The Median Strip Mess

The Median Strip Committee, populated by the leaders of the major Meadows Organizations, and under the leadership of Faye Elliott is working hard to "fix" the medians. They have raised $24,000 but have faced insurmountable delays caused by the County, the blasting of the new sewer line to the Brouwer Nursery subdivision, and the several submitted landscaping plans.

The current intention is to get the Meadow Glen Way East median completed as soon as a landscape plan is approved by the Committee, because the Mountain Meadow Road median is still being blasted.

It seems that the Panama Canal was built in less time than the sewer connection to the Brouwer Nursery, and that is a current problem. Fortunately, a local resident, Mr. Argleben from Mountain Lilac Road, has twice cut the grass on the median as a volunteer, or we would be in much worse shape than we are.

There is light at the end of the tunnel – but the median project appears to be six more months to completion. That will be followed by a "Landscaping and Lighting District" community vote that, if passed, with add $25 a year (or less) to local tax bills for the maintenance of the completed median project.

There are still questions to be resolved – like how to berm the projects to keep idiot drivers from driving on the medians and breaking sprinkler heads – but the Committee is working as quickly as possible. Anyone who has worked with Faye knows that she could lead a five-person party into hell and put the fires out…