The 2019 Spring annual road maintenance is complete. The restriction on large trucks and commercial vehicles has been lifted.
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Survey of BSR Residents for Mail and Package Delivery
As discussed at the recent Beaver Springs Ranch Association Annual Meeting, the Oakley Post Office has made significant changes to their rural parcel delivery procedures. This has negatively impacted some residents. As a result of these changes the Upper Weber Canyon Property Owners Association, and the Pine Mountain Board are pursuing obtaining approval for rural delivery of United States Postal Service (USPS) mail and a delivery location for an Amazon drop box for the permanent residents of Upper Weber Canyon.
Utilizing rural mail delivery from the USPS would require a change of address from your current mail delivery location Oakley 84055, or other location, to a new Kamas 84036 location.
The Postal Survey will provide data from Beaver Springs Ranch regarding our interest in having USPS mail delivery to Upper Weber Canyon. We are providing the survey to all Beaver Springs Ranch residents for several reasons:
- If you are a part time resident but plan to become a full-time resident please complete the survey and make a note of your plans and when you think this will occur, approximately.
- If you are not a full-time resident, but you may want to receive packages while staying at Beaver Springs and utilize the facilities (other than USPS), please complete the survey making the appropriate notations.
- If you are a full-time resident and you receive mail delivery elsewhere, other than the Oakley Post Office. Please complete the survey and indicate if you would like to utilize the USPS facilities in Upper Weber Canyon.
Please complete our Postal Survey and return it to Debbi Fugal by Friday, June 21, 2019. You can send the information by email to dfugal@gmail.com; text a picture of your completed survey to her at 435-640-0376, or send it hard copy to:
Debbi Fugal
PO Box 399
Oakley, UT 84055
Services Access Through Electronic Gate
If you have a service company that travels in or through Beaver Springs Ranch to service your property, please make sure they are aware we have changed the lock at the BSR Gate. We’re getting a number of calls from propane companies who have gone up to deliver propane to a customer and no longer have a way to get through the gate.
We are not always able to take calls immediately and it causes a lot of unnecessary delays for services when they discover the lock has changed upon arrival at the gate.
Please plan ahead! Ask your service agency if they have their own access through the gate when you contact them for service. If they do not, they should contact us at least a couple days (1-2 weeks, preferably) before they need to get in to BSR.
Unfortunately, we do not have records of all the services who had metal keys and have not been able to notify them all on our own. The following services have already been notified and have their own access:
- Summit County Sheriff
- South Summit Fire Protection
- Summit County (building inspections, etc.)
- Rocky Mountain Power
- All West Communications
- AmeriGas
- Suburban Propane
- T-7 Propane
- Utah LP Gas
- Ferrellgas
- Home Propane
- Preventive Pest Control
When you talk to your service company, please ask that they remind their drivers to follow our posted 10 MPH speed limit. We’ve had several over the years who have far exceeded the speed limit. For the safety of our neighborhood, problem companies may be denied access in the future.
Guidance for requesting temporary PINs for companies and contractors needing non-recurring, non-long term access to BSR is forthcoming.
Update 6/1/2019: Guidance for temporary PINs can now be found in our Gate FAQs.
MacKenzie Open
The damaged area on MacKenzie has dried out and firmed up. Thus, we have opened MacKenzie, but please be cautious of the damage between Fremont and Hoback. Two ruts are deep enough to swallow a small car! We put cones to the side of the road there to help raise awareness.
Road maintenance was not able to be accomplished this week due to weather. Crews will return soon as they can.
Four wheel drive is recommended for the steeper roads within BSR after rain. Large trucks are still prohibited.
2019 Spring Cleanup — Saturday, June 1
Our annual spring cleanup day is scheduled for Saturday, June 1st, at 9:00am. Please meet at the corral for work review and assignments. Bring shovels and chain saws if you have them available.
The DNR will again assist us with cleanup efforts and reduction of fire hazards by chipping wood piles that have been prepared through our cleanup work. DNR chipping dates will be posted once they are known.
