Whose Roads?

If I were to pick the most important item for the future of our airpark, beyond use of the runway, it is access to the runway. Thus, the status of our roads is paramount. That includes the condition of the roads and our right to taxi airplanes along them. Since Sandia Airpark Estates is an airpark, preserving the character of the neighborhood matters for the value of our properties, even for those who don’t have airplanes or don’t yet live here.

Jerry and the board (the board is clearly run by Jerry) are now trying again to get SAEPOA dissolved. Their last attempt was a meeting in which we were deprived of a proper means of interacting in order to scare us into dissolving the association in the belief that the IRS was going to come after us as individual lot owners. It appears that they have now given up on that tactic and they are now trying to present another tactic, a lawsuit that they have likely encouraged to try to force our dissolution.

Through all of this, we never really get a clear idea of what’s going to happen to the roads!

• Jerry indicates that he wants the city to take over the roads and pay for their maintenance. At present, however, the city has not done so, and it doesn’t appear likely that it will.
• If we transfer the roads to public ownership (assuming they are accepted), we are not guaranteed our right to taxi.
• If the city doesn’t take ownership (very likely), who will maintain the roads?
• Right now, you own a 1% share in the roads for each lot you own, through SAEPOA. If SAEPOA is dissolved, what happens? Probate? Court dissolves/decides to grant the roads to “someone”?
• Jerry has a clear business interest in the properties to the North side. Does this have anything to do with it?