notice of planned herbicide application near our community to happen sometime between Sept 5 2016 – Oct 14 2016.

See links below for more details from Hancock.

Hancock Herbicide Application Map

Notice of Hancock Spraying

Links to data sheets on the herbicides are below.

Randy from Hancock wrote that “these herbicides are the least toxic (signal word Caution or Warning) and that we apply them at  significantly lower rates than allowed by the label for each chemical.”

Glyphosate_54_SDS
Opensite_SDS
SFM_EXTRA_SDS
Alligare Imazapry 4 SL_SDS

Crystal Village is under DNR fire protection and DNR just issued a statewide burn ban.

Outdoor burning, including campfires in fire pits and the use of charcoal briquettes, is banned on forestland under DNR fire protection as of noon, Wednesday, August 17 2016.

Outdoor gas grills are allowed.

More details here:
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/WildfirePrevention

Please inform your family and guests of the burn ban.

The board of directors will be placing signs at the villages this weekend.

Thanks

Next CVHA Board of Directors Meeting is Aug 20 @ 9:00am

16175 Crystal Drive E

Homeowners are welcome to attend.

We would like to give a shout out to Dale Mitchell in CV2 for reporting a couple of small, unusual puddles forming near the street at his driveway.

This turned out to be a water system leak that may have leaked 15% to 20% of our average monthly water usage.

Please follow Dale’s example and let us know if you see something out of the ordinary that may indicate a water leak. You can email your report to cvhapres@gmail.com or contact any of the Board members.

Thanks again Dale for the observation.