As a reminder: DNR will only work on piles that have been properly stacked. Stacks must be near the road or your driveway. Do not extend stacks into the bar ditches or BSR roads so as to not hinder traffic or any necessary road work. Wood must be stacked in parallel formation. Do not cut logs into short pieces. Longer logs allow for more efficient work and cleanup. Stacking similar diameter pieces together will also help the crew be more efficient. Chippings will be left near your pile.
The pictures below show how the wood needs to be stacked: larger diameter end facing the road for easy access and handling. If not properly stacked, the DNR crews may bypass your property. Several property owners have already stacked wood close to the roads. Now is a good time to begin if you have not already started cleaning your property and stacking wood in preparation for the chipping project. Don’t forget to file a NFP In-Kind Form for work done outside of our Annual Cleanup (we’ll do the tracking for work done with the group during the Cleanup).
Window Washing
A crew will be on the mountain Saturday, June 1st, 2019, to wash windows. Anyone interested should call 435-783-7141.
Is it too late to exchange my metal keys?
Not yet! Though, we’d prefer if you would do so sooner rather than later. The offer to exchange metal keys for free key cards (see details in Gate FAQ) expires May 30, 2019. One offer per Association member in good standing (i.e. no outstanding payments due). All exchanges must be in the “Keys” box on the bulletin board at the gate by May 30, 2019, or postmarked by that date if sent in the mail. After May 30, 2019, all key cards must be purchased.
Road Maintenance May 20-24
At the moment (because it is always dependent on weather conditions) we are scheduled to have road maintenance done May 20 through May 24. Road base will be put down, borrow ditches cleaned out, and roads graded and rolled. The map above shows our prioritized areas where road material will be added this year. Grading and rolling will occur throughout BSR.
We’re keeping a close eye on the coned off section of MacKenzie where there is road damage. As of our inspection on Monday, we couldn’t tell if it was a water line leak or subterranean winter runoff. Please do not drive through or around the cones since this will just cause more damage and cost even more to repair.
While road base is being brought in, we don’t anticipate the main gate to be chained open this year due to our new electronic gate. Please be cautious of heavy machinery and respect road restrictions which may be imposed for short periods of time.
Winter Restrictions Lifted
Winter road restrictions have been lifted. Some areas are still quite soft and have been coned off. Do not move the cones and drive through the areas! It will cause costly damage to the roads. Here are the continuing limitations:
- MacKenzie (Mud Hill) is closed from Fremont to the top of Mud Hill. There is road damage from vehicles that needs to be repaired. It is not possible to drive around the damage. (See picture)
- As usual, large trucks and commercial vehicles are still restricted for a couple more weeks (until May 18th).
Snow Leveling 4/25/2019
The high snow pack late into the season has necessitated an unusual bit of road maintenance that will be conducted tomorrow, Thursday, April 25th. When the snow has lingered into Spring and caused treacherous conditions for approved winter-access vehicles, the Board has in the past approved grading of the snow to promote safety, more even melting, and earlier drying of the roads for more timely removal of Winter Restrictions.
Spring 2019 has had plenty of lingering snow and landed squarely in those treacherous conditions. The roads within BSR are currently in a great variety of conditions ranging from dry and ready for vehicles in some areas to covered with mounds of snow in several others. It’s the mounds of snow which pose a problem to approved winter travel. To remedy this, Park City Landscape and Snow Removal will be at BSR tomorrow to attempt to level out the mounds.
Please continue to observe the posted Winter Restrictions. If the leveling being conducted tomorrow is successful and with continued support from the weather, we hope to start lifting the restrictions in the next 2-3 weeks.
Update 5/3/2019: The snow leveling was successful and has improved the safety of access throughout BSR during our transition from winter. It has also helped the snow melt more evenly. We’re inspecting the roads on Monday, May 6, with our road maintenance contractor. We’ll announce as soon as Winter Restrictions are lifted. Please help protect our roads (and budget) and honor the Winter Restrictions while they are in effect.
Beaver Springs Ranch Association 
